As the preeminent tool for makers, Arduino is a versatile platform that covers almost every type of creative making. With its simple-to-use coding language and fun programming concepts, Arduino enables users to create modern electronics with ease. From beginner level projects like flashing LED lights to more advanced builds such as interactive robots, there are an endless number of possibilities when it comes to building projects with Arduino. Whether you are new or an experienced builder in search of fresh ideas, these posts will provide interesting Arduino tutorials and unique ideas that may spark your creativity and motivate you take on any type of maker project!
Another cool Arduino/XBee project… 18 Darbuka drums and 36 robotic arms are controlled via wireless communication. Drum music is composed and played at a music sequencer on an iPad. The project was presented at the Bat-Yam international biennale of landscape urbanism, September 2010, as a part of the ‘Green to Blue’ ecological street project. During […]
Los Angeles hacker space Crash Space will be offering an Arduino for Programmers class series starting October 20th. Aimed at programmers, and taught by the super excellent Carlyn Maw. Here’s what she has to say about this class: I’m targeting this one to share the Arduino project with people who were are like I was […]
Nice tutorial from Ladyada, she writes – Here is a new SENSOR TUTORIAL! IR detector Make remote controls and listeners Making an Intervalometer, Read IR commands from an Apple remote, use for your projects and more!. What is an IR detection sensor? IR detectors are little microchips with a photocell that are tuned to listen […]
The DrinkShield is an open source Breathalyzer kit for the Arduino. It’s a great starter kit that was originally designed for Hackerspace parties. The DrinkShield can work as a standalone breathalyzer or you can connect it to a computer for and interact directly with the results. Source code repository comes with a game to use […]
This isn’t the first LED fur coat we have seen, but it may be the first one made entirely from scratch? The maker, DustMonkey, couldn’t find a coat that met all his criteria, so he started with McCall’s pattern #4222. After making the coat, he attached 256 RGB LEDs, an Arduino, and custom LED controller […]
CompySketch is a little doodling toy I made after I took the “Arduino and Processing ” class from O’Reilly Media. It’s like an etch-a-sketch, but its digital and you can save your drawings. It was a fun weekend project that got me some practice with the basics of getting Arduino to talk to Processing. If […]
Create a variety of natural looking shapes — ferns, trees, and dragons — using fractals and the controlP5 library.
