Announcing the Arduino IDE 2.0 (beta)

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Arduino IDE is the well-known software we all use to program our boards. Its development started in 2005 based on the graphical interface of the Processing project and has never stopped since. During these years, countless hours of development by the Arduino team with the help of a vibrant community made the Arduino IDE […]

Homebrew Hakko 907 digital soldering station

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHomebrew Hakko 907 digital soldering station Arduino Team — March 1st, 2021 If you want to upgrade your soldering setup without spending a lot of money, then be sure to check out Angelo AKA TechBuilder’s DIY Hakko 907 station.  This low-cost device features an Arduino Nano to read the iron temperature via an LM358 op-amp, […]

Monitor your hoverboard’s power draw with this Arduino-based meter/logger

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMonitor your hoverboard’s power draw with this Arduino-based meter/logger Arduino Team — February 27th, 2021 If you look at your car’s dashboard, there’s a good chance you’ll find an efficiency rating for how you’re driving. However, what if you instead ride a hoverboard? This functionality is certainly not stock equipment, yet Niklas Roy wanted to […]

Putting a modern spin on the phenakistoscope

Reading Time: < 1 minutePutting a modern spin on the phenakistoscope Arduino Team — February 26th, 2021 The phenakistoscope was invented in the 1800s as a way to view a series of moving pictures on a spinning disc. While the traditional implementation is ingenious in its own right, Nick Lim has created his own take on this venerable concept, using strobing […]

Arduino MKR IoT Carrier: Control what you want, how you want to!

Reading Time: 3 minutesArduino MKR IoT Carrier: Control what you want, how you want to! Arduino Team — February 24th, 2021 By popular demand, we are pleased to announce that it’s now possible to buy the Arduino MKR IoT Carrier. Originally forming a key part of the Arduino Oplá IoT Kit, we’ve responded to our community to make […]

Bikelangelo is a water-dispensing graffiti bicycle trailer

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBikelangelo is a water-dispensing graffiti bicycle trailer Arduino Team — February 22nd, 2021 Inspired by persistence of vision (POV) projects, Sagarrabanana built a system that incrementally dispenses water as pixels on a flat surface, creating ephemeral dot matrix messages/images. This so-called “Bikelangelo” device is towed by a bicycle for ultra-mobile marking, and uses a pressurized tank for fluid […]

This robotic cue can turn anyone into a pool shark

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis robotic cue can turn anyone into a pool shark Arduino Team — February 22nd, 2021 If you want to get better at billiards, the conventional wisdom is to practice. However, if you’re YouTuber Shane Wighton, you build a robotic cue to play the game for you. His device looks like a cross between a pool […]

Expand the power of your MKR boards with ROBOTIS DYNAMIXEL Shield

Reading Time: 2 minutesExpand the power of your MKR boards with ROBOTIS DYNAMIXEL Shield Arduino Team — February 19th, 2021 We are happy to announce the new ROBOTIS DYNAMIXEL SHIELD for the Arduino MKR series. As part of the “Works with Arduino™”  program, the DYNAMIXEL SHIELD expands the capabilities of the MKR family, opening up the opportunity to […]

This bin will sort your trash and recyclables automatically

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis bin will sort your trash and recyclables automatically Arduino Team — February 18th, 2021 Often you might see a recycling bin next to a trash can, and notice that someone else has thrown their waste into the wrong container. To help with this conundrum, the team of Shalin Jain, Viraj Singh, Edward Chen, and Joshua Kim created […]

This program can tell if you paid attention to text

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis program can tell if you paid attention to text Arduino Team — February 18th, 2021 When you read a book, or… other website, you may find your mind wandering from time to time. This isn’t always a big deal, but if you want to ensure that you’re getting every last bit of information on a […]

Going hands-on with STEM during the pandemic

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis article was written by Valentina Chinnici, Arduino Education Product Manager. The last year has clearly been challenging for educators around the world due to the pandemic. Yet despite these difficult times, educators and students haven’t stopped getting hands-on and experimenting with STEM. But how is it possible to create a systematic environment for student ideas […]

Play Simon and the piano on this glowing geodesic dome

Reading Time: < 1 minutePlay Simon and the piano on this glowing geodesic dome Arduino Team — February 18th, 2021 Geodesic domes, approximately spherical structures made from an arrangement of triangular faces, are fascinating in and of themselves. Add light and sound, as was done here by students at the University of Málaga in Spain, and you have something truly magical. […]

Say hi to HuggieBot 2.0, a robot that knows when to hug and when to let go

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSay hi to HuggieBot 2.0, a robot that knows when to hug and when to let go Arduino Team — February 16th, 2021 Do you need a hug? Are friends and family not around? As seen here, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) and ETH Zürich may have just the solution in the […]

Arduino CLI 0.16.0 is ready for you all!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteArduino CLI 0.16.0 is ready for you all! Arduino Team — February 15th, 2021 This article was written by Silvano Cerza from the Arduino Tooling Team. Big news from the Arduino Tooling team: The new Arduino CLI version 0.16.0 has been released! You can now use arduino-cli core list –all to return all installed and […]

Arduino Day 2021: Submit your event by March 14th

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Day, which will be held on March 27th this year, is the celebration of the Arduino community and the achievements of its members. The last several years have seen more than 3,000 community initiatives, organized from project exhibitions to talks and workshops, spanning across hundreds of countries worldwide. In a year of social distancing, […]

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: 6 scientists you should know about

Reading Time: 3 minutesScience and technology empower people to change the world. At Arduino, we work every day to make them simple and accessible to anyone regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, background, nationality, and sexuality. Unfortunately, not all contributions are given the same visibility, that’s why we are celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science […]

Optimizing a low-cost camera for machine vision

Reading Time: 15 minutesIn this deep dive article, performance optimization specialist Larry Bank (a.k.a The Performance Whisperer) takes a look at the work he did for the Arduino team on the latest version of the Arduino_OV767x library. Arduino recently announced an update to the Arduino_OV767x camera library that makes it possible to run machine vision using TensorFlow Lite […]

eMBee ONE turns an Arduino and an Altoids tin into an ’80s-style pocket computer

Reading Time: 2 minuteseMBee ONE turns an Arduino and an Altoids tin into an ’80s-style pocket computer Arduino Team — February 9th, 2021 Matthew Begg wanted a pocket computer that had some of the charm of his 1980s vintage Casio FX-730P, so he decided to build his own.  His prototype device uses an Arduino Nano to boot into BASIC, […]

A pushbutton control panel for your Zoom calls

Reading Time: 2 minutesA pushbutton control panel for your Zoom calls Arduino Team — February 5th, 2021 Today with most people working from home using teleconferencing applications, a custom control panel for such interactions could come in handy. This inspired professor Elena Long to design her own Zoom interface around on an Arduino, a 3D-printed enclosure, and a series of […]

A laser scanning microscope made from DVD parts

Reading Time: 2 minutesA laser scanning microscope made from DVD parts Arduino Team — February 3rd, 2021 Laser scanning microscopes use a focused laser beam to scan tiny samples down to the sub-cellular level. As such, they are generally available as expensive lab implements. You might also consider that CDs drives – and even more so DVDs and […]

The Ohmmeter 2.0 displays resistor band colors

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ohmmeter 2.0 displays resistor band colors Arduino Team — February 2nd, 2021 Bands on through-hole resistors conveniently indicate their value at a glance. On the other hand, you have to actually know the code to interpret this meaning. Alternatively, you could use the Ohmmeter 2.0 — developed by Miguel Alejandro Ramírez Anaya and José […]

Build your own Google Assistant using tinyML

Reading Time: 2 minutesBuild your own Google Assistant using tinyML Arduino Team — January 28th, 2021 Smart speakers are amazing devices, able to answer a near-infinite array of questions, as well as offer a variety of AI services. As shown in this project write-up by Marcelo Rovai, you can emulate a Google Assistant with Raspberry Pi and ReSpeaker 2-Mics […]