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!
This is the 3rd installment of my Aduino How-To Tuesdays. This week I am going to cover using another basic part, the potentiometer. I will also cover connecting a servo to the Arduino. Servos can be hard to control, but not with the Arduino! That’s just another reason why I love this little micro-controller. Subscribe […]
Arduino developer David Cuartielles gives gives us a peek into one of his late night hacking sessions – If you have nothing better to do during a winter night in Sweden, you can always hack a couple of libraries together and make a third one. SDplayWAV is for people interested in playing sounds from SD […]
I’m converting a Twitchie kit into a finger-controlled robot arm. I built a little servo breakout on some perfboard, and added pin headers to plug a flex sensor into it, making a voltage divider circuit for the Arduino. This means the angle of the servos changes (rapidly!) as you bend the sensor. I’ll be attaching […]
Apparently not satisfied with Arduino’s delay() function, Flickr member namaRyo is working on an microcontroller monitored sandglass timer. The Arduino uses an optical interrupter to detect when sand falls through the glass. Once it determines the sand has run out, a servo motor is activated, flipping the sandglass over and resetting it. An interesting combination […]
The people that make our favorite little micro-controller released version 0013 of their software last week. You can check out the details of the new version here, and download it here. I am still reading over the release notes, but it looks like a nice update. In case you were wondering, the image above is […]
Oomlout sells a nifty $20 kit to mechanically control a light switch using an Arduino. No need to play with the wiring just bolts onto any standard light switch. Doesn’t interfere with normal operation. (there’s still room to flip the switch on and off manually) The project possibilties are endless. (automatic nightlight, motion sensing, controlling […]
Howard Gordon, of Surveyor Corporation, makers of the SRV-1 Blackfin robot platform, sent us a link to this software collaboration they did with Jeffrey Nelson, builder of the Forknife robot. Jeffrey developed an open-source Android console for the SRV-1 that allows you to remotely control and see the camera feed of the bot from a […]
