Working Eye of Agamotto from Doctor Strange (excluding time travel)

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 25th, 2021 We’ve not released a time travel shield for Arduino yet. But when we do, this Eye of Agamotto project will be a perfect fit. So even though it may not bend time yet, it does everything else we’ve seen in Doctor Strange. Eye of Arduino. Er… Agamotto Just in […]

Emulate the legendary Altair 8800 on your Arduino Mega

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 25th, 2021 The Altair 8800 is one of the most important machines in computer history and many consider it to be the first personal computer. But not many computer users today would recognize it as such. At release, it couldn’t even output video and users could only interact with the Altair […]

Predicting a lithium-ion battery’s life cycle with tinyML

Reading Time: 2 minutesPredicting a lithium-ion battery’s life cycle with tinyML Arduino Team — August 24th, 2021 Nothing is perhaps more frustrating than suddenly discovering your favorite battery-powered device has shut down due to a lack of charge, and because almost no one finds joy in calculating how long it will live based on current consumption levels/time used, […]

Power of Python for Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect and Nano 33 BLE

Reading Time: 3 minutesPython support for three of the hottest Arduino boards out there is now yours. Through our partnership with OpenMV, the Nano RP2040 Connect, Nano 33 BLE and Nano 33 BLE Sense can now be programmed with the popular MicroPython language. Which means you get OpenMV’s powerful computer vision and machine learning capabilities thrown in. OpenMV […]

Vital Care is an Arduino-based device for the continuous monitoring of vital signs

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 24th, 2021 It is probably well known by now that COVID-19 can cause serious side effects in people that last for months at time, meaning that recovering from the disease can be an arduous process. Some symptoms include trouble breathing, heart inflammation, and blood clotting, so being able to track these […]

This electronic arrow spine tester measures arrow consistency

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 24th, 2021 Repeatability requires consistency. This principle even applies to archery. If you want to hit the bullseye on every shot, you have to draw the string with consistent force, keep your stance consistent, and so on. You also want your arrows to be as consistent as possible. One major factor […]

Arduino #Include Teams Up With Ghanaian “Lab on Wheels” Education Project

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Arduino #Include program was first announced as part of the 2021 Arduino Day event. Since then, the team has been refining exactly how #Include will help members of the Arduino community to spread our love of electronics around the world. One of the pilot programs has just taken delivery of equipment provided through #Include. […]

Engineer’s guide to Industrial IoT in Industry 4.0

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is an edited version of a longer piece first published on Wevolver. In recent years, industrial enterprises are accelerating their digital transformation and preparing themselves for the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0). This digitization of production processes enables industrial organizations to implement agile and responsive manufacturing workflows, which rely on flexible Information Technology (IT) […]

VenTTracker is an anomaly detection system for windows to help ensure proper ventilation

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 19th, 2021 Within an industrial setting, being able to determine if and/or when a machine malfunctions is vital to maintaining safety and uptime. This challenge is what prompted a maker who goes by javagoza on element14 to enter into their Design for a Cause 2021 contest with his device, which he calls the VenTTracker. At its […]

Keep tabs on your daily runs with this interactive tracker

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 18th, 2021 Being able to keep oneself accountable while working out is a vital component to almost any good exercise plan, since repetition is the key to success. In response to their significant other wanting a way to track their workouts throughout the week, Instructables user smooth_jamie set out to build a highly interactive […]

This overengineered robotic clock will not be underappreciated

Reading Time: < 1 minuteArduino Team — August 17th, 2021 Normally when an inexpensive wall clock stops ticking, you simply buy a new one. However, ‘Developer Hendrik’ decided to bring his broken clock back to life, or some semblance thereof, using a 3D-printed four-axis robot arm dubbed “Serworm Michael.” Under the control of a MKR 1010 WiFi and DYNAMIXEL MKR […]

Arduino partners with Altium and the IPC Education Foundation to launch #PCBeTheChange competition

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 16th, 2021 We’re excited to announce that Arduino has partnered with Altium and the IPC Education Foundation (IPCEF) to launch a student electronics design challenge to engage, educate, and enhance PCB design capabilities while developing STEM solutions to environmental challenges. The Innovation for Environmental Change 2021 International Student Design Competition (#PCBeTheChange) encourages student […]

Use an Arduino touchscreen to draw the waveforms that you’d like your synth to produce

Reading Time: 2 minutesUse an Arduino touchscreen to draw the waveforms that you’d like your synth to produce Arduino Team — August 16th, 2021 Ordinarily, producing complex waveforms on microcontrollers requires precise adjustments within code in order to work, and this can become quite tedious. Additionally, having to wire up physical inputs such as potentiometers for quick tuning […]

This auto-aiming bow never misses the mark

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 16th, 2021 After becoming frustrated at his lack of archery skills and not wanting to spend an eternity practicing getting better, Shane Wighton (known as Stuff Made Here on YouTube) sought to build a rig that could automatically correct his aim for the perfect shot every time. The device is comprised of […]

Productivity management with a twist — a rotary time tracker that uses magnets!

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 14th, 2021 The recent explosion of the number of people working from home has led to some interesting problems, one of these being that getting distracted from your current task is easier than ever. To combat this issue, Hackaday.io member quincy came up with an innovative solution that utilizes a small light-up disk […]

This strange robotic fish swims like a lamprey

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 12th, 2021 Roboticists often look to nature for inspiration. That makes sense, because animals are very efficient machines, thanks to millions of years of evolution. Even our most sophisticated technology doesn’t come close to matching a common housefly. But we can get closer to mimicking nature at larger scales, as with […]

Sharing Arduino Education courses is easier than ever

Reading Time: 4 minutesOver the past few years, Arduino Education has expanded, offering new learning solutions to teachers and students around the world. Today, we have more than 10 kits with exciting online courses for STEM teachers and learners ranging from middle school to university. When creating these products, we were delighted to collaborate with many brilliant educators, […]

Enhance your Arduino development with fast and easy debugging from Segger

Reading Time: 3 minutesEnhance your Arduino development with fast and easy debugging from Segger Arduino Team — August 12th, 2021 Arduino has partnered with Segger to further support developers in creating their own embedded systems, implementing compatibility of Segger debugging solutions with Portenta boards.  Debuggers are the scalpel that allows a developer to dissect any application code running […]

Arduino-based control panel streamlines laser cutting

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 11th, 2021 Laser cutters require quite a lot of power and laser tubes need active water cooling, which means you need a coolant reservoir and a water pump. You also need an exhaust fan to remove smoke, which will reduce the laser’s efficacy. Add in a computer, positioning laser, etc., and […]

This lamp consists of 122 LED-lit domes on a sphere, controllable over Bluetooth

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 11th, 2021 There are already countless projects that utilize individually addressable RGB LED strips in some way or another, except most of them lack a “wow” factor. This is one problem that Philipp Niedermayer’s Sphere2 Lamp does not suffer from, as it is a giant sphere comprised of 122 smaller domes (cut ping pong […]

Holo Clock is a novel 3D-printed clock that tells time using a pair of rings

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 10th, 2021 Simply looking at a traditional analog clock sitting on a wall somewhere got pretty boring for one Instructables user who goes by saulemmetquinn, which is partially why they wanted to create a novel design instead. Their device uses almost entirely 3D-printed components that come together to form the “Holo […]

Reconstruct core samples virtually from sand with the Magic Sand Slicer

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — August 9th, 2021 FDM 3D printers work by taking a model, creating many thin slices of it, and then extruding plastic to produce the desired shape. But what happens if you want to reverse that process, e.g. take many tiny slices of something and build a model digitally? This is commonly done […]