Automate a rubber strip door with Arduino
In order to separate their office and shop areas, NYC CNC installed a rubber strip assembly that had to be pushed out of the way every time someone wanted to walk through. Although functional, it was...
View ArticlePong embedded in a vintage Sony Watchman with Arduino
There’s perhaps no other game more classic than Pong, and likely none that require fewer control inputs, making it perfect for “porting” to a Sony Watchman. While an amazing piece of tech when...
View ArticleAccess doors with a color card locking system!
When you swipe a card through a reader, you expect it to read a magnetic stripe on one end. In other circumstances cards might contain an RFID chip, but what if the card only had a pattern of colors on...
View ArticleSpirotrope combines a Stirling engine, a Spirograph, and an Arduino
Witaya Junma decided to combine creations from three different time periods: a Spirograph (1965), Stirling engine (1816), and an Arduino board developed in the 2000s to form a unique art piece. What he...
View ArticleYou can now use Arduino to program Linux IoT devices
Today, at Embedded Linux Conference 2018, Arduino announced the expansion of the number of architectures supported by its Arduino Create platform for the development of IoT applications. With this new...
View ArticleWe went all the way to the pyramids and found Arduinos!
On March 10th, I was a guest speaker at Maker Faire Cairo 2018 as a representative of Arduino. I took the opportunity as I had never been to Egypt and was really curious about the maker culture there....
View ArticleAntique Coke machine enhanced with Arduino can counter
“ChrisN219” is the proud owner of an antique Coke machine that he uses to store his favorite beverages. While a very cool decoration, it doesn’t have a way to reveal how many cans are left. To add this...
View ArticleBuilding interactive plant lamps with Arduino
As part of a physical interaction and realization course at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, a team of students decided to build an interactive installation called “Alone Together” Their setup...
View ArticleAutomate a rubber strip door with Arduino
In order to separate their office and shop areas, NYC CNC installed a rubber strip assembly that had to be pushed out of the way every time someone wanted to walk through. Although functional, it was...
View ArticlePong embedded in a vintage Sony Watchman with Arduino
There’s perhaps no other game more classic than Pong, and likely none that require fewer control inputs, making it perfect for “porting” to a Sony Watchman. While an amazing piece of tech when...
View ArticleAccess doors with a color card locking system!
When you swipe a card through a reader, you expect it to read a magnetic stripe on one end. In other circumstances cards might contain an RFID chip, but what if the card only had a pattern of colors on...
View ArticleArduino goes to space series: A new hope
We recently sponsored one of the labs at Lulea University in Sweden, the INSPIRE (INstrumentation for Space and Planetary Investigation, Resources and Exploration) Lab. It is not just any lab, it is...
View ArticleThis Pong clock displays the time and temperature in score-like fashion
If you need to get creative with something useful, clocks are always great objects to hack together. One idea, in particular, is this Pong Clock from Brett Oliver. Oliver’s Arduino-powered device is...
View ArticleControl your computer sheet music with the PartitionsDuino
Performing an instrument well is hard enough, but flipping through sheet music while playing can slightly delay things in the best case, or can cause you to lose your concentration altogether. Music...
View ArticleThese interactive hair extensions can communicate over Bluetooth
For the most part, the next generation of wearable technology development has been focused around your wrist, arm, ears, and even your face. Hair, however, remains a unique and much less explored...
View ArticleDesafío STEM 2017/18 in Spain
Telefónica Educación Digital, the education branch of Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica, arranged a contest for students in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)...
View ArticleA beautifully finished Arduino temperature and humidity sensor
Jay and Jamie wanted a temperature and humidity sensor for their workshop. Instead of buying something off the shelf or hooking up an Arduino with the proper sensor and breadboard, they went the extra...
View ArticleSave the date: Arduino Day 2018 is Saturday, May 12th!
For the fifth year in a row we are inviting the open-source community to join us for Arduino Day 2018 on Saturday, May 12th! Arduino Day is a worldwide celebration of Arduino’s birthday. It’s a 24...
View ArticleCheck the time on a glow-in-the-dark UV LED clock
If you thought plot clocks that write on a tiny whiteboard were cool, this project takes things to the next level, jotting down the time not with a dry-erase marker, but with a UV LED on a...
View ArticlepedalSHIELD MEGA is a programmable guitar pedal for your Arduino
If you want to create new guitar sounds without having to redo your pedal wiring every single time, the pedalSHIELD MEGA from ElectroSmash could be just what you’re looking for. The pedalSHIELD MEGA...
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