Schlagwort: mega
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Wake up to an Arduino-based overhead alarm clock
Reading Time: 2 minutesWake up to an Arduino-based overhead alarm clock Arduino Team — May 29th, 2018 Tired of wondering what time it is at night, only to have to roll over to look at your alarm clock? If you’d like to avoid this nighttime inconvenience, then Kurt Andros has a great solution with his…
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Arduino Mega + former nuclear indicator = coolest Nixie clock ever?
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Mega + former nuclear indicator = coolest Nixie clock ever? Arduino Team — May 11th, 2018 There have been countless clocks made using Arduino boards, but you’ve likely never seen anything quite like this display. It features four Nixie tubes that alternate between the time, temperature, pressure, and relative humidity, in…
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This Arduino-controlled machine draws on textile with wax
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis Arduino-controlled machine draws on textile with wax Arduino Team — May 9th, 2018 Batik is a fabric decoration technique where wax is applied by hand to cloth that is then died, leaving behind beautiful patterns. While interesting, doing this manually is time-consuming and requires quite a bit of skill to…
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Find astronomical objects in the night sky with this Arduino telescope assistant
Reading Time: 2 minutesFind astronomical objects in the night sky with this Arduino telescope assistant Arduino Team — May 7th, 2018 No matter how good your telescope is, if you don’t know where to point it, it’s little more than a curiosity. Motorized GoTo telescopes are available at a very high price, but maker “DentDentArthurDent” has come…
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Hot Ninja messages other devices using WiFi SSIDs
Reading Time: 2 minutesHot Ninja messages other devices using WiFi SSIDs Arduino Team — May 7th, 2018 When you need to access the Internet via WiFi, it’s not too hard to find a hotspot if you’re in the right location, and the SSID usually gives you some clue as to who is providing it. What…
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YouTuber makes his own Overwatch laser turrets
Reading Time: 2 minutesYouTuber makes his own Overwatch laser turrets Arduino Team — April 23rd, 2018 If you ever wanted to to see what Symmetra’s sentry turrets from Overwatch would look like in real life, now you can thanks to Mr. Volt. The YouTuber has produced a pair of them powered by a LiPo battery…
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Give new life to an old electron microscope with Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesGive new life to an old electron microscope with Arduino Arduino Team — April 9th, 2018 As seen here, although you might consider your oscilloscope and other test equipment to be pretty neat, you most likely don’t have anything nearly as cool as the scanning electron microscope that was dragged out of…
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pedalSHIELD MEGA is a programmable guitar pedal for your Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutespedalSHIELD MEGA is a programmable guitar pedal for your Arduino Arduino Team — March 27th, 2018 If you want to create new guitar sounds without having to redo your pedal wiring every single time, the pedalSHIELD MEGA from ElectroSmash could be just what you’re looking for. The pedalSHIELD MEGA takes input from…
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Make your own 3D-printed robotic vacuum with Arduino
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMake your own 3D-printed robotic vacuum with Arduino Arduino Team — February 26th, 2018 Tired of cleaning your house? A robotic vacuum may be the logical solution, but if you’re “theking3737” something off-the-shelf just isn’t quite cool enough. Created as part of a school project, he was responsible for the hardware design,…
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Water speakers enhanced with an Arduino Mega
Reading Time: 2 minutesWater speakers enhanced with an Arduino Mega Arduino Team — February 14th, 2018 Maker “cool austin” is a fan of water speakers, which pulse jets of water inside plastic enclosures to the beat of your music, but thought they could be improved. What he came up with is a multi-tower setup that…
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Automated IC testing with Arduino Mega
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAutomated IC testing with Arduino Mega Arduino Team — February 5th, 2018 Arduino boards by themselves are, of course, great for making a wide array of projects. Sometimes, however, you’ll need to add other integrated circuits (ICs) for extra functionality. If you want to be absolutely sure that the IC you’re…
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Create a custom Kerbal Space Program cockpit with Arduino
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCreate a custom Kerbal Space Program cockpit with Arduino Arduino Team — January 24th, 2018 When you play a video game, the controls are normally a compromise between what you have available (a keyboard/mouse) and the actions you’re trying to convey. This, however, wasn’t good enough for Kerbal Space Program enthusiast…
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Crawl through a 1D LED dungeon with TWANG!
Reading Time: 2 minutesCrawl through a 1D LED dungeon with TWANG! Arduino Team — January 24th, 2018 While video games have grown more and more complex over the last few decades, TWANG takes things in the opposite direction as an Arduino Mega-based 1D dungeon crawler consisting of an RGB LED strip. The player—a dot—is controlled via an…
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Make an interactive coffee table with Arduino and LEDs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMake an interactive coffee table with Arduino and LEDs Arduino Team — January 22nd, 2018 Rather than buying a coffee table, Marija from Creativity Hero decided to build her own, adding an array of 45 programmable LEDs on top of a pine base. An Arduino Mega is used to take input from…
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Create an Arduino Mega-powered, cable-cutting machine
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCreate an Arduino Mega-powered, cable-cutting machine Arduino Team — January 12th, 2018 What do you do when faced with measuring and cutting a bunch of cables? If you’re Edward Carlson, you “simply” build a machine to do it for you! While it may not save time on this run, at least…
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Recreating the Apollo Guidance Computer Display and Keyboard with Arduino
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecreating the Apollo Guidance Computer Display and Keyboard with Arduino Arduino Team — January 11th, 2018 Nearly 50 years ago, mankind made the giant leap of being able to travel to the moon. To celebrate, ST-Geotronics has come of with a replica of the Apollo Guidance Computer Display/Keyboard, or AGC DSKY…
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Build a six-wheeled RC vehicle for any terrain
Reading Time: 2 minutesBuild a six-wheeled RC vehicle for any terrain Arduino Team — January 4th, 2018 In order to create the ultimate off-road RC rig, “asrebro” designed his own six-wheeled vehicle, operated with the help of Arduino. To give it decent range and reliability, the hacker turned to a stock transmitter and receiver, but routed…
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Playing chiptunes on an old reed organ with Arduino
Reading Time: < 1 minutePlaying chiptunes on an old reed organ with Arduino Arduino Team — January 3rd, 2018 After finding an organ left outside to rot, hacker “tinkartank” decided to use it for his own purposes, adding push buttons under each key as inputs to an Arduino Mega. He also reused the control rods with…
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Designing an Arduino-powered Braille generator
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDesigning an Arduino-powered Braille generator Arduino Team — January 2nd, 2018 Did you know that embossing machines needed to generate Braille characters can cost thousands of dollars? After finding this out, hacker Carlos Campos decided to design and build his own using 3D-printed parts, along with an Arduino Mega and a RAMPS…
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Ultrasonically levitate particles and liquid
Reading Time: 2 minutesUltrasonically levitate particles and liquid Arduino Team — December 29th, 2017 If you thought the power of levitation was only available to magicians (and perhaps magnets) then check out this amazing project from Asier Marzo. It uses an Arduino Mega to control an 8×8 array of ultrasonic transducers, which when carefully coordinated…
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Turn a flatbed scanner into a PCB UV exposure device
Reading Time: 2 minutesTurn a flatbed scanner into a PCB UV exposure device Arduino Team — December 23rd, 2017 If you want to create your own custom PCBs, you could design it and wait for a fab house to send it back, dealing with any errors, or you could do it yourself. Hacker Andras Kabai…
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Interact with the virtual world in a whole new way
Reading Time: 2 minutesInteract with the virtual world in a whole new way Arduino Team — December 20th, 2017 As reported by the Creative Applications Network, “Tangibles Worlds explores the effects of tactile experience as a catalyst for full immersion in VR.” The project by Stella Speziali takes the form of three separate boxes, along with…
