Flingbot is a robot that flings paint at a canvas to create art

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 20th, 2021 Jackson Pollock was famous for his unique style of splattering large blobs of paint across a canvas, and it was this technique that JBV Creative was trying to imitate. But rather than working by hand to painstakingly dip a brush into paint and then flinging it many times over, he wanted […]

Zom-B-Gone! is an artificial sunrise lamp to combat morning grumpiness

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 20th, 2021 Almost no one enjoys being suddenly awakened by a loud alarm clock as the sudden rush of panic can contribute to grogginess and stress. To alleviate this problem, Simen Sørensen of the Applied Procrastination YouTube channel decided to create a lamp that simulates a sunrise to give him a […]

Repurposing the VFD unit from an old Epson POS display using Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 18th, 2021 For many makers, it’s always fun to take some piece of old technology and give it a new lease on life, especially when the item in question was destined for the landfill. This is what prompted Alastair Aitchison — better known on YouTube as Playful Technology — to grab a […]

Handy machine cuts heat shrink tubing to length

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 17th, 2021 Solder joints on PCBs don’t usually require extra protection, but loose wires are a different story. Because they can move around and touch each other or the enclosure, you need to protect the bare wire from shorts. Most people use either electrical tape or heat shrink tubing for the […]

TinySewer is a Portenta-powered camera module for sewer faults detection

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 17th, 2021 We all interact with the sewer system at multiple points throughout the day, and having it fail can lead to catastrophic results. Every year in the United States alone, an estimated 23,000 to 75,000 sewer pipe failures are reported, which means billions of gallons of untreated and hazardous waste […]

Arduino Cloud widgets and data downloads get a design overhaul

Reading Time: 3 minutesArduino Cloud’s dashboards and widgets are some of its most popular features. It’s what turns the Cloud into your ultimate control center for all kinds of projects, from home automation to industrial monitoring. We’re constantly looking for ways to improve the user experience, and we’ve just rolled out some small, but very important tweaks. Combined […]

The perfect fit with the Portenta H7 Lite

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 13th, 2021 We’re proud to announce the latest addition to our industrial range, the new Portenta H7 Lite. Designed for developers who want the computational power of Arduino Pro’s Portenta H7 flagship, but don’t need the video output, additional security features or connectivity. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsqP6KGWjAE?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] The Portenta H7 Lite is a […]

VEKTORKOLLEKTOR is a mobile vector drawing machine powered by Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 12th, 2021 Public art installations are a great way to express your creativity while simultaneously sharing it with others. Niklas Roy, a maker who builds interactive art installations in Berlin, Germany had the idea to create a machine that lets people draw pictures and then share them digitally too, which he […]

This YouTuber made his own battery spot welder from an old microwave using Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 11th, 2021 YouTuber Robert Dunn (known as Under Dunn) had just received a large box of loose cylindrical battery cells and therefore wanted to join them together to create a large battery pack. Ordinarily, this is accomplished by utilizing a specialized type of tool called a battery spot welder that is […]

Measuring 20V signals on an Arduino Uno with a quantizer

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 7th, 2021 The Arduino Uno is well-known for its 10-bit 5V ADC within its ATmega328p, which means that it takes between 0 and 5V as input and produces a digital value that ranges from 0 to 1023. However, attempting to measure any voltage above 5V will cause some less-than-desirable results, such […]

DIY 3D water depth mapping with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 7th, 2021 Knowing the exact depths that water reaches within a harbor can be vital to navigating around certain hidden obstacles that might cause a boat to become stuck. But rather than using an expensive drone or even satellite to take these measurements, Jan Neumann was able to create a DIY version that is […]

Meet Roamer, a companion robot that charges itself

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 4th, 2021 Tiny mobile robots are a blast to use. They are fast, fun, and can even be autonomous. However, they all suffer from a similar issue: batteries, which are notorious for running out of charge quickly when the motors are kept spinning for too long. To address this issue, Mike Rigsby […]

The smartChair is a Nano 33 IoT-based stand-up and walking aid

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 2nd, 2021 Over time, people age and naturally tend to lose some or most of their mobility, leading to a need for a wheelchair, walker, or other assistive device. This led hitesh.boghani to submit his project, which he calls the smartChair, to element14’s Design for a Cause 2021 contest. This build features a sort […]

The new Arduino CLI 0.19.0 is out and better than ever!

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 2nd, 2021 There’s a truckload of news from the Arduino Tooling Team today: Arduino CLI 0.19.0 is now available! This release has tons of great enhancements, exciting new features and heaps of bug fixes. Some things required quite a bit of breaking changes but they’re worth the hassle. The highlights of […]

Monitor the pH levels of a hydroponic plant’s water supply with Arduino and tinyML

Reading Time: 2 minutesMonitor the pH levels of a hydroponic plant’s water supply with Arduino and tinyML Arduino Team — September 2nd, 2021 Many plants are notorious for how picky they are about their environmental conditions. Having the wrong temperature, humidity, soil type, and even elevation can produce devastating effects. But none are perhaps as important and overlooked […]

Speak4Me is an eye-to-speech module designed to assist those unable to communicate verbally

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — September 1st, 2021 People who suffer from physical disabilities that leave them unable to speak or communicate effectively can end up frustrated or largely ignored. In response to this issue, Hackaday users Malte, Marco, and Tim R wanted to create a small device that can turn small eye movements into simple commands and phrases for easier […]

Sustainable transformation of agriculture with the Internet of Things

Reading Time: 3 minutesWith the urgency to prevent environmental degradation, reduce waste and increase profitability, farmers around the globe are increasingly opting for more efficient crop management solutions supported by optimization and controlling technologies derived from the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).  Intelligent information and communication technologies (IICT) (machine Learning (ML), AI, IoT, cloud-based analytics, actuators, and sensors) […]

Trakcore is a Nano 33 IoT-based posture correction device

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 31st, 2021 Poor posture is an epidemic for nearly anyone who spends an excessive amount of time sitting, and this can lead to a whole host of problems later in life. Some of these might include back pain, limited range of motion, and muscle tightness. Recognizing that his own posture was […]

Keep track of your ride with a custom bike speedometer

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 30th, 2021 Over on element14, Katie had been wanting to go for a short bike ride after finally getting it fixed. But she encountered a problem: the previously mounted speedometer had lost its display unit, meaning the entire thing was now useless. Rather than simply buying a new one, she had […]

Giving Google Glass a run for its money

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 27th, 2021 Google rarely enters the hardware world and when they do, they receive a mixed reception. The smart glasses were very controversial when they first launched, due to privacy and fashion concerns. But the idea was a good one: a wearable computer that gave you a heads-up display (HUD) at […]

Self-contained, Arduino Cloud-connected home monitoring module

Reading Time: 3 minutesHome monitoring is a big part of home automation, but it’s often overshadowed. Our attention tends to get hijacked by cool projects that perform physical actions. Whether it’s turning the lights on, changing their color, running a robot vacuum cleaner, pulling on the blinds or watering the garden. All these actions are very cool and […]