Building an Arduino-based bipedal bot

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBuilding an Arduino-based bipedal bot Arduino Team — June 21st, 2020 If you’d like to build a walking biped robot, this 3D-printed design by Technovation looks like a fantastic place to start. Each leg features three servos that actuate it at the hip, knee, and ankle for a total of six degrees of freedom. Control […]

Bike signal display keeps riders safe with machine learning

Reading Time: 2 minutesBike signal display keeps riders safe with machine learning Arduino Team — June 21st, 2020 Cycling can be fun, not to mention great exercise, but is also dangerous at times. In order to facilitate safety and harmony between road users on his hour-plus bike commute in Marseille, France, Maltek created his own LED backpack signaling setup. […]

This ephemeral display shows messages using floating bubbles

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis ephemeral display shows messages using floating bubbles Arduino Team — June 19th, 2020 While electronics and water don’t generally mix, researchers at Ochanomizu University in Japan have come up with an ephemeral display method that uses floating clusters of bubbles to show messages on a liquid surface. The device, known as UTAKATA, utilizes a line […]

Meet Tomo, a DIY virtual pet that’ll spark ’90s nostalgia

Reading Time: 2 minutesMeet Tomo, a DIY virtual pet that’ll spark ’90s nostalgia Arduino Team — June 19th, 2020 If you miss your Tamagotchi virtual pet from the ’90s, Element14 Presents’ DJ has come up with the next best thing — or perhaps something even better! His DIY device named “Tomo,” for friend, displays a digital companion on its […]

Simple machine learning with Arduino KNN

Reading Time: 5 minutesMachine learning (ML) algorithms come in all shapes and sizes, each with their own trade-offs. We continue our exploration of TinyML on Arduino with a look at the Arduino KNN library. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6B7MLs3Eyo?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] In addition to powerful deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow for Arduino, there are also classical ML approaches suitable for smaller data sets […]

Arduino barrel piano plays encoded sheet music

Reading Time: < 1 minuteArduino barrel piano plays encoded sheet music Arduino Team — June 17th, 2020 Max Danilin created an automatic barrel piano that outputs MIDI signals, not through an SD card or internal memory, but by reading sheet music encoded on paper as black dots and dashes. The sheet is pulled under an array of 40 optocouplers using a […]

Arduino 1.8.13 has been released

Reading Time: < 1 minuteArduino 1.8.13 has been released Arduino Team — June 17th, 2020 Today, we are excited to announce the arrival of the Arduino IDE 1.8.13. Significant improvements include fixing the crash on Mac OS X with multiple monitor setups and resolving the recent package_index.json issue without other user intervention. You will also notice that the boards […]

Visualize noise pollution with an Arduino sound meter

Reading Time: < 1 minuteVisualize noise pollution with an Arduino sound meter Arduino Team — June 16th, 2020 In our day-to-day lives we encounter a wide variety of ambient sounds, and in order to highlight noise pollution, Lucía Garbo decided to make an elegant meter.  The device features an outer shell designed in Fusion 360 and 3D-printed, concealing an Arduino […]

Arduino-based inkjet printer slowly but surely gets the job done

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino-based inkjet printer slowly but surely gets the job done Arduino Team — June 16th, 2020 As a prototype for a continuously printing art project, Norbert (AKA “HomoFaciens”) has built an inkjet printer that uses an Arduino and the mechanics of a discarded 3D printer to slowly generate black and white images.  The hacked together assembly […]

Stare up at your own ceiling starscape

Reading Time: 2 minutesStare up at your own ceiling starscape Arduino Team — June 15th, 2020 Have you ever looked up at your ceiling and wondered how to make it a bit more interesting? Well, creator Centas has and decided to bring a piece of the galaxy into his room using a fiber optic star display. The installation is […]

Stuffed animal gets its own music/AV box

Reading Time: < 1 minuteStuffed animal gets its own music/AV box Arduino Team — June 14th, 2020 Er13k was inspired to create an Arduino music box to go along with his girlfriend’s giant stuffed dog Tobias. This eventually morphed into something that not only plays songs on its own speaker, but also lights up a 3D-printed keyboard with LEDs. […]

This Mad-Eye relies on Arduino, not magic

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis Mad-Eye relies on Arduino, not magic Arduino Team — June 14th, 2020 In the Harry Potter series, professor Alastor Moody is known for wearing a very distinct prosthetic eyeball that moves in a “mad” manner. When Instructables member replayreb’s son decided to go to a costume party dressed as this character, he took the […]

This magnetic board emits light and sound as a marble moves

Reading Time: 2 minutesAndrei Erdei recently designed an amazing Arduino-powered light board, which glows and plays sounds based on the movement of a magnetic marble.  First, the magnet is placed on top and then made to roll by lifting the device’s sides. An array of 36 reed switches underneath the smoked plexiglass surface detect the marble’s position, illuminating 36 […]

A DIY Deichkind-inspired tetrahedral LED hat

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA DIY Deichkind-inspired tetrahedral LED hat Arduino Team — June 11th, 2020 After mechanical engineer “Kuchbert” saw the hip-hop/electropunk band Deichkind perform — wearing LED-embedded tetrahedral hats, no less — he decided he wanted his own glowing geometric headpiece. Now, nearly 10 years and several shows later, he finally got his wish by constructing one […]

No string attaches this tin can telephone

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNo string attaches this tin can telephone Arduino Team — June 9th, 2020 Geoff (AKA Facio Ergo Sum) has created a new take on the classic “tin can telephone,” using an Arduino and nRF24L01 transceiver to pass audio signals instead of a physical string.  The build and testing process are outlined in the video below, including […]

Distract yourself with a desktop air dancer!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDistract yourself with a desktop air dancer! Arduino Team — June 9th, 2020 If you’ve ever seen a gigantic air dancer on the side of the road and thought you might want one of your own, Davide Marin shows how to create a desktop version here. The flailing figure is constructed out of trash bags that […]

Measure voltage and current with the Tiny V/A Meter

Reading Time: 2 minutesMeasure voltage and current with the Tiny V/A Meter Arduino Team — June 3rd, 2020 Measuring voltage with a multimeter is easy enough, and current is a bit harder, but reading both values simultaneously can be a challenge. If you’re tired of having to replug or find two meters, then look no further than Karl […]

Monitoring CPU usage with an Arc Reactor

Reading Time: 2 minutesMonitoring CPU usage with an Arc Reactor Arduino Team — June 3rd, 2020 Iron Man Arc Reactors have brought joy to makers of all ages, whether as something cool on a movie screen, as a hacked together light assembly, or even a cosplay prop created from a DIY kit. Michael Klements decided to turn one of […]

Cut the grass from a distance using an RC lawn mower

Reading Time: 2 minutesCut the grass from a distance using an RC lawn mower Arduino Team — June 3rd, 2020 If you grew up watching Honey I Shrunk the Kids, you may recall the scene with Wayne Szalinski’s remote-controlled lawn mower. Inspired by the 1989 film, “elliotmade” designed a version of his own a few years ago that’s still […]

Enjoy VR games on your PC with this Arduino-based DIY headset

Reading Time: 2 minutesEnjoy VR games on your PC with this Arduino-based DIY headset Arduino Team — June 2nd, 2020 If you want a virtual reality headset for your computer, but don’t want to dig deep into your pockets, this project by “jamesvdberg” (AKA Killer Robotics) presents a low-cost alternative.  Although it won’t pack the capabilities of an Oculus […]

This Arduino-powered LED matrix mask responds to your voice

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis Arduino-powered LED matrix mask responds to your voice Arduino Team — June 2nd, 2020 When wearing a face mask nowadays, you can’t show expressions in the same ways that we’re all accustomed to. As a possible solution to this problem, programmer Tyler Glaiel decided to create a custom covering, with an 8×8 LED matrix […]

Exploring open-source ventilators: Apollo Ventilator

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis article was written by César Garcia, researcher at La Hora Maker. This week, we will be exploring the Apollo Ventilator in detail! This project emerged at Makespace Madrid two months ago. It was a response to the first news about the expected lack of ventilators in Spain because of COVID-19. Several members of the space […]