Scale model Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 wagon handles like the real thing

Reading Time: 2 minutesScale model Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 wagon handles like the real thing Arduino Team — January 8th, 2020 Model cars can be fun to use and look at, but when driving one it’s difficult to get the same sort of movement in the suspension as a full-sized vehicle. To enhance his 65cm long 8.5:1 Oldsmobile Dynamic […]

Arduino goes PRO at CES 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino goes PRO at CES 2020 Arduino Team — January 7th, 2020 We’re kicking off this year’s CES with some big news. Millions of users and thousands of companies across the world already use Arduino as an innovation platform, which is why we have drawn on this experience to enable enterprises to quickly and securely […]

Adaptive Field Robot changes wheel shape to overcome various terrain

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdaptive Field Robot changes wheel shape to overcome various terrain Arduino Team — January 6th, 2020 If your robotic vehicle will only work on smooth surfaces, the choice of a wheel is obvious. For more rugged bots, the same applies with knobby wheels. For those that need to operate in both environments, however, the Adaptive […]

Hundreds of LED triangles combine for brilliant interactive display

Reading Time: 2 minutesHundreds of LED triangles combine for brilliant interactive display Arduino Team — January 6th, 2020 If you need another idea for how to creatively diffuse LED lighting, then look no further than the “Light Me Up!” project by Hyewon Shin, Eunjeong Ko, and Junsung Yi.  Their setup uses 312 3D-printed and laser-cut light triangles, each […]

Will Cogley’s tester controls 16 servos simultaneously

Reading Time: 2 minutesWill Cogley’s tester controls 16 servos simultaneously Arduino Team — January 5th, 2020 When you need to test a single servo, it’s a fairly straightforward task. Just hook it up to an Arduino to generate the proper PWM signal, along with an appropriate power supply, and you’re in business. If, however, you need to test […]

Designing a two-axis gesture-controlled platform for DSLR cameras

Reading Time: 2 minutesDesigning a two-axis gesture-controlled platform for DSLR cameras Arduino Team — January 3rd, 2020 Holding your phone up to take an occasional picture is no big deal, but for professional photographers who often need to manipulate heavier gear for hours on end, this can actually be quite tiring. With this in mind, Cornell University students […]

This 3D-printed infinity cube is easy to make, hard to resist

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis 3D-printed infinity cube is easy to make, hard to resist Arduino Team — December 31st, 2019 Infinity cubes use six mirrors arranged in such a way that they bounce light inside back and forth, making them appear to stretch on to infinity. While not the first to make such a device, Thomas Jensma created […]

Build your child a wooden MP3 player for $100

Reading Time: 2 minutesBuild your child a wooden MP3 player for $100 Arduino Team — December 30th, 2019 If your young child wants to listen to music, what better way than a beautiful wooden MP3 “radio,” with an array of buttons that select the album? After being inspired by a similar commercial product, Redditor “DerThes” decided to make […]

Build your child a wooden MP3 player for $100

Reading Time: 2 minutesBuild your child a wooden MP3 player for $100 Arduino Team — December 30th, 2019 If your young child wants to listen to music, what better way than a beautiful wooden MP3 “radio,” with an array of buttons that select the album? After being inspired by a similar commercial product, Redditor “DerThes” decided to make […]

Full control of your TV using Alexa and Arduino IoT Cloud

Reading Time: 2 minutesFull control of your TV using Alexa and Arduino IoT Cloud Arduino Team — December 23rd, 2019 We’re excited to announce that the official Arduino Amazon Alexa skill now supports television control. You can now securely connect your TV set to Alexa using Arduino IoT Cloud and a few lines of code. Here are some […]

HeyTeddy is a conversation-based prototyping tool for Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesProgramming an Arduino to do simple things like turn on an LED or read a sensor is easy enough via the official IDE. However, think back to your first experiences with this type of hardware. While rewarding, getting everything set up correctly was certainly more of a challenge, requiring research that you now likely take […]

arduino-cli 0.7.0 is out!

Reading Time: < 1 minutearduino-cli 0.7.0 is out! Arduino Team — December 20th, 2019 Our dev team is about to kick off their holiday breaks, but not without sharing some exciting news first: the release of arduino-cli 0.7.0! Highlights include: Notarization compliance for macOS Some breaking changes: Remove Sketchbook concept, introduce user data folder “lib list” now returns an […]

Build your own tracking and GoTo mount for DSLR astrophotography

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBuild your own tracking and GoTo mount for DSLR astrophotography Arduino Team — December 18th, 2019 Astrophotography can be challenging, in a large part because your subject matter — or your base, the Earth rather — is constantly moving. In order to take excellent long exposures of far-off objects, Redditor intercipere came up with a […]

Take your X-Plane 11 experience to new heights with this 3D-printed simulator

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTake your X-Plane 11 experience to new heights with this 3D-printed simulator Arduino Team — December 17th, 2019 Apparently not satisfied with a single PC monitor, aviation enthusiast Ryan H came up with his own custom, 3D-printable cockpit setup for the Garmin G1000 avionics suite. Designed around the X-Plane 11 flight simulator, the system uses […]

Bob Clagett made an LED Christmas tree video game for his entire town to play

Reading Time: 3 minutesBob Clagett made an LED Christmas tree video game for his entire town to play Arduino Team — December 13th, 2019 Bob Clagett likes making holiday decorations. This year, however, he wanted to create something that didn’t just look nice, but was also interactive. What he came up with is a giant Christmas tree that […]

Toddler busy board gets an RGB matrix upgrade

Reading Time: < 1 minuteToddler busy board gets an RGB matrix upgrade Arduino Team — December 12th, 2019 When Amir Avni made a busy board for his then-one-year-old daughter, he left a variety of buttons and switches unconnected. While these were still likely interesting at the time, now that she’s two, he’s added an Arduino Mega-controlled 32×64 LED panel […]

theMIDInator is a marvelous MIDI controller

Reading Time: 2 minutestheMIDInator is a marvelous MIDI controller Arduino Team — December 9th, 2019 While you may know on some level that an Arduino can help you make music, you probably haven’t seen as good an implementation as this MIDI controller by Switch & Lever.  The device features a numeric pad for note input, which can also […]

Wearable synth plays programmed or random tunes

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWearable synth plays programmed or random tunes Arduino Team — December 9th, 2019 Unless you’re very good, personal synths are fun for you — though often quite annoying for onlookers. After making his own wristwatch-based synth in 2016, Clem Mayer decided to build a new version that’s larger and louder than ever, and programmable via an Arduino […]

Now you can battle real robots over the Internet

Reading Time: 2 minutesNow you can battle real robots over the Internet Arduino Team — December 6th, 2019 Robot-sumo bouts can be a great way to pit your automation skills against others. Participating normally means a lot of hard work to get your bot functioning properly, and likely a fair amount of travel to meet your opponents. SurrogateTV, […]

This Portal 2 fan created his own Space Core

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis Portal 2 fan created his own Space Core Arduino Team — December 6th, 2019 Portal 2 is one of RobotsWithRyan’s favorite games, so he — of course — decided to build his own personality core character from this title.  His Space Core is 3D-printed from a model that he found online, scaled up by […]

An Arduino-powered fishing pole with automatic casting and reeling

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn Arduino-powered fishing pole with automatic casting and reeling Arduino Team — December 5th, 2019 YouTuber MrTeslonian was asked if he could create an automatic fishing pole for someone with a serious disability. While this would seem like a daunting task, he was able to build one using a spring-loaded mechanism, a number of motors, […]

James Bruton’s 3D-printed, Arduino-powered Nerf blaster fires 10 darts at once

Reading Time: 2 minutesJames Bruton’s 3D-printed, Arduino-powered Nerf blaster fires 10 darts at once Arduino Team — December 4th, 2019 Nerf guns can be a lot of fun, but what if you want your launcher to shoot 10 projectiles simultaneously? Is so, then look no further than James Bruton’s custom blaster. His 3D-printed project employs two BLDC-powered rollers […]