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!
Simon writes in about his robot that plays a traditional Chinese Dulcimer. It is controlled by (2) Arduinos, which receive data via motion controllers and soil sensors. Yep, plants have a say in how the instrument is played! It’s an interactive musical installation called “Three Pieces”, that’s our attempt to create something in keeping with […]
The RepRap team introduced a simple breakout shield – The Arduino Breakout Shield is a shield that plugs into an Arduino and provides all the Arduino pins as screw terminals. It is perfect for semi-permanent Arduino projects, or just general prototyping. It provides access to all the Arduino pins, as well as providing extra GND, […]
Matt writes – Hi! This is a little project I’ve been working on for a couple weeks. It’s a quad-core tower made from 5 Arduino’s (1 to act as a command dispatcher, and 4 that do the central processing). He’s also made the configuration available as a kit. Interesting – anyone have ideas for putting […]
The weather box by Gian Pablo and Lesley Flanigan generates melodic sequences from the current weather in eight US cities – Built into a Fortnum & Mason tea box, is an Arduino-based polyphonic synthesizer, with an XPort Internet access module. The dial allows choosing any of 8 cities. When it is turned, the box retrieves […]
The ‘duino variants keep a rollin’ on in – The Freeduino SB from Solarbotics/ HVWTech features – USB Mini jack(optional type B), pads for an ARef trimpot, and a much appreciated power switch. The board comes as a kit with all SMD parts already mounted. Good to see a switch finally grace an Arduino board. […]
This project uses reed switches and electromagnets under Arduino-control to keep a small magnet pendulum swinging indefinitely. The Arduino uses the reed switches to keep track of pendulum movement and powers the electromagnets whenever a little ‘push’ is needed to keep it in motion. Check out the thorough documentation for more good info (and neat […]
Here’s a helpful library that allows one to add simple IR control to projects The library implements the NEC IR protocol, so set up the universal remote for any NEC device (TV, DVD, VCR, …) and the 32-bit codes should be received. The example sketch provided just prints out IR codes as they’re received, so […]
