This clock counts down to retirement

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — January 14th, 2022 For most people, the idea of retiring is a very exciting thought. Finally, after decades of hard work, you can clock out for the last time and spend the rest of your life relaxing and enjoying your leisure years. RdRnr318’s coworker updates her whiteboard every day to countdown the […]

The 2021 Arduino Open Source Report is out

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — January 13th, 2022 We’re excited to announce the Arduino Open Source Report for 2021 is now available, offering many insights into the development of our open-source ecosystem during the past year. In this retrospective report you’ll learn about the activities Arduino carried out in the last twelve months, thanks to the hard […]

Let your ideas take flight in the Arduino Cloud Games

Reading Time: 3 minutesArduino’s brand new initiative, the Arduino Cloud Games, is now live and accepting submissions. This new program is a way to build a community showcase of the most creative, innovative ideas that show the vast potential and scope of connected projects. Let’s take a look at how you can get involved, and let your ideas […]

PsyLink is a low-cost, non-invasive EMG interface based on the Nano 33 BLE Sense

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — January 10th, 2022 Non-invasive EMG interfaces have the potential to solve many problems that afflict those who suffer from a disability or simply want a more efficient way to perform a task. This is what led one maker, who goes by the name “Hut,” to create their own open source device called PsyLink. […]

’80s-style home computer made from scratch using an Arduino Due

Reading Time: 2 minutes’80s-style home computer made from scratch using an Arduino Due Arduino Team — January 10th, 2022 As a continuation from his previous Arduino BASIC interpreter project, Stefan Lenz wanted to take things a step further by recreating a home computer from the 1980s with an Arduino Due board and just a few other components. His system combines a […]

A cosmic background radiation die for your next game night

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — January 6th, 2022 In the aftermath of the Big Bang, a cloud of charged particles, referred to as the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB), was left over. This can not only be detected by advanced scientific equipment, but also by a Geiger counter. iSax aimed to use this idea for a novel virtual die that measures […]

PVC pipe plotter prints pretty pictures

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — January 5th, 2022 Instructables user tuenhidiy wanted to create a new kind of CNC plotter that was unlike nearly all of the others you’ve seen. Rather than use aluminum extrusions or wood, this machine is constructed from various pieces of PVC pipe all cut to exact lengths, hence its name, the “CoreXZ […]

Neatly fold your t-shirts with an Arduino-powered robot

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — January 3rd, 2022 Folding t-shirts isn’t a fun process for many people, and even worse, it’s difficult to get them looking the exact same way when the pile of folded clothing is completed. So in order to make it easier, mechanical engineering students Pietro Oppici, Corentin Vandebroek, Stefano Pontoglio, and Quentin Bertieaux set […]

This Samsung Ballie-inspired spherical robot gets around on a couple of wheels

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — January 3rd, 2022 Back in early 2020, Samsung demonstrated their Ballie robot concept at CES, and although it never got off the ground, it inspired Derek Lieber to create his own version of a gyroscopically stabilized robot that moves with a pair of hemispherical “wheels” on each side. Lieber’s project, which he calls “Ballbot2”, is […]

Homemade thermal battery system keeps the shop cool with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — January 3rd, 2022 When trying to cool off a space, most people reach for an air conditioning unit that uses a pump, compressor, refrigerant, and a radiator to move heat from inside a room to the outside air. But in a break from this typical model, YouTuber Curtis in Seattle came up […]

Top 10 Arduino blog posts of 2021

Reading Time: 4 minutesArduino Team — December 31st, 2021 To say it’s been another challenging year would be an understatement, but it’s reassuring to see that the top 10 Arduino blog posts of 2021 show us that makers have persevered, undaunted. As we sprint headlong into 2022 with hope for a return to normality (whatever that might actually […]

This gear turns only once every 346 quintillion years

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — December 31st, 2021 Mechanical advantage is the single most important principle in mechanical engineering. Archimedes is quoted as saying “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” We could say the same of gear reductions, but they have the added […]

Nikodem Bartnik created a powerful robotic chassis using T-Motor AK series actuators and Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — December 28th, 2021 After attempting to incorporate a few AK80-9 actuators from T-Motor into a robotic arm project, YouTuber Nikodem Bartnik was forced to pivot to a different kind of project: a universal robotic chassis/platform. By using these high-power and high-precision motors, his robot could be both fast and accurate while moving along the floor. Once […]

This Arduino device knows how a bike is being ridden using tinyML

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — December 28th, 2021 Fabio Antonini loves to ride his bike, and while nearly all bike computers offer information such as cadence, distance, speed, and elevation, they lack the ability to tell if the cyclist is sitting or standing at any given time. So, after doing some research, he came across an example project […]

This 3D-printed, Arduino-controlled kit makes microfluidic pumps more accessible

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — December 27th, 2021 In circumstances where extreme precision is required when dealing with the movement of microscopic amounts of liquids, such as lab-on-a-chip (LoC) and organs-on-a-chip (OoC) systems, obtaining a pump that is both cheap and accurate is nearly impossible since they often cost several thousands of dollars to procure or are […]

A DIY digital clock with a twist

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — December 27th, 2021 The digital clock has existed in its current form for decades at this point, so it’s quite exciting to see when a new take on the classic design comes along. The Time Twister 5, created by Hans Andersson, is a fully 3D-printed electromechanical clock that twists certain blocks into place, which […]

Becky Stern’s machine brings the NYC hot dog experience to you

Reading Time: 2 minutesBecky Stern’s machine brings the NYC hot dog experience to you Arduino Team — December 24th, 2021 For her gift to Colin Furze as a participant in this year’s YouTube Makers Secret Santa event, Becky Stern opted to bring the street food of New York City in the form of a mostly automatic hot dog dressing machine. It was designed […]

Retrofit your light switch with this remote-controlled device

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — December 23rd, 2021 It can be extremely annoying and frustrating to finally get comfortable somewhere only to realize that you forgot to turn off a light, thus requiring a short journey to and from the wall switch. Mechanical engineering student and Instructables user alanmerritt ran into the same problem in his dorm room, so […]

Arduino IoT Cloud Scheduler Brings Enhanced Automation to Your Projects

Reading Time: 3 minutesCloud Scheduler is a brand new feature that’s now live as part of your Arduino Cloud platform. It’s a powerful addition that adds a whole new dimension of automation and control to your projects. Triggering Schedule Variables The Cloud Scheduler is a new type of variable. It’s pretty simple, consisting of a couple of elements […]

Turing-ring is a DIY Turing machine consisting of an Arduino and an RGB LED ring

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — December 21st, 2021 With just an infinite tape, a head that can read or write, a state, and some rules, Turing machines (TMs) are capable of running any computer program. So, after winning a NeoPixel ring in a competition, Mark Wilson wanted to implement his own Turning machine using just a few RGB LEDs and […]

Making music with a Nano 33 IoT-based MIDI keyboard

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — December 21st, 2021 As part of an assigned project in his class, Peter Ashmore and a partner were tasked with making some kind of interactive object, so they decided to go with a MIDI keyboard due to their shared enjoyment of music production. Modeled somewhat after the typical Launchpad, the team’s system incorporated a […]

Small-scale autonomous boat made out of recycled water bottles and a Tupperware container

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — December 16th, 2021 As part of their city’s beach restoration project, Instructables users Kousheek Chalraborty and Satya Schiavvina, who go by the team name Technovation, needed to construct a small and cheap boat that could assist in mapping the depth of the sea floor at various locations. The design they were able to come […]