Monitor the Health & Vitality of Your Home Garden with Weekend Projects
Two Weekend Projects from our archives are ideal for challenging makers to hack their houseplants and collect data from their garden.
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!
The Centurion Project: LED Helmet
7 meters of RGB LEDs crammed onto a centurion’s helmet? It makes perfect sense once you see it in action. When you’re a creative developer with a name like Roman, you’re bound to find yourself recreating things from antiquity. Roman Porry found his inevitable foray into ancient Roman culture resulted in this interactive centurion helmet. […]
Arduino’s Servo Library: Angles, Microseconds, and “Optional” Command Parameters
A closer look at Arduino’s servo library and the optional parameters you should be aware of.
Paper-Thin Arduino Enables DIY Dirigible
Build your own balloon-based blimp with Printoo, a new paper-thin Arduino-compatible microcontroller.
Practice Your Service Return With This Arduino-Powered Automatic Ping-Pong Ball Machine
Friction wheel mechanism, frame made of VEX Robotics Design System components.
(Mind)Storms are Brewing in the Shed
Think of the best pairing you know, be it chocolate and peanut butter, rainy days and good books, or the purr of an engine and the open road. Then, imagine pairing one of the best toys of your childhood, Legos, and the hobbyist toy of your adulthood, the Arduino microcontroller. Combined, these two tools are poised for […]
Makers in Space: What Was Old Is New Again
Setting the record straight on the history of Do-It-Yourself satellites.
