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!
Here is another how-to from Jeff, this time he describes using a 555 timer as an external clock for the Arduino. It’s a really interesting technique on how to get a fairly accurate external interrupt at lower frequencies.
Ian from weezey.com wired up a couple of Peggy2 light emitting pegboard kits to an Arduino and with a couple of tweaks to some existing code managed to get the display to run across both units.
Bridging the gap between the “real world” and your computer, the Advanced Arduino Starter Kit from the Maker Shed takes you further into the world of physical computing.
Jeff posted this nice how-to about wiring up a 7-Segment LED to an Arduino. His code uses the ‘map()’ function to scale the sensor data and display it’s relative value on the 7-Segment display.
Our finely-wired friends at Solarbotics have released their latest Arduino kit, the Ardweeny, “the smallest Arduino you can build yourself with through-hole components.” I love the backpack PCB concept which puts the support electronics for the ATmega328 chip on a board that stacks on top of the chip and is soldered to the chip’s pins. […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Swinz built a rather convincing elevator-style control panel just for the heck of it – I’ve recently completed a device that I’ve been idly threatening to make for years. This is a device that has no purpose other than entertainment, and it’s fairly limited in that regard too. It was […]
Jeff’s “Princess and the Pea” alarm clock takes a cue from a classic fairy tale to provide a not-so-subtle wake-up call – No ordinary alarm clock: the Princess and the Pea Alarm Clock (“PPAC”) leaves no room for snoozing, inflating a green “pea” between the mattress and box spring, making it impossible to stay in […]
