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An LED cube circuit sculpture shield for the UNO Mini LE
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 18th, 2022 Few devices are more iconic in the maker community than the Arduino Uno board. To celebrate the Uno’s history and beloved status, we released the UNO Mini Limited Edition in late 2021. This little board is a tiny replica of the standard Uno, but with a…
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This smartlock uses voice recognition to control access
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Smartlock are a highly convenient way to secure a house, and they can have their number of connectivity options expanded even further by connecting them to an IoT home assistant service such as Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa. Arduino Team — July 16th, 2022 Jithin Sanal’s project uses Amazon’s Alexa skill to…
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Driving a arduino robot car with nothing but your voice
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 15th, 2022 Traditional control of RC cars and other small vehicles has typically relied on some kind of joystick-based solution, often with one for adjusting direction and the other for speed. But YouTuber James Bruton wanted to do something different: make a rideable go-kart that is entirely driven with…
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A flurry of Arduino Cloud updates spell sunshine for makers
Reading Time: 4 minutesArduino Cloud updates are like buses! They all come along at once. But that just makes it all the more exciting when we get to tell you about the new things happening in Arduino’s awesome SaaS system. So let’s jump right in there and take a look at tags, filters, blinks and…
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A temperature-sensing Pac-Man/Ghost LED matrix for retro gamers
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 14th, 2022 Instructables users Monserrath Velasco and Santiago Guerra have created an LED matrix that not only features classic Pac-Man characters, but also shows the current ambient temperature by coding it as the Ghost’s color which ranges from blue (cold) to red (hot). The matrix itself was fashioned…
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This device detects different household sounds through tinyML
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 14th, 2022 For people who suffer from hearing loss or other auditory issues, maintaining situational awareness can be vital for keeping safe and autonomous. This problem is what inspired the team of Lucia Camacho Tiemblo, Spiros Kotsikos, and Maria Alifieri to create a small device that can alert users to…
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A PDA-style mini pocket computer
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 13th, 2022 For a time in the late 1990s and early 2000s, PDAs (personal digital assistants) were quite popular. But smartphones made PDAs obsolete, as even early models had far more functionality. Many of today’s microcontrollers have performance similar to early PDAs and Volos took advantage of that…
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This small device helps test thousands of old PS/2 keyboards
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 12th, 2022 Some vintage computer keyboards, especially units like the IBM Model M, are still quite desirable. Usually they’re popular among mechanical keyboard or retro computing enthusiasts who want period-correct hardware. YouTuber Midwest Cyberpunk had thousands of these old keyboards and needed a way to test them. So…
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Minecraft controls this LED array
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 12th, 2022 A common question asked by new makers is “what is the difference between a microcontroller development board and a single-board computer?” Or, in more common terms, “what is the difference between an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi?” There are many technical differences, but people are really…
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Detecting harmful gases with a single sensor and tinyML
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 11th, 2022 Experiencing a chemical and/or gas leak can be potentially life-threatening to both people and the surrounding environment, which is why detecting them as quickly as possible is vital. But instead of relying on simple thresholds, Roni Bandini was able to come up with a system that can spot…
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This IoT weather monitor can track environmental data from almost anywhere
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 11th, 2022 The need for rapid environmental data collection, processing, and viewing has never been more important, and with the rise of always-connected IoT devices, this goal is now closer than ever. However, most DIY solutions that rely on Bluetooth® or WiFi simply are not feasible in isolated…
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Dial up your PCB design skills with an LED volume control shield
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 10th, 2022 The beauty of Arduino development boards is that they let you jump right into prototyping. Just connect the sensors, buttons, LEDs, or whatever other hardware you require to the Arduino’s I/O pins, code and flash a sketch, and you’re in business. But you might come to…
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This small Space Invaders game runs on an Arduino Nano with a salvaged CRT display
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 6th, 2022 Rob Cai over on Instructables has created his own version of the classic video game Space Invaders using an Arduino Nano. However, unlike most other projects that would typically incorporate some kind of LCD or OLED screen, he chose to use a small black and white cathode ray tube (CRT)…
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Reviving a classic Sony PS-X75 record player with Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 6th, 2022 In 1979, Sony launched the PS-X75 turntable. It quickly gained popularity thanks to its high-fidelity sound output and ease of use. It was easy to use because it was fully automated–a common feature today, but something that was quite exciting at the time. To perform that…
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Love LoRa®? So do we! Meet Arduino’s WisGate LoRaWAN® gateways
Reading Time: 3 minutesLove LoRa®? Wish it were easier to design and implement complete solutions with LoRaWAN® connectivity? Now it is. We’re happy to announce the launch of two new ready-to-use, industrial-grade gateways for LoRaWAN® connectivity for indoor and outdoor use, resulting from Arduino Pro’s partnership with RAKwireless™. The WisGate Edge Lite 2 and WisGate…
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Brenda is classic automata nightmare fuel
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 5th, 2022 Art is a strange thing. Sometimes its purpose is purely aesthetic. Sometimes it makes a statement. And sometimes it exists to disturb. Kinetic art is no different and some robots fall into this category. Graham Asker’s art elicits pondering on the relationship between humans and robots,…
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This device predicts when a refrigerator might fail using embedded ML
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 4th, 2022 The refrigerator is one of the centerpieces in a modern kitchen, and experiencing a loss in cooling can lead to hundreds or even thousands of dollars of spoiled goods. Perhaps even more importantly, a sudden loss of medications or vaccines that heavily rely on refrigeration can…
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This DIY basketball scoreboard looks and sounds like the real thing
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 3rd, 2022 Inspired by his time as a scorekeeper in elementary school, now-high schooler Collin Wentzien wanted to recreate this setup by building a DIY scoreboard several years ago. His idea involved making a bright display composed of several seven-segment displays that could all be controlled by an external device in order…
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Arduin-Row uses tinyML to improve your rowing technique
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — July 2nd, 2022 Rowing machines make for excellent aerobic workouts, as they involve repeatedly pushing one’s legs against the base and pulling out the handle to achieve the fastest times. But because of the equipment’s nature, learning how to exercise correctly on one often requires a coach that can…
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DIY diesel emissions monitor is a lesson in spectroscopy
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — June 30th, 2022 Some things, like voltage, are very easy to measure. Other things, like the chemical composition of a compound? Not so much. Emissions from internal combustion engines are one of those things that are hard to measure. But Janis Alnis needed a way to measure his diesel…
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This large-format laser cutter was built from scratch for just $700
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — June 30th, 2022 When stuck between a cheaper yet small laser cutter and splurging on a much larger one, Owen Schafer decided instead to just build one himself. The project started with Schafer sourcing a 40W CO2 laser, which differs from a diode laser in that it uses gas heated with 16,000…
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Building a simple USB adapter for the Logitech Driving Force Shifter with Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Team — June 30th, 2022 Logitech’s Driving Force Shifter is a very common piece of kit for those who enjoy racing games, as it connects to a Logitech Racing Wheel and allows the player to control their car in a more realistic fashion. However, this accessory’s DB-9 connector must be connected…
