Schlagwort: 3dprint
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Old school meets new energy in Project Hub’s latest highlights!
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s back to school! Whether you are a student or not, Arduino’s Project Hub is a great place to never stop learning, thanks to the wealth of knowledge, experiments, and plain cool ideas our community so generously shares. The three highlights we’ve selected among the projects uploaded in June indeed all have…
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Nothin’ but (neural) net: Track your basketball score with a Nano 33 BLE Sense
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen playing a short game of basketball, few people enjoy having to consciously track their number of successful throws. Yet when it comes to automation, nearly all systems rely on infrared or visual proximity detection as a way to determine when a shot has gone through the basket versus missed. This is…
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7 little-known tech solutions to take your garden to the next level
Reading Time: 8 minutesA well-maintained garden is a beautiful thing. The envy of your friends and neighbors, and a lifelong project you can truly take pride in, especially in the summer months. Gardening itself, though, can be a chore. The really fun parts often feel like a small fraction of the overall work, with a…
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UNO R4 Stars: Meet Tigris Li
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe launch of the Arduino UNO R4 marks a huge leap forward for our community. For us, it’s also the chance to celebrate the people who bring our ecosystem to life with their bright ideas, radiant enthusiasm, and shining insight. That is how the UNO R4 Stars blog post series began: to highlight makers who…
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This bionic hand responds to motion control
Reading Time: 2 minutesBuilding a robot is only half the battle, because you also need a way to control it. Something like a rover may work with a simple joystick or even typed commands. But complex robots often have many motors and controlling those all directly becomes a challenge. That’s why Will Cogley chose motion…
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Meet Arduino Pro at PACK EXPO 2023 in Las Vegas
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Arduino PRO team will be exhibiting in Las Vegas next week at PACK EXPO 2023, the largest event for the packaging industry. From Monday, September 11th through to the 13th, meet our team at the Arduino PRO booth #7592 in the upper south hall. This is the first year for Arduino…
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A beautiful minimalist rainbow LED lamp
Reading Time: 2 minutesIndividually addressable RGB LEDs like the WS2812B models are popular because they’re so easy to drive and don’t require any complex wiring. Each LED in the chain passes a signal on to its neighbor and you only need to know the position of an LED in the chain to control its brightness…
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Controlling home appliances with Arduino Cloud and TP-Link smart plugs
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn today’s modern world, smart technology is revolutionizing the way we interact with our surroundings. From managing our home’s energy consumption to controlling appliances remotely — such as washing machines, fans, coffee makers, and even air conditioners. Smart devices offer us a level of convenience and control that was once unimaginable. However,…
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What will we do with an additional $22M?
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe are happy to announce that Arduino raised an additional $22 million round, taking our Series B funding to $54 million, thanks to an expansion co-led by CDP Venture Capital and Anzu Partners. Joining them is semiconductor leader Arm, following up on earlier investments. CDP Venture Capital, Italy’s largest VC firm, invested…
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This gargantuan 3D-printed robot hand is just the beginning
Reading Time: 2 minutesIvan Miranda has a humble dream: he wants to build a massive 3D-printed robot that he can ride upon. In other words, he wants a mech. But that is obviously a very challenging project that will take an incredible amount of time and money. So he decided to test the waters with…
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Bipedal robot walks with a single motor
Reading Time: 2 minutesA popular goal among roboticists is animal-like locomotion. Animals move with a fluidity and grace that is very hard to replicate artificially. That goal has led to extremely complex robots that require a multitude of motors and sensors, along with heavy processing, to walk. But even those don’t quite match biological movement.…
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Tiny Tesla go-kart gains self-driving autopilot
Reading Time: 2 minutesA few years ago, Austin Blake built an electric go-kart that looked like a Tesla Model S. It had the plastic shell from a kid’s Radio Flyer ride-on vehicle, but on top of a custom go-kart frame with a powerful electric motor. That looked like a Tesla, but it didn’t really act like one…
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Arduino and AWS team up to bridge hardware and cloud for business
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday, Arduino officially announced its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), offering a new path for the future of edge hardware and cloud services. The new partnership will provide Arduino products and Arduino Cloud customers more options to integrate AWS into IoT projects. One big cloud for all It might be news…
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This wearable device uses air to provide directions
Reading Time: 2 minutesMost people today rely on technology to navigate through the world. That is practical thanks to the reliability of modern GPS. But receiving directions can be difficult for people with certain disabilities. People who are blind, for instance, cannot look at a map on a smartphone. People with missing limbs may not…
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Toddler receives a custom cyberdeck
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe cyberdeck community has exploded in recent years, because makers like to use their creativity to create custom machines tailored to their tastes and requirements. But the community has overlooked one very significant target market: toddlers. Young kids love fiddling with buttons and switches, and there is a plethora of evidence that…
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Play full-color games on this simple Arduino Nano ESP32-based handheld console
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a thriving Arduino gaming community, with many homebrew video games developed to run on Arduino development boards. Arduboy, for example, produces custom handheld consoles with games that can also run on Arduino hardware. However, many boards have microcontrollers with limited processing power and memory, which means the graphics have to…
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Arduino speaks without any special hardware
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe see many Arduino projects that feature audio output, but they tend to require a substantial amount of additional hardware. Audio files take up a lot of storage space, so they require something like an SD card adapter. Audio signals are analog, so they require a DAC (digital-to-analog converter) to get good…
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Save money with a Tuya/SmartLife energy meter monitored on Arduino Cloud via Node-RED
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn a world where energy bills are climbing and the environment is on our minds, keeping tabs on how we use energy at home has become a smart move. Every gadget we plug in impacts our wallets and the planet. That’s where home energy monitoring comes in – giving us real-time info…
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Helping robot dogs feel through their paws
Reading Time: 2 minutesYour dog has nerve endings covering its entire body, giving it a sense of touch. It can feel the ground through its paws and use that information to gain better traction or detect harmful terrain. For robots to perform as well as their biological counterparts, they need a similar level of sensory…
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DIY parachute system saves drones and rockets
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday’s consumer and professional drones are very stable. They’re easy to pilot and we’re past the era of rampant out-of-control drone crashes. But drones can still fail and benefit from a system that lets them return safely to the ground without damage. That is also true for hobby rockets, which still have…
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Arduino-powered pickpocket trap catches thieves red-handed
Reading Time: 2 minutesPeople living in small towns and rural areas may not realize it, but pickpocketing is a genuine issue in big cities. Real-life pickpockets aren’t magic like those in movies, but they can pull an item like a wallet from your pocket without you noticing — it is surprisingly easy to do. The…
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Testing fast charging damage to smartphone batteries
Reading Time: 2 minutesMost people leave their phones on their chargers overnight, but sometimes you end up at 5% halfway through the day and need to top off your battery. Fast charging is very convenient in such circumstances, but it may be damaging your smartphone’s battery and reducing its capacity over time. To find out…
