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!
Yesterday afternoon, a whoop of excitement resounded throughout the Maker Shed — currently under construction at Maker Faire Austin — as we cracked open boxes of Getting Started with Arduino, fresh from the printers. There’s nothing that beats that feeling of seeing the results of so much hard work and devotion in physical form. The […]
Limor has a great Halloween project using an Arduino and the audio shield for Arduino (Wave Shield)… She writes – Here is a timely project for an electronic halloween pumpkin. With a bit of hacking a $1 plastic pumpkin is upgraded: a sensor embedded in the nose detects when people get close and will randomly […]
It’s Tuesday again! This week I am making a scary pumpkin. Nothing gory or disgusting, just something that will scare the kiddies and hopefully score me some candy. How? Well, I am glad you asked. I rummaged through my parts bins and came up with an idea. What if I connected a horn to an […]
Processing is a great open source application for artists and experimenters. This Minority Report style application was created in 20 minutes! Amazing! Check out the link to download the source code. [Thanks Guru] Today I read about touchless an opensource sdk microsoft has released. it enables you to track objects using a simple webcam to […]
Here’s an interesting use of the TouchShield (which we’ve covered here before on Make) for the Arduino controller that serves as a pin visualizer that lets you check if all of your I/O pins are working correctly as programmed and displays voltage on analog pins and logic state on digital pins. All signals are followed […]
Matt Mets is making an infrared camera intervalometer for his Nikon camera. Lucky for us, he’s also an electrical engineer, and explains things very well. He writes: An intervalometer is a device that sends out a signal at regular intervals. When hooked up to a camera, they can be used to take time lapse images, […]
This instructable uses parts from a hardware store and an Arduino to make a motion activated spider. Looks like a fun project to scare the neighborhood kiddies. I wanted to create a motion-activated spider to put on my door for Halloween. It drops down when visitors approach the entryway, activates a spot light to draw […]
