Robo-snake slithers across the ground under Arduino control

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRobo-snake slithers across the ground under Arduino control Arduino Team — September 13th, 2019 What has a dozen servos, a WiFi camera, and an Arduino Mega for a brain? Nevon Projects’ snake-bot, of course!  This impressive robot uses a total of 12 servos for locomotion and can travel across a variety of surfaces under the […]

Robo-snake slithers across the ground under Arduino control

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRobo-snake slithers across the ground under Arduino control Arduino Team — September 13th, 2019 What has a dozen servos, a WiFi camera, and an Arduino Mega for a brain? Nevon Projects’ snake-bot, of course!  This impressive robot uses a total of 12 servos for locomotion and can travel across a variety of surfaces under the […]

A low-cost, 3D-printed transhumeral prosthesis

Reading Time: 2 minutesA low-cost, 3D-printed transhumeral prosthesis Arduino Team — September 13th, 2019 To help a patient in his country with a congenital limb deficiency, Buzi Nguyen has designed a 3D-printed transhumeral—above the elbow—prosthesis prototype. The device features 10 degrees of freedom, including independent control of four fingers and a thumb, along with movement capabilities for the […]

A low-cost, 3D-printed transhumeral prosthesis

Reading Time: 2 minutesA low-cost, 3D-printed transhumeral prosthesis Arduino Team — September 13th, 2019 To help a patient in his country with a congenital limb deficiency, Buzi Nguyen has designed a 3D-printed transhumeral—above the elbow—prosthesis prototype. The device features 10 degrees of freedom, including independent control of four fingers and a thumb, along with movement capabilities for the […]

Exploring a classic physics problem with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesExploring a classic physics problem with Arduino Arduino Team — September 11th, 2019 As described in this project’s write-up, “The brachistochrone curve is a classic physics problem, that derives the fastest path between two points A and B which are at different elevations.” In other words, if you have a ramp leading down to another […]

The Ifs: Coding for kids, reading skills not required

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ifs: Coding for kids, reading skills not required Arduino Team — September 11th, 2019 Learning about how computers work and coding skills will be important for future generations, and if you’d like to get your kids started on this task—potentially before they can even read—the Ifs present an exciting new option.  The Ifs are […]

Three dozen servos create animated artwork

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThree dozen servos create animated artwork Arduino Team — September 6th, 2019 Servo motors form the basis of many Arduino projects, but few use them in as interesting a manner as Doug Domke’s piece of electronic art. The device features 36 servo motors arranged on a pegboard to produce various patterns, and can even be […]

Automate your hydroponic garden with HydroBot

Reading Time: 2 minutesAutomate your hydroponic garden with HydroBot Arduino Team — September 5th, 2019 Hydroponics seems like a great way to get fresh vegetables at a cheap price, but as Scott Paterson and Max Knight found out, doing this type of gardening well can take a lot of work. To help take the guesswork and hassle out […]

Designing a modular and ambidextrous four-fingered robot hand

Reading Time: 2 minutesDesigning a modular and ambidextrous four-fingered robot hand Arduino Team — September 4th, 2019 Gray Eldritch (AKA The Technomanc3r) has been working on a robotic hand for some time now, and has settled (so far) on a design with three independent servo-actuated fingers and a thumb. He’s also implemented a wrist assembly to rotate it […]

Creating a physical game controller with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesCreating a physical game controller with Arduino Arduino Team — September 3rd, 2019 Steven Goodwin wrote a JavaScript game called Space Bounce where a character in a space suit has to jump from one side of a mine shaft to another, collecting roughly star-shaped objects, while avoiding spikes. It’s a simple yet rather entertaining game, […]

Play chess using voice commands and Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesPlay chess using voice commands and Arduino Arduino Team — September 3rd, 2019 Consider the game of chess. It’s a game that flexes one’s “mental muscles” rather than relying on brute strength, but if you don’t have the ability to actually move the pieces, things get a bit more challenging. If you’re playing against another […]

Build your own Arduino-based delta robot with Delta X

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBuild your own Arduino-based delta robot with Delta X Arduino Team — August 29th, 2019 If you’ve ever seen a delta 3D printer work, you’ve certainly been amazed at the careful coordination of three motors to accurate position a carriage. While impressive in this role, delta robots can be used for much more, from laser […]

Steampunk radio and clock display with dual Arduino Mega control

Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you want to create your own steampunk/mad scientist entertainment center, it would be hard to top this radio/clock setup by Christine Thompson.  Her device displays the time and date on eight VFD tubes, arranged on top of another eight that show the radio frequency and volume, along with the ambient temperature and pressure read […]

d.i.d. is a scalable 3D-printed pen plotter

Reading Time: 2 minutesd.i.d. is a scalable 3D-printed pen plotter Arduino Team — August 29th, 2019 While computer printers are readily available, if you’d like a plotting device that drags a pen, marker, or whatever you need across paper to create images, your options are more limited. To fill this gap, studioprogettiperduti has come up with the d.i.d, […]

Desktop USB drum for some serious finger tapping

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDesktop USB drum for some serious finger tapping Arduino Team — August 27th, 2019 When you need a distraction, or perhaps even now, you may turn to tapping on your desk. While a good way to keep your hands active, or pass a few uninteresting seconds, if you want to get serious with your finger drumming, […]

These interactive drawing machines are inspired by Japanese zen gardens

Reading Time: 2 minutesThese interactive drawing machines are inspired by Japanese zen gardens Arduino Team — August 27th, 2019 Artist Jo Fairfax has created automated drawing machines inspired by carefully manicured Japanese rock gardens, AKA zen gardens. The mesmerizing artwork uses magnets and motors that move underneath a bed of iron filings, generating soothing shapes as viewers come […]

BLE central support added to ArduinoBLE

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis post is from Sandeep Mistry, Senior Software Engineer at Arduino.  Today, we are pleased to announce BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) central support in v1.1.0 of the ArduinoBLE library. This major feature addition allows your Arduino board to scan for and connect to BLE peripheral devices. With one simple library, you can now use BLE […]

Here’s a low-cost air hockey table you can make yourself

Reading Time: 2 minutesHere’s a low-cost air hockey table you can make yourself Arduino Team — August 26th, 2019 If you’d like to bring the air hockey arcade experience home with you, then look no further than this project by Kousheek Chakraborty and Satya Schiavina, or ‘Technovation.’  Cleverly, the scaled-down game table uses a household vacuum cleaner blower […]

TinyGo on Arduino

Reading Time: 3 minutesA few weeks ago, we announced that Arduino now works with TinyGo, the popular compiler that brings the Go programming language to microcontrollers. We had the opportunity to sit down with Ron Evans, Technologist for Hire, and learn more about the Arduino and TinyGo integration. Some of our audience knows about Go (we ourselves use […]

Vintage LED display prototype revived with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesVintage LED display prototype revived with Arduino Arduino Team — August 22nd, 2019 Patrick Hickey has been collecting retro LED indicators and displays for decades, and his rarest item is an HP 5082-7002—a 5×7 dot matrix LED display in a beautiful gold and (possibly) sapphire enclosure. This device is so rare, in fact, that he […]

1980s plotting device turned into a handheld whiteboard tool

Reading Time: < 1 minute1980s plotting device turned into a handheld whiteboard tool Arduino Team — August 21st, 2019 Writing on a whiteboard isn’t an easy task for many people, including instructor ‘Kenyer,’ whose lettering can be on display for a semester or more. Rather than accept his imperfect penmanship, he modified a 1980s-era Rotring NC-Scriber—originally meant for mechanical […]

Simulating a flip clock on an Arduino-driven LCD screen

Reading Time: 2 minutesSimulating a flip clock on an Arduino-driven LCD screen Arduino Team — August 20th, 2019 Although flip clocks may be extremely interesting electromechanical devices, with rolling flaps to show what time it is, they’re also fairly complicated if you want to build one yourself. Mark Wilson, however, took a different approach with his project, simulating […]