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!
Garrett Mace’s Centipede Shield has some pretty cool features: The Centipede Shield is an add-on PCB for standard layout (Duemilanova, Diecimila) Arduino microcontroller boards. It uses the Wire I2C interface on analog pins 4 and 5 to provide 64 general purpose I/O pins. This means that each pin can be assigned as an input or […]
This is the first step in making my own bipedal robot. If I’m satisfied with this leg, I will build another and some hips. I am using a combination of the Lynxmotion servo erector set, and MicroRax to build the frame. I chose to mix these two because I like the aesthetic achieved with MicroRax and the function that the Lynxmotion parts provided. The brain is an Arbotix Robot Controller, which is like an Arduino, with more beef.
The Povard is a large hand held POV device that is built onto a very cool laser cut and etched acrylic bezel. A POV “tricks” your eyes into seeing a full image when only part of the image is visible at one time. This effect is called the “Persistence Of Vision.” This is the way the Povard works.
The LoL Shield is a charlieplexed LED matrix for the Arduino, available in the Maker Shed. You can use it to display anything in a 9×14 grid. Scroll text, play games, display images, or anything else you want to do.
This tutorial on Pachube.com (“a data brokerage platform for the internet of things”) shows how to connect an Inspeed Vortex wind sensor to the Internet with an Arduino and ethernet shield. More: HOW TO – Make a homebuilt anemometer Homemade easter egg anemometer
Over at The Transistor, a hackerspace in Provo, UT, member Tim has been busy building a Nixie Tube Display from some abandoned parts he found.
Here’s the source code for my Arduino + PING))) + 7-Segment Shield ultrasonic distance sensor. It is the progenitor of my Arduino Nerf sentry gun code, which I’ll be posting soon.
