Resys is an LED drawer system that makes it easy to find your resistors

Reading Time: < 1 minuteResys is an LED drawer system that makes it easy to find your resistors Arduino Team — February 25th, 2020 You’ve got your design ready to go, you know you have the right components… but where exactly did you place that particular resistor? With the Resys drawer system by Lynlimer, you no longer have to […]

Duel Disk System blends physical cards with a virtual playfield

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDuel Disk System blends physical cards with a virtual playfield Arduino Team — February 21st, 2020 Yu-Gi-Oh! and other similar card games can be quite popular, but actually finding a group to play with can be challenging. Online games, on the other hand, have their advantages yet render your deck pretty much useless. As a […]

This SpaceX fan created a levitating Starship lamp

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis SpaceX fan created a levitating Starship lamp Arduino Team — February 18th, 2020 Although you might not be able to build or house your own SpaceX Starship, YouTuber “Embrace Racing” has created a levitating lamp model that will be much more attainable for non-multi-billionaires.  The lamp’s landing pad features an Arduino Nano inside, which is used […]

AAScan is an open source, Arduino-powered 3D scanner that uses your phone

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAAScan is an open source, Arduino-powered 3D scanner that uses your phone Arduino Team — February 18th, 2020 3D scanners are amazing tools that literally let you turn everyday things into three-dimensional computer models. As seen on Reddit, if you want to make one yourself — using little more than a spare Android phone, Arduino, […]

A DIY digital readout for your wood lathe

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA DIY digital readout for your wood lathe Arduino Team — February 15th, 2020 Small wood lathes don’t typically come with an RPM readout, so after obtaining such a machine several months ago, engineer Zach — also known as ‘byte sized’ — decided to build his own custom display. The device uses a Nano for […]

arduino-cli 0.8.0 is here!

Reading Time: < 1 minutearduino-cli 0.8.0 is here! Arduino Team — February 14th, 2020 Our dev team is grateful for the high quality contributions that the project is receiving, and is working hard to collect all the lovely feedback we have received to shape the Arduino CLI into the best tool possible for the community! Highlights of our latest […]

Arduino 1.8.12 is out!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteArduino 1.8.12 is out! Arduino Team — February 13th, 2020 Today, we are excited to announce the arrival of the Arduino IDE 1.8.12. Wow! Another release just after two weeks, you ask? Well, we fixed some serious bugs related to the compiler, and more importantly, we had to take a step back with respect to […]

This retro-looking rotary cellphone is free of modern-day distractions

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis retro-looking rotary cellphone is free of modern-day distractions Arduino Team — February 13th, 2020 What we carry today in our pockets is nominally called a “phone,” but more often than not we’re using it to do various other computing tasks. Justine Haupt, however, wanted an actual phone that “goes as far from having a touchscreen […]

Mechanical 7-segment display made with micro servos and an Arduino Mega

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMechanical 7-segment display made with micro servos and an Arduino Mega Arduino Team — February 12th, 2020 Flip displays are an interesting piece of technology, physically moving segments into place that stay put until other information is needed. Michael Klements has been especially fascinated by these devices, and after inspiration from another project, he decided […]

The ZT-2020 is a portable SunVox synth

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe ZT-2020 is a portable SunVox synth Arduino Team — February 11th, 2020 SunVox synth software allows you to create electronic music on a wide variety of platforms. Now, with his ZT-2020 project — which resembles a miniature arcade game — YouTuber “fascinating earthbound objects” has a dedicated input scheme. This cabinet prominently features a […]

This joystick-controlled machine draws light trails using a laser

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis joystick-controlled machine draws light trails using a laser Arduino Team — February 10th, 2020 Lasers are awesome. Glow-in-the-dark surfaces are, too. As seen here, Justin and Brett were able to combine the two into an excellent drawing machine made from scrap materials and discarded wood. Their device uses a pair of gearmotors under Arduino […]

Carve 2.5D shapes out of foam with this Arduino-controlled hot wire cutter

Reading Time: 2 minutesCarve 2.5D shapes out of foam with this Arduino-controlled hot wire cutter Arduino Team — February 8th, 2020 You may have a 3D printer or other “digital” tools like a laser engraver or CNC router, but what if you want to work with Styrofoam? As How To Mechatronics demonstrates in his latest project, many of […]

Save the date: Arduino Day 2020 is Saturday, March 21st!

Reading Time: 2 minutesSave the date: Arduino Day 2020 is Saturday, March 21st! Arduino Team — February 7th, 2020 It’s Arduino’s 15th birthday! We are inviting the whole community to join Arduino Day 2020 on Saturday, March 21st. Arduino Day is a 24-hour-long celebration around the globe, organized by the community for the community — where those interested […]

OmBURo is an Arduino-controlled unicycle robot with an active omnidirectional wheel

Reading Time: 2 minutesOmBURo is an Arduino-controlled unicycle robot with an active omnidirectional wheel Arduino Team — February 4th, 2020 Omni wheels normally contain a number of rollers arranged on their circumference, allowing them to slide left and right and perform various tricks when combined with others. The rollers on UCLA researchers Junjie Shen and Dennis Hong’s OmBURo, however, […]

This Arduino device turns on a workshop’s air filtration system whenever it hears a saw

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis Arduino device turns on a workshop’s air filtration system whenever it hears a saw Arduino Team — February 3rd, 2020 Modern woodworking tools are amazing, allowing you to make any number of useful or decorative objects from the comfort of your garage. Unfortunately, they also produce a lot of dust, so YouTuber “Atomic Dairy” […]

LoRa made easy: Connect your devices to the Arduino IoT Cloud

Reading Time: 3 minutesLoRa made easy: Connect your devices to the Arduino IoT Cloud Arduino Team — January 31st, 2020 An important new feature is now available in the Arduino IoT Cloud — full support for LoRa® devices! LoRa® is one of our favorite emerging technologies for IoT because it enables long-range and low power transmission of data […]

The Synthfonio is a guitar-shaped MIDI instrument

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Synthfonio is a guitar-shaped MIDI instrument Arduino Team — January 30th, 2020 Learning to play an an instrument well takes a lot of time, which many people don’t have. To address this, Franco Molina — who enjoys MIDI controllers and writing music, but describes himself as being terrible at playing the keyboard — created […]

Arduino Pro IDE v0.0.4-alpha is here!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteArduino Pro IDE v0.0.4-alpha is here! Arduino Team — January 30th, 2020 Our dev team has some more exciting news to share: Arduino Pro IDE v0.0.4-alpha has been released. Highlights include: Automatic Arduino language server (LS) recovery. From now on, if the LS process terminates, it restarts automatically. Updated the bundled Clang version to 9.0.0. Bundled Clangd into the application […]

144 7-segment displays make up this delightful digital clock

Reading Time: 2 minutes144 7-segment displays make up this delightful digital clock Arduino Team — January 29th, 2020 Using 7-segment displays to make a clock is nothing new, but what if you combined 144 of them together to create an epic LED timepiece? That’s exactly how this project was made, allowing it to show surprisingly smooth mega-numbers and […]

144 7-segment displays make up this delightful digital clock

Reading Time: 2 minutes144 7-segment displays make up this delightful digital clock Arduino Team — January 29th, 2020 Using 7-segment displays to make a clock is nothing new, but what if you combined 144 of them together to create an epic LED timepiece? That’s exactly how this project was made, allowing it to show surprisingly smooth mega-numbers and […]

Give your memory a boost with Newrons

Reading Time: 2 minutesGive your memory a boost with Newrons Arduino Team — January 28th, 2020 When you get a notification on your smartphone, more often than not, you’re doing something more pressing. You then silence the alarm, and perhaps forget about it. Nick Bild, however, has created a pair of smart glasses that take a new “look” […]