This thermochromic 7-segment display colorfully shows the temp and humidity

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis thermochromic 7-segment display colorfully shows the temp and humidity Arduino Team — August 19th, 2019 Instead of controlling his temperature and humidity display directly, maker Zaphunk did things a bit differently, driving the temperature of each segment with a Peltier element, or thermo-electric cooler (TEC), to change its color.  Each segment is made out […]

Horizontal laser harp is like none you’ve ever seen before

Reading Time: 2 minutesHorizontal laser harp is like none you’ve ever seen before Arduino Team — August 19th, 2019 Apparently not content with a traditional laser harp, Jonathan Bumstead set out to take things in a different direction. What he came up with is a device whose laser strings are arranged horizontally, and loop though its boxy structure […]

LED matrix made touch sensitive with infrared control

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLED matrix made touch sensitive with infrared control Arduino Team — August 19th, 2019 If you’d like to integrate touch functionality to your LED project, then tuenhidiy may have just the thing for you.  The setup uses 16 pairs of IR emitter and receivers arranged down the length of a bi-color 16×32 matrix to tell […]

Automating a chop saw with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesAutomating a chop saw with Arduino Arduino Team — August 15th, 2019 YouTuber “Absorber Of Light” needed to cut thousands of tiny aluminum pieces with a chop saw, and after paying someone to do this for him, decided to instead automate the process.  His system is controlled by an Arduino Uno, and moves strips of […]

Toy piano converted into a self-playing instrument

Reading Time: < 1 minuteToy piano converted into a self-playing instrument Arduino Team — August 14th, 2019 Upon obtaining a small toy piano, Måns Jonasson went to work “Arduinoizing” it with 30 solenoids to hammer out tunes.  A MIDI shield is used to pipe commands from a computer to the Arduino Mega that’s used for control, and after experimenting […]

Create Agent – Windows installer tampering while preserving Authenticode signature

Reading Time: 2 minutesCreate Agent – Windows installer tampering while preserving Authenticode signature Arduino Team — August 13th, 2019 Arduino Create Agent is a plug-in that was designed to help Arduino users connect their devices to the Arduino Create platform. The plug-in lets your browser communicate with your device’s serial port from a web application.   We chose Bitrock’s […]

Reviving an old CNC router with Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesReviving an old CNC router with Arduino Arduino Team — August 12th, 2019 Makerspace i3Detroit was the recent recipient of a free yet non-functioning CNC router. While out of commission when received, the device’s mechanical components and motors appeared to be in operational condition, plus it had a large work surface. The decision was made […]

Chirp brings data-over-sound capabilities your Arduino projects

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are excited to announce a new partnership with Chirp, a London-based company on a mission to simplify connectivity using sound. Chirp’s machine-to-machine communications software enables any device with a loudspeaker or microphone to exchange data via inaudible sound waves.  Starting today, our Chirp integration will allow Arduino-powered projects to send and receive data wirelessly […]

Chirp brings data-over-sound capabilities your Arduino projects

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are excited to announce a new partnership with Chirp, a London-based company on a mission to simplify connectivity using sound. Chirp’s machine-to-machine communications software enables any device with a loudspeaker or microphone to exchange data via inaudible sound waves.  Starting today, our Chirp integration will allow Arduino-powered projects to send and receive data wirelessly […]

An Australian-style pedestrian traffic signal

Reading Time: 2 minutesAn Australian-style pedestrian traffic signal Arduino Team — August 8th, 2019 If you have ever thought what is missing in your life is a pedestrian traffic light, be sure to check out Ronald Diaz’s recent build. The project uses a pair of lights that Diaz had in storage for the past decade, to which he’s […]

Developing a photovoltaic solar tracker controller with a MKR Zero

Reading Time: 2 minutesDeveloping a photovoltaic solar tracker controller with a MKR Zero Arduino Team — August 7th, 2019 While energy consumption is an important concern in our modern world, you might have noticed that energy in the form of light shines down on us every day from the sun. Solar panels can be utilized to harvest this […]

Track made baskets with this Arduino/smartphone setup

Reading Time: 2 minutesTrack made baskets with this Arduino/smartphone setup Arduino Team — August 6th, 2019 Marcelo Ávila de Oliveira likes to practice basketball, and while most of us would be content to shoot and hopefully improve, he actually tracks his workouts. While figuring out the number of made baskets, misses, times, etc. is useful, it’s also quite boring […]

Arduino and industrial distance sensor communicate via RS-485

Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino and industrial distance sensor communicate via RS-485 Arduino Team — August 5th, 2019 After obtaining an industrial distance sensor, TUENHIDIY decided to use it as the basis for an interesting visual indicator. The device communicates with an Arduino Uno via an RS-485 module, and outputs distance values in the form of a 9 x […]

Test your limit switches with this automated rig

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTest your limit switches with this automated rig Arduino Team — August 5th, 2019 When you buy—or even salvage—limit switches for electronics projects, you expect them to work again and again, producing normally open (NO) and normally closed (NC) signals as needed. Generally, they do work quite well, but if you want to test things […]

Filling water bottles automatically with Arduino

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFilling water bottles automatically with Arduino Arduino Team — August 1st, 2019 If you need to fill a bunch of water bottles, you could do so using your hands and a sink… or you could automate the task like YouTuber Easy HomeMade Projects. The build is controlled by an Arduino, spinning a carousel of six bottles […]

This monitor will let you know if your CPAP mask comes off at night

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis monitor will let you know if your CPAP mask comes off at night Arduino Team — August 1st, 2019 If you wear a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) mask to treat obstructive sleep apnea, you may wake up to find that you’ve flung the mask off during the night or adjusted it to the […]

This display reminds makerspace members to wear hearing protection

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis display reminds makerspace members to wear hearing protection Arduino Team — July 31st, 2019 While members of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen makerspace at Rice University generally do a good job with wearing proper eye protection and gloves, hearing safety has lagged behind. In order to make it obvious when students need to apply […]

Mover3D is a 3D-printed moving light for your desk

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMover3D is a 3D-printed moving light for your desk Arduino Team — July 31st, 2019 LEDs are fun, and RGB(W)s adds a new element to things, but what if you want a light that can also move by itself? The Mover3D does just that as a pan/tilt system controlled by the DMX512 communication protocol. You […]

The Arduino Nano 33 BLE and BLE Sense are officially available!

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Arduino Nano 33 BLE and BLE Sense are officially available! Arduino Team — July 31st, 2019 The wait is finally over, the new Arduino Nano 33 BLE and BLE Sense are both available. The boards have been manufactured, delivered to our warehouses, and will ship starting in mid-August. These new boards are an exciting […]

Why we chose to build the Arduino Nano 33 BLE core on Mbed OS

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis post is from Martino Facchin, who is in charge of the firmware development team at Arduino. Hopefully this is the first of a series of posts describing the inner workings of what we do. The new, shiny and tiny Nano 33 BLE and Nano 33 BLE Sense are on their way to becoming a […]

If Then Paint is a six-axis CNC painting machine

Reading Time: 2 minutesIf Then Paint is a six-axis CNC painting machine Arduino Team — July 29th, 2019 It’s easy to see that painting takes a lot of skill, but few really understand how much skill is involved like John Opsahl, who created the “If Then Paint” CNC canvas painting machine. In order to produce the proper paint strokes, […]

Arduino used for USB lock prototype

Reading Time: < 1 minuteArduino used for USB lock prototype Arduino Team — July 29th, 2019 Richard J. Prinz wasn’t satisfied with pickable physical locks, so he decided to see if he could instead secure physical things with his YubiKey USB security fob. His setup uses an Arduino Uno, along with a USB host shield, to read data from […]