Arduino Team Offers Details on the Yún
Arduino’s upcoming board, the Yún, is like an Arduino Leonardo and a Linux-based WiFi router packed onto one board.
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 Awesome LED Hat
I have to admit, I love LED, who doesn’t. But when i came across this awesome Instructable from user Sbbrain I started to go nuts.
The Walter II Robot is a Machinist’s Masterpiece
Walter II the robot is a masterpiece of machining built by Chris the Carpenter of Rocket Brand Studios and Let’s Make Robots. http://rocketbrandstudios.com
MAKE Asks: What do we Call all These Boards?
Embedded system, microcontroller, computer-on-a-chip? What should we call these awesome gadgets, anyway?
DIY toy car Drone Featured at World Maker Faire
This toy car kit, which the creators call the RoboTech SuperCar, will be demonstrated at World Maker Faire next month. It’s Arduino powered with RGB LED headlights and tail lights, an ultrasonic sensor, and a 24-pin RC bus that interfaces with RasPi, Teensy, or any other microcontroller.
Control RGB LEDs with this Android-Arduino Combo-Circuit
Combine an Arduino with a USB host mode-compatible Android device, and control a strip of full-color RGB LEDs with your Android’s touchscreen. Explore Pulse Width Modulation to get maximum brightness from your LEDs and mix their values to correct for color balance.
Transatlantic Drone Takes to the Sea
The Scout Transatlantic project has broken the world record for the furthest distance traveled by an autonomous unmanned boat, and it is just getting started.