Control lights and sounds with the Arduino-powered LED Eclipse

Reading Time: < 1 minuteControl lights and sounds with the Arduino-powered LED Eclipse Arduino Team — January 2nd, 2018 If you need a MIDI device that can be programmed as your own unique light and sound controller, then Jon Bumstead’s LED Eclipse may be just what you’re looking for. The circular device, roughly the diameter of a large plate, […]

Designing an Arduino-powered Braille generator

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDesigning an Arduino-powered Braille generator Arduino Team — January 2nd, 2018 Did you know that embossing machines needed to generate Braille characters can cost thousands of dollars? After finding this out, hacker Carlos Campos decided to design and build his own using 3D-printed parts, along with an Arduino Mega and a RAMPS board for control. Instead […]

Ultrasonically levitate particles and liquid

Reading Time: 2 minutesUltrasonically levitate particles and liquid Arduino Team — December 29th, 2017 If you thought the power of levitation was only available to magicians (and perhaps magnets) then check out this amazing project from Asier Marzo. It uses an Arduino Mega to control an 8×8 array of ultrasonic transducers, which when carefully coordinated using a simulation […]

Monitor your sleep quality with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesMonitor your sleep quality with Arduino Arduino Team — December 27th, 2017 While it can be difficult to get enough sleep, at least you can try to make it as restful as possible when you are in bed. That’s the idea behind this project by Julia Currie and Nicholas Sarkis, who developed an Arduino Nano-based […]

These students made their own Guitar Hero-like video game

Reading Time: 2 minutesThese students made their own Guitar Hero-like video game Arduino Team — December 23rd, 2017 If you’d like to create your own simulated guitar from scratch, you’ll want to check out this project by Cornell ECE students Jake Podell and Jonah Wexler. It uses four conductive strings on the neck to sense which note is […]

Turn a flatbed scanner into a PCB UV exposure device

Reading Time: 2 minutesTurn a flatbed scanner into a PCB UV exposure device Arduino Team — December 23rd, 2017 If you want to create your own custom PCBs, you could design it and wait for a fab house to send it back, dealing with any errors, or you could do it yourself. Hacker Andras Kabai decided to go […]

Create a custom Secret Santa trivia box with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesCreate a custom Secret Santa trivia box with Arduino Arduino Team — December 20th, 2017 Participating in Reddit’s Secret Santa this year, hacker “Haxxa” decided to go all out, picking out not only several gifts for the recipient, but an Arduino-powered trivia box to house them in. In use, an Arduino Nano onboard feeds queries to […]

Interact with the virtual world in a whole new way

Reading Time: 2 minutesInteract with the virtual world in a whole new way Arduino Team — December 20th, 2017 As reported by the Creative Applications Network, “Tangibles Worlds explores the effects of tactile experience as a catalyst for full immersion in VR.” The project by Stella Speziali takes the form of three separate boxes, along with an Oculus Rift […]

This control panel references your favorite sci-fi films

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis control panel references your favorite sci-fi films Arduino Team — December 19th, 2017 While you may question if some of the blinking lights and buttons in science fiction movies actually do anything, you’d still really like to hit those buttons just to see what happens, right? If that sounds like you, then something like […]

Star Wars fan creates an Arduino-powered rebel pilot chest box

Reading Time: < 1 minuteStar Wars fan creates an Arduino-powered rebel pilot chest box Arduino Team — December 19th, 2017 If you’d like a rebel fighter pilot suit, complete with the automated chest box, then look no further than this excellent build from “badjer1.” It features a chest box with the same dimensions seen in the movies that lights […]

Automatic trash can optimized for battery life

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAutomatic trash can optimized for battery life Arduino Team — December 15th, 2017 If you have a trash can with a lid, you’ve probably accepted the small inconvenience of opening it with your hand and foot. YouTube hacker MadGyver, however, came up with a different solution using an Arduino Nano and a micro servo to […]

New search engine and Arduino reference!

Reading Time: 2 minutesNew search engine and Arduino reference! mastrolinux — December 14th, 2017 The Arduino web team has working hard behind the scenes improving our legacy systems. Now, it’s time to work on something more interesting for the team and more useful for our community! From here on out, we will update you every month on the latest and greatest activities… Today, we […]

Slide the “time clock” into position with Arduino

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSlide the “time clock” into position with Arduino Arduino Team — December 14th, 2017 Years ago, if you wanted to track employee hours, you needed to have them punch a time card. Saunders Machine Works, however, uses a facial recognition system running on an iPad for this purpose, meaning they had to figure out how […]

3D-printed miniature roller coaster powered by Arduino Mega

Reading Time: < 1 minute3D-printed miniature roller coaster powered by Arduino Mega Arduino Team — December 13th, 2017 While many enjoy roller coasters, few can claim the same dedication of engineer Matt Schmotzer, who 3D-printed a 1/25th scale replica of Invertigo, a boomerang coaster at Kings Island in Ohio. As reported on 3D Printer Chat, the CAD model took […]

This DIY machine mixes your favorite three-ingredient cocktail

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis DIY machine mixes your favorite three-ingredient cocktail Arduino Team — December 12th, 2017 Do you and your friends have a favorite cocktail? If so—and if it has three ingredients—then this Arduino-based cocktail machine from YouTuber “GreatScott!” may be worth checking out. The device is capable of mixing three liquids, which in GreatScott’s case consist […]

Create a beat by nodding your head

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCreate a beat by nodding your head Arduino Team — December 11th, 2017 If you are really enjoying a song, you may start to bob your head to the tunes, but what if you could instead create actual music with this subtle movement? That’s exactly what Andrew Lee’s “Nod Bang” system accomplishes. An accelerometer mounted […]

Santa’s Shop is an animated storytelling installation

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSanta’s Shop is an animated storytelling installation Arduino Team — December 7th, 2017 Santa’s Shop is an amazing Christmas display consisting of trains, animated figurines, a rotating tree, and several other interesting holiday-themed gadgets. The decoration features hundreds of 3D-printed parts and many handmade characters, controlled by 46 servos and a total of 12 Arduino boards. […]

The Imperializer makes quick work of metric conversions

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Imperializer makes quick work of metric conversions Arduino Team — December 6th, 2017 When you work in a machine shop, you often need to convert numbers from metric to imperial. As long as you have to do this on a regular basis, why not make a tool to do so easily? Instead of pulling […]

Build your own antenna rotator/satellite tracking device

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBuild your own antenna rotator/satellite tracking device Arduino Team — December 5th, 2017 After finding that purchasing a tracking device for his satellite dish would be quite expensive, YouTuber “Tysonpower” decided to simply build one himself. What he came up is an assembly made with 3D-printed parts and extruded aluminum that uses a pair of […]

A chronograph rig for high-speed glass photography

Reading Time: 2 minutesA chronograph rig for high-speed glass photography Arduino Team — December 5th, 2017 To capture images of bullets “interacting” with various objects, photographic hacker Tyler Gerritsen created an impressive chronograph rig, able to measure the speed of a bullet launched from a rifle at 1000 meters per second. While the concept of measuring time from one […]

Come and visit Arduino at Maker Faire Rome this weekend!

Reading Time: 2 minutesCome and visit Arduino at Maker Faire Rome this weekend! Arduino Team — November 30th, 2017 Starting tomorrow, Friday, December 1st, the Arduino team will be exhibiting at the 5th annual Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition. Those heading to Rome over the weekend (December 1st -3rd) are invited to swing by our booth at […]

Create the smart home gadget of the future with Alexa and Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesCreate the smart home gadget of the future with Alexa and Arduino Arduino Team — November 21st, 2017 We’re excited to announce a new challenge with Amazon Alexa and Hackster.io, which invites the Arduino community to design the smart home gadgets of the future. Makers have already come up with exciting ways to integrate Alexa and Arduino into their projects, from […]