Schlagwort: Nano
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Shower monitor helps you save water and money
Reading Time: 2 minutesShower monitor helps you save water and money Arduino Team — July 23rd, 2019 You (hopefully) take regular showers or baths, but how much water do you use each time you step into your facilities? If you don’t know the answer, then this monitor by LiamOSM could be just what you need.…
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This clock tells time on a photochromic display
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis clock tells time on a photochromic display Arduino Team — July 16th, 2019 With many LED projects—like clocks—you’ll want to use a diffuser to keep light somewhat even over a wide area. Diffusers, as their name implies, diffuse light, but what if one was to instead use it as the light source…
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A giant tide clock like no otter!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA giant tide clock like no otter! Arduino Team — July 12th, 2019 As a gift for friends that operate tours of Prince William Sound in Alaska, maker ‘rabbitcreek’ decided to create a humongous (4’ diameter) tide clock, controlled by dual Arduino Nanos. One Nano operates the adorable—though very large—otter on…
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This color wheel instrument lets you ‘hear’ the rainbow
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow we see colors is an interesting concept, and as a conversation starter about the physics of color and sound, maker Marcin Poblocki created his own ‘Color Instrument.’ Poblocki’s device rotates a wheel of colors around under a TCS3200/TCS230 sensor via a continuous rotation-modded SG90 servo motor. An Arduino Nano then…
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BluePump protects and controls your pool’s filter pump
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBluePump protects and controls your pool’s filter pump Arduino Team — July 9th, 2019 Most pools feature a powered pump system to help filter out debris, but what if your water level gets too low? Pumps designed for ‘wet’ operation generally don’t work well when water isn’t present, so Luc Brun…
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Star Trek TOS sickbay display on a breadboard
Reading Time: 2 minutesStar Trek TOS sickbay display on a breadboard Arduino Team — July 8th, 2019 The future envisioned in the original Star Trek included, among other things, a shipboard sickbay with electronic monitors strangely reminiscent of the machines that medical personnel use today. To recreate a functional mini-replica of these displays, YouTuber Xtronical turned…
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Smart motorcycle helmet lighting follows your signals
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSmart motorcycle helmet lighting follows your signals Arduino Team — June 28th, 2019 When riding a motorcycle, it’s important to be seen, and if other vehicles can see your brake lights and turn signals as well, all the better. To help with visibility, YouTuber “MechTools” outfitted his helmet with a brake…
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Portable Arduino Bot lets you test ideas on the go
Reading Time: 2 minutesPortable Arduino Bot lets you test ideas on the go Arduino Team — June 19th, 2019 As you experiment with Arduino boards and programming, you’ll likely have ideas that you want to test right now. Unfortunately, you can’t always have the entire project with you to try out. With that in mind, Khang…
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Microscopic gigapixel photography with this X/Y stage setup
Reading Time: 2 minutesMicroscopic gigapixel photography with this X/Y stage setup Arduino Team — June 17th, 2019 Normally the 10-50 gigapixels of a DSLR are good enough for nearly any photo you can imagine, but if you need more—and don’t want to spend many thousands of dollars—then this clever setup by Jon Bumstead may be…
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Building gas thruster-controlled drone
Reading Time: 2 minutesBuilding gas thruster-controlled drone Arduino Team — June 13th, 2019 In the Earth’s atmosphere, a drone can adjust its heading by varying the speed of the propellers, and thus the thrust output of each. If you wanted to land something on a lunar surface, or maneuver a spaceship, the lack of atmosphere…
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Manage household chores with an RFID system
Reading Time: 2 minutesManage household chores with an RFID system Arduino Team — June 8th, 2019 If your kids aren’t thrilled about doing chores, you could resort to a whiteboard, or simply create your own RFID tracking system like maker “alastair-a.” His project uses an Arduino Nano, along with an RFID reader and RTC module to…
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Plastic lid becomes Arduino Nano short circuit armor
Reading Time: < 1 minutePlastic lid becomes Arduino Nano short circuit armor Arduino Team — June 7th, 2019 If you want to keep your Arduino project or other circuit boards safe from exposure, an electrical box is the traditional choice. But what if you want to apply protection directly to the board? In the video…
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Drag:on varies air resistance for VR feedback
Reading Time: 2 minutesDrag:on varies air resistance for VR feedback Arduino Team — June 3rd, 2019 As seen here, “Standard controllers for virtual reality (VR) lack sophisticated means to convey realistic, kinesthetic impression on size, resistance or inertia.” To overcome these limitations, André Zenner and Antonio Krüger at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence…
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Getting started with the new Arduino Nano Every
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe original Arduino Nano occupies a special place in many makers’ hearts. The tiny footprint (48×18 mm – around half a stick of gum), reliability and tons of examples makes the Nano perfect for wearables, drones — in fact any project made to last. The Nano is back! The new entry-level Arduino…
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Tom Stanton’s trebuchet altitude measurement “golf ball”
Reading Time: 2 minutesTom Stanton’s trebuchet altitude measurement “golf ball” Arduino Team — May 22nd, 2019 YouTuber Tom Stanton built a trebuchet about a year ago. Now, in order to figure out just how high it can toss something, he designed a custom altitude tracking device in the form of an oversize golf ball. An…
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Vari-Sound dynamically manipulates sound waves
Reading Time: 2 minutesVari-Sound dynamically manipulates sound waves Arduino Team — May 21st, 2019 Consider all the tools that modify how light is transmitted and received: lasers direct light in a tightly focused beam and telescopes let us focus on an area far away. While there are certainly ways to modify sound, these techniques are…
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Program smart devices with a ‘magic wand’
Reading Time: 2 minutesProgram smart devices with a ‘magic wand’ Arduino Team — May 15th, 2019 Consider how interactive devices have come to dominate our lives. Once the purview of a select few in large laboratories, powerful gadgets—supercomputers even—are carried with us everywhere we go in the form of smartphones. And as everything around us…
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Current limiting Hacky Racer throttle
Reading Time: 2 minutesCurrent limiting Hacky Racer throttle Arduino Team — May 15th, 2019 Hacky Racers, an electric vehicle racing series that’s part of the Power Racing Series, encourages drivers to put together their own hacky vehicle. While it looks like a lot of fun, in order to keep things relatively safe, current powering the…
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Washing machine becomes ‘universal’ rotary tool
Reading Time: 2 minutesWashing machine becomes ‘universal’ rotary tool Arduino Team — May 14th, 2019 If you have a broken washing machine, you may want to think twice before disposing of it. As Stephen John Saville shows in this multi-use rotary table project, they can provide a wealth of parts, from the actual physical structure/table…
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Bitty is a tiny Arduino-compatible drum machine/synth
Reading Time: 2 minutesBitty is a tiny Arduino-compatible drum machine/synth Arduino Team — May 2nd, 2019 There are a wide variety of ways to create electronic music. For a capable machine that fits in the palm of your hand and is loud enough to use outdoors, however, it’s hard to imagine a battery-powered device cooler…
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Programmable-Air is an Arduino Nano-based pneumatics kit
Reading Time: 2 minutesProgrammable-Air is an Arduino Nano-based pneumatics kit Arduino Team — May 1st, 2019 Arduino boards have been employed in all sorts of robotics and IoT applications, although working with air as a power source is less than straightforward. In order to make this experience easier, the Programmable-Air pneumatics kit puts everything you…
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See how fast you can run a 100m dash with this Arduino timer
Reading Time: 2 minutesSee how fast you can run a 100m dash with this Arduino timer Arduino Team — April 27th, 2019 Nikodem Bartnik enjoys running, as well as making things, and he’s been able to combine both pursuits in the form of an ultrasonic race timer. The device is placed at the finish line…
