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!
Today, I am going to show you how easy it is to connect, and use, a Memsic 2125 Accelerometer from the Maker Shed. This sensor is able to detect tilt, acceleration, rotation, and vibration with a range of ±2 g. It can be used for making balancing robots, game controllers, musical instruments and more. I’ll […]
If you’re lucky enough to own one of the SERB robot kits from Oomlout, you’ll likely be interested in this Instructable, which shows you how to add a simple touch-switch bump sensor to the front of your bot. Add Obstacle Detecting Whiskers to Your Robot More: Review: SERB Robot kit SERB robot with Wii Nunchuck […]
Power Glove 20th Anniversary Edition — Build Video from Matt Mechtley on Vimeo. Matt Mechtley is responsible for this maker’s dream project: getting a classic Nintendo Power Glove to work with custom games by replacing it’s brain with an arduino, implanting an accelerometer for motion detection, and using a bluetooth modem for wireless connectivity. He’s […]
It’s been really busy this week for all of us in the Maker Shed. We have been working on a lot of new open source products, and I even made and few Arduino how-to’s using some of our new sensors. Also, we have been gearing up for Maker Faire in San Mateo. I can’t believe […]
Check out this neat tutorial for creating glitchy VGA signals from Arduino, via Adafruit.
BakerTweet from BakerTweet on Vimeo. Via adafruit comes this awesome use of embedded tweeting, a bakery device that can alert hungry stomachs to what (please don’t make me say it) tweets are coming out of the oven. Sweet. The BakerTweet prototype is made up of an Arduino Duemilanove, Arduino Ethernet Shield, Ladyada Proto Shield, a […]
Tom Igoe just sent me this really cool project that he made on the Arduino Mega and in Processing. He used (2) 8×8 LED matrices and an Arduino Mega to recreate Pong. Next, he ported the Arduino code over to Processing. He said it took 10 minutes to port the entire code. That’s fast! You […]
