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!
Mekonik used an Arduino board, solenoid coil, hall effect sensor, and some clever coding to hold a permanent magnet in mid-air – The device uses a small Hall effect sensor (SS19 from Honeywell, available for $0.50 from AllElectronics) to sense the field of the permanent magnet and uses that information to modulate the magnetic field […]
YouTube user lovelikerobots added lights to a neck-warmer a friend made for him and used a LilyPad Arduino and light sensor to make the lights blink when it’s dark. He’s got warmth, instant bike safety, not to mention style. Via Fashioning Technology.
From the MAKE Flickr pool While working on a new board mightyohm grabbed some footage of his reflow soldering process – My AVR HV Rescue Shield has a 5V to 12V step up converter, constructed with surface mount parts (all 0805’s and one SOIC). This video shows the board being reflowed on my hot plate, […]
Flickr user solipsistnation created this rather awesome sample sequencer using Meggy Jr. and an Arduino WaveShield – The Meggy Jr RGB from Evil Mad Science running MeggySeq, driving a Wave Shield from Lady Ada. MeggySeq is a pattern-based drum machine sequencer. It has 8 patterns of 16 steps each and each step can play one […]
This is a great example of the power and flexibility of the Arduino. The project uses a hacked alarm clock and an Arudino to automatically set the wake time based on a Google calendar. This is such a great solution for anyone with a schedule that varies from day to day. Check out the link […]
Make subscriber Nic used Arduino plus Parallax RFID reader/tags to make his Squeezebox network music player a bit more physically intuitive/interactive. I’m not the first to think of controlling music with RFID, somebody made a pretty neat player called PlayStand way back in 2002. But its RFID reader was plugged directly into the PC. I […]
My friend Usman and I are collaborating long-distance on an Arduino project. He’s a software guy (by which I mean he’s a guy actually made of software. OK, not really, but almost) and doesn’t have time right now to get up to speed on hardware. So, I send him bits of hardware as needed. This […]
