Schlagwort: micro
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Access control unit designed with a Raspberry Pi CM4 and an Arduino Micro
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccess control unit designed with a Raspberry Pi CM4 and an Arduino Micro Arduino Team — January 25th, 2021 Whether granting access to public transit or restricting unauthorized personnel in buildings, NFC card readers can be extremely useful. Although most might not consider how they work – and simply happy getting…
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Upgrade your flight sim setup with Tom Stanton’s floor-mounted joystick
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUpgrade your flight sim setup with Tom Stanton’s floor-mounted joystick Arduino Team — October 23rd, 2020 Most joysticks sit on your desktop, allowing you to control flight sims and other such games with a bit more realism than a keyboard and mouse. YouTuber Tom Stanton, however, decided to take things to…
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This air hockey robot never loses
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis air hockey robot never loses Arduino Team — August 18th, 2020 Air hockey is normally a two-player affair, but not for this student-built robot. The table features a designated human goal with a touchscreen GUI for settings and control. The second goal is guarded by an autonomous striker, attached to…
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Enjoy VR games on your PC with this Arduino-based DIY headset
Reading Time: 2 minutesEnjoy VR games on your PC with this Arduino-based DIY headset Arduino Team — June 2nd, 2020 If you want a virtual reality headset for your computer, but don’t want to dig deep into your pockets, this project by “jamesvdberg” (AKA Killer Robotics) presents a low-cost alternative. Although it won’t pack the capabilities…
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DIY collective control lever for a helicopter flight sim
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDIY collective control lever for a helicopter flight sim Arduino Team — April 3rd, 2020 Kaleb Clark really enjoys flight simulators, but when attempting to fly a helicopter, a normal keyboard or even a joystick isn’t quite optimal for controlling its vertical movement. Real helicopters use a lever assembly called a…
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This retro-looking rotary cellphone is free of modern-day distractions
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis retro-looking rotary cellphone is free of modern-day distractions Arduino Team — February 13th, 2020 What we carry today in our pockets is nominally called a “phone,” but more often than not we’re using it to do various other computing tasks. Justine Haupt, however, wanted an actual phone that “goes as far from…
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Designing an extremely realistic animatronic heart with Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesDesigning an extremely realistic animatronic heart with Arduino Arduino Team — January 17th, 2020 In his latest video, Will Cogley has created an animatronic heart so realistic that you might wonder if it’s the actual thing. The device is made out of molded silicon with fake blood poured on top to enhance…
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Cambridge-1 is a 4-bit homebrew 7400-based CPU
Reading Time: 2 minutesCambridge-1 is a 4-bit homebrew 7400-based CPU Arduino Team — September 26th, 2019 Richard of ARITH-MATIC had the idea to build a 4-bit computer based on 7400 series ICs (like the 74HC273, 74HC193, and 74HC125), but other responsibilities got in the way of this becoming a reality for quite some time. Finally,…
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This interactive machine makes art out of wine
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis interactive machine makes art out of wine Arduino Team — September 23rd, 2019 Spilled wine may be a hassle to clean up, but you might also observe that it makes interesting patterns. Marketing firm KPS3 had the same sort of thought process when they created “The Santa Maria Swirl Machine” to…
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Massive wall-mounted skull lights up workshop under Arduino control
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMassive wall-mounted skull lights up workshop under Arduino control Arduino Team — March 8th, 2019 While you may or may not want a gigantic backlit skull cutout haunting the wall of your workshop, this was perfect for Jay and Jamie of the “Wicked Makers” YouTube channel. Their device is cut of…
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HOT SWAP: All Hands on Deck!
Reading Time: 3 minutesHOT SWAP: All Hands on Deck! Arduino Team — February 25th, 2019 Interactive video games take many forms, but for the most part, each player has a separate controller that manipulates an onscreen character, vehicle, or other singular element. What if, as in real life, multiple players have to work together with…
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Electrically assisted scooter senses forward kicks
Reading Time: < 1 minuteElectrically assisted scooter senses forward kicks Arduino Team — October 25th, 2018 Maker Bitluni wanted an electric scooter, but he lives in Germany, where electric vehicles of that type are illegal. Motor-assisted bicycles, however, are not. So he set to work making a sort of hybrid that is controlled not by…
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Use all your old-school game controllers with the turn of a dial
Reading Time: 2 minutesUse all your old-school game controllers with the turn of a dial Arduino Team — November 6th, 2017 IT professional (and Arduino cap fan) John Milner had a minor problem. While his retro gaming setup could emulate a wide variety of systems and games, it was still missing the tactile feedback of the…
