Arduino

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!

DIY electronic drum brain for Arduino

DIY electronic drum brain for Arduino

The Drum Master project uses sensor filter circuits with the Arduino platform and sends the data over USB for sample playback – The Drum Master system is actually comprised of two parts. The hardware brain module (containing the Arduino microcontroller and a collection of circuits to assist in obtaining the sensor information) is called the […]

Arduino hackers @ Ignite Boston

The 3rd Ignite Boston happened last week, and it had an enormous turnout. Among the hackers and geeks at Ignite were a couple of makers with blinky projects in hand. As it turns out, they were Arduino-powered. The video above takes a close look at the projects that John Luciani and Jimmie P Rodgers brought […]

Growduino in development

Growduino in development

From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Boss Sauce is working on an automated gardening system using Arduino – First mockup of Arduino-controlled garden, here switching a relay attached to a submersible pump to automatically water two plants. The “growduino” smart garden project will, um, grow to include more sensors and controls, but watering on a […]

Arduino basics – MIDI clock signals

Arduino basics – MIDI clock signals

Little-scale has another helpful mini how-to for those of you digging in with blue microcontroller It is often desirable to synchronise something like a homemade sequencing circuit or a Commodore 64 to MIDI clock signals. I thought I might share some generic Arduino skeleton code that could be used to synchronise many different types of […]