A 7-foot-tall 7-segment display

Reading Time: 2 minutesSeven-segment displays are normally diminutive items, able to show info from a clock or other device, in a size that’s easily tucked away when not needed. Jegatheesan Soundarapandian’s single-digit display, however, is just the opposite standing at nearly seven feet tall. The project is constructed out of cardboard, with a PVC spine for extra strength. Inside, […]

Meet MrK_Blockvader, a little mobile robot that’s lots of fun

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the simplest ways to make a mobile robot involves differential steering, where two wheels move at different speeds as needed to turn and a ball caster keeps it from tipping over. The MrK_Blockvader is an excellent take on this type of bot — demonstrated in the first clip below — featuring a nice blocky body […]

Don’t try this at home: Colin Furze creates a semi-automatic potato cannon

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDon’t try this at home: Colin Furze creates a semi-automatic potato cannon Arduino Team — July 9th, 2020 Colin Furze decided that he needed a potato cannon for his DIY screw tank, and after making a manually loaded version, he automated the process. What he came up with uses a pair of linear actuators to push […]

Rebuilding a Passap E6000 knitting machine with Arduino and Raspberry Pi

Reading Time: 2 minutesRebuilding a Passap E6000 knitting machine with Arduino and Raspberry Pi Arduino Team — July 8th, 2020 Irene Wolf is the owner a Passap E6000, a computerized knitting machine which features pair of needle beds, and decided it was time to give it an upgrade. In particular, she wanted the ability to control its rear […]

Robotic cornhole board guarantees three points every time

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRobotic cornhole board guarantees three points every time Arduino Team — July 8th, 2020 You may have seen Mark Rober’s automated dartboard or Stuff Made Here’s backboard, which use advanced engineering to create apparatuses that ensure you “can’t miss.” Now that summer is in full swing, what about a robotic cornhole board? Michael Rechtin decided to […]

Create a digital clock out of 24 analog clocks

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCreate a digital clock out of 24 analog clocks Arduino Team — July 7th, 2020 What if you were to use the hands of a clock not as an individual display, but as part of an array that moves together to form digits? That’s the idea behind Clockception by “Made by Morgan,” which utilizes 48 servo motors […]

Change the volume of any app on your PC with the turn of a knob

Reading Time: 2 minutesChange the volume of any app on your PC with the turn of a knob Arduino Team — July 7th, 2020 Overall computer volume control is important, but what if you want to get more granular, adjusting sound from various applications individually? Rather than going through a series of menus and on-screen sliders, Ruben Henares’ […]

Build a comment-critiquing keyboard adapter using TensorFlow Lite and Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesBuild a comment-critiquing keyboard adapter using TensorFlow Lite and Arduino Arduino Team — July 7th, 2020 If you’ve ever left an online comment that you later regretted, this anti-troll bot will keep that from happening again by letting you know when you’re being a bit too harsh. The device — which was created by Andy […]

Capture cinematic shots with this motorized slider and pan-tilt camera mount

Reading Time: 2 minutesCapture cinematic shots with this motorized slider and pan-tilt camera mount Arduino Team — July 6th, 2020 DIY camera sliders are a great way to get professional-looking video shots on an amateur budget, but few can compare to the quality of this project by “isaac879.” His device features a pan/tilt mechanism outlined in a previous video, […]

The three pillars of the Arduino CLI

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Arduino CLI is an open source command line application written in Golang that can be used from a terminal to compile, verify and upload sketches to Arduino boards, and that’s capable of managing all the software and tools needed in the process. But don’t get fooled by its name: the Arduino CLI can do […]

Old becomes new again with this glowing clock

Reading Time: 2 minutesOld becomes new again with this glowing clock Arduino Team — July 3rd, 2020 Whether for work or play, and now for various video/voice socials that have been set up, “chebe” spends most of the day at their desk — so much so that, in some instances they lose track of time. To address the […]

This puck-slapping robot will beat you in table hockey

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis puck-slapping robot will beat you in table hockey Arduino Team — July 3rd, 2020 Mechanical table hockey games, where players are moved back and forth and swing their sticks with a series of knobs, can be a lot of fun; however, could one be automated? As Andrew Khorkin’s robotic build demonstrates, the answer is […]

Modified printer simplifies home PCB fabrication

Reading Time: < 1 minuteModified printer simplifies home PCB fabrication Arduino Team — July 2nd, 2020 In many locations you can get PCBs made fast, cheap, and of very good quality. In Brazil, where Vítor Barbosa lives, this isn’t the case, so he built a “haxmark460” PCB printer to help manufacture circuits at home. The build modifies a Lexmark E460dn laserjet […]

Arduino Security Primer

Reading Time: 5 minutesSSL/TLS stack and HW secure element At Arduino, we are hard at work to keep improving the security of our hardware and software products, and we would like to run you through how our IoT Cloud service works. The Arduino IoT Cloud‘s security is based on three key elements: The open-source library ArduinoBearSSL for implementing […]

This robo-dog sprays poison ivy with weed killer

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis robo-dog sprays poison ivy with weed killer Arduino Team — July 1st, 2020 Poisonous plants, like poison ivy, can really ruin your day. In an effort to combat this “green menace,” YouTuber Sciencish decided to create his own quadruped robot. The robotic dog is equipped with two servos per leg, for a total eight, […]

The Arduino CLI just got some new exciting features

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe arduino-cli tool just got some new exciting features with the release of 0.11.0: Command-line completion External programmer support Internationalization and localization support (i18n) Command-line completion Finally, the autocompletion feature has landed! With this functionality, the program automatically fills in partially typed commands by pressing the tab key. For example, with this update, you can […]

A tabletop bowling game with automated scoring

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA tabletop bowling game with automated scoring Arduino Team — June 24th, 2020 Do you love to bowl? Are you still unable to do so due to the pandemic? Then this project by high school engineering teacher “lainealison” is right up your alley! This rig features a 5½ foot (1.68 meter) lane made of MDF, along […]

Machine vision with low-cost camera modules

Reading Time: 6 minutesIf you’re interested in embedded machine learning (TinyML) on the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense, you’ll have found a ton of on-board sensors — digital microphone, accelerometer, gyro, magnetometer, light, proximity, temperature, humidity and color — but realized that for vision you need to attach an external camera. In this article, we will show you […]

Capture the flag with a GPS, RFID and LoRa twist

Reading Time: 2 minutesCapture the flag with a GPS, RFID and LoRa twist Arduino Team — June 23rd, 2020 Capture the flag can be fun, but Karel Bousson has put a new spin on the game that allows you to compete against neighbors over who can keep a single item — a modified tool case — in their […]

Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera powers up homemade microscope

Reading Time: 3 minutesWow, DIY-Maxwell, wow. This reddit user got their hands on one of our new Raspberry Pi High Quality Cameras and decided to upgrade their homemade microscope with it. The brains of the thing are also provided by a Raspberry Pi. Key features Raspberry Pi OS 8 MegaPixel CMOS camera (Full HD 30 fps video) Imaging […]

This Arduino-controlled robot leaves messages in the sand

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis Arduino-controlled robot leaves messages in the sand Arduino Team — June 22nd, 2020 Ivan Miranda has come up with a novel method for drawing messages in the sand, using a tread assembly that prints as it travels along the beach. The robot uses a length of square tubing to connect a pair of half […]

Two-factor authentication on Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo-factor authentication on Arduino Arduino Team — June 22nd, 2020 Today, we’re announcing a new security feature for our community: two-factor authentication (2FA) on Arduino web services. We have implemented a two-step verification login to arduino.cc, so our users can be sure of their online safety. If enabled, two-factor authentication offers an additional security layer […]