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Musical Glove

Musical Glove

This tutorial will give you step-by-step instructions to make your own musical glove that will produce a different note for each finger pushed.

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Building a Doodle Bot Kit

Building a Doodle Bot Kit

The Doodle Bot is a simple robot kit for beginners that can draw pictures and write text messages with a pen. Sample code allows the robot to write messages created by the user. The size of the writing can be changed. The Robot is programmed using the Arduino IDE and a USB cable. 4x AAA […]

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Software Defined Radio Transceiver

Software Defined Radio Transceiver

This is an amateur radio transceiver that operates on the medium or short wave bands. It is a software defined radio, meaning that it uses a computer to control the radio, to demodulate the signals received, and to modulate the signal transmitted. The computer control and signals in and out go through the USB connection, […]

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Build a Hot/Cold Detector with LEDs

Build a Hot/Cold Detector with LEDs

In this project, we will combine an Arduino, a Ping sensor, and a small assortment of components, to build a project that senses distances as “hot/cold.” Once built, we’ll walk through the software running our basic “sketch,” (what an Arduino program is called) and then experiment with variations of the “hot/cold” theme, all the while […]

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Sun Logger

Sun Logger

A data logger is a device that is left to run for long periods of time, making regular measurements of external sensors. We’ll be using the Arduino microcontroller and a homemade “shield” (an Arduino accessory board) to create a device that gathers data on light-brightness in an area and how it changes over time.

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Monkey Couch Guardian

Monkey Couch Guardian

My cats like to jump on furniture and shed their fur, which ends up on my clothes. To stop them, I’m using a Monkey Couch Guardian. I made it from one of those old-fashioned cymbal-banging toy monkeys, modified with an inexpensive Arduino microcontroller and a proximity sensor. Now when a cat jumps on a table, […]

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The BeatBearing Tangible Rhythm Sequencer

The BeatBearing Tangible Rhythm Sequencer

The BeatBearing is an exciting and intuitive way to make music. Move the balls on a grid, and you change the beat. Music sequencing couldn’t be simpler. Like countless other musicians, I use a computer to create beats and sequence them into mixes. Pointing and clicking with a mouse is fine for a studio, but […]

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