Arduino-Controlled Night Light
Using a light sensor, some wire, and LEDs you can easily create an automatic night light that will turn on when you turn off the lights.
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Mini R.O.V. Submersible
This is a great, easy project! This project is also a first prize winner in the 2012 Instructables Robot Contest! This little submersible uses 3 DC motors and a nine-volt battery. It controls the three motors with three buttons. Its frame is built from lego-type pieces. It is very simple and great for beginners, although […]
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Turn Your Old Speakers into New
If you have an old computer speakers, you can turn them into speakers for phone or MP4.
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Treasure Finder
Who hasn’t dreamed about owning their own metal detector and searching for buried treasure, or at least a few dropped coins? In this project, we will build a metal detector based on a dual oscillator circuit. One oscillator is fixed, and the other varies depending upon the proximity of metal objects. The beat frequency between […]
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Wearable Light Organ
This simple, wearable circuit uses an operational amplifier (or “op-amp”) chip to convert sound into light. An LM324 op-amp and a transistor boost input from a mini condenser microphone to light a series of LEDs. Watch it blink to the beat of your favorite music. Check out more Weekend Projects.
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Simple Laser Communicator
Talk in secret over your own private laser beam link.
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The Luna Mod Looper
The Luna Mod is an easy and fun instrument that will have you making great-sounding loops in no time. Rather than sampling input like a traditional loop station, the Luna Mod synthesizes its own sounds, and you play it using two knobs and one button.
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