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!
Our friend Massimo from the Arduino project wrote in to tell us about this cool competition… I’m writing to tell you about a competition at the school where I teach. Domus Academy is a design school in Milano which has different masters in design, fashion, car design and interaction design. Every year they have a […]
Massimo Banzi writes over at the Arduino blog: After a couple of years of prototypes, tests and announcements, finally we have produced an ethernet shield for Arduino. This module gives Arduino the ability to open connections to other Internet hosts or behave like a server, for example a simple web server. We like this design […]
Yesterday I wrote about a great new book that I picked up at Maker Faire. Actually, I picked up 2 new books at Maker Faire, the other one was Getting Started with Arduino by Massimo Banzi, co-founder of Arduino. Massimo did a great job explaining all about this amazing little micro-controller and basic electronics. Here […]
This looks like a cool project that uses an Arduino & Processing to generate LED graphics based on MIDI inputs. I really like how it is housed inside an old slide viewer. A while ago I found an interesting post on the arduino forums about a guy who made a 8×8 LED panel for his […]
I’ve found the power jumper on Arduino (Diecimila, NG, etc.) comes in handy for quickly powering down a project – helpful when you’d rather not disconnect the DC or USB power. Even handier if you actually replace the jumper with a little slide switch, like so – And who can resist the super-bonus leftover jumper! […]
It was just a matter of time… Physical keyboard for iPhone via CG. It gets better, the same maker seems to have a self-propelled iPhone “robot”… With an Arduino… trifecta of COOL OVERLOAD in play.
These two new kits from Sparkfun debuted at Maker Faire Austin this year, and I can say from playing with them that they’re really cool. If you’re interested in getting started with soft electronics or the LilyPad Arduino, the worlds first sewable microcontroller, give these a whirl: Lilypad E-Sewing Kit The LilyPad e-sewing kit contains […]
