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Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Mega + former nuclear indicator = coolest Nixie clock ever? Arduino Team — May 11th, 2018 There have been countless clocks made using Arduino boards, but you’ve likely never seen anything quite like this display. It features four Nixie tubes that alternate between the time, temperature, pressure, and relative humidity, in addition to a […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGet a feel for your computing energy usage with this setup Arduino Team — May 10th, 2018 Norbert Heinz, aka “HomoFaciens,” is no stranger to making versions of modern-day equipment in unusual ways, but what about the way that this equipment is actually powered? It’s not something that we normally consider if an AC adapter […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis Arduino-controlled machine draws on textile with wax Arduino Team — May 9th, 2018 Batik is a fabric decoration technique where wax is applied by hand to cloth that is then died, leaving behind beautiful patterns. While interesting, doing this manually is time-consuming and requires quite a bit of skill to properly execute. In a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesFind astronomical objects in the night sky with this Arduino telescope assistant Arduino Team — May 7th, 2018 No matter how good your telescope is, if you don’t know where to point it, it’s little more than a curiosity. Motorized GoTo telescopes are available at a very high price, but maker “DentDentArthurDent” has come up with an […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesHot Ninja messages other devices using WiFi SSIDs Arduino Team — May 7th, 2018 When you need to access the Internet via WiFi, it’s not too hard to find a hotspot if you’re in the right location, and the SSID usually gives you some clue as to who is providing it. What if you instead […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteExpanding Death Star lamp with MKR1000 Arduino Team — April 27th, 2018 What could be better than a lamp that expands with the pull of a control cord? How about one that looks like the Death Star and is controlled with your voice? That’s exactly what maker Adi Singh created using a popular IKEA lamp […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesRC truck packs Arduino control system… and an electromagnetic accelerator turret! Arduino Team — April 27th, 2018 While some toy vehicles perform quite well out of the box, others are just begging to be equipped with supplemental electronics. This was the case for YouTuber Tanner Tech, who after receiving a capable 4WD truck in the […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesMaker Faire Rome, where everything started I participated in Maker Faire Rome back in December 2017. I came with the rest of the Arduino crew to spend two days talking to other makers in the show, check out the projects made in the field of education and to… get a portrait painted. Now seriously, I […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesOn April 18th, a team from Arduino Education made it to the museum Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias in Valencia to participate in the CTC Valencia Fair. A total of 1,200 students (out of 1,500 people in attendance) participated in the five-hour-long event where the students exhibited what they had been producing over […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute1961 rotary phone gets a 2018 cellular upgrade Arduino Team — April 23rd, 2018 While it’s hard to beat today’s mobile devices functionality-wise, if you need a phone built like a tank and designed for voice communication and voice communication only, you can’t go wrong with the Western Electric Model 500 rotary telephone. As maker […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesYouTuber makes his own Overwatch laser turrets Arduino Team — April 23rd, 2018 If you ever wanted to to see what Symmetra’s sentry turrets from Overwatch would look like in real life, now you can thanks to Mr. Volt. The YouTuber has produced a pair of them powered by a LiPo battery and controlled with […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino and Distrelec launch a new automation & robotics contest! Arduino Team — April 23rd, 2018 How can you help advance Industry 4.0 using the Arduino ecosystem? From robots and predictive maintenance to remote control and data acquisition, we’ve teamed up Distrelec to launch a new Automation & Robotics Contest challenging our community to create innovative solutions that can make […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesPID temperature control with Arduino Arduino Team — April 16th, 2018 If you want to keep something at a certain temperature, say a block of aluminum, you’ll need a thermocouple and some sort of heating element. While you could turn a heater on and off abruptly in a sequence appropriately known as “bang-bang,” a more […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhy livecasting from Arduino Education About a month ago we started livecasting from Arduino’s YouTube channel. This is something I had been willing to do for quite some time, but I never figured out the way to make room in my agenda to fit the planning required to make it happen. Technology has changed a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesMP3 player “reads” CDs like a vintage Victrola Arduino Team — April 10th, 2018 Digital music—which gives us access to a virtually unlimited amount of media at our fingertips—is an amazing innovation. On the other hand, if you get nostalgic for something a bit more tangible, this “Victrola for the 21st century” may just fill that […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesA 3D-printed personal weather station Arduino Team — April 9th, 2018 If you need to know the forecast, generally you can look outside, listen to a weather report, or take advantage of the wide range of online services available. For something local to your dwelling place, however, this 3D-printed weather measurement device gives a great […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesGive new life to an old electron microscope with Arduino Arduino Team — April 9th, 2018 As seen here, although you might consider your oscilloscope and other test equipment to be pretty neat, you most likely don’t have anything nearly as cool as the scanning electron microscope that was dragged out of a shed at […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesBuild a light painting device with Arduino and LEDs Arduino Team — April 9th, 2018 Graffiti with spray paint is generally impolite and illegal, but as hacker “Reven” shows in his write-up, you can get a very similar effect with long exposure photography and carefully-timed LEDs. Instead of blindly moving a light point about to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesDesigning a fake dynamic price tag Arduino Team — April 5th, 2018 Wile we know on some level that prices adjust to market conditions, with Amazon now owning Whole Foods, one could perhaps see a day when this happens electronically and instantaneously. To get a preview of what this might look like, maker “msbirfday” decided […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMeet Eve, the Arduino chatterbot Arduino Team — April 5th, 2018 If you ever find yourself needing someone to talk to and can’t find a confidant—or perhaps even a pet—then the Eve chatbot by Debashish Buragohain will happily fill in. This little robot uses Google Voice Recognition on an Android phone to listen to what […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuadruped robot made entirely out of cardboard Arduino Team — April 4th, 2018 Walking robots can be a lot of fun, but many people would logically think that they need CNC equipment or a 3D printer to make this sort of bot. Creator “Raz85,” however, shows that this isn’t actually required, and built a quadruped […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesTraktorino is an open-source DIY MIDI controller for DJs Arduino Team — April 3rd, 2018 A keyboard and mouse is a great user interface system for general computing tasks, but in other situations custom knobs, sliders, and lights would certainly be more fun. If you enjoy making digital music, then you should check out this […]