Arduino

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!

Bachelorette blinkendress on stage

Bachelorette blinkendress on stage

Karen Curley and Lindsay Broomfield made this LED dress for the band Bachelorette using a LilyPad Arduino and some LilyPad sewable LEDs. Check out the Flickr set. Via Fashioning Technology. More: New soft circuit kits in the maker shed and massive soft electronics roundup CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino 101 CRAFT Video: LilyPad Arduino Blinking Bike […]

NunChucky I2C breakout board

NunChucky I2C breakout board

One of the nifty little techno-trinkets Solarbotics was handing out to lucky folks at the Faire was their new NunChucky. This tiny PCB allows you to utilize the Wii Nunchunk as a project controller on a microcontroller module without having to cut the connector off the Nunchuck (so you can still use it with your […]

Here come wings for your Arduino

Here come wings for your Arduino

When not working on Make: television, writing for Make: Online, and working as a character mechanic for Disney, our bud John Edgar Park, along with fellow MAKE contributors Brian Jepson and Tod Kurt, have been burning the midnight solder on some new peripherals for the Arduino world that they’ve dubbed WingShields. The first kit in […]

MIDI step sequencer with Arduino

MIDI step sequencer with Arduino

[warning: volume spike around 1m35s] After running into some trouble assembling a Gorf sequencer kit, Larsby decided to design his own – I wanted a bigger display, so that I could fiddle around with different setups and functions. I wanted rotary encoders (endless) so that I would need fewer then 1 per step. I wanted […]

Power Glove controls new video games

Matt Mechtley is gearing up for Maker Faire, where he’ll be showing his updated Nintendo Power Glove (with Arduino and Bluetooth, or course). He writes: Over the past few weeks Iรขโ‚ฌโ„ขve been working on some improvements and extensions to my Power Glove 20th Anniversary Edition. On the tech side of things, I replaced the ugly […]