Arduino Project Lists

Arduino Project Lists :

Arduino is widely used in thousands of interactive projects. It consists of both a microcontroller board where you can order commands and software to store new code on the go.

Her Are Arduino Projects  List!

  1. Arduino UNO based Projects List
  2. Arduino Complete Projects List
  3. Arduino Complete Project Ideas List
  4. Arduino Nano Projects List
  5. Arduino Mega 2560 projects list
  6. Arduino Zero Projects List
  7. Esp8266 Arduino Projects List
  8. ESP32 Arduino Projects List
  9. Esp8266 Arduino Projects List in PDF offline downloadable
  10. Arduino Nano Projects List in PDF offline downloadable
  11. Arduino Zero Projects List in PDF offline downloadable
  12. Arduino Mega 2560 projects list in PDF offline downloadable
  13. Arduino UNO based Projects List in PDF file offline downloadable
  14. Arduino Proteus Projects List
  15. Android based Arduino Projects
  16. Arduino RTC ds1307 Projects List

 

  1. ESP32 Hands-On: Awesome Promise
    The ESP32 is looking like an amazing chip, not the least for its price point. It combines WiFi and Bluetooth wireless capabilities with two CPU cores and a decent hardware peripheral set. There were modules in the wild for just under seven US dollars before…... Listed under:
  2. ESP32 Arduino: LED PWM fading
    The objective of this post is to explain how to fade a LED with the ESP32, using the LED PWM functionalities. Introduction The objective of this post is to explain how to fade a LED with the ESP32, using the LED PWM functionalities of the…... Listed under:
  3. ESP32 With Arduino IDE
    Christmas 2015 yours truly was one of the lucky few in the world to receive the ESP32 for experimenting. The board was not assembled, and it was quite intimidating to assemble the board with just a fine tip solder. The experiment is documented at this…... Listed under:
  4. Sensing color with the ADJD-S311 + Arduino
    A year ago we had an article called Sensing color with the ADJD-S371. Well the ADJD-S371 is long gone, and its replacement is the ADJD-S311 (breakout board available from sparkfun). It is basically the same all around, so without shame, I will be copying a…... Listed under:
  5. Rotary Encoder + Arduino
    One of the first things anyone does when they start working with the Arduino is to connect it to a potentiometer and control the brightness of and LED or move a servo. Well, a rotary encoder may look like a potentiometer, but other than also…... Listed under:
  6. High Sensitivity Light Sensor TSL230R + Arduino
    A while back we covered the TEMT6000, a great little analog sensor for getting ambient light readings when you need something a bit more sensitive than a simple Photoresistor. Well in the spirit of documenting everything we can get our hands on, this week we…... Listed under:
  7. Sensing Weight With A Flexiforce + Arduino
    Felxiforce is a force sensor that is very similar to FSRs we just wrote about in principal. They change their resistance when you apply force to them. (The flexi part of the name is because they are flexible) Felxiforces are about twice as expensive as…... Listed under:
  8. Touch Sliders With A Softpot + Arduino
    You all know the potentiometer, you turn it, and you can read on your arduino where it was turned to. Well 3M makes a product called the softpot that is a linear touch potentiometer. So instead of turning a knob, you touch it. The really…... Listed under:
  9. Can You ID This? ID-20 RFID Reader + Arduino
    A few weeks ago we showed you how to control your arduino over serial. Well this week are going to do the same thing. Only this time instead of using the serial monitor to send the commands, we will be using the Innovations ID line…... Listed under:
  10. Turn on a light, or 10. Arduino control over serial
    This is something I use all the time, so I figured I would share it with you. Controlling an Arduino over serial can be extremely simple if you let it, and extremely useful if you know how to use it. Many languages such as Processing…... Listed under:
  11. Muxing Around With The CD74HC4067 + Arduino
    Have you ever found yourself running out of pins to read an array of analog sensors? Don’t worry, you’re not alone, it happens to the best of us, and there is something you can do about it. An analog / digital multiplexer like the CD74HC4067…... Listed under:
  12. Tilt Sensing with the RPI-1031 + Arduino
    Once in a while something comes out that I think is going to be really awesome, but when you get it, it is just so so. Im sure you all know what I mean… But yeah… This is one of those. The RPI-1031 available from…... Listed under:
  13. High-Power Control: Arduino + N-Channel MOSFET
    Eventually you are going to find yourself holding a 12v solenoid, motor, or light and wondering “How the heck am I supposed to control this from my Arduino?” And we have covered this in the past. Today we are going to talk about another way…... Listed under:
  14. Create laser range finder using arduino
    [highlight bgcolor="ffbb00"]I have collected 2 methods to create laser range finder, one is very simple but for hobbiest the first one using arduino clock but it comes with errors. Its just to conceptulize how we can create range finder. The second one with the The 7558…... Listed under:
  15. Stable Orientation – Digital IMU 6DOF + Arduino
    A while back we wrote an article on sensing orientation with the adxl335 accelerometer. In that article I mentioned all the drawbacks of trying to do this with just an accelerometer, and said that if you needed something stable, what you really needed was an…... Listed under:
  16. Controlling 2 motors with the TB6612FNG + Arduino
    First off: I know… we went overboard with the motor illustration. In previous articles we have discussed how to control motors with simple transistors. And… with PWM you could control the speed. But that is just one motor, and you can only go one direction.…... Listed under:
  17. A Swarm of Xbees! Arduino Xbee Wireless & More
    In the past we have covered a few things that interact through serial, from RFID readers to controlling an Arduino’s pins using the serial terminal. Serial as we have talked about it is actually know as UART, and operates over 2 pins RX and TX…... Listed under:
  18. How’s the weather? TMP102 + Arduino
    The TMP102 is a very simple, yet accurate, ambient temperature sensor which is capable of detecting .0625ºC changes between -25 and +85°C, with an accuracy of 0.5°C. And the real kicker… It does all of this while only consuming 10µA (10 millionths of an amp).…... Listed under:
  19. One Wire Digital Temperature. DS18B20 + Arduino
    I know… you are probably thinking “Another Thermometer! How many do you need to cover?” – Well… All of them. But really, they all have something different to offer. For instance this guy, the DS18B20, has a unique serial-number sent with it’s data, so if…... Listed under:
  20. Pin Control Over the Internet – Arduino + Ethernet
    In a previous article we showed you how to control digital pins over over serial, and showed how such a simple thing can be so powerful. One major downfall with that is you need to be nearby to send commands… So today we are going…... Listed under:
  21. Getting Data From The Web – Arduino + Ethernet
    Yesterday we covered how you would go about controlling pins of your arduino over the internet using the Arduino Ethernet Shield set up as a server. Today we are going to take a look at using the shield as a client to get information off…... Listed under:
  22. Get Touchy – Nintendo DS Touch Screen + Arduino
    It seems like touch screens are plastered on every consumer electronic device from your phone to your refrigerator. And why not right? Well, even though those beautiful multitouch hi-res screens are a little pricy and crazy hard to develop with, doesn’t mean we cant still…... Listed under:
  23. Proximity Sensing with the VCNL4000 + Arduino
    I’m not really sure why, but proximity sensors are some of my favorite things in the sensor world. Maybe because there are so many of them? Who knows. Whatever the reason, the VCNL4000 is another proximity sensor that caught my eye, so I picked one…... Listed under:
  24. Force Sensitive Resistor + Arduino
    The Force Sensitive Resistor, or FSR is one of those parts that fills bins in interaction design labs across the world. It’s a simple guy, a finicky guy, but it has its place in the maker toolbox. A FSR is just what it sounds like…... Listed under:
  25. Sensing Capacitive Touch – MPR121 + Arduino
    Every now and then you get sick of the typical push buttons and you want something cooler. And what is cooler than touch sensitive things? Remember that old lamp in your Grandma’s that changed brightness just by touching the base? Yeah, that’s right… We are…... Listed under:
  26. Controlling a ton of servos – TLC5940 + Arduino
    This is something we have been asked a lot about. How do I control a ton of Servo motors with my arduino? Well… using the TLC5940 is one way. And this nice break outboard from sparkfun makes connecting a ton of servos easy. The output…... Listed under:
  27. Sensing Orientation With The ADXL335 + Arduino
    I know, I know, this one has such a simple name. Where’s the pun? Honestly, the description was just to long to include one. Maybe it could have been “What’s Up? Sensing Orientation With The ADXL335 + Arduino” – Ehhh… Probably not. A few weeks…... Listed under:
  28. Triple Axis Magnetometer HMC5883L + Arduino
    One of the first articles we did was on the hmc6352 digital compass. Well this is his older brother (or younger but smarter). I really don’t know what to say about the HMC5883L other than it is a three axis magnetometer, so it is capable…... Listed under:
  29. Displaying on Paper – Thermal Printer + Arduino
    The following code and library are compatible with arduino software 1.0+ ONLY. You can download the newest version of the arduino software here. Outputting data can be extremely useful, and typically when we look at doing this, it is either to the Arduino’s serial terminal,…... Listed under:
  30. Long Distance Remote Light Sensor With RFM95W/RFM98W LoRa
    There are many wireless communication options when connecting Arduino boards. One of the most popular ones is the Wi-Fi. It works well at small distances, and around Wi-Fi hotspots, however when the modules need to connect over long distance at areas where Internet is not…... Listed under:
  31. Arduino Nano: Flame Sensor With Visuino
    Recently somebody asked for tutorial on Infrared Flame Sensor. It took a while due to severe work overload, but finally I succeeded to make it. The Infrared flame sensors use infrared light to detect flame. While experimenting with my one I discovered that in direct…... Listed under:
  32. Capturing IMU Data with a BNO055 Absolute Orientation Sensor
    The Bosch BNO055 combines tri-axis accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers to provide orientation to users. About the Sensor The BNO055 uses three triple-axis sensors to simultaneously measure tangential acceleration (via an accelerometer), rotational acceleration (via a gyroscope), and the strength of the local magnetic field (via…... Listed under:
  33. Ultrasonic range finder using arduino
    Ultrasonic range finder using 8051 mictrocontroller has been already published by me in this website. This time it is an ultrasonic range finder using arduino. HC-SR04 ultrasonic range finder module is used as the sensor here. The display consists of a three digit multiplexed seven…... Listed under:
  34. Digital thermometer using arduino and LM35
    This article is about a simple three digit digital thermometer using arduino. Range of this thermometer is from 0°C to 99.9°C. There is also a provision for displaying the temperature in °F scale. Three terminal analog temperature sensor LM35 is used as the sensor here.…... Listed under:
  35. PWM motor speed control using Arduino
    PWM or pulse width modulation is a very common method used for controlling the power across devices like motor, light etc. In PWM method the power across the load  is controlled by varying the duty cycle of the drive signal. More the duty cycle more…... Listed under:
  36. Interfacing LCD to Arduino – Display Text and Characters on LCD Screen using Arduino
    A Liquid Crystal Display commonly abbreviated as LCD is basically a display unit built using Liquid Crystal technology. When we build real life/real world electronics based projects, we need a medium/device to display output values and messages. The most basic form of electronic display available…... Listed under:
  37. Interfacing RFID with Arduino – How to Read RFID Cards using Arduino
    In this tutorial, we are dealing with yet another interfacing technique. This time we are interfacing an RFID Reader which can read RFID Tags to Arduino. RFID is Radio Frequency Identification. An RFID reader is used to read RFID tags (which contain certain unique data…... Listed under:
  38. Burglar Alarm using Arduino and PIR Sensor
    In this tutorial, we are building an interesting application using Arduino and PIR Sensor. A Burglar Alarm – is basically an intruder alarm or an anti theft alarm. So this project is all about building an anti theft alarm or an intruder alarm using Arduino…... Listed under:
  39. Arduino and Soil Moisture Sensor
    In this article, we are going to interface a Soil moisture sensor FC-28 with Arduino. This sensor measures the volumetric content of water inside the soil and gives us the moisture level as output. The sensor is equipped with both analog and digital output, so…... Listed under:
  40. Interface Arduino and Color Sensor – RGB Sensor TCS230
    In this article, we are going to read the colors using the TCS230 color sensor (RGB Sensor) and Arduino Uno. The TCS 230 color sensor senses the color light by using the photodiodes. The sensor converts the readings from the photodiode into a square wave by…... Listed under:
  41. Pulse Sensor and Arduino – Interfacing
    In this article, we are going to interface a Pulse Sensor with Arduino. The pulse sensor we are going to use is a plug and play heart rate sensor. This sensor is quite easy to use and operate. Place your finger on top of the sensor…... Listed under:
  42. Interfacing Accelerometer to Arduino
    In this article, we are going to interface the GY-521 accelerometer with Arduino. The GY-521 has an InvenSense MPU6050 chip which contains a 3-axis accelerometer and a 3-axis gyro meter. This makes it a 6 DOF IMU (6 degrees of freedom inertial measurement unit). The chip…... Listed under:
  43. Home Automation using Arduino and GSM Module
    In this  article, we are publishing a highly useful home application – GSM based home automation using Arduino. The project consists of a 16×2 LCD module for displaying the status of the home appliances. The status (turn ON or turn OFF) of the connected devices can…... Listed under:
  44. Robot using Arduino and Bluetooth Module (Obstacle Avoidance Robot)
    This project is designed to build a robot that automatically detects the obstacle on its path and guides itself whenever an obstacle comes ahead of it. This robotic vehicle is built, using Arduino UNO board. An ultrasonic sensor is used to detect any obstacle ahead…... Listed under:
  45. Arduino Irrigation and Plant Watering using Soil Moisture Sensor
    This project is about a moisture-sensing automatic plant watering system using Arduino UNO. The system reads the moisture content of the soil using soil moisture sensor and switches ON the motor when the moisture is below the set limit. When the moisture level rises above…... Listed under:
  46. IOT based Home automation and Security system
    IOT has become huge trend in the last couple of years. With growing needs in connected devices many companies have shifted the attention to iot market. Today we are going to share a simple project which we have built –  IOT based  home automation and…... Listed under:
  47. Build An Arduino Based Voting System
    Voting systems are one of the finest examples of Embedded devices and applications. The complexity and robustness of a voting system depends on the number of voters involved. Here you could see a simple Arduino based voting system that would be a great fit for…... Listed under:
  48. Build A Simple Arduino Weather Machine
    Arduino is a great hardware platform when comes to prototyping and building cool stuffs. Using this I have designed and developed a simple Arduino Weather machine which measures three important parameters Temperature, Light intensity and Humidity and predict the weather condition according to the measured…... Listed under:
  49. Bluetooth enabled Door locker using Arduino
    DIY Arduino based lockers can be found plenty in the internet where keypad was used to feed lock input. But this Bluetooth enabled Door locker uses Bluetooth as a medium to connect with the locker and your smart phone to feed input credentials. This locker…... Listed under:
  50. Remote controlled light effects using Arduino
    Christmas is just around the corner and its time to start planning things to lighten up this festive season. Today you are about to see building of Remote controlled lights with adjustable lighting effects using Arduino. The coolest thing about this project is controlling the…... Listed under:
  51. Visitor counter project using Arduino
    People  or Visitor counters are pretty famous embedded application that was widely used in places like theaters, malls, Transport stations and so. High end counters uses sophisticated hardware to do the process of counting. Today we are about to see building of simple Visitor counter…... Listed under:
  52. Reflex test for your brain using Arduino
    Arduino based games and consoles are quite popular around the web. And this article is going to bring out the Design, working and code part of a simple Reflex test / trainer using Arduino Uno. Reflex tests are usually carried out to determine how quick…... Listed under:
  53. Stunning RGB light effects using Arduino Nano
    None of us could deny the fact that we would love with to play with LED’s and lighting stuffs. I love to play with LED’s and create attractive lighting effects. This project was a result of such attempt where i created a stunning RGB light…... Listed under:
  54. Fun DIY project – piano using Arduino
    Here is yet another application you can put your Arduino to use. This will be an interesting DIY to make even though you are not very much into music. Though you cannot expect music out of this but still it will be a fun project…... Listed under:
  55. Keyless piano using Arduino uno
    Keyless piano using Arduino is sort of sequel to the DIY fun piano i have published in this website. In this project i have eliminated the need of buttons involved to play the piano. Here i have used IR in place of buttons. Let’s get…... Listed under:
  56. Project X – Smart home control using Arduino
    Project X – Smart home control using Arduino is all about automating your home smartly. Imagine your home responding to external condition by altering itself and that’s exactly what this project enables your home to do. Also this product features manual control just in case…... Listed under:
  57. Electronic Spinet – Musical instrument using Arduino
    Spinet it is a vintage musical instrument which has similar looks of a keyboard. It always get better when Technology touches the vintage stuffs. So we decided to build a simple Electronic Spinet using Arduino without using any keys. This project use of ultrasonic sensor…... Listed under:
  58. Garduino – Automatic plant watering system
    During summers, most people are too lazy to water the potted plants every day and plants will eventually wither if people go out on vacation. Here is a simple Automatic plant watering system that can water plants in your absence. It is an Arduino based…... Listed under:
  59. Wireless notice board using Arduino and GSM
    Everyone would have known the use of notice board around our daily life. Even it plays a vital role in public places like bus stops, railway station and hospitals. But with a great shift in technology we could revolutionize this kind of notice board by…... Listed under:
  60. Three level Ultra security system using Arduino
    Today we are in a world where robbery has increased to a great extent. Hence there is a need to protect everything using a security system. Here is a small project on security system called ULTRA SECURITY SYSTEM which will be very useful. This system…... Listed under:
  61. Smart Vehicle using Arduino Uno
    Everything around us is getting smart shoes, watches glasses. Even you might have come across news regarding smart vehicles in newspaper. Likewise we attempted to create a prototype of smart vehicle using Arduino. Let’s get into the building part of our smart vehicle.   INPUT PERIFERALS:…... Listed under:
  62. Automatic Plant watering and Happiness monitoring system
    The main motto of this project is to provide automatic water supply to plant when it feels thirsty. We intend to automate the watering of plants and deploy Arduino to do the job for us. This will take care of the water requirements of a…... Listed under:
  63. Voice controlled home automation using Arduino
    Ever thought of controlling your home using voice. If you are the one who fascinated it as I do, this project might help you do it for real. Voice powered products are already taking over the market and this voice controlled home project will enable…... Listed under:
  64. IQ Alarm clock using Arduino for heavy sleepers
    Raising from bed can be the most painful thing you could ever do. We often set alarms to wake up but ends up in snoozing it out or even kick the alarms away. To address this we have come up with an Arduino project ”…... Listed under:
  65. Gesture controlled car using Arduino
      Who doesn’t love playing with RC cars and Robots. Not only playing, engineers and enthusiasts like us love to build and experiment with these stuffs. Also its fair to say that RC’s and Robots have became more than just toys, they already have started…... Listed under:
  66. How to use position wheels with your Arduino
    Hello everyone, em here today with an interesting tutorial on using position wheels using your favorite Arduino. The whole idea behind this article is to explain the logic behind position wheels, the way it works and how to implement it in your project. If you prefer…... Listed under:
  67. The Zambroombi: Roomba’s Next Ultrasonic Competitor
    The Zambroombi is the next step up from your neighbor's fancy Roomba. Set it and forget it! "It changed my life. I don't know where I'd be today without it. I used to just have to clean everything once, but thanks to The Zambroombi, I…... Listed under:
  68. How to Make Arduino Based Collision Detection Warning System
    This is arduino based collision detection warning system. This kind of system is fastest growing safety feature in automotive industries. Such system enables vehicles to identify the chances of collision and give visual and audio warning to driver. So that driver can take necessary action…... Listed under:
  69. How To Simulate Arduino With Proteus
    Some Arduino boards can added to the most common and powerful simulation software for electronics hobbies which is Proteus from Labcenter Electronics. Here are steps for adding Arduino library for Proteus ISIS. Step 1: Download the following zip file DOWNLOAD Step 2: Extract the zipped…... Listed under:
  70. The BIG Arduino Piano! Use Pulse Width Modulation to Dance like Tom Hanks
    This BIG piano will help exercise the mind and body! All you need is a few buttons, a speaker, and some dancing shoes. BOM: Arduino Uno CUI 8 ohm speaker x8 pushbuttons x8 10k resistors x1 220 ohm resistor Jumper wire Breadboard Foamboard or cardboard…... Listed under:
  71. Arduino Real Time Clock Using DS1307
    This topic shows how to interface Arduino with DS1307 real time clock to make a clock and calender. To understand the project and code easily you have to read the datasheet of the DS1307. DS1307 Pin assignment: The picture is taken from ds1307 datasheet and…... Listed under:
  72. Arduino 4-Digit 7-Segment LED Display
    7 Segment LED displays are used in many applications as front panel number indicators. The most common applications are calculators, microwave ovens, electronic lab equipment like function generators and frequency counters. A 7 segment LED display consists of 7 LEDs arranged in such a way…... Listed under:
  73. Remote Controlled Robot Using Arduino and T.V. Remote
    This remote controlled car can be moved around using practically any kind of remote such as TV,AC etc. It makes use of the fact that the remote emits IR(infrared). This property is made use of by using an IR receiver,which is a very cheap sensor.…... Listed under:
  74. Build A Cheapest Possible Arduino-Robot
    The aim is to build cheapest possible Arduino-robot Step 1: Components Arduino UNO R3 x1 USB cable x1 Mini solderless breadboard x1 IR sensor x1 Continuous rotation servo x2 Battery holder x1 AA battery x4 Bunch of color wires Step 2: Getting Started With Arduino…... Listed under:
  75. Make Your Own GPS Transmitter with the HC-12 Transceiver
    The first article in this two-part series, Understanding and Implementing the HC-12 Wireless Transceiver Module, uses the HC-12 to create long-distance data transmission between two Arduino Unos. This article uses a pair of HC-12 transceivers, a GPS module, an Arduino, and Google Maps to create…... Listed under:
  76. Flash Freeze Photography with an Arduino
    Freeze moments in time to easily produce extraordinary close-up pictures with your digital camera, an Arduino, and these simple circuits. I have always been impressed by high-speed photography. The photographic capture of what normally goes unseen, or at least unnoticed, is intriguing and oftentimes beautiful.…... Listed under:
  77. Create a Motion-Sensing Alarm with an Arduino and IR Sensors
    Infrared (IR) sensors are normally used to measure distances, but they can also be used to detect objects. By connecting a couple of IR sensors to an Arduino, you can make an intruder alarm. Overview Infrared (IR) sensors are normally used to estimate the distance of an…... Listed under:
  78. Controlling a Stepper Motor with an SIRC TV Remote and a PICAXE: Infrared Capabilities
    This is part one of a two-part project. For part one, we will focus on IR remotes and signaling, as well as IR reception and decoding. Using IR (InfraRed) radiation to control electronic devices is widely accepted and implemented. IR devices are routinely used in…... Listed under:
  79. Quark D2000 I2C Interfacing Add a Color Sensor and Asynchronous Mode
    We finish up our project using I2C on the Quark D2000 development board with the addition of a color sensor and an object color identifier program. Finally, we revisit interfacing the BH1750FVI ambient light sensor using asynchronous mode I2C. Before continuing in this article, consider…... Listed under:
  80. Quark D2000 I2C Interfacing: Add a Light Sensor and an LCD
    Get acquainted with using I2C with the Quark D2000 development board by interfacing an ambient light sensor and an LCD. Previously, we presented a general overview of the Quark D2000 development board. Subsequently, we explored the use of the board’s GPIO and PWM. In this…... Listed under:
  81. The Santa Cam! An Arduino PIR Motion-Activated Camera System
    The Santa Cam is sure to catch who is stealing your milk and cookies this holiday season! You can even use it for a photo booth this New Year's Eve! BOM: Arduino Uno DSLR camera with remote shutter jack 2.5mm TRS cable Rectifier diode Milk…... Listed under:
  82. Building a simple digital light meter using Arduino and BH1750FVI sensor
    A light meter is a device that measures the intensity of light. It finds applications in schools, hospitals, production areas, passageways and more to measure and maintain proper lighting levels. It is often used by photographers to determine the proper exposure for a photograph. Today…... Listed under:
  83. MCP9802 temperature sensor and Arduino
    MCP9802 is a digital temperature sensor from Microchip that measures temperatures between -55°C and +125°C to a digital word. It provides an accuracy of ±1°C (maximum) from -10°C to +85°C. The MCP9802 sensor comes with user-programmable registers that provide flexibility for temperature sensing applications. The…... Listed under:
  84. Step-by-step guide for making a very simple temperature and humidity meter with 7-segment LED displays
    In this blog post, I am providing you step by step instructions to build a very simple temperature and relative humidity meter for indoor use. All you need to build this project are an Arduino Uno or compatible board, a DHT11 sensor, and a MAX7219…... Listed under:
  85. High-voltage seven segment LED display driver with SPI interface
    Seven segment LED displays are known to be resource and power hungry. But because they are visually so charming and readable from a far viewing distance and at a much wider viewing angle as compared to any other electronic displays, they are still hugely popular.…... Listed under:
  86. PC-based heart rate monitor using Arduino and Easy Pulse sensor
    The heart rate, also referred to as pulse rate, has been recognized as a vital sign since the beginning of medicine, and it is directly related to a person’s cadiovascular health. Today, we are going to make a PC-based heart rate monitor system using an…... Listed under:
  87. Arduino measures heart beat rate from fingertip
    The PIC16F628A based heart rate meter is one of the most popular projects published on Embedded Lab. In this article, I am going to show how to replicate the same project using a simpler platform like Arduino. The Arduino heart rate meter will use Arduino…... Listed under:
  88. Using BMP180 for temperature, pressure and altitude measurements
    The BMP180 is a new generation digital barometric pressure and temperature sensor from Bosch Sensortec. In this tutorial, we will briefly review this device and describe how to interface it with an Arduino Uno board for measuring the surrounding temperature and pressure. We will also discuss about…... Listed under:
  89. Arduino Crowtail and Easy Pulse Plugin
    Arduino Crowtail is a modular and ready-to-use building block set from Elecrow for rapid prototyping with Arduino. It consists of a base Arduino Uno shield to which various sensor and I/O modules can be conveniently interfaced through standardized connectors. In this example, I am going to illustrate…... Listed under:
  90. Controlling relay switches with an infrared remote
    The infrared (IR) communication technology, which existed long before WiFi and Bluetooth, is still a key component in implementing major components of a typical home automation system. For example, IR technology is still used in cordless headphones, for intrusion detection in home security systems, and in handheld…... Listed under:
  91. Serial seven segment LED display shield
    Seven segment LED displays are brighter, more attractive, and provide a far viewing distance as well as a wider viewing angle compared to LCD displays. This project describes a serial seven segment LED display shield for Arduino Uno or compatible boards. The shield consists of…... Listed under:
  92. Wireless Serial using nRF24L01
    This project is very useful in many application where wireless reliable serial communication is required. It give bidirectional communication, You need to have same code in both arduino, no need of separate configuration for receiver or transmitter. It is more advantageous and cost saving than using Xbee,…... Listed under:
  93. GSM Based Home Security System With SMS Alert
    This project has GSM technology and anti-theft system using PIR motion detection. Whenever Motion is detected it sends the SMS on predefined mobile number. We have connected PIR Motion sensor with this project. GSM based home security system with SMS alert, it uses PIR Motion Sensor,…... Listed under:
  94. pH sensor arduino
    In this project, step by step tutorial we are discussing about how to interface pH sensor with Arduino. In chemistry, pH is the negative log of the activity of the hydrogen ion in an aqueous solution. Solutions with a pH less than 7 are said…... Listed under:
  95. Low cost continuous pricision liquid level measurement using arduino
    The purpose of this turorial is to demonstrate an innovative approach for low cost continuous liquid level monitoring based on MPX5010DP differential pressure sensor. Most of the traditional measuring systems were designed and implemented by complicated hardware circuitry. It made the product expensive, with low functionality…... Listed under:
  96. LCD interfacing with arduino
    In this tutorial we’ll be looking at how to connect interface parallel LCD to an Arduino. We are using 16 char x 2 Line LCD known as 16x2 LCD, you can usually identify this display by the 16-pin interface. You only need to solder 10 of…... Listed under:
  97. How to Make Your Own Arduino Clone Board
    Want to save money by making your own Arduino clone boards? Or want to make a custom board specifically for your needs, then this project is for you! Make Arduino board from cheap electronic components available at your local store. Just follow these simple step…... Listed under:
  98. Create an Android Controlled Robot Using the Arduino Platform
    Ever wanted to make an Android controlled robot or car? Control your RC car with a smartphone? Or wanted a tutorial about connected devices and getting started with it? Now you can do that with this simple DIY hack that even provides you with a…... Listed under:
  99. DIY Android Home Automation With Free Smartphone Application
    Ever wanted to make your home automated? Wanted to control the lights, fan, and other appliances from your smartphone? Or wanted a tutorial about connected devices and getting started with them? Our DIY Android Home Automation project will show you how to make your home…... Listed under:
  100. A Simple Guide to Using a Hall Effect Sensor With Arduino
    Have you ever wanted to make a project that involved contact-less sensing? For example: to detect a door closing, to count the number of revolutions of a wheel, or make a speedometer? Then this Arduino Hall Effect sensor tutorial is for you! This project uses…... Listed under:
  101. IMU Interfacing Tutorial Get started with Arduino and the MPU 6050 Sensor
    In this post, I will be reviewing a few basic IMU (Inertia Measurement Unit) sensors that are compatible Arduino. I will also give a short tutorial for interfacing an Arduino with the best IMU sensor available. IMU sensors like the MPU 6050 are used in…... Listed under:
  102. An Easy Way to Build an Arduino Powered Motion Sensor Alarm
    Have you ever wanted to build a project that had could detect the presence of a person in a room? If so, then you can do this very easily using the PIR (Passive Infra Red) Motion sensor. This Arduino motion sensor can detect the presence of a…... Listed under:
  103. DIY Music Keyboard: How to Make Sounds With Arduino
    Making cool things with an Arduino is something, but making musical instruments out of an Arduino is something else! So behold, here comes the Musical-duino, an Arduino keyboard. To see what this does, check out the demo video at the bottom of this page. They say…... Listed under:
  104. How to Make an Arduino Powered Lamp Dimmer
    Ever wondered how to bring an Arduino board into your daily life? We often adjust the display brightness of our mobile phones to suit to our need. With this project, you can do that for your bedside lamps or any other lighting at home. We…... Listed under:
  105. How to Make Your First Robot Using Arduino
    One of the simplest projects you can make for your first time using an Arduino is an obstacle avoiding robot. If you are a beginner to Arduino and want to learn more about it, this Arduino robot tutorial will teach you the basics while you…... Listed under:
  106. How to Shrink Your Arduino Projects: Making a Permanent Circuit Board
    When you make a project using Arduino, it usually contains a lot of jumper connections on the breadboard and the project will not be a permanent one. If you want to make any other project using that Arduino, you will have to remove all the connections made on it and to…... Listed under:
  107. How to Make a POV Display Using LEDs and Arduino
    Here is a simple project using an Arduino and some LEDs. What we are going to learn here today is how to make a POV display or Persistence-Of-Vision display. It is made out of just 6$ worth of components. This tutorial gives will teach you…... Listed under:
  108. How to Build an Arduino Speaker That Plays Music in Minutes
    The main thing which makes this project super simple is that this project requires only one extra component. If you are new to Arduino, this tutorial will help you get familiar with Arduino and learn the basics of Arduino programming. This musical project has a…... Listed under:
  109. How to Make a 8bit Dot Matrix Display Using Arduino
    A simple project to display cool 8bit art and animation on your backpack! This is a quick and easy project you could finish off in minutes and show off to your friends. What it does is, when you move your backpack, a dot matrix display turns…... Listed under:
  110. Interfacing: How to Make an Arduino Uno UltraSonic Range Finder!
    A range finder is a device used to find the distance from a point to the nearest obstacle. This device uses ultrasonic technology to measure the distance. You can consider it like an electronic, hassle-free version of a measuring tape with a measuring range of…... Listed under:
  111. How to Make an Audio Player with Speaker Using the Arduino Uno!
    This Arduino project is a simple and fun project you can build in 10-15 minutes. The result of this make will be an Arduino audio player that plays “.wav” files. It consists of a speaker, a simple transistor acting as an amplifier, and a micro-SD card…... Listed under:
  112. Bluetooth Basics: How to Control an LED Using a SmartPhone and Arduino
    Ever thought of controlling any of your electronic devices with your smart phone? How about a robot or any other device? Wouldn’t it be cool to control them with your smartphone? Here is a simple tutorial for interfacing an Android Smartphone with Arduino via Bluetooth! Required…... Listed under:
  113. ESP8266 Tutorial: Programming the Onboard GPIO Pins
    The ESP8266 is a great tool for enabling your project to access the internet. You can plug it into an Arduino easily as shown and allow your project to communicate through the internet. Or even more exciting, to control it from anywhere in the world!…... Listed under:
  114. Audio Amplifier Circuit on PCB Using LM386
    In this project, we tend to area unit getting to create a Headphone/Audio electronic equipment by exploitation self-designed PCB. This project is especially designed for amplifying the audio signal from the headphones however we will additionally use it for amplifying the subwoofer or speaker output,…... Listed under:
  115. Arduino Weather Station
    How cool would it be to have your own Arduino weather station right in your backyard? Sounds fun? Geeky? Having your own weather station means that you don’t need any more inaccurate results from the weather channel! You can even log the data and play…... Listed under:
  116. How to Make a Water Level Indicator with Arduino 6 11
    Knowing the amount of water in an overhead tank can be one tedious task. Usually, you’ll end up climbing up the stairs to the tank and checking the level manually or you’ll you hear the water overflowing from the top. But these days electronic water level indicators…... Listed under:
  117. How to make a Smart Cane for the Visually Impaired with Arduino
    I wanted to make something for them to help the visually impaired become independent, so I created an open source Arduino project for a Smart Cane. This Arduino smart cane can assist with walking alone in new environments by taking inputs through an obstacle sensor…... Listed under:
  118. How to Make a Programmable Guitar Pedal With Arduino!
    This DIY Guitar Pedal project is for guitarists, hackers, and programmers that want to learn about digital signal processing, effects, synthesizers, and experiment without deep knowledge of DSP, electronics, or hardcore programming. pedalSHIELD UNO is a lo-fi, programmable guitar pedal that works with the Arduino…... Listed under:
  119. ESP8266 Tutorial: How to Control Anything From the Internet!
    In this ESP8266 tutorial, we are using an ESP-01 module to control an LED over the internet. The ESP8266 is a very cheap yet really effective platform for communicating over the internet. It is also easy to use with an Arduino. After going through this ESP8266 tutorial,…... Listed under:
  120. DIY Arduino Tutorial: How to Automate a Lamp for Ceremonial Inaugurations
    “Knowledge removes ignorance, just as light removes darkness”, as it is wisely said. In India, the ancient tradition of lighting oil lamps has a special significance. Almost all auspicious ceremonies are commenced by lighting a lamp. Hence came the idea to merge our traditional culture…... Listed under:
  121. DIY Arduino Tutorial: How to Automate Your Curtains
    This Arduino Curtain Automation project will let you automate your curtain blinds using just an Arduino and a stepper motor. I just moved to America pursuing my higher studies. Because my dorm is very dark, I wanted to brighten up my room when I wanted…... Listed under:
  122. Create a Christmas Light Show with Arduino
    The Christmas light show with Arduino is a project that controls a number of lights according to a song in sync with the music. It can be used to control stage lights and fog machines (that don’t have DMX) with a computer to achieve wonderful…... Listed under:
  123. Arduino Servo Catapult: DIY Catapult using Arduino
    Use an Arduino and a servo to shoot food to your cat! (Also works with other animals). Check out the video below to see how this Arduino Servo Catapult works. While maybe not the most practical application, this project will teach you the basics of servo motors…... Listed under:
  124. DIY Soil Testing with Arduino and FC-28 Moisture Sensor
    In this article, we are going to interface an FC-28 Soil moisture sensor with an Arduino. This sensor measures the volumetric content of water in soil and gives us the moisture level. The sensor gives us both analog and digital output, so it can be used…... Listed under:
  125. Arduino Wheelchair Project: Motorized Controller Mount
    This was an Arduino wheelchair project we developed for Principles and Practices of Assistive Technology (PPAT) in Fall 2016 at MIT. We made an Arduino-based motorized wheelchair controller mount for our client, Lisa. She lives at the Boston Home, a center for people with progressive…... Listed under:
  126. LazyMax 1000: Arduino Phototransistor and Haptics Project
    The idea for this Arduino phototransistor project came to me based on an idea that was shared by one of my friends at the FabLab. He talked about how his lab only has stools for people to sit on. Being very uncomfortable, the person succumbs…... Listed under:
  127. Arduino and Processing IDE Communication Tutorial
    In this tutorial, we will make the communication between the Arduino and Processing. We will make the communication in both the ways, from the Arduino to Processing and from Processing to the Arduino. We will change the color of the serial window in the Processing…... Listed under:
  128. How to Make an Arduino Temperature Data Logger
    In this project, we are going to make an Arduino Temperature logger that will get the temperature value from the LM35 temperature sensor and the time from the DS3231 Real Time Clock module. Then we will store these values in the SD card file using…... Listed under:
  129. Revive Old Drive-In Speakers with a Modern LED Twist
    When I was a kid we went to the drive-in theater to see movies like The Legend of Boggy Creek and Evel Knievel. I loved those movies but I remember just as vividly those retro-cool metal speakers that entered into our car for these campy…... Listed under:
  130. Build a Simple Cocktail Drinkbot with Arduino
    Big parties need a conversation piece, and what’s better than a drink-making robot? Not only is it a good conversation starter, it also frees up the party host who would normally be the bartender. It turned out that the drink robot was a really good idea. The…... Listed under:
  131. Extract DNA at Home with a 3D Printed Centrifuge
    Biotechnology is powerful, but only for those with the tools to experiment with and utilize it. The DIYbio movement seeks to put the tools and techniques used in well-funded laboratories around the world into the hands of ordinary people who have an interest but not…... Listed under:
  132. A Simple Arduino LCD Min/Max Thermometer
    As a simple first Arduino experiment I interfaced a two line LCD (a Displaytech 162B) and an LM35DZ to make a simple Min/Max thermometer. Step 1 - Interfacing the Temperature Sensor This is really very simple. The LM35DZ has three pins, +5V, ground and a…... Listed under:
  133. Digital Door Lock using Arduino
    As thefts are increasing day by day security is becoming a major concern nowadays. In this project we will make a digital door lock system with keypad using Arduino Uno. It will open your door only when the right password is entered and it will start…... Listed under:
  134. Home Automation using Arduino and ESP8266 Module
    In this project we are going to make a home automation system using ESP8266 WiFi module and Arduino Uno. Using this we will be able to control lights, electric fan and other home appliances through a web browser using your PC or mobile. These AC…... Listed under:
  135. IoT Data Logger using Arduino and ESP8266
    Today we are going to make an IoT WiFi data logger using Arduino, ESP8266 WiFi module and DHT22 temperature humidity sensor. Arduino is reading temperature and humidity sensed by DHT22 and sending it to an internet server using the ESP8266 WiFi module. Here we are using ThingSpeak as…... Listed under:
  136. Arduino Weather Station Web Server
    In this tutorial we are going to make a weather station that will tell us temperature, humidity and heat index of a particular location. It will show these values in a web browser. You can monitor these data by entering the IP address in a mobile, computer or…... Listed under:
  137. Temperature Controlled Fan using Arduino
    Here we are going to make a temperature controlled DC fan. DHT22 sensor is used to sense the room temperature and then we adjust speed of a DC fan/motor accordingly using PWM (Pulse Width Modulation). Arduino Uno is the heart of this project and a L293D…... Listed under:
  138. Simple Android Bluetooth Application with Arduino Example
    This article will detail how to make a simple bluetooth application using Android Studio and demo it using an Arduino to toggle an LED and send data back-and-forth. No prior knowledge of Android development is needed, however it will help to know some basics of…... Listed under:
  139. Arduino DC-DC Boost Converter Design Circuit with Control Loop
    This post will cover how to use an Arduino Uno to easily control a 10W+ boost converter. A discrete boost converter can be built by using just a few parts, namely an inductor, capacitor, diode, and a FET. Please see the Wikipedia page for how…... Listed under:
  140. Arduino Line Tracking Robot Car
    This line tracking robot car was built base on the prototype mentioned in the previous knowledge item. You can find the details for the prototype: http://www.rs-online.com/designspark/electronics/eng/knowledge-item/arduino-line-tracking-robot-car-prototype Bills of Materials: PCB   Geared Motor OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Photodiode (RS stock number: 654-8902) Nichia LED (RS stock number: 713-3996)…... Listed under:
  141. Johnny 6 is Alive!
    Designing a custom plate for the Arduino Robot, adding jumbo LEDs and displaying readings from an ultrasonic distance sensor to the LCD. My previous post on the Arduino Robot described how I took the Runaway Robot sketch and modified it work with the PING ultrasonic…... Listed under:
  142. The Evolution of a Light Theremin
    I started out a little over two years ago on work experience, before going on to become a trainee engineer, having decided that I would like to pursue a career in electronic engineering. At work I get to do a wide variety of things, such…... Listed under:
  143. Developing your own Flowcode 7 controlled weather station
    This project details a Flowcode and E-blocks based weather station capable of reading local temperature and humidity with 2 remote thermo-hygrometer sensors. The local board also incorporates a real time clock. This article has been contributed by Flowcode user John Crow. Flowcode can be downloaded…... Listed under:
  144. Designing and building a coffee table
    For a number of years, my colleague Andrew has had an old IBM mainframe CPU kept in storage, waiting to be transformed into something new. Hailing from a long-lost era of computing (the system in which this module was used was the 4381, first announced…... Listed under:
  145. How to build an Arduino Robocar Part 1
    I've been meaning to put some content on here for a while and recently I got around to getting an Uno and motor shield. Given I also have access to a 3d printer and have a shedload of microswitches, semis and other goodies knocking around…... Listed under:
  146. Old Sole
    Old Sole interrupts normal youthful days to force young people to interact with their environment in a different way. If the young shoe-wearer takes significantly more steps than the elderly individual with the walker, the shoes light up and vibrate uncomfortably, reminding the young person…... Listed under:
  147. Flip
    Flip Intro There is something kind of magical about swimming when you are a child. Do you remember growing up and watching your shadow as you swam in the pool, trying to mimic a perfect dolphin kick and imagining you were a mermaid rather than…... Listed under:
  148. Connected coffee Machine
    Quite a lot of coffee is consumed at work but real statistics are missing. For the coffee machines with a can it can be interesting to have a visualization with coffee left in can, water in machine, time left until machine is finished, estimated time…... Listed under:
  149. Wireless Motor Speed Control System with Arduino
    ICStation team introduce you the NRF24L01 Wireless Motor Speed Control System.This system works under DC 5V voltage. It uses the NRF24L01 Wireless Module to transmit speed control data and the Hall Sensor to detect the real rotate speed. This design uses the PWM duty cycle…... Listed under:
  150. Dish Shamer
    Project Description DishShamer solves the age-old problem of getting your roommates to wash their dishes.  The kitchen is a communal space.  When one individual fails to keep this shared environment clean, there can be two outcomes: conflict and socially awkward confrontations, or placing unfair cleaning burdens…... Listed under:
  151. Chatty Coasters
    Chatty Coasters are interactive coasters that listen for silences and insert provocative conversation starters into them. Chatty Coasters are interactive drink holders that listen for silences in conversation and insert provocative questions into them. In order to encourage healthy, thought-provoking conversation in kitchens, Chatty Coaster waits…... Listed under:
  152. A Smart Shop Window Experiment with Arduino
    Smart Shop Window A SmartLiving Experiment where using a QR code to control a light in a shop window. For this experiment we use a Grove LED (representing the shop's light) and a Smart phone to access the control switch. It’s an ideal starter project…... Listed under:
  153. Track and Control Your Car Remotely
    Actually, many of us may suffer or afraid from being his car stolen. In this project, I will try to help you to protect your cars and even control them remotely. Basically, you have to leave a mobile phone in your car and when the…... Listed under:
  154. Build a smart “Clapper” with SmartThings and Arduino
    When my colleague @thegibertchan first set up his homemade "Clapper" in our office, I knew immediately that I had to learn how it was made. The way it works is simple. A small microphone listens to two claps (within four seconds of each other) and…... Listed under:
  155. Hot Water Solar Boiler Project
    A solar boiler is great because it gives you hot water using free-sun-energy, but what if there is not enough sun or someone already used all the hot water ? This project helps you take the right decision. It warns you when you run out…... Listed under:
  156. DIY Temperature & Humidity & Smoke Detector Alarm System
    The working voltage of this system is DC5V. It can measure the current temperature, humidity and smoke. It can display real-time data by the 1602 LCD and can realize the sound and light alarm when in the dangerous temperature and humidity. It is a simply…... Listed under:
  157. Fast Counter
    Every once in a while there is a question in the Arduino forum on how fast you can toggle an IO pin. The answer to this question depends on your line of thinking / what you will allow as an answer. So here is my…... Listed under:
  158. Control a Parrot AR Drone with Linino
    Performing the control of the AR.Drone with the iOS or Android apps is really difficult. The controls are very unstable because the app virtual joystick hasn’t a good sensitivity response. The idea was to use a real joystick instead of the Parrot application itself: So,…... Listed under:
  159. Universal Remote Control
    The transmitter in the remote control handset sends out a stream of pulses of infrared light when the user presses a button on the handset. A transmitter is often a light emitting diode (LED) which is built into the pointing end of the remote control…... Listed under:
  160. Arduino / Raspberry Pi Internet Radio
    This is a project for Arduino and Raspberry Pi to make an Internet Radio, aimed at intermediate skill level. Some familiarity with Linux usage will be beneficial (or access to someone who can help out if required). Raspberry Pi runs mpd music player daemon to…... Listed under:
  161. Useless Box
    Story Fascinated by this humorous anthropomorphic idea on instructable that left me philosophizing deeply about the essence of art, I decided to make this a project after witnessing many ruthless battles between human and robot on YouTube. How does it work? The Arduino "listens" to…... Listed under:
  162. Psychic Arduino
    If life has been too serious for you lately, this weekend project will take some of the stress out of your life and create a really neat toy in the process; a delight for a child or for those children who gather around your desk…... Listed under:
  163. Provocation: Urban Encounters
    Description Urban Encounters is our imagination of the future of interactive surfaces within our 5x5x5 site. The crosswalk "island" we chose at the corner of Shattuck and Center in downtown Berkeley promotes an interesting combination of isolation, stuck-ness and loneliness. To bring out these themes into the physical world,…... Listed under:
  164. Kroebe Lights
    Brainstorming Process After selecting Kroeber Fountain as our location of interest, we began to notice that it was a place at which people would congregate without interacting with one another. The fountain’s shape - most notably, its tiered steps - affords it the ability to…... Listed under:
  165. Paper Instruments
    What are the paper instruments made of? Using Conductive Paint, we were able to create a paper piano & guitar that plays notes and changes graphics on a screen. Paper Piano Arduino Code Step by step - Paper Instrument Development Software needed Processing: https://processing.org/ Capacitive Arduino…... Listed under:
  166. Zeitfluss – Flow of Time
    About this project Reasoning about time by printing onto the surface of a river Maybe you know situations when time's running up. In German there is a metaphor for that and translated it would be something like "time trickles away“. Having this saying in mind…... Listed under:
  167. Raspberry Pi teams up with an Arduino
    The principal behind ArduinoPi First a little clarification, the ArduinoPi isn’t really a library or a command set or an out of the box controller, its more a proof of concept using already know programming languages. If you want to use it be ready for…... Listed under:
  168. Cracking an electronic safe using brute force
    Preface There's nothing nefarious here, nor is the information contained herein particularly helpful to thieves or the dishonest. A thief would just cut the dang thing open and be done with it. The story So I bought a fire safe to protect some documents that…... Listed under:
  169. Drawing with a Laser – Hack-a-Day Logo
    Reading Hack a Day I found an interesting challenge: drawing their logo somewhere. And the fact that was even more interesting: “preference will be given to the largest and smallest submissions“. I started figuring out how to do something like that with the things I had around, and…... Listed under:
  170. Arduino Astronomical Clock
    This product allows you to set separate turn-on and turn-off times and those repeat every day. The disadvantage of this product is that, as the seasons change, you need to constantly adjust the turn-on and turn-off times. As illustrated in Figure 1, the variation over…... Listed under:
  171. Bike Across the Country While in Your Basement
    About this project This is a very simple and easy-to-build project that provides a sensor on the pedal crank of any exercise bike and generates keyboard output triggering Google Maps Street View to advance via the up arrow key. In my design, you pedal the crank five…... Listed under:
  172. DeCart
    Description DeCart is an attachment to a shopping cart that uses social pressure to make the shopping a more productive, connected experience for society as a whole. List of Materials Although the entire premise of the project is simple, the implementation, however, is not and…... Listed under:
  173. Arduino stick
    Description Mystick is an innovative hiking stick that promote exploration and allows you to share your hiking experiences and special findings with other users. When picked up by a user, the Mystick already has a predetermined location to which it directs using a compass and…... Listed under:
  174. Arduino Weight Measurement using Load Cell and HX711 Module
    Today we are going to Measure the Weight by interfacing Load Cell and HX711 Weight Sensor with Arduino. We have seen weight machines at many shops, where machine displays the weight just by placing any item on the weighing platform. So here we are building…... Listed under:
  175. Arduino Based Distance Measurement using Ultrasonic Sensor
    Ultrasonic sensors are great tools to measure distance without actual contact and used at several places like water level measurement, distance measurement etc. This is an efficient way to measure small distances precisely. In this project we have used an Ultrasonic Sensor to determine the distance of an obstacle from…... Listed under:
  176. LPG Leakage Detector using Arduino
    While LPG is an essential need of every household, its leakage could lead to a disaster. To alert on LPG leakage and prevent any mishappening there are various products to detect the leakage. Here we have developed an Arduino based LPG gas detector alarm. If gas…... Listed under:
  177. Live Temperature and Humidity Monitoring over Internet using Arduino and ThingSpeak
    Humidity and Temperature are very common parameters for measuring at many places like farm, green house, medical, industries home and offices. We have already covered Humidity and Temperature Measurement using Arduino and displayed the data on LCD. In this IoT project we are going to…... Listed under:
  178. Arduino Based Digital Thermometer
    Thermometers are useful apparatus being used since long time for temperature measurement. In this project we have made an Arduino based digital thermometer to display the current ambient temperature and temperature changes on a LCD unit in real time . It can be deployed in houses, offices, industries etc.…... Listed under:
  179. Interfacing Arduino with Raspberry Pi using Serial Communication
    Raspberry Pi and Arduino are the two most popular open source boards in Electronics Community. They are not only popular among Electronics Engineers but also among school students and hobbyists, because of their Easiness and Simplicity. Even some people just started liking Electronics because of Raspberry…... Listed under:
  180. Interfacing TFT LCD with Arduino
    Today, we are going to Interface 2.4 inch TFT LCD Shield with Arduino. By using this color TFT LCD shield we can show characters, strings, blocks, images etc on the color TFT LCD. And we can use this TFT Shield in many applications like:  Security…... Listed under:
  181. How to Send Data from Arduino to Webpage using WiFi
    Wireless communication between Electronic devices and modules is very important, to make them ‘Fit’ in the World of Internet of Things. HTTP protocol and HTML language have made it possible to transfer the Data anywhere in the world, over the web. We have already covered…... Listed under:
  182. Sending Email using Arduino and ESP8266 WiFi Module
    We are moving towards the World of Internet of Things (IoT). This technology plays a very important role in the Electronics and Embedded system. Sending an Email from any Microcontroller or Embedded system is very basic thing, which is required in IoT. So in this article,…... Listed under:
  183. Wireless Notice Board using GSM and Arduino
    Wireless notice board is very selective term for this project, as it has a very wide scope rather than just being a simple notice board. First we should understand the purpose of this project, in this system we can display a message or notice to…... Listed under:
  184. Pressure Sensor BMP180 Interfacing with Arduino Uno
    In this tutorial we are going to design a Barometric Pressure Measuring System using BMP180 and ARDUINO. First of all for interfacing BMP180 to ARDUINO, we need to download a library specifically designed for BMP180. This library is available at: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-BMP085-Library  After attaching that library, we…... Listed under:
  185. Arduino-based Ultrasonic Radar System via IOT
    Abstract RADAR is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. Radar systems come in a variety of sizes and have different performance specifications. Some radar systems are used for air-traffic control at airports, and others…... Listed under:
  186. Arduino 101 Curie iOS Pulse Sensor
    I want use the Genuino 101 by Intel and Arduino for a project that regards health, but I want to use all the characteristics of the Arduino 101. One of most important characteristics of this board, I think, is the BLE connection. Then I want…... Listed under:
  187. Build A Arduino Bluetooth Vehicle
    Before I even began to think about how my final chassis was going to look like I became obsessed with the idea of eliminating all of the useless space that plagued my previous designs. I wanted to reduced the car to its most essential components.…... Listed under:
  188. Control Door Lock Remotely Using Smartphone
    Introduction Hi, friends. I came to this idea of controlling a door latch/lock remotely using a smartphone when I saw many people many times forget to carry latch/lock keys when they leave the house for a short trip, or the door gets latched accidentally while…... Listed under:
  189. Quizmo
    This project is related to developing a handy gadget to help kids practice basic arithmetic operations. I decided to make it as my kids were very lazy to look into the books and come back very soon saying that they have done it (specially multiplication…... Listed under:
  190. Plan your Holiday with Smart Power Planner
    Introduction Holiday times! It's the time we get a vacation to have fun and be relaxed. Everyone loves to make their holiday, an unforgettable one. But there will always be somethings that can bother you and spoil the holiday fun. As an example, while you…... Listed under:
  191. Arduino HackHD Time-Lapse Dolly
    Story This project was inspired by someone else who made an Arduino time-lapse dolly (suprise surprise). However that project was published some years back and I have lost the link to it. Of course time-lapse is not that exciting anymore but 5 years ago it…... Listed under:
  192. IoT Controlled Snow Machine
    The most homemade snow machine you've ever seen. Made from a hairdryer, polystyrene and MKR1000. Controllable from anywhere in the world* Things used in this project Hardware components Arduino MKR1000 × 1 USB-A to Micro-USB Cable × 1 Apple USB Powe Adapter × 1 Jumper…... Listed under: ,
  193. Build A Grill & Deck-Door Monitor Using Arduino
    Story We use our barbecue grill and our deck frequently. After once leaving the grill on all night, I wanted an easy way to check to make sure the grill is off before going to bed. This is especially important since our grill is tapped…... Listed under:
  194. Give Your BLEBot a New Name
    At the Hackster Hardware Meetup Seattle, we had a bunch of BLE Bot 9000 robots. The problem was that all of the bots exposed the same services and names, so you can't choose the robot you want to control. The solution to controlling your bot…... Listed under:
  195. Tertiarm – 3d Printed Robot Arm
    This is first version of my low cost 3d printed robot arm. It is based on Ikea Tertial lamp. I choose it because it has very good kinematic with using springs to unload servos. So you can use different number of springs to achive diffrent…... Listed under:
  196. Knock To Open Treasure Chest
    Preface My daughter asked me to build her a treasure chest that she could use to store her most valuable things. Obviously she demanded it to have some kind of a locking mechanism so only she could open the box. First thought was to use…... Listed under:
  197. Arduino Bluetooth-controlled Mini-Lift
    Story We love our workshop, but it has one downside (or maybe upside) - a large flight of stairs to the gallery. We constantly need to move parts and components between one floor and the other, so we’ve been plotting different ideas: drones, dogs, carrier…... Listed under:
  198. Build A Voice-Controlled Robot Using Arduino
    Story Voice-controlled Robot Voice-controlled robot is both hardware and cloud solution in one piece. The main components are: 1. Alexa Skill - to interpret voice commands and translate them to Google Cloud Messaging messages - deployed to Heroku cloud 2. Android application - to receive…... Listed under:
  199. Humidity Display of Date, Time and Temperature
    Story Have you ever wanted to make your own interface that can display the time, date, along with the temperature and the humidity? Well it's a lot easier than you'd think. A few important components are needed, as shown below. Arduino Uno/Nano Firstly we will…... Listed under:
  200. Serial Basic Hookup Guide
    Introduction The Serial Basic is an easy to use USB to Serial adapter based on the CH340G IC from WCH. It works with 5V and 3.3V systems and should auto install on most operating systems without the need for additional drivers. It’s a great lower…... Listed under:
  201. Arduino-Powered Water Bottle
    Introduction: Drinking enough water is very important for our health. Drinking more water can lead to clearer skin, better overall health, improved productivity and brain function, increased energy levels, and even weight loss. In our busy lives, it is really hard to remember to drink…... Listed under:
  202. Complete Digital Clock including Alarm and Motion Sensor
    I have done several designs of digital clocks for Arduino using LEDs and LCD displays, but this one is more special because I added other features like alarm and motion sensor (PIR). Main features PIR (Presence Infrared Sensor) RTC (real-time clock) Alarm Temperature Humidity Water…... Listed under:
  203. Amazon Kitchen DRS
    The Project This project is a combination of the many smart fridges and pantry's of the past. The idea is to combine all of them while also introducing Amazon's DRS system through Alexa and the Echo products as a bonus feature. The process will be…... Listed under:
  204. Build A Wake Up Alarm Clock Using Arduino
    Story After designing the "Clock Set Date Time" and hearing the suggestion of ArduPic , I thought it would be a good idea and also useful, add a "wake-up alarm." A small change to the code and adding a few components: Here's "the Alarm Clock".…... Listed under:
  205. Digital Dice using Arduino
    We all are familiar with dice and often played LUDO or SANP SIDI (Snake & Ladders) game by using dice. Dice is a squire type solid box which contains 6 different numbers on all of its sides. We throw dice on a surface to get…... Listed under:
  206. Automatic Door Opener using Arduino
    You must have seen automatic door openers in shopping malls and other commercial buildings. They open the door when someone comes near the entrance and close it after sometime. A number of technologies are available to make such kinds of systems like PIR sensors, Radar sensors,  Laser…... Listed under:
  207. Computer Controlled Robot using Arduino
    After designing this line follower robot using arduino uno, I have developed this computer controlled robot. It can be controlled via the computer and we can use specific keyboard keys to move it. It runs over serial communication which we have already discussed in our previous…... Listed under:
  208. DTMF Controlled Robot using Arduino
    In present time almost all the people are familiar with robots. Robots play a very important role in human life. Robots are a machine which reduces the human efforts in heavy works in industries, building etc. and makes life easy. We are here with our next robot…... Listed under:
  209. DC Motor Control using Arduino
    Here we are going to interface a DC motor to Arduino UNO and its speed is controlled. This is done by PWM (Pulse Width Modulation). This feature is enabled in UNO to get variable voltage over constant voltage. The method of PWM is explained here;…... Listed under:
  210. Arduino Based LED Dimmer using PWM
    This LED DIMMER is an Arduino Uno based PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) circuit developed to get variable voltage over constant voltage. The method of PWM is explained below. Before we get start building a 1 Watt LED Dimmer circuit, first consider a simple circuit as shown in figure below. Now…... Listed under:
  211. How to Use Shift Register 74HC595 with Arduino Uno?
    In ARDUINO we have 20 I/O pins, so we can program 20 pins of UNO to be used as either input or output. Although there are more pins on ATMEGA328P controller than on UNO, this is because while designing the board some pins are defaulted. Now…... Listed under:
  212. Arduino Temperature Control – Adjust Fan Speed based on Temperature
    In this Arduino based project, we are going to control DC fan speed according to the room temperature and show these parameter changes on a 16x2 LCD display. It is accomplished by the data communications between Arduino, LCD, DHT11 sensor Module and DC fan that…... Listed under:
  213. Interfacing 16×2 LCD with Arduino
    To establish a good communication between human world and machine world, display units play an important role. And so they are an important part of embedded systems. Display units - big or small, work on the same basic principle. Besides complex display units like graphic displays…... Listed under:
  214. 7 Segment Display Interfacing with Arduino
    In this tutorial we are going to interface a seven segment display to ARDUINO UNO. The display counts from 0-9 and resets itself to zero. Before going further, let us first discuss about seven segment displays. A seven segment display got its name from the very…... Listed under:
  215. Accelerometer Based Hand Gesture Controlled Robot using Arduino
    Robots are playing an important role in automation across all the sectors like construction, military, medical, manufacturing, etc. After making some basic robots like line follower robot, computer controlled robot, etc, we have developed this accelerometer based gesture controlled robot by using arduino uno. In this project…... Listed under:
  216. How to Use ADC in Arduino Uno?
    In this tutorial we are introducing concept of ADC (Analog to Digital Conversion) in ARDUINO UNO. Arduino board has six ADC channels, as show in figure below. Among those any one or all of them can be used as inputs for analog voltage. The Arduino Uno…... Listed under:
  217. Humidity and Temperature Measurement using Arduino
    Humidity and temperature are common parameters to measure environmental conditions. In this Arduino based project we are going to measure ambient temperature and humidity and display it on a 16x2 LCD screen. A combined te mperature and himidity sensor DHT11 is used with Arduino uno…... Listed under:
  218. Color Detector using Arduino Uno
    In this project we are going to interface TCS3200 color sensor with Arduino UNO. TCS3200 is a color sensor which can detect any number of colors with right programming. TCS3200 contains RGB (Red Green Blue) arrays. As shown in figure on microscopic level one can see…... Listed under:
  219. Automatic Room Light Controller with Bidirectional Visitor Counter
    Often we see visitor counters at stadium, mall, offices, class rooms etc. How they count the people and turn ON or OFF the light when nobody is inside? Today we are here with automatic room light controller project with bidirectional visitor counter by using Arduino Uno. It is very…... Listed under:
  220. Electronic Voting Machine using Arduino
    We all are quite familiar with voting machines, even we have covered few other electronic voting machine projects previously here and here using RFID and AVR microcontroller. In this project, we have used the arduino controller to create an electronic voting machine. Components Arduino Uno 16x2…... Listed under:
  221. Arduino Based Heartbeat Monitor
    Heart rate, body temperature and blood pressure monitoring are very important parameters of human body. Doctors use various kind of medical apparatus like thermometer for checking fever or body temperature, BP monitor for blood pressure measurement and heart rate monitor for heart rate measurement. In…... Listed under:
  222. Arduino Based LED Chaser using Rotary Encoder
    In this project we are going to interface a ROTARY ENCODER with ARDUINO.  ARDUINO UNO is an ATMEGA controller based development board designed for electronic engineers and hobbyists. In ARDUINO we have 20 I/O pins, so we can program 20 pins of UNO to be…... Listed under:
  223. Keypad Interfacing with Arduino Uno
    In this tutorial we are going to interface a 4x4 (16 key) keypad with ARDUINO UNO. We all know keypad is one of the most important input devices used in electronics engineering. Keypad is the easiest and the cheapest way to give commands or instructions to…... Listed under:
  224. Servo Motor Control using MATLAB
    In this tutorial you will learn to make direct connection between your Arduino and Matlab, so that you can program your Arduino directly through Matlab. It is very useful when you are working on complex robotics like Robotic Hand, Humanoid etc. as you can process your…... Listed under:
  225. Magnetic Field Strength Measurement using Arduino
    In this project we are using the concept of ADC (Analog to Digital Conversion) in ARDUINO UNO. We are going to use a Hall Effect sensor and Arduino uno to measure the field strength of a magnet. The sensor which we have used here is UGN3503U. This…... Listed under:
  226. RFID Interfacing with Arduino
    In this tutorial we are going to design a system to read the ID of RFID cards. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. Each card has a unique ID embedded in it. These systems have many applications, like in offices, shopping malls and in many other…... Listed under:
  227. Servo Motor Control using Arduino
    In this tutorial we are going to control a servo motor by ARDUINO UNO. Servo Motors are used where there is a need for accurate shaft movement or position. These are not proposed for high speed applications. These are proposed for low speed, medium torque…... Listed under:
  228. Automatic Water Level Indicator and Controller using Arduino
    In this Arduino based automatic water level indicator and controller project we are going to measure the water level by using ultrasonic sensors. Basic principal of ultrasonic distance measurement is based on ECHO. When sound waves are transmitted in environment then they return back to the origin as…... Listed under:
  229. Working of Force Sensor with Arduino
    In this project we will be developing a fun circuit using Force sensor and Arduino Uno. This circuit generates sound linearly related to force applied on the sensor. For that we are going to interface FORCE sensor with Arduino Uno. In UNO, we are going use…... Listed under:
  230. 8×8 LED Matrix using Arduino
    In this project we are going to design an 8x8 LED matrix display, for that we are going to interface an 8x8 LED matrix module with Arduino Uno. An 8x8 LED matrix contains 64 LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) which are arranged in the form of a matrix, hence…... Listed under:
  231. RGB LED with Arduino
    In this project we are going to interface 5 RGB (Red Green Blue) LEDs to Arduino Uno. These LEDs are connected in parallel for reducing PIN usage of Uno.  The RGB LED will have four pins as shown in figure. PIN1: Color 1 negative terminal…... Listed under:
  232. Servo Motor Control by Flex Sensor
    In this tutorial we are going to develop a circuit using FLEX sensor, Arduino Uno and a Servo motor. This project is a servo control system where the servo shaft position is determined by the flex or bent or deviation of the FLEX sensor. Lets first…... Listed under: ,
  233. Variable Power Supply By Arduino Uno
    In this tutorial we will develop a 5V variable voltage source from Arduino Uno. For that we are going use ADC (Analog to Digital Conversion) and PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) feature. Some digital electronic modules like accelerometer work on voltage 3.3V and some work on…... Listed under:
  234. PC Controlled Home Automation using Arduino
    This project explains designing a home automation system which is controlled by a computer to switch On and switch Off various electrical and electronics devices. For demonstration we have used 3 zero watt bulbs which indicates LIGHT, FAN and TV. It uses Arduino Uno board as a…... Listed under:
  235. Arduino Based Tone Generator
    In this project we will develop a tone generator using Arduino Uno. We will have buttons interfaced with the UNO and each one of them generates different intensity of tone. The frequency of tone generated by the UNO is same at every internal. It’s the intensity of the…... Listed under:
  236. Snake Game on 8×8 Matrix using Arduino
    Snake Game has been very popular since the beginning of the Mobile phones. Initially it was come in Black and white cell phones, and soon became very famous. Then with the advancement of the Cellphones, this game has also changed a lot, and now many…... Listed under:
  237. Digital Code Lock using Arduino
    Security is a major concern in our day to day life, and digital locks have became an important part of these security systems. One such digital code lock is imitated in this project using arduino board and a matrix keypad. Components Arduino Keypad Module Buzzer…... Listed under:
  238. GSM Based Home Automation using Arduino
    Mobile phone is a revolutionary invention of the century. It was primarily designed for making and receiving calls & text messages, but it has become the whole world after the Smart phone comes into the picture. In this project we are building a home automation…... Listed under:
  239. Prepaid Energy Meter using GSM and Arduino
    Prepaid Electricity Energy Meter is a good concept in which you can recharge its balance, like we do in our mobile phones. In this project we are building a automated system by using Arduino and GSM module. You can recharge the electricity balance through this…... Listed under:
  240. Clap Switch using Arduino
    In this project we are going to make Clapper circuit using the concept of ADC (Analog to Digital Conversion) in ARDUINO UNO. We are going to use a MIC and Uno to sense the sound and trigger a response. This Clap ON Clap OFF switch basically turns…... Listed under:
  241. IR Remote Controlled Home Automation using Arduino
    Previously we have covered many types of Home automations using different technologies like DTMF Based Home Automation, PC Controlled Home Automation using Arduino, Bluetooth Controlled Home Automation. In this project, we are using IR based wireless communication for controlling home appliances. In this project, Arduino…... Listed under:
  242. Bluetooth Controlled Toy Car using Arduino
    After developing few popular robotic projects like line follower robot, edge avoiding robot, DTMF robot, gesture controlled robot, etc. in this project we are going to develop a bluetooth controlled robo car. Here we used a Bluetooth module to control the car, and it is also…... Listed under:
  243. Servo Position Control with Weight (Force Sensor)
    In this tutorial we will develop a circuit using Force sensor, Arduino Uno and a servo motor. It will be a servo control system where the servo shaft position is determined by the weight present on the force sensor. Before going any further let’s talk…... Listed under:
  244. How to establish UART communication between ATmega8 and Arduino Uno?
    Here we are going to establish a communication between an ATmega8 microcontroller and Arduino Uno. The communication established here is UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) type. It’s serial communication. By this serial communication data can be shared between two controllers, which is a required in various embedded system…... Listed under:
  245. WiFi Controlled Robot using Arduino
    There are many types of Robots, from the simple ones like a Toy car to the advanced ones like industrial Robots. We have already covered many types of Robots using different technologies, have a look at them: Line Follower Robot using 8051 Microcontroller Line Follower…... Listed under:
  246. Arduino Solar Day Night Controller
    Introduction This is an Arduino controlled light sensing switching unit. Its main use is to control solar lights to turn on when it is dark outside, but it can work in many more applications. This guide will walk you through every aspect of the building…... Listed under:
  247. Capacitance Meter using Arduino
    When we come across circuit boards which are previously designed or we take out one from old TV or computer, in attempt to repair it. And sometimes we need to know the capacitance of particular capacitor in the board to eliminate the fault. Then we…... Listed under:
  248. GUI Based Home Automation System using Arduino and MATLAB
    We all are familiar with the word ‘Automation’, where the human interaction is minimal and things can be controlled automatically or remotely. Home automation is very popular and demanding concept in the field of Electronics, and we are also making our best efforts to make…... Listed under:
  249. Arduino GPS Clock
    There are many GPS satellites around the Earth which are used to provide the exact location of any place. Along with the location coordinates (Latitude and Longitude), it also provide other data like time, date, altitude, direction tracking angle etc. We have already learned to…... Listed under: ,
  250. How to Use GPS With Arduino
    GPS is a very useful device which is used in many electronics projects and applications like vehicle tracking system, GPS Clock, Accident Detection Alert System, traffic navigation and surveillance system etc. But question is how to use the GPS and read the data from GPS? We can…... Listed under:
  251. Arduino Propeller LED Display
    You have seen Propellers in Aircrafts or in marine ships, if not in real then in movies for sure. In this session we are going to design a Propeller Display with Arduino, LEDs and a DC motor. In this Propeller Display, text will appear to…... Listed under:
  252. DIY LED VU Meter as Arduino Shield
    VU Meter or Volume Meter is very popular and fun project in Electronics. We can consider the Volume Meter as an Equalizer, which is present in the Music systems. In which we can see the dancing of LEDs according to the music, if music is loud then equalizer…... Listed under: ,
  253. Call and Message using Arduino and GSM Module
    Sometimes people find it difficult to use the GSM Module for its basic functions like calling, texting etc., specifically with the Microcontrollers. So here we are going to build a Simple Mobile Phone using Arduino, in which GSM Module is used to Make the Call,…... Listed under:
  254. DIY Smart Vacuum Cleaning Robot using Arduino
    Hi guys, are you a newbie to the world of Robotics or Electronic? OR Are you looking for a simple yet powerful project to make your friends and teachers impressed? Then this is the place. In this project we will use the power of Embedded…... Listed under:
  255. Track A Vehicle on Google Maps using Arduino, ESP8266 & GPS
    Vehicle Tracking System becomes very important now days, especially in case of stolen vehicles. If you have GPS system installed in your vehicle, you can track you Vehicle Location, and its helps police to track the Stolen Vehicles. Previously we have built similar project in…... Listed under:
  256. Make Your Own Homemade Arduino Board with ATmega328 Chip
    Arduino is an open-source development platform for engineers and hobbyists to develop electronics projects in an easy way. It consists of both a physical programmable development board (based on AVR series of microcontrollers) and a piece of software or IDE which runs on your computer and used to write and upload…... Listed under:
  257. Frequency Counter using Arduino
    Almost every electronic hobbyist must have faced a scenario where he or she must measure the frequency of signal generated by a clock or a counter or a timer.  We can use oscilloscope to do the job, but not all of us can afford an…... Listed under:
  258. Arduino Solar Tracker using LDR and Servo Motor
    In this article we are going to make a Solar Panel Tracker using Arduino, in which we will use two LDRs (Light dependent resistor) to sense the light and a servo motor to automatically rotate the solar panel in the direction of the sun light.…... Listed under:
  259. Smoke Detector using MQ2 Gas Sensor and Arduino
    Smoke Detectors are very useful in detecting smoke or fire in buildings, and so are the important safety parameters. In this DIY session, we are going to build a Smoke Detector Circuit which not only sense the smoke in the air but also reads and displays the level…... Listed under:
  260. Heart Beat Monitoring over Internet using Arduino and ThingSpeak
    In this project we are going to make a Heart Beat Detection and Monitoring System using Arduino that will detect the heart beat using the Pulse Sensor and will show the readings in BPM (Beats Per Minute) on the LCD connected to it. It will…... Listed under:
  261. Using the Android Platform to control Robots
    The popularity of android devices is attributed to their powerful capabilities which include internet connectivity, open architecture, and several other kinds of built-in sensors. Students and other software developers are increasingly using the android platform since it utilizes Java programming language which can easily be…... Listed under: ,
  262. Arduino based Automatic Plant Irrigation System with Message Alert
    Whenever we go out of town for few days, we always used to worry about our plants as they need water on regular basis. So here we are making Automatic Plant Irrigation System using Arduino, which automatically provides water to your plants and keep you updated…... Listed under:
  263. IOT based Air Pollution Monitoring System using Arduino
    In this project we are going to make an IOT Based Air Pollution Monitoring System in which we will monitor the Air Quality over a webserver using internet and will trigger a alarm when the air quality goes down beyond a certain level, means when…... Listed under:
  264. Scrolling Text Display on 8×8 LED Matrix using Arduino
    In this tutorial we are going to design an 8x8 LED Matrix Scrolling Display using Arduino Uno, which will show scrolling alphabets. 8x8 LED Matrix contains 64 LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) which are arranged in the form of a matrix, hence the name is LED…... Listed under:
  265. IOT Based Dumpster Monitoring using Arduino & ESP8266
    In this DIY, we are going to make an IOT based dumpster/garbage Monitoring System which will tell us that whether the trash can is empty or full through the webserver and you can know the status of your ‘Trash Can’ or 'Dumpsters' from anywhere in the…... Listed under:
  266. The Big Easy Stepper Motor Driver
    Stepper (or step) motors are really cool. They are perfect for automation or any time you need a motor to turn to a specific point, at a specific speed, in a specific direction. And, unlike typical motors, steppers are able to do all of this,…... Listed under:
  267. Sensing Humidity With The SHT15
    The SHT15 is a digital humidity sensor that outputs a fully calibrated humidity reading. And… because what we are measuring is actually relative humidity, and relative humidity being relative to temperature, the SHT15 has a builtin digital thermometer. This makes things much easier to work…... Listed under:
  268. MQ-3 Alcohol Sensor, Breakout Board + Arduino
    lot has happened since our last article was published and to celebrate the continuance of bildr we’ll be playing with the MQ-3 Alcohol Gas Sensor. Coupled with the SparkFun Gas Sensor Breakout Board, connecting the MQ-3 to your Arduino is a breeze. The MQ-3 is…... Listed under:
  269. Arduino + MLX90614 IR Thermometer
    Being able to sense temperature is cool… But being able to read the temperature of an object without even touching it is simply awesome. The MLX90614 is a sensor that can do just that. By reading the infrared light coming off an object, this guy…... Listed under:
  270. DIY 3X3X3 LED Cube with Arduino
    In this project we are going to design a 3x3x3 LED CUBE and connect it to Arduino UNO to get different patterns. For a beginner we will start with a simple pattern. A typical 3*3*3 LED cube connected to UNO is shown in the image above,…... Listed under:
  271. Art-duino
    We built a mini-crawler robot that draws a path behind it to make interesting designs. We chose this design for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, we experimented with attaching our other materials to the motors, and most of them were too heavy for…... Listed under:
  272. Mobile Phone Controlled Robot Car using G-Sensor and Arduino
    In this article, we are going to Control the Robot Car through the G sensor of our mobile phone and you will be able to move the Robot just by tilting the Phone. We will also use Arduino and RemoteXY app for this G-Sensor Controlled…... Listed under:
  273. Interfacing MQ2 to Arduino- Gas Sensor for Smoke-Butane-CH4 and LPG
    In this article, we are going to learn how to interface MQ2 Gas Sensor with Arduino. MQ2 is basically a general purpose gas sensor (similar to MQ5) which can sense a broad range of gases like LPG, Butane, Methane(CH4), Hydrogen and in addition to these…... Listed under:
  274. Interfacing PIR Sensor to Arduino – Connect Motion Sensor/Detector to Arduino
    In this article, we are going to learn how to interface/connect PIR Sensor or Passive Infrared Sensor to Arduino. We have written a tutorial on how to interface PIR sensor to 8051 previously in CircuitsToday! So a PIR sensor which is also known as Pyroelectric…... Listed under:
  275. Arduino and 7 Segment Display – Interfacing Tutorial
    In this article, we are publishing a tutorial on how to interface seven segment LED display to Arduino. Seven segment displays are used in many embedded system and industrial applications where the range of outputs to be shown is known beforehand. Basic 1 digit seven segment…... Listed under:
  276. LM35 and Arduino – Temperature Measurement and Display on LCD
    In this article, we are presenting a tutorial on how to interface LM35 and Arduino along with its program. Once we successfully interface arduino and lm35, we will go on to build a temperature display using arduino and a 16×2 LCD module which constantly monitors…... Listed under: ,
  277. Interfacing 8×8 LED Matrix with Arduino
    LED matrix displays can be used to display almost anything. Most modern LED sign boards uses various types of matrix boards with controllers. In this tutorial we are going to interface a single color 8×8 LED matrix with Arduino and display a few characters in…... Listed under:
  278. How to Make an LED Scrollbar
    In this tutorial, we are going to build an LED Scroll Bar as shown in the image given below. The project is designed to flash Ten LED strips ( by giving different lighting patterns for each strip) with the help of a control board. We…... Listed under:
  279. Interfacing MQ5 LPG Sensor to Arduino
    In this guide, we learn how to interface MQ5 Gas sensor (which is a generic Gas Sensor more suited to detect and determine LPG concentrations) with Arduino. In this tutorial, we are using the MQ5 Gas sensor module (which is widely available in market) .…... Listed under:
  280. Tachometer using arduino
    Tachometer is a device used for measuring the number of revolutions of an object in a given interval of time. Usually it is expressed in revolutions per minute or RPM. Earlier tachometers purely mechanical where the revolution is transferred to the tachometer through mechanical coupling…... Listed under:
  281. Programming an ATtiny w/ Arduino 1.6 (or 1.0)
    This tutorial shows you how to program an ATtiny45, ATtiny85, ATtiny44 or ATtiny84 microcontroller using the Arduino software. These are small, cheap ($2-3) microcontrollers that are convenient for running simple programs. The ATtiny45 and ATtiny85 have eight legs and are almost identical, except that the…... Listed under:
  282. Temperature logger using arduino
    Simple temperature logger using arduino (°C & °F). This project is about a simple USB temperature logging system using arduino uno and the serial monitor function in the arduino IDE. The system monitors the temperature every 2 seconds and shows it on the arduino serial monitor.…... Listed under:
  283. Gas Leakage Detector using Arduino and GSM Module with SMS Alert and Sound Alarm
    We have published lots of interesting arduino projects like GSM based Fire Alarm System , Line Following Robot, RFID Based Access Control System and many other useful projects. This time, we are publishing a highly useful home application – Gas Leakage Detector using Arduino and…... Listed under:
  284. Arduino and Python
    Talking to Arduino over a serial interface is pretty trivial in Python. On Unix-like systems you can read and write to the serial device as if it were a file, but there is also a wrapper library called pySerial that works well across all operating…... Listed under:
  285. Calibration
    This example demonstrates one techinque for calibrating sensor input. The board takes sensor readings for five seconds during the startup, and tracks the highest and lowest values it gets. These sensor readings during the first five seconds of the sketch execution define the minimum and…... Listed under:
  286. Arduino Resistance Data Logger
    I was working on a project were I needed a cheap and efficient way to log the changing resistance of a sensor while simultaneously logging the temperature. This project is similar in many respects to the other data loggers on my site. Three prototypes have…... Listed under:
  287. DS1631 – Arduino Code and Temperature Validation
    Basic information The DS1631 is a low cost, I2C interface digital thermometer popular in the maker community. Capable of providing 12-bit temperature readings over a -55°C to +125°C range. I have need for a digital thermometer in many of my projects and thought it would…... Listed under:
  288. Live Action MATLAB – Arduino data logger.
    Background I was in need of an affordable data logger for a project. I have access to MATLAB on all of my machines so it was an easy choice to build an Arduino based data logger that would easily interface with MATLAB R2014a. MATLAB is…... Listed under:
  289. Dented Joystick
    Goals:The project goals are:            Adjustable number of detents Adjustable foce threshold Software controlled damping Implementation: A brief overview: The team's design utilizes several components: Arduino Leonardo Firgelli L16-50-35-12-P actuators (2x) FSRs (4x) TI L293D H bridge MSU Eagle custom PCB print     The…... Listed under:
  290. Staircase Meets Piano
    In November 2014, we displayed our first completed project as a club, the Staircase Piano. The idea for the project was given to us by Professor Barry Brown before the club was even formed. Throughout the semester we worked towards putting the piano together for…... Listed under:
  291. LTD SMRT Project (Safe Monitored Rider Transit)
    The proposed new LTD public transportation system uses people counters on the bus system to get an accurate measure of rider tendencies across different routes at specific times. Each bus will be equipped with two sensors which will generate numeric data no larger than 4…... Listed under:
  292. Nodemcu arduino interfacing project
    A guide to getting started with the ESP8266 with the Arduino IDE This assumes that yo have a NodeMCU type board with the Silicon Labs CP2102 USB to UART Bridge. These boards are convenient because they can be connected directly to your computer for progamming…... Listed under:
  293. Using an Arduino as a Latching Relay
    I wrote this one hot week in July 2010. I've been leaving my front door ajar, to get some air through the house. Probably not a very good idea. So I thought I'd hook up an Arduino to ensure that no one takes advantage of…... Listed under:
  294. Arduino-based Graphical Heart Rate Monitor
    Introduction: Like many out there, I enjoy a good exercise session, whether it be indoors or outdoors. As part of that I purchased a Polar branded heart rate monitor, which came with a "Wearlink" chest strap and RS300Xsd receiver watch. The watch is able to…... Listed under:
  295. High-Power Control: Arduino + TIP120 Transistor
    Up until now, we have talked about working with a lot of low-power devices. Sensors, LEDs, ICs, and the like are all capable of being powered directly from your Arduino, but as many awesome 5 and 3.3v components as there are, eventually you will find…... Listed under:
  296. SunAir Solar Power Controller for Raspberry Pi and Arduino
    Ever wanted to build your own Solar Powered Raspberry Pi or Arduino system?   SunAir and SunAirPlus are 3rd Generation Solar Charging and Sun Tracking Boards designed by Dr. John C. Shovic at SwitchDoc Labs. You can use this board to power your projects and add…... Listed under:
  297. Using Arduino and Pd for musical live performance
    Connecting an Arduino microcontroller to Pd is no big problem: You can just put Firmata on your Arduino and use the Pduino library for communication on the Pd side. But sometimes Firmata is not the answer to every problem: You may want to turn on…... Listed under:
  298. Lab 8: Shift Register and Binary
    Topics: First Build The Circuit The Code Hardware Theory Overview-"Rollover Rollover" What is a Shift Register How the Arduino Controls the Shift Register Software Theory The shiftOut Function Binary Numbers Other Functions in the Code Exercise References 1. First Build It would be a really…... Listed under:
  299. Knock Detector
    Introduction For the third assignment, we decided to make a 'knock-detector' that is capable of informing the user/owner of specific events. We designed our system such that it can detect both casual knocks and knock patterns. Casual knocks could be used to inform the owner/user…... Listed under:
  300. Arduino Yun SBC adds Wifi and Linux to Leonardo features
    [Updated Sep 30] — Arduino announced the first open source Arduino hacker board with built-in WiFi, and also the first to run Linux. The $69 Arduino Yun integrates the functions of an Arduino Leonardo, featuring an Atmel ATmega32U4 microcontroller and 14 GPIO pins, with an…... Listed under:
  301. Internet Datalogging With Arduino and XBee WiFi
    Introduction Are you looking to get your data gathering project hooked into the “Internet-of-Things”? Then check out data.sparkfun.com! It makes posting data to the web as easy as constructing a URL and POSTing it to a server. I wanted to create a quick project to…... Listed under:
  302. Weather Monitor
    This Instructable shows you how to build a micro-controller based weather monitoring device. Built on the Arduino Uno board it can easily be extended and modified should you have additional sensors at hand. Main requirements: - Measure temperature (accuracy +/- 0,5 degree Kelvin) - Measure…... Listed under: , , ,
  303. Clear polycarbonate enclosures using Arduino
    So about a year ago I decided that I wanted to get into AVR microcontrollers. After ordering an AVR pocket programmer from Sparkfun , I soon realized that it was too delicate to be sitting on a workbench full of wire clippings. I knew I…... Listed under: ,
  304. Tutorial 15: Arduino Serial Thermometer
    The Arduino reads temperature from a MCP9700 temperature sensor IC and displays the temperature in the Arduino IDE serial monitor window. Also see the Arduino LCD thermometer tutorial (tutorial 14). Prerequisites Complete Tutorial 9: Using the Arduino Serial Port before attempting this tutorial. Components Besides…... Listed under:
  305. Build A Speech Controlled Quadropod Using Arduino
    This is my first post on Instructable and I am super excited to share my knowledge! My original robot post is here: Spryo SpoonTail which is just my robot showing some tricks but with a tethered control. In this Instructable I am going to show…... Listed under: ,
  306. Solar-Oriented, Arduino-Powered Clock
    This is a clock designed to keep accurate time (independent of atomic or GPS), display local sunrise, sunset and solar noon, and also adjust itself for daylight savings time. I wanted the clock to be easy to use and be flexible. The setting functions are…... Listed under: ,
  307. DIY Low Cost Arduino Mobile Development Platform
    I have wanted to build my own robot for awhile now. But after many tried and failed attempts, I was losing hope that may ever happen. I discovered that there wasn't a small, robust, super easy to add-on to, robot that was within my budget to…... Listed under: , ,
  308. APR9600 Voice Recording and Playback System with JRC286D Chip ICStation Mega 2560 Compatible Arduino
    ICStation team introduce you this APR9600 voice recording and playback system used in elevator based on the ICStation Mega2560 compatible with Arduino. It uses DC5V voltage to work. When you press the different keys, the loudspeaker will sound that which floor you arrive. This design…... Listed under:
  309. Making the TFF: a dress that gets excited when tweeted
    The idea of this dress comes from a series of tweets with online friends @shineslike and @arduinogirl.  @shineslike and I had taken a half day Arduino workshop given by @arduinogirl at the MCN 2011 conference. I was immediately inspired creatively by the sensory and interactive opportunities.…... Listed under: , , ,
  310. Magical Colour Copying Chameleon Lamp using Arduino
    In this Instructable, I will show you how to make an Arduino powered lamp that detects the colour under it and then attempts to emulate that colour. All using easy to find parts (most can be found in the Dollar store with the exception of…... Listed under: ,
  311. Ultrasonic Dimmer (Without Humming Or Buzzing Noise)
    I have been working on this project for a while and whilst it is still under development I decided to write a short guide after several requests to do so. The dimmer uses an interrupt driven XL-Maxsonar EZ1 ultrasound range finder to measure the distance…... Listed under:
  312. Rotary Emotiphone using Arduino
    Introduction The Rotary Emotiphone is a vintage rotary phone that tweets mood emoticons. It has a predefined list of 10 emoticons, each assigned to a digit, so that when you are happy / sad / drunk / etc., you pick up the handset and dial…... Listed under: , ,
  313. High Speed Photo Arduino : HighSpeeduino
    Today is High Speed Photography day ! The concept is to take a 'long' exposure photograph, 4 seconds say, in a (very) dark room (a bathroom in our case). You end up with a completely black picture, right ? If you burst a flash (about…... Listed under: ,
  314. Control Two LEDS with an Arduino and bitVoicer
    So what I want to do here is do several things with two LEDs with speech recognition I'm using bitvoicer you can get it here Step 1: Part List So I'm doing this with as little parts as I can, here's the list: Green LED…... Listed under:
  315. DIY Guide for Amblone LED Light
    In this section we will explain exactly how you can create your own Amblone setup, consisting of 3 RGB LED strips and an Arduino Mega. What do I need? To create the Amblone setup described in this guide, you will need the following: Amblone software…... Listed under:
  316. Earfingers: Hear with your hands using Arduino
    First and foremost, I must acknowledge that I am standing on the shoulders of giants, and that every giant is standing on the shoulders of giants (such as all contributors to instructables). If it weren't for the unknowably many people who had the mindfulness to…... Listed under: , ,
  317. Talking Pumpkin
    So my boss came to me one last week and said he wanted to scare the trick-or-treaters who came to his home, and the kids who would come to work during a special Halloween Walk the community does. Thus was born the talking pumpkin. In…... Listed under: , , , ,
  318. Basics of Turning your Remote Controll Vehicle into an Autonomous System (Drone) Using an Arduino
    I began this project with the objective of cheaply turning my RC helicopter into something of a UAV or at least to fit some sensors to reduce collisions and other "mis-haps." Now unfortunately at the beginning of the project i miscalculated my little helicopter's lift…... Listed under:
  319. Super Amazing Button using Arduino
    Hello Everyone. This is my very first Instructable so please go easy on me. This was more or less a test project to see if my new arduino board worked. Any friendly advice will be greatly appreciated so my future posts can be even better.…... Listed under: , ,
  320. Connect A 16×2 LCD Display To An Arduino
    Welcome to my FIRST instructable, i will show you how to connect a 16x2 lcd display to an arduino, follow these simple step by step instructions and you will have it done in no time 🙂   Tools Needed : Soldering Iron Wire Strippers Pliers…... Listed under: ,
  321. How to tweet from an Arduino using the wifi sheild
    Hey, I am a big fan of Instructables. I have consistently used it for the past 3 years and now its time for me to write one myself.Here we go. This instructable is for those who want to make some inanimate object tweet automatically. Like say for…... Listed under:
  322. Interactive Child’s Mobile using Arduino
    What can you make with fluorescent acrylic as the inspiration?  We chose to make a glow-in-the-dark baby mobile, with an accompanying toy.  This project was completed as a part of the Computing and Craft class at Olin College of Engineering. Materials: - Craft Materials: -…... Listed under: , ,
  323. Webserver for home appliances control
    This instructable describes how a simple but powerful webserver used for controlling of home appliances can be done. The hart of the circuit is the ATmega328 microcontroller. I have chose this because I wanted to use all available Arduino libraries compatible with them. The Ethernet…... Listed under:
  324. Learning Arduino basics the easy way – Part 01 “Blink” or “The Internet”
    You've bought your first Arduino or you're planning to get this great little device? Obi Wan would say: "That's good. You have taken your first step into a larger world." Same thing for me! Congratulations! You'll see, as soon as you master the basics, you'll…... Listed under:
  325. Datura 6 home automation – 2015 improvements
    News: In this latest months I've made some important fixes and improvements to the code and to the webserver of the project. See datura_mega_v19.ino for the latest code. The most functional project over internet – Use it as a complete irrigation system for your garden,…... Listed under:
  326. Analog Read Voltage using Arduino
    This example shows you how to read an analog input on Pin 0, convert the values from analogRead() into voltage, and print it out to the serial monitor.  Circuit: image developed using Fritzing. For more circuit examples, see the Fritzing project page Connect the three wires from…... Listed under: ,
  327. Build A Firefighting Robot Using Arduino
    For my project I created a robot with an attached water cannon. My mentor and I built it in a budget of around $300 (not including the necessary equipment), and it functions quite well. For the motors we used drill motors, powered by the 18…... Listed under:
  328. An animation inside a water drop by Physalia
    2000 pictures compose this piece- that is, 2000 perfect different water drops into which we mapped an animation. Droplets that behave and look strangely similar at the stage of less entropy, and become more disorderly as they splash. The final result of the piece you…... Listed under:
  329. PuttDuino putt-putt hole with Arduino
    My company has annual events where we all get together for fun - to blow off steam and have a little competition. In the past we have had softball and bowling competitions. This year someone had an inspiration: each department would build a putt-putt 'hole'…... Listed under: ,
  330. Temperature Wand using Arduino
    Most of you have heard the expression ‘Hot Air Rises’. Well, it’s true. So in your typical house, it’s going to be hotter near the ceiling than near the floor. How much hotter? Well, being a Lazy Old Geek, I wanted to know how much.…... Listed under: ,
  331. Arduino Alphabet
    This project is very interesting because it shows the sequence of all letters of our English alphabet. That is, the project generates capital letters from the A to the Z based on Arduino code and showed by an alphanumeric display.  I'm using a common cathode…... Listed under: ,
  332. Arduino based Tic Tac Toe with TV Remote
    This was my first time attending the Internet of Things Pune Group. It was such a fun learning experience! At today's meetup, Dhiraj and Nishant started out by introducing the InduinoX and Arduino Uno boards along with the Processing IDE that is used to write…... Listed under:
  333. Arduino-powered A-10 stick grip remote w/Emergency Party Button
    I came across Plama2002's "Emergency Party Button" build a while back and wanted something similar for my bar. I also had an old USAF B-8 stick grip from an A-10A that I picked up in my previous life. I figured instead of just being a…... Listed under: , ,
  334. RaspiDuinoRover – (Yet another) iPhone driven moving Raspberry Pi and Arduino rover
    Architecture RaspiDuinoRover is made of three main parts: A Raspberry Pi which receives commands from a remote device through a TCP connection, and sends these commands to an Arduino Uno through an I2C connection. The same TCP channel is used to send back the remote…... Listed under:
  335. Hear your plant make music! – Ethernet version
    This walk-through will show you how to build a sensor to monitor your plant's environment and use Stats in Sound's ERC-20 app to turn this data into music, allowing you to listen to your plant's reaction to it's environment.  For more information on this project,…... Listed under: ,
  336. Twitter garage door using the GE Choice ALERT system & Arduino
    You know that feeling of driving away from your house almost getting to work and saying "Now Did close the garage door?" .  I hate that feeling and seeked out to resolve it in the smiplest/cheapest way I could.  The starting point was of course…... Listed under: , , ,
  337. Autonomous drone that you already have in your pocket!
    In this tutorial i want to learn you something, maybe change your mind. And make autonomous drones available for everyone. Simple question is: What do you need to make your drone autonomous? . Answer: - GPS - Accelerometer - Gyroscope - Telemetry wireless system -…... Listed under:
  338. Temperature Recording Arduino Robot
    My son and myself made a little arduino robot that records temperature. He wanted me to draw a robot, I wanted to experiment with blinking LEDs relaying data so a plan was hatched. The way the LEDs work is as follows: Green = lowest temperature…... Listed under: ,
  339. TiltKey- Write by Tilting
    The TiltKey is a keyboard input device based on tilting. Based on the angle that it is tilted at, and the direction it is tilted in, you can write every letter of the alphabet, every number, and every symbol found on a standard US keyboard.…... Listed under:
  340. Gesture controlled robot using Arduino
    This gesture controlled robot uses Arduino,ADXL335 accelerometer and RF transmitter-receiver pair. We will divide the entire robot into 3 parts the transmitter,the receiver and the robot. The different gestures that have been mapped to the direction of the bot are- Hand parallel to the ground-stationary…... Listed under:
  341. Fading an LED off and on using Arduino
    Demonstrates the use of the analogWrite() function in fading an LED off and on. AnalogWrite uses pulse width modulation (PWM), turning a digital pin on and off very quickly, to create a fading effect. Circuit Connect the anode (the longer, positive leg) of your LED to digital output pin 9 on your…... Listed under: ,
  342. Computer controlled RC car with two Arduinos
    Required Parts: This project requires two Arduino boards which can be bought from http://www.adafruit.com/category/17 This project uses two Arduino Uno compatible boards. An L293D or other Dual H-Bridge Motor Driver chip will be needed to drive the motors of the RC car. This can be…... Listed under:
  343. Wing Tip Extensions for Arduino
    Greetings, One late night of web surfing I came across some 45 Degree Extension boards. Thinking to myself “Wow!” that’s cool and then I looked at the price…$27.00 before S&H. “Yikes!” I’ve been looking for an excuse to learn Eagle PCB layout software and this…... Listed under: ,
  344. RC MOOD LYTE
    RC MOOD LYTE is a commercial quality flameless light engine for heavy, everyday use in the home, restaurant, catering and hospitality industry ,a great improvement over the traditional wax candles in terms of safety and reliability features . LED Candles have No wax, No smoke,…... Listed under:
  345. Arduino Lilypad powered shooes for the visually impaired
    Anirudh Sharma, an IT Engineer from Rajasthan Technical University has developed a system that offers non-obtrusive navigation for the visually impaired . Calling it Le Chal (Hindi for ‘Take me there’), Sharma conceptualized and demonstrated the system at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab…... Listed under:
  346. Using an Arduino Uno R3 as a Game Controller
    Naturally, the Uno does not natively support keyboard strokes, unlike it's Leonardo brother. Most of Google will tell you you need to do some firmware workarounds and ATMEGA reprogramming just to get it working and the entire ordeal is a mess. If you're like me,…... Listed under:
  347. Arduino Sew Easy Wearable Shield
    Wearable computing, e-textiles, soft circuits or whatever you want to call it, is a growing field of applying technology to garments or accessories like bags, shoes or backpacks.  It is a fun and creative challenge which goes beyond just adding LED lights to fabric.  For…... Listed under: ,
  348. Binary metric clock using Arduino
    This is a very odd kind of clock, which can easily be made with simple supplies. To begin the explanation, I would like to say that I have always wanted time to be metric. 5 o'clock would be mid-day, 7:5 would be three quarters (6:00…... Listed under: ,
  349. Hard Disk Clock (HDD Clock with Arduino Uno)
    This is a fun project that can be done easily and also cheaply. In this instructable we will explain step by step how to make this beautiful POV clock. Used material: Arduino Uno, RTC modul, ULN 2003, IR diode and IR transistor (used like a…... Listed under:
  350. Home Automation Using Arduino & Autohotkey
    Its been awhile since i last posted something here. Was kinda busy with my university exams & all! Idea for this project was in my mind for very long & i don’t think anyone would’ve done this project with Autohotkey! Anyway, this is a necessity…... Listed under:
  351. Volcom RGB Desktop Light Box
    Greetings! I'm Russell Petersen. I'm an engineer, inventor, designer, fabricator, and dreamer. I'm a junior Electrical Engineer by trade, located and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. I love playing with Solid State Lighting, and came up with this idea one night. Simply stated,…... Listed under:
  352. Twist Shield for the Arduino
    This little ‘Add-on’ board allows you to 'Twist' an existing Arduino Shield 90 degree from its original footprint Twist Shield.brd42 KB Step 1: The Problem... Have you ever finished a project and then realized you stopped one step too soon? While plugging in various shields I…... Listed under: ,
  353. FTDI Vinco USB Host/Device Development Platform – also for Android & Arduino
    FTDI has announced its commitment to supporting the Android Open Accessories initiative, thus allowing engineers to realize exciting new system designs that are compatible with tablets and smartphones utilising the highly popular Android operating system. "FTDI is very excited about the new Android Open Accessories…... Listed under:
  354. Microcontrolled Farm Equipment
    Modified BaleScoop(for picking hay bales out of the field) from manual levers to arduino controlled functions. This eliminates the need for 3 sets of hydraulic hoses to only one set and operator can focus more on where they are going rather then controling the implement. This is set…... Listed under:
  355. Arduino PID Motor Controller
    INTRODUCTION : The development of high performance motor drives is very important in industrial as well as other purpose applications.  Generally all high performance motor drives use quadrature encoders and PID control because of its simplicity and precise control.  The quadrature encoder acts as a…... Listed under:
  356. Arduino Ultrasonic Parking Spotter
    For my first instructable, I'd like to present The Parking Spotter. This is not a new concept, I know. However, this build was done specifically to suit my needs/wants/materials already in my possession. Typically, a project begins with an idea, parts are then gathered, and…... Listed under: , ,
  357. ZIF socket Arduino-compatible board
    In this tutorial we make an Arduino-compatible board that holds the microcontroller in a ZIF socket. Updated 18/03/2013 Today we are going to make a different type of Arduino-compatible board, one that has a ZIF (“zero insertion force”) socket. Our reason for making this is…... Listed under: ,
  358. Bootload an ATmega Microcontroller & Build Your Own Arduino – 2
    Since you lacked the USB interface in your own Arduino board, it becomes necessary to use a homemade/ready-made USB to Serial Converter Module as an efficient and economical solution. Inexpensive and easy-to-use USB to Serial Converter modules are now widely available, such as one shown…... Listed under:
  359. Simple Remote Data Plotting using Android / Arduino / pfodApp
    Simple Remote Data Plotting using Android / Arduino / pfodApp This Instructable shows you how to plot Arduino sensor data on your Android mobile and capture it for later downloading to your computer.  These instructions are also avaliable at www.pfod.com.au No Android programming is required…... Listed under: , ,
  360. How To Make a Simple Variable Frequency Generator Using Arduino
    A frequency generator is a very handy device in electronic design, development, testing and trouble shooting. It is such a kind of device which can generate the required frequencies which can be then applied directly to the target device for testing it. There are frequency…... Listed under:
  361. Build A Fun Hackable Speaker Timer Using Arduino
    This is a fun speaker timer I made for some upcoming conferences.  It uses a 4-digit charlieplexed LED (pseudo 7-segment) display and is driven by a AVR ATMega328 or an Arduino.  It allows a default time to be set, can be paused, and will put…... Listed under:
  362. How to Build a Vibration Detector Circuit
    In this project, we will go over how to build a vibration detector circuit.This is a circuit which can detect and measure flex, touch, vibration, and shock.The sensor we will use to detect these movements is a piezo vibration sensor from Measuremenet Specialists (MEAS). The…... Listed under:
  363. Control an iPod with the Arduino
    This tutorial will describe a way of controlling an iPod remote, and thus, an easy way of getting some music and sound out of your Arduino project. The remote we used was an unofficial remote I found on the worldwide auction site for around 10…... Listed under: , ,
  364. DIY: Arduino Based Ohmmeter
    This is a project based on Arduino board which can measure the unknown resistance values and perform diode test and continuity testing. When we connect the unknown resistor on the breadboard circuit, the 16x2 LCD displays the resistor value and when we connect a diode…... Listed under:
  365. Arduino Powered Four Letter Word Generator
    Build an Arduino-powered version of the "Four Letter Word Generator" (FLW). This version generates "words" on the fly - it does not use a list. The "original" version from the 1970's used B7971 nixie alphanumeric tubes. These tubes are getting hard to find and they're…... Listed under: , ,
  366. HSM-20G Interface with Arduino Uno
    The HSM-20G is an analog humidity and temperature sensor that outputs analog voltage respects to relative humidity and temperature. However from this sensor relative humidity is found along with temperature. Relative humidity is the percentage of moistures of airs for a particular temperature [1]. Feature:…... Listed under:
  367. Real-time room temperature on your Website using Arduino
    This is how to push high resolution real-time data from Arduino-based temperature sensor to your web page without any server-side coding. Arduino is a great device for collecting, storing and transferring data from various sensors but there are times you need to make your data…... Listed under: , , , ,
  368. How To Make a PC Control Robot
    Do you ever tried to control your robot using your PC or laptop? Controlling a robot using PC or laptop is often being a fun for the student or hobbyist. Thus during this article you will be tend to learn how to control your robot…... Listed under:
  369. Arduino Controlled Nerf Vulcan
    Yes, this is exactly what the title says it is. This instructable will teach you how to control any Nerf Vulcan, with your Arduino. The provided tutorial will just shoot for 2.5 seconds, stop for 2.5 seconds, and so on. It is like a "hello…... Listed under: ,
  370. PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit Community Project#042 – Hangman Game
    Hello! It has been our Friday tradition for the past few weeks to end with a game. This week we have the Hangman game. In this game the user will be using two Pmod boards, an LCD and Button board to display outputs and generate…... Listed under:
  371. Build a big crane game using Arduino
    How to build a whole room crane game.  Based on the arcade style 'Crane Game' or 'Claw Machine'.  This is a continuation of a previus instructable titled CRANE GAME in which we built a 2-axis crane game in a door frame.  We have now added a third axis and…... Listed under: ,
  372. Battery powered device hardware design tips
    I'm working on a prototype product(Wifi motion sensor) that will be powered from a battery source, it has a mega328(arduino bootloader, with sleep mode on and wake on interrupt,and WDT in case it hangs up), a PIR motion sensor , and a CC3000 break out…... Listed under:
  373. Accelerometer powered LED dress
    Let's be honest for a moment, doesn't everyone want a dress that lights up at your very whim? No? Alright, well I do. It's pretty straightforward, though the programming gets a wee bit tricky. So pick up your pencil, sketch out a design and then we'll…... Listed under: ,
  374. Beacon
    In this tutorial you will learn how to turn any conductive surface into a capacitive touch sensor. This project illustrates how to use capacitive touch to turn on a motor (fan) and neopixel. In this example, all of the components were custom designed and built…... Listed under:
  375. Digital thermometer using arduino
    Digital thermometer using arduino and LM35. This article is about a simple three digit digital thermometer using arduino. Range of this thermometer is from 0°C to 99.9°C. There is also a provision for displaying the temperature in °F scale. Three terminal analog temperature sensor LM35…... Listed under:
  376. Making sound (noise) machines using Arduino
    As a part of being an artist in residence at Instructables, I took it upon myself to build of couple of noise machines / music boxes. My interest lies in designing objects that would enable people to explore the world of sound synthesis and for…... Listed under: , , ,
  377. Arduino powered voltmeter and temp gauge
    For a while I have been looking for a way of getting a reading of main and leisure battery voltage, and inside and outside temperature in the van. I spent ages on researching and found some bits here and there that might help, but nothing…... Listed under:
  378. Play Music using Arduino Esplora
    This example shows how to play notes on the buzzer mounted on the Arduino Esplora. Buzzers can generate different audio signals in audible frequency ranges. A note is an audio signal at a specific frequency. If you know the frequency of the notes you want…... Listed under: ,
  379. Servo Feedback Hack (free)
    This Instructable brought to you by the kind folks a Rachel's Electronics Visit  www.rachelselectronics.com  for cool electronics kits and breadouts! This hobby servo hack will add shaft position feedback by tapping into the servo's own internal potentiometer. The only parts that need are wire and…... Listed under:
  380. Make A Simple Object Tracking Robot Using Arduino
    In this tutorial I am going to post the step-by-step procedure to make a simple Object Tracking Bot. The main aim of this Bot is to follow the objects which are shown to it in 3D space i.e., x, y and z – axis (horizontal,…... Listed under:
  381. How to Send Message from GSM Module using Arduino
    The GSM stands for Global System for Mobile communications.  This is a global standard which is followed by the GSM modules inside the cellular phones which enables them to be connected with any mobile network around the globe. In certain applications the microcontroller based systems…... Listed under:
  382. RFIDuino – Using an Arduino & RFID Reader to make a puzzle GeoCache
    I enjoy both Geocaching and electronics and have made a couple of electronic puzzle caches using an Arduino. My latest creation (with the help of a fellow cacher for the code) is using an Arduino and RFID reader to make a puzzle geocache we call…... Listed under: ,
  383. Servo Motor Simulation via Arduino UNO
    Hey everyone. I hope you will be fine. As you know that last time, we had started Arduino UNO course and given you a brief introduction how to simulate the LED blinking via Arduino UNO and its implementation in proteus ISIS. Now, today we are…... Listed under:
  384. Web Client Repeating using Arduino
    This example shows you how to make repeated HTTP requests using an Ethernet shield. This example uses DNS, by assigning the Ethernet client with a MAC address, IP address, and DNS address. It connects to http://www.arduino.cc/latest.txt. The conent of the page is viewable through your…... Listed under: ,
  385. Poor Man’s Robot Base
    I've been wanting to get into robotics for awhile now, but it can cost at the very least 20 dollars to build a decent motor base, and I wasn't willing to invest that much money into it, so I made a robot base using parts…... Listed under:
  386. Temperature Display Using LCD
    Here is a Simple Temperature Display Circuit using LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). For Heat Sensor we have used IC LM35 (Precision Centigrade Temperature Sensors) whose Output voltage is linearly proportional to the Celsius (Centigrade) temperature. Output of LM35 IC is 10mv/degree centigrade for eg if…... Listed under:
  387. Arduino Based Lie Detector
    We have previously posted the the project lie detector, now here is is also a lie detector using arduino. Here is a simple tutorial to build a simple lie detector which will give visual indication through LED arrangement whether the person speaks lie or truth. The project uses a…... Listed under:
  388. Build A Easy Home Surveillance Gadget Using Arduino
    Everyone wants to keep their home secure. If zombies have swarmed your house, you want to know it's not safe to return, RIGHT? What better way to do this than to set up a surveillance system? Now it's easier than ever to have. And, you don't…... Listed under: , ,
  389. Lambda Calculus in a Can using Arduino
    You can get soup in a can. You can get bread in a can (*). Now the long wait is over! You can finally get Lambda Calculus in a can. Project LambdaCan is an amusing exercise in absurdity. It implements a reducer (interpreter) for the…... Listed under: ,
  390. Fritzing – The Ultimate Tool For Sketching Out Electronics Projects [Cross Platform]
    Despite sounding like an alcopop, Fritzing is actually an incredible bit of free software you can use to create circuit and component diagrams for use with rapid-protoyping electronics boards such as the fantastic open-source Arduino. As such, it’s open source too, entirely cross platform and…... Listed under:
  391. Make A LCD Shifter for Arduino
    The original idea was to create a library that simplify the use of IC 74HC595 between Arduino and other hardware. In this Instructable I will share this to you using as example the control of a 16x2 LCD. The example will show on the LCD…... Listed under:
  392. Arduino 7 Segment LED Display and Counter – Tutorial #8
    This is a simple 0 to 9 counter circuit constructed using Arduino! Here, a common cathode 7-segment LED display is connected to Arduino for displaying the digits. The code (Arduino sketch) allows push button increment of the counter from 0 to 9. The whole circuit…... Listed under:
  393. Temperature Sensor DS18B20
    Electronic Brick, Waterproof and other Versions NOTE: There are different-appearing versions but they work the same. This is an electronic thermometer which has high accuracy over a wide range (accurate to ±0.5°C over the range of -10°C to +85°C) (Workable from -55°C to +125°C). You…... Listed under:
  394. Playfield :: Hardware :: Flippers
    If you are contemplating building your own machine, then you probably already know a good bit about how pinball machines work. It’s basically series of electro-mechanical events where a steel ball activates a switch, which in turn fires a solenoid that drives a mechanism, sending the ball off in some other…... Listed under:
  395. StrobeDuino – Computer-controlled RGB strobe/lamp
    After experimenting with Arduino and Processing serial communication i wanted to do something cool. I had some RGB LEDs lying around so i thought about making something with them. I ended up with a strobe/lamp controlled by a Processing sketch that receives the commands from…... Listed under:
  396. Arduino – Theremin with 7 Segment LED Display
    In this instructable, I will show you how to make a simple toy that combination of the LEDs flash and Theremin. We're gonna using some basic electronics built on top of an Arduino. The basic idea of 7 Segment LED Display was from Enjoying Electronics.…... Listed under:
  397. Make A Air Cap-Sense Piano Using Arduino
    I recently got my shipment of 10 buzzers I ordered about a month ago, so as soon as I got them I was eager to make something fun with them, so I looked around a bit and searched for what to do with them, and…... Listed under: , ,
  398. Arduino multi-mode lamp with soft touch switch
    In this Arduino-based project, we will build a lamp with multiple light displays: color sequencer, dimming light, color chaser, firelight - all selected by a touch bar on the circuit board. All the functions are done in software, including the touch sensor, which is a…... Listed under: , ,
  399. The Transistor Menace – Questions regarding an Arduino rgb LED project
    I've been browsing this forum and the internet now for a couple of days and what I thought would be an easy side project turned into a (for me) quite complicated matter. I'm planning to build a mood light that consists of 12 common cathode…... Listed under:
  400. HSM-20G temperature & humidity analog sensor + Nokia5110 LCD
    Temperature and humidity measurement are always a nice addition to hobbyist projects. In my previous post, I’ve discussed the DHT11 sensor, which is capable of measuring both temperature and humidity. They are digital sensor and provide calibrated outputs with temperature and relative humidity. I’ve also…... Listed under: ,
  401. Arduino Binary Clock (hours, minutes and seconds)
    Hello everyone; I was looking for this project for a long time.  Finally I it it together with a lot of effort.  For this project you will need: [box color="#985D00" bg="#FFF8CB" font="verdana" fontsize="14 " radius="20 " border="#985D12" float="right" head="Major Components in Project" headbg="#FFEB70" headcolor="#985D00"] 1-  …... Listed under: ,
  402. Remote Controlled lunaring with Arduino
    Nothing puts the fun back into coding like watching your very own creations come to life in the physical world. Luckily, with the current glut of high-tech toys and electronic gadgets on the market, it's never been easier to experience the thrill of designing your…... Listed under:
  403. Quick and Easy Arduino Compatible H-bridge Shield
    In this instructable I will detail how I went about making a quick and easy, Arduino compatible, H-bridge shield. But first, a brief intro into what got me motivated to make it. A couple of years ago, I started wanting to learn more about micro-controllers.…... Listed under: ,
  404. PC-350: Arduino Synthesiser
    Contents Aim To create a device that takes a users input and based upon that input play sounds. I want this 'synthesiser' to be simple to play, requiring little or no skill. Therefore, allowing the user to experiment with the sounds they are producing instantly…... Listed under:
  405. Compact Protoboard Arduino type thing yea
    This ible is for the building of my small, almost matchbox size, arduino compatable board. As seen in this ible.. http://www.instructables.com/id/Pocket-Ardiuno-kit/ I experemented with the one in this ible to see how it can be impreoved, but the consept is the same and so is…... Listed under:
  406. Solar powered wireless Arduino based Geiger counter porject.
    Hello, I have plans to build myself a solar powered wireless Geiger counter using a RH Electronics Arduino IDE Geiger counter connected via a serial connection through a logic level converter to a 3.3V ATmega328P-AU Pro MCU with an ESP8266 serial WiFi tranceiver to send…... Listed under: ,
  407. Diverting surplus PV Power
    As mentioned on the Contents page, two different hardware platforms have been successfully used to support Mk2 PV Routers. [Update at 7/3/14:  Since writing this article, I have developed a new hardware platform which has been specifically designed  for this product.  The main board has…... Listed under:
  408. Pimp Your Chocolates with Arduino IDE and ATtiny13
    The idea for this project came to me on the way to the trash. I was tasked with throwing away a box that has just been emptied of its original Ferrero Rocher sweetness content by my dear wife. This was shortly after the Valentine's Day.…... Listed under: ,
  409. RS-232
    In this tutorial you will learn how to communicate with a computer using a MAX3323 single channel RS-232 driver/receiver and a software serial connection on the Arduino. A general purpose software serial tutorial can be found here. Materials needed: Computer with a terminal program installed…... Listed under:
  410. Arduino (Optic Fibre)
    I just brought a new lamp and after a week, I'm tired of looking at it randomly change colours between red, blue, green. What can you expect from a cheap lamp brought at 5$ . Looking at the lamp I realized that I could make…... Listed under: ,
  411. Arduino 2.4 GHz Spectrum Analyser
    This article describes a simple spectrum analyser for the 2.4 to 2.5 GHz Wi-Fi band. It's based on the Cypress CYWM6935 Wireless Radio Module. Although the manufacturer doesn't recommend it for new commercial projects, it is still widely available from eBay suppliers and Farnell here…... Listed under:
  412. Arduino Laser Show (adapted from NothingLabs’ Instructable)
    This project uses an Arduino, a pair of speakers, and a laser pointer to create a laser projector able to trace out designs in a dark room. To power it, I've cannibalized a PC ATX power supply capable of delivering plenty of current for the…... Listed under: ,
  413. Daox’s diy arduino thermal differential controller
    We have a great thread that contains lots of info on thermal differential controllers here. However, I wanted to start a thread dedicated to my own development of a thermal differential controller that I'll be using for my attic heat reclamation project. Tonight I setup…... Listed under:
  414. How to Deal with Noisy Neighbors with Arduino device
    My next door neighbors have recently been playing their music really loud so that I can hear it through the walls. I've gotten tired of having to bang on the walls each time to get them to quiet down, so I decided to automate some…... Listed under: ,
  415. Build a cat litter box fan with Arduino
    A hideaway cat litter box is a great way to make your apartment look like a residence for adults instead of crazy cat ladies. A hidden litter box in a cabinet, under a sink, or built in to some other furniture does a lot for…... Listed under: ,
  416. A Simple Bat Detector based shield for the Arduino Uno
    I've built a number of projects that have interfaced the output of the Simple Bat Detector with a microprocessor. The most recent was the BatLogger II. But I hadn't come up with an easy way for others to experiment with this idea ... until now.…... Listed under:
  417. How to make (and connect) a soft potentiometer
    This instructable will tell you how to make and connect a soft potentiometer to a microcontroller, in particular we will connect it to a Lilypad Arduino. In our case soft potentiometer means a potentiometer made of a textile conductive ribbon. What you need: 1. soft…... Listed under:
  418. Arduino UNO Tutorial 8 – NightLight
    In this Arduino UNO tutorial, we are going to use a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) to create a simple childrens bedroom nightlight which turns on automatically when it gets dark and turns off when it gets light. An LDR's resistance changes depending upon the amount…... Listed under:
  419. 1 LED Game with Arduino Uno and an RGB LED
    Sometimes I just have those days where I really want to make something neat with the Arduino I have lying around, but I know I don't have the patience for a more involved project that'll take more than a day or so. This is for…... Listed under:
  420. LED aquarium lighting with an Arduino based PWM timer
    I bought a small aquarium (54l) as an impulse buy and I needed some lights for it, so naturally I wanted to use LEDs. I also needed a timer for the lights. I also wanted the lights to fade in and out when they were…... Listed under:
  421. Ground Tracking LED Longboard Mod
    This mod uses a custom designed encoder on one of the wheels to track where the longboard is on the ground and light up the LEDs so that the light pattern remains stationary on the ground as the board moves over it. To make doing…... Listed under: ,
  422. Arduino Clock using Standard Clock Display
    This is a relatively simple clock to build, in terms of the hardware required and in terms of hooking up all the wires. The complexity lies in the software, which I've conveniently included as part of this instructable 🙂 This instructable illustrates a few things:…... Listed under: ,
  423. Getting Things to Talk: Arduino + LCDs
    I spent the better part of the day on Saturday doing some more basic research into connecting an Arduino and LCD for this ongoing project. For the most part, it’s pretty basic and following the wiring diagrams and tutorials online is fine. I ran into…... Listed under:
  424. TV Volume Loudness Guard using Arduino
    UPDATES Mar 05, 2013 Featured on WonderHowTo http://goo.gl/fpeVC Feb 14, 2013 Featured on LifeHacker  http://goo.gl/tx4QG Feb 13, 2013  I have updated the Arduino program in step 4 to support additional remote controls. Feb 13, 2013 Featured on Dangerous Prototypes http://goo.gl/DJcwe Feb 12, 2013 Featured on Semageek  http://goo.gl/EH58K Feb 12, 2013 Featured on…... Listed under: , ,
  425. Arduino ISP – Lazy Old Geek (LOG)
    Arduino ISP - LOG So this Lazy Old Geek (LOG) has had a lot of trouble getting Arduino bootload on Atmega chips. I couldn’t get either of these to work with Arduino UNO Rev3. http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ArduinoISP http://letsmakerobots.com/node/35649 So I developed a couple that worked for me:…... Listed under:
  426. Home Automation with Android and Arduino Yún
    The Arduino Yún is a WLAN capable development board featuring an ATMega microcontroller, as well as a separate chip running a small Linux distribution, making it a perfect candidate for home automation projects like in the picture below! This basic tutorial will show you how…... Listed under:
  427. Make an Atom Synchronised Clock from a 1950’s Slave Dial using Arduino
    One day while exploring the bric-a-brac at the markets, I stumbled across an old, Bakelite slave dial from the 1950's. Slave Dials are clock movements without the actual time keeping circuit. All they contain is the mechanism to drive the hour and minute hands, which…... Listed under: ,
  428. Make Electronic Dice using Arduino
    In this project we make electronic dice. Updated 18/03/2013 In this article you can learn how to make an electronic die (die is the singular of dice), using an ATmega328 with Arduino bootloader and a few inexpensive components. The reason for doing this is to introduce another…... Listed under: ,
  429. Arduino Knob
    Control the position of a RC (hobby) servo motor with your Arduino and a potentiometer. This example makes use of the Arduino servo library. Hardware Required Arduino Board (1) Servo Motor (1) Potentiometer hook-up wire Circuit Servo motors have three wires: power, ground, and signal.…... Listed under:
  430. Prototyping shield for Arduino Mega
    This is a down and dirty prototyping shield that will work for Arduino Mega's and there pin compatible clones. This is the first time i have made this board, but i have other projects i think this would be handy for. [box color="#985D00" bg="#FFF8CB" font="verdana"…... Listed under:
  431. LED Sun rise/set Arduino Proj
    I've been slowly working on this project for the past month or so. I finally have some time to share and post-up what I'm working on. I know there are commercial products available, but then what's the fun in that! What I want is a…... Listed under:
  432. Orange mePod
    Firstly, why would I make a music player when one can be purchased for so little and Apple iPods are so great?  Well, I'll tell you.  After several cheap MP3 clones have died due to their Lipo batteries and my cracked, inoperable screen on my…... Listed under:
  433. Remotely Controlled VGA Camera – Overview
    The idea behind this project was very straightforward: design an inexpensive remotely controlled system capable of taking still pictures and uploading them to a remote file storage with a camera to be activated by either remote commands or sensor events. And after numerous brain storms…... Listed under:
  434. Introduction: T.A.B.U. A Robot using Arduino
    To all other teens (I'm 16)  who have begun to pick up an intrest in robotics and electronics the following project will give you a great user-system to get started with. This is not for complete beginers, but after only 6 months of teaching myself…... Listed under: ,
  435. DIY Thermal Differential Controller – Part 4: Building Your Own
    In our last episode, I explained how I redesigned the controller from what I first thought I was going to do. Now, I am going to explain how to make your own thermal differential controller based on mine. As it is, this setup will only…... Listed under:
  436. CustomKeys using an Arduino
    CustomKeys is a customizable, Arduino-based, polyphonic synthesizer. The CustomKeys keyboard uses capacitive touch sensing - each key is made of a conductive material which, when touched, signals the synthesizer to emit a tone from the speaker. The CustomKeys library allows the user to choose an…... Listed under: ,
  437. Nerd++: Controlling Dioder RGB LED Strips with Arduino, Pt. 1 – Getting Started
    A few weeks ago, it came to my attention that IKEA do a set of colour-changeable LED strips. I’ve been looking for a decent way of providing some lighting behind my computer to reduce eye-strain for a long time, and these seemed perfect: I was…... Listed under:
  438. DIY- G-force measurement system
    So this time around, it’s another fun and functional microcontroller based DIY, a g-force measurement system with data logging to SD card. HARDWARE USED: 1) Arduino UNO w/ATmega328P 2) 3-axis accelerometer breakout 3) SD card 4) SD card breakout w/level shifting circuit 5) LED HOW…... Listed under: ,
  439. Autonomous Robot Part 3: Ghosty
    Introduction Ghosty is an autonomous little robot who is adventurous and loves to explore his surroundings. However, unlike a normal ghost, he doesn’t like to scare people. Instead they actually scare him! In our most current version of Ghosty, his vision line is based on…... Listed under:
  440. Animatronic Stargate helmet using Arduino
    I love the movie Stargate and when I first saw it I immediately knew I wanted to make one of the super cool Horus guard helmets. I had sketched multiple designs over the years and figured out several different methods for building it but rejected…... Listed under: , ,
  441. Arduino BICMOS Curve Tracer
    Draw curve traces for both Bipolar and CMOS transistors using this hardware and free online software. Step 1: Upload and Plot Curve for NPN, PNP, NMOS, and PMOS The data for the transistor curves gets uploaded into any computer and can be plotted using SciLab…... Listed under:
  442. Arduino Laser Security Shield
    *** I AM THIRTEEN. I REALLY ENJOY PUTTING TOGETHER THESE INSTRUCTABLES. PLEASE SHOW SUPPORT BY VOTING FOR ME IN THE LASER CUTTER CONTEST - http://www.instructables.com/contest/epilog3/*** I started thinking about this project a couple of months ago now. A laser tripwire that can log when the…... Listed under: ,
  443. Arduino-based AVR High Voltage Programmer
    Update 01/02/09: A PCB version of this circuit is in the design stages – some preliminary information is here. Update 03/11/09: Kits based on this design are now for sale! Update 12/14/10: The original AVR HV Rescue Shield kit has been replaced by the new…... Listed under:
  444. SP0256-AL2 Speech With Arduino
    Here's the Arduino version of a project to use the General Instruments (GI) SP0256-AL2 vintage speech synthesis chip to say "hello world". I'd previously shown how to do this with a Basic Stamp 2. Here's what it sounds like saying, "hello world" 20101215_164333.mp3 How it…... Listed under:
  445. Si4707 Hookup Guide
    Introduction Weather-band radio is an awesome public service provided in the US, Canada, and Bermuda. With hundreds of transmitting stations dotting the country, weather radio acts as the “voice of NOAA” (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). In addition to spouting out weather forecasts, weather radio…... Listed under:
  446. Arduino UNO Tutorial 6 – Rotary Encoder
    We have written a tutorial for Rotary Encoders using a Microchip microcontroller but now would be a good time to make an Arduino UNO version. With a rotary encoder we have two square wave outputs (A and B) which are 90 degrees out of phase…... Listed under:
  447. Arduino LEDs
    Description In this tutorial you will set up and turn on a single LED. Note that this code can actually be executed with just the Arduino and no other components as in Figure 5. If you notice, next to pin 13 is a tiny LED…... Listed under:
  448. Arduino Leonardo AVR Development Board
    Arduino Leonardo AVR Development Board is a microcontroller board based on the Atmel ATmega32u4. It offers 20 digital IOs (of which 7 can be used as PWM outputs and 12 as analog inputs), a 16MHz crystal oscillator, a micro USB connection, a power jack, an…... Listed under:
  449. Android Phone Controlled Robot using Arduino
    The Android phone that stays in your hand most of the time is useful in many other applications apart from Whatsapp, Facebook; appliances; monitor your health parameters. How it would be if it can control a Robot, which can assist in your daily work. With…... Listed under: ,
  450. Sending MIDI Messages
    Introduction If you completed any of the buzzer projects, you will know by now that there is much fun to be had in making the Arduino create noises. The only issue you might have had is with the quality of the sound. Since MIDI is…... Listed under:
  451. Servo powered peristaltic pump controlled by Arduino
    This instructable shows you how to make a pump using a servo motor and an Arduino Uno to transfer small amounts of liquids. The pump is a peristaltic pump which consists mainly of a motor, flexible tubing and a circular pump casing. Two rollers attached…... Listed under:
  452. Use A Simple Cheap Webcam To Make DIY Microscope
    This Project Is A Part Of The Afrimakers Event http://www.afrimakers.org/ Introduction We used a simple cheap webcam to make a microscope. In short, a small hack to the optics of a standard webcam with an adjustable focus-lens, allows to create video data, with a magnification…... Listed under:
  453. Temperature Sensor v2.0
    Overview This board allows you to use a thermistor to measure the temperature of something. It is designed to be used to measure things in the range of 100C - 300C, but with the proper calibration and resistors, it can be adapted to any temperature…... Listed under:
  454. PhysComp: Mid-term Project – Instagram TUI – prototyping the interactive elements using Arduino
    The physical interface will consist of a 3×3 grid of push buttons that will correspond to a 3×3 grid of images in the Processing program.  Instead of a creating a 2D array of variables to correspond to the buttons’ postions in the grid, each location…... Listed under:
  455. Brushless DC (BLDC) motor with Arduino – Part 2. Circuit and Software
    In this post I will describe the hardware and the software part of a project involving the use of BLDC (Brushless DC) motor salvaged from a broken XBox 360. This is a second installment in the series of posts related to Arduino and brushless DC…... Listed under:
  456. Digital to Analogue Converter (DAC) DAC Theory
    A digital to analogue converter takes a series of digital inputs (a string of 1s and 0s, in our case there will be 8 of them like 10011001) and converts it into an analogue output. You see DACs in every digital audio device (MP3 players,…... Listed under:
  457. The DIY Arduino Telescope GOTO control project
    Why make your own Arduino control system? After completing my homemade telescope mount it was powered by a Meade DS motor kit. This system was extremely slow, underpowered and unreliable. It was also impossible for me to change the programming or maintain the system. I…... Listed under:
  458. Remote Controlled Switching
    Vision The aim of our project is to be able to control a electrical switching process using a remote. The idea is to come up with an alternative to the conventional electric switch boards, using a wireless control mechanism, in an economic way. In other…... Listed under:
  459. Make An Motor Shield For Arduino
    We are not the first to make an Motor Shield for Arduino.  But could be that we are the first that make a Motor Shield with a minimum of flexibility. We are studing a WiFi robot with camera controlled by Arduino. The robot will be…... Listed under:
  460. Mobile Controlled Automation Using Arduino
    By this mobile controlled automation using Arduino you can perform switching operation of any load or device which is connected with the circuit. Before some days i posted about DTMF tone in mobile communication. Here i am using DTMF tone in this project. Visit following…... Listed under:
  461. Toaster Oven Reflow Technique
    Introduction This page describes how to reflow solder surface mount printed circuits using a cheap toaster oven. It owes a great deal to Nophead's Cooking with Hydraraptor blog post. The picture shows Sally Bowyer (Director, RepRapPro Ltd) preparing components for soldering in the oven. For…... Listed under:
  462. Small Arduino DMX controller
    In this post we show you how to make a small and useful Arduino DMX512 controller, which can use by example to handle a smoke machine with DMX, or as test equipment, etc… We can use Arduino Mega, Arduino UNO, and other with small changes.…... Listed under:
  463. Control a Furby with Arduino (or other microcontroller)
    The Million Dollar Furby: We can rebuild him. We have the technology. Continued from the previous Instructable where we excised Furby's primitive brain , it's now time to replace it with something greater. This Instructable will detail how to install a new microcontroller in place…... Listed under:
  464. Arduino Tri-colour LED Flasher Circuit
    This simple tri-colour LED flasher circuit is great for beginners. The three pin tri-colour LED is controller by an Arduino Uno and changed between three colours. This video shows the Arduino running a sketch that controls the tri-colour LED. Circuit Diagram for the Arduino Tri-colour…... Listed under:
  465. Tutorial 19: Arduino Dice Circuit And Sketch Using A 7-Segment Display
    In this tutorial you will build a dice that is shaken by holding the button in and thrown by releasing the button. The shake, throw and number thrown are animated and displayed on a seven segment display. A 74HC595 IC is used to interface the…... Listed under:
  466. Blink An LED Using Arduino
    This example shows the simplest thing you can do with an Arduino to see physical output: it blinks an LED. Hardware Required Arduino Board LED Resistor, anything between 220 ohm to 1K ohm Circuit To build the circuit, connect one end of the resistor to…... Listed under:
  467. Tutorial 16: Arduino Clock
    In this tutorial, the Arduino displays the time and date on a LCD (optional) and in the Arduino IDE serial monitor window. A PCF8563 real time clock (RTC) IC is used to generate the time and date. The time and date can be set using…... Listed under:
  468. The Arduino Microprocessor Miniterm Project Pages: keattsd
    Navigation LCD_driver.c LCD_driver.h LCD_driver.h.out ball12d.php bojia.c bojia.c.out chenb.php doyler.php ellwangerk.php foo.txt frickd.php gamblec.php hurleyg.php keattsd.php littletonj.php panuskip.php parsonstc.php schrodere.php Here is keattsd Bluetooth SNES Controller Supplies I used the following supplies for my mini-term project: Arduino Uno microcontroller RN-42 bluetooth module USB A to B…... Listed under: ,
  469. Magic Light (Capacitance Sensor, First Arduino Project)
    This was my very first arduino project.  Its great for beginners. Fade the color or the lights my moving your hands near it.  It fades from a pretty purple blue to a firey red-orange. Its was SUPER easy to build, not to hard to write…... Listed under:
  470. Temperature Sensing using DS18B20 Digital Sensors
    Note: When referring to Arduino below, this works in the same way on the emonTx which is arduino-based. The DS18B20 is a small thermometer with a built in 12bit ADC; it can be easily connected to Arduino digital input. The sensor communicates over a one-wire…... Listed under:
  471. Arduino Tiny Relay Shield Project
    In this Arduino project, you will build a small relay shield from stripboard. The shield can have one or two relays fitted to it. Connect the Arduino and relay shield to your PC via a USB cable. Download the PC software and use it to…... Listed under:
  472. Arduino Platform – Interrupts Introduction
    Introduction This is my second article relating to the Arduino Microprocessor Platform. The first one was a simple implementation of the SIMON game using the Arduino. The article can be found here. For an introduction to the Arduino Hardware, see jeffb42's excellent articles, as there…... Listed under:
  473. Open Source Home Automation Project using Arduino UNO + Ethernet Shield
    This is Open Source Home Automation Project based on Arduino Uno and Arduino Wiznet based Ethernet shield. How Does it Work The main brain for this project is Arduino UNO Board along with Arduino Ethernet Shield to give it a wireless connectivity.Arduino runs a code…... Listed under:
  474. How To Connect A Buzzer To An Arduino
    This article and circuit diagram show how to connect a buzzer to an Arduino when the buzzer operates at a different voltage to the Arduino. The buzzer may operate at 9V, 12V or some other voltage. Arduinos such as the Arduino Uno operate from 5V.…... Listed under:
  475. Thermal Camera: Arduino UNO + MLX90614 IR Thermometer
    I  did the following steps: 1) Hardware: Connect the MLX90614 (refer to the datasheet) as follows: Pin 1 on MLX (SCL) connect to ANALOG pin 5 on Arduino Pin 2 on MLX (SDA) connect to ANALOG pin 4 on Arduino Pin 3 on MLX (VDD)…... Listed under:
  476. Arduino MicroBot Project
    Steps On the breadboard, build two bi-directional motor control circuits (also known as "H-bridge") circuits. These circuits will control the two DC motors that drive the wheels. Each circuit will have two wires from the Arduino (one for forward, one for backward) to control the…... Listed under:
  477. Blinkenlights
    Topics: Overview Hardware A Basic Schematic Diagram Resistors Reading Resistor Values Putting it Together Trying it out! More on Resistors and LEDs Software Comments Variables Procedures References Project 1.Overview As mentioned earlier, Arduino consists of two major parts: the hardware (the Arduino board) and the…... Listed under:
  478. GPS and GSM based Vehicle Tracking System Using Arduino
    This circuit is designed for tracking the location of vehicles. Most oftracking systems are made by using GPS. This is very simple and cheap. Tracking systems are mostly used by fleet operators for tracking a vehicle location, routing and others. This is a very good…... Listed under:
  479. Real Time GPS Tracker with Integrated Google Maps
    This project describes how you can build a mobile real time GPS tracker with integrated Google Maps. I began this project mainly to see if I can integrate all the different pieces of hardware and software to make a workable solution, and it took some…... Listed under:
  480. ArduDroid: A Simple 2-Way Bluetooth-based Android Controller for Arduino
    UPDATES  October 30, 2013 - 7PM (GMT+2) The new official name for this app is ArduDroid and it can be installed from Google Play. I changed the name to avoid a naming conflict with another app.   September 15, 2013: I Have won a Nexus…... Listed under:
  481. Build An Audible Memory Chest [Instructables How-To]
    If you’re a fan of the Harry Potter series then we also bet you were pretty taken with Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore’s pensive—the magical object that could not only store memories, but actually let people fall into and re-experience the events. This week’s Instructables How-To from…... Listed under:
  482. General Purpose Input Output Arduino Shield
    This example shows technique for calibrating sensor input and shows the sensor outputs by controlling LEDs and SSD, also shows how to monitor the state of a switch. Hardware Required 8 LEDS 2 push button switches 2 sliding switches 4-SSD with MAX7221/7219 LM35 Speaker Circuit…... Listed under:
  483. Stage 4: Complete Beginner’s Guide For Arduino Hardware Platform For DIY
    Contents 1. Background 2. Setting up Arduino Development Environment 3. Arduino Power Management 3.1 Powering Up Arduino Board 3.2 Output Power of Arduino 4. Indicators And Switches 4.1 LED 4.1.1 Working With Onboard LED 4.1.2 Connecting and Controlling External LED 4.2 Buzzer 4.3 Switches 5.…... Listed under:
  484. Arduino project: USB foot-operated mouse switch
    This foot pedal plugs into the Arduino case which plugs into your PC via microUSB cable. Arduino microcontrollers can easily be used to power fun projects like robots and even sending tweets to Twitter but they’re versatile enough to turn up in the strangest of…... Listed under:
  485. Stream support for the Arduino MQTT library
    MQTT is a lightweight messaging protocol for the Internet of Things. This post details the use of Stream support for large payload storage in the Arduino MQTT library. MQTT is a lightweight protocol, but that doesn't mean that the payloads have to be small. The…... Listed under:
  486. Technical Details of Logging Seawater Temperature
    Block Diagram This diagram shows the basic components required for collecting temperature readings from seawater and transmitting the data to a base station where it can be collated into a database for analysis. To the left is a schematic of 10 temperature sensors, spaced 1…... Listed under:
  487. Modifying an Arduino Mega and chipKIT Max32 for 5V Operation
    Max's Arduino Mega and chipKIT Max32 both require 9V external supplies, but he really wishes to power them from a single 5V supply. Well, nothing is simple, is it? I ran into a minor "gotcha" with regard to my Bodacious Acoustic Diagnostic Astoundingly Superior Spectromatic…... Listed under:
  488. Arduino Projects: Wireless Arduino
    Long-time readers will know I’m not one to promote trendy marketing phrases and certainly ‘Internet of Things’ or ‘IoT’ is right up there with the best (worst) of them. But the concept behind the phrase is worth understanding as it drives the next generation of…... Listed under:
  489. Making a RFID Card Reader with Arduino Yún
    Surya Mattu is a creative technologist who loves to make things. He’s based in NYC and working at ITP, a two-year graduate program exploring the imaginative use of communications technologies. Today he’s sharing with us how feasible it could be to build an RFID-controlled entry…... Listed under:
  490. Arduino Project 6: Web-controlled music player
    Our NetPlay project is built on a standard breadboard. In our previous Arduino masterclass we briefly introduced the Ethernet Shield an Arduino expansion board that adds Ethernet connectivity plus microSD card storage. We used that storage as the basis of a simple one-button digital audio…... Listed under:
  491. Simulating and controlling GE Color Effects Lights with Arduino
    Overview This project builds a Christmas lights controller for the GE Color Effects lights allowing programmed control of up to 8 sets of Christmas lights. Furthermore, it provides a function specific language for programming patterns for these lights and an emulation environment for testing the…... Listed under:
  492. Arduino Project 8: Stompy the robot (part 1)
    Our first Arduino robot called Rolly in our February issue proved to be a popular project. Powered by an Arduino Uno board it was easy to put together and cost very little. In this project we upped the ante again with our first walking robot…... Listed under:
  493. Tutorial: Arduino Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield – Part 1: Servos
    This post starts a small (or larger?) series of tutorials using the Arduino Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield with the FRDM-KL25Z board. That motor shield is probably one of the most versatile on the market, and features 2 servo and 4 motor connectors for DC or stepper motors.…... Listed under:
  494. Communication between a USB/serial device and an AVR (atmega/Arduino) microcontroller
    I have a device which provides a USB port. If I attach it to a Windows PC it is recognized as a "CP2103 USB to UART Bridge Controller". According to the device documentation, it should communicate in serial format at 38400bps.I have to talk to…... Listed under:
  495. Store Arduino data to Firebase database [Howto]
    The last few weeks I was playing with Firebase mostly because I wanted to get familiar with this technology. So at some point I thought that it will be a great idea to connect Arduino with Firebase. Imagine that you have a simple temperature sensor…... Listed under:
  496. New Arduino Project: Spectrum Analyzer?
    I've been reading a lot about receivers, and it sounds like one important thing is filtering. It makes sense too - simple receivers can suffer from front end overload due to a strong signal.  And when on the ham bands, you never know where that…... Listed under:
  497. Arduino Projects: Digital Audio Recorder
    Being able to capture sound, store it and play it over and over again never fails to leave me in awe of its pioneers, from Thomas Edison to Alan Blumlein, the British electrical engineer who, in 1931, invented ‘binaural recording’ – what we now call…... Listed under:
  498. Indoor Weather Station using Arduino
    Introduction In my first article using the Arduino 2009 board, I described a simple temperature sensor interfaced using Visual Basic. I have developed the board and Visual Basic code to give a fairly usable indoor weather station. Overall Operation The Arduino 2009 acts as a…... Listed under:
  499. Develop A Arduino Weatherstation
    At University, Alexander Zenger and I decided to realize a weatherstation with an Arduino Microcontroller. We wanted to measure temperature, pressure and humidity. It should be also possible to get every 5 min a value update on an external server. Our basic idea was to…... Listed under:
  500. Arduino and Android Projects for the Evil Genius
    Since this book was written, Arduino 1.0 was released and Google has changed the Open Accessory standard a lot. At the start of December 2011 Arduino 1.0 was released. This changed a few things, requiring all third-party libraries to be updated. This hasn’t happened yet…... Listed under:
  501. 1B – Arduino Project – Perry the Predator Pillow
    The Team Kaitlin Schaer as scribe; Bryan Gardiner as tutor; Ruben Markowitz as designer; Anna Failla as integrator Introduction In a time where the logistics of sleep can be all too much to handle, there is a solution! There is a smarter pillow, a pillow that…... Listed under:
  502. Add a TFT Display to your Arduino projects (1.8 TFT SPI 128×160)
    In all my arduino projects I was using cheap 1602 LCDs mostly because… they are cheap but also of the libraries flexibility.  Recently I found a nice TFT 1.8 inch 128×160 in a very competitive price and i thought to give it a go.  Just…... Listed under:
  503. The E-Taster Assistance System with Lab-on-Spoon and Lab-on Fork as ‘Electronic Tongues’
    Subject: Daily life activities of food preparation can be challenging for consumers due to restricted skills and experience, loss of perceptive abilities (accident/aging) or due to product fraud and contaminations, commonly summarized under the term of food adulteration, which are exceeding human perceptive abilities in…... Listed under:
  504. Interfacing an Arduino with LCDs
    Introduction This is the second article in a three part series I am writing on the Arduino hardware platform. This article focuses on wiring an Arduino to a character LCD and a graphic LCD, and includes static and animated demos to show off the capabilities…... Listed under: ,
  505. Midi VU meter, LM3914, Arduino, PWM
    Hello everybody, I've been working on a midi controller for some time now, Midi OUT hasn't been a problem, but for Midi IN i had to take some more time. i've used this circuit for midi input but i've used a 4n25: original thread @…... Listed under:
  506. Arduino Event-Driven Universal AV Remote
    TL;DR - I wanted all of my AV components to turn on and change inputs as soon as I started Airplaying music to my Apple TV from my iPhone, so I popped open the Apple TV, wired up a photocell sensor to an Arduino Uno,…... Listed under:
  507. Android Arduino Communication through Modbus and Rs485
    In this post I’d like to describe you a project I’m working on that consists of connecting an Android development board to one (or more) Arduino slave(s) using modbus protocol and rs485. Even though the idea of this project could be applied in many fields,…... Listed under:
  508. Safe and simple AC PWM Dimmer for arduino / Raspberry pi
    Dimmer With  MOSFET This circuit shows that dimmers intended for use at mains voltage do not always have to contain a triac. Here, a MOSFET (BUZ41A, 500 V/4.5A) in a diode bridge is used to control the voltage across an incandescent bulb with pulse-width modulation…... Listed under:
  509. Ultrasonic sensor arduino mega with code
    This is a simple guide on how to make a Ultrasonic sensor arduino mega with code, an HC-SRO4 Ultrasonic Sensor, a Buzzer, and some leds.  The ultimate goal of this tutorial is to use the buzzer and LEDs to display how far the object is…... Listed under:
  510. Displaying Arduino data
    Arduino temperature display I’ve had an Arduino-based weather station since June 2009, but one problem with it has been that there hasn’t been any easy way to display the data in real time without going to the database (or the raw import files) to see…... Listed under:
  511. Arduino – Cannot get ECG readings from heart, but I do when I poke at the leads
    down vote favorite I have a minor issue with my ECG. When I poke at the leads, I get a reading. But when I hold the leads or place it near my heart, I don't get anything. I'm pretty sure this is hardware related, but…... Listed under:
  512. Pololu Wixel Shield for Arduino User’s Guide
    1. Overview The Wixel shield seamlessly enables a wireless link (with a typical range of ~50 feet) to replace your Arduino’s USB interface, which means you can use the standard Arduino computer software to: wirelessly program the Arduino (this feature is not available with the Arduino…... Listed under:
  513. Stepper Motor Control System Based On Arduino With ULN2003 Chip
    Project Summary: This project uses ULN2003 chip to drive. The working voltage is DC5V. It is widely used on ATM machine, inkjet printer,cutting plotter, fax machine,spraying equipment, medical instruments and equipments, PC peripheral, and USB Mass Storage ,precise instrument,industrial control system,office automation,robot areas,etc. Bill of…... Listed under:
  514. How to make a Arduino LED Scroll Bar
    Today I want to make a LED Scroll Bar as the above picture showed. Ten LED strips can flash in different effects by using a control board. Required Components LED strip, Arduino Nano, Dupont line and a control board. So, how to make a LED…... Listed under:
  515. Traffic light and pedestrian crossing implemented with an Arduino
    This video shows the Traffic light and pedestrian crossing I’ve implemented with an Arduino. It’s a reproduction of the crossing near my home, timings taken from a video of it. Incidentally, I produced the diagrams for this using a product called Fritzing.  It’s a nifty piece of…... Listed under:
  516. Build A Rain Alarm Project Using Arduino
    Water is basic need in every one’s life. Saving and proper usage of water is very important. Here is an easy project which will give the alarm when there is rain, so that we can make some actions and save the rain water. As a…... Listed under:
  517. RC Quadrotor Helicopter
    This project is a RC quadrotor helicopter (quadrocopter, quadcopter, quadricopter, etc). It's a RC helicopter that uses 4 rotors. You need some pre-requisite skills: How to use Arduino, enough to get started Soldering, wiring, basic electronic skills Basic hand tool operation A quadrotor helicopter flies…... Listed under:
  518. [FTC] Open Feathercoin ATM
    Open Fethercoin ATM is an open-source automated teller machine for education and experimentation. Based on John Mayo Smith’s OpenBitcoinATM which can be seen in action here A “voucher” is printed containing a private key QR Code that has been pre-loaded with the correct value of…... Listed under:
  519. Scooterputer
    I spend a fair amount of time zipping around town on my scooter, and thought it would be cool to add a voltage monitor to warn when the battery might need recharging. Waiting until the electric starter no longer works is somehow lacking. So after…... Listed under:
  520. Arduino Tutorial – Chapter 2.3: Schematic and Breadboard Diagrams
    Schematic Diagram You may remember, if you studied electronics as part of your science course at school, that there is a specific way of drawing circuit diagrams. Each component has a particular symbol (which may vary slightly depending where in the world you live) that…... Listed under: ,
  521. The LCDuino-1 I/O processor
    News - April 25, 2010: All future announcements and updates for the LCDuino-1 and related app modules (δ1 relay-based attenuator, δ2 relay-based input/output selector, and others) have moved to the new AMB DIY audio forum. We have an entire forum category dedicated to the LCDuino…... Listed under:
  522. Web Server with Two Temperature Gauges
    This project consists of two temperatures that are measured by the Arduino using two MCP9700 temperature sensors An Arduino Uno and Ethernet shield are set up as a web server that hosts a web page to display the two temperatures on two gauges. The web…... Listed under:
  523. How to Text Yourself when your DSC PC1550 Home Security System Alarms
    I have a home security system that was installed when my home was built in the early 1990’s. It is, or was until I modified it, a wired perimeter system with a single wired motion detector. The system is a DSC PC1550 and originally was…... Listed under:
  524. A lightning flash counter
    Many years ago, I think it was in 1997, I stepped into an interesting circuit on a book about high voltage [1]. It was the diagram of a simple "lightning flash counter" intended to help in designing lightning protections on power lines. The description was…... Listed under:
  525. Using an Arduino as a garage car parking sensor
    “M-my lord, it-it’s impossible to locate the ship. It’s out of our range.” – Nute Gunray We recently moved into a new house and as always the first problem to address was finding the optimal place to park cars in the garage. Ideally, we wanted…... Listed under:
  526. Gesture control car(robot) with Arduino and Android(bluetooth)
    Hi folks, Here's an interesting project for all you creative minds out there. We are going to build an android phone controlled RC car. Nothing could be more fascinating than remote controlled cars. This one uses Bluetooth for communication and accelerometer of the mobile device…... Listed under: ,
  527. GSM Home Security Alarm System with Arduino
    This project deals with the design & development of a theft control system for home, which is being used to prevent/control any theft attempt. The developed system makes use of an embedded system (comprises an open hardware microcontroller and a gsm modem) based on Global…... Listed under: ,
  528. Arduino RFID Reader RC522 + Access Control System
    I just received my RC522 RFID reader and made this simple Arduino access control system that uses the reader, a buzzer for the alarm and a relay shield for the security system. The relay can be used to open a door lock and if you…... Listed under:
  529. Fun With The Arduino Esplora: A Digital Picture Frame
    With this article I kick off my series on the Arduino Esplora board. Today's project is a nice (and cheap!) little digital picture frame that uses the Esplora's TFT Screen add-on. Materials Needed In this section you will find the materials that you need to…... Listed under:
  530. Rotary Encoder & Arduino
    I am not sure, but it was in year 1999, a non-stop (360 degree rotation) potentiometer found in a stereo music system confused me a lot. At that time, I failed to keyed out the strange potentiometer manufactured by ALPS. Later, I learned that it’s…... Listed under:
  531. Arduino based Bi-color LED Matrix Flappy Bird Game
    We have built quite a few projects using the Bi-color (Red and Green) LED Matrix Driver Module kits from jolliFactory and have published them as instructables here. Each of these modules uses two MAX7219 Display Driver ICs to drive a Bi-color LED Matrix. These ICs…... Listed under:
  532. Arduino based Electronic Queuing System
    This is a Queuing System project requested by a clinic asistant which allows the doctor enter number from a keyboard and display it on a 32x16 LED panel. This project uses two Arduino, the first Arduino functioned as a SENDER which included a PS2 keyboard…... Listed under:
  533. Digital Arduino Voltmeter with Temperature
    Step 1: The case I dug out an appropriate case from the dumpster, milled out a rectangular hole for the lcd, and drilled holes to mount the LCD and the Arduino. I used brass standoffs and fiber washers to prevent shorts. Then I gave the…... Listed under:
  534. Learning Sequential Logic Design for a Digital Clock
    This instructable is for two purposes 1) to understand and learn the fundamentals of sequential logic 2) use that knowledge to create a digital clock. Digital clocks have been built by countless electronics hobbyists over the world. So why have I chosen to implement that?…... Listed under:
  535. Homebrew Arduino Pulse Monitor (Visualize Your Heartbeat)
    Movies look cool with those EKG (electrocardiogram), the one that beeps and detects heart activities. A few months ago, we had to shoot a hospital scene for our school project. We needed an EKG instrument. To keep the movie authentic, we didn't want to fake…... Listed under:
  536. How to Build a (Piezo) Knock Sensor Circuit
    In this article, we go over how to build a piezo knock sensor circuit. A knock sensor is a sensor which produces a voltage in response to some type of physical stress such as a knock or vibration. This is why it's called a knock…... Listed under: ,
  537. Simulating Logic Gates
    Introduction This project is a simple way of using the Arduino to simulate the behaviour of logic gates. Logic gates are explained on this page. The project does not actually carry out the function of the logic gate, just turns a light on or off…... Listed under:
  538. Tri-State Logic
    Introduction So far we have sent one of two values to any Arduino output pin, either HIGH or LOW. This project shows how we can exploit a third state of the Arduino pins to reduce the number of pins needed to control LEDs. In the…... Listed under:
  539. Make A Coin slot detector Using Arduino
    When your coin slot is exposed, this wearable hip-pack vibrates that area to make you aware of it. You decide to cover up, or let it all hang out. The coin slot detector is a simple way to tackle the complicated modern problem low-rise jeans…... Listed under:
  540. Polargraph Drawing Machine
    This machine, a variation on the hanging-pen plotter is a conspicuous and wilfully naive attempt to break out of the pristine, pixel perfect, colour-corrected space that exists inside our computers. It's a drawing machine, that takes a pen (a human tool) and uses it to…... Listed under:
  541. Turn your Arduino into a Magnetic Card Reader!
    Everyone has used a magnetic card reader, I believe. I mean, who carries cash these days? They're not difficult to get your hands on, either, and during a trip to my favorite local electronics shop, I found a bin full of these guys. So....of course,…... Listed under:
  542. Arduino Sous-Vide Cooker
    Sous-vide cooking allows you to precisely control the temperature of cooked food (how "doneness" is measured) by immersing it in a carefully controlled water bath. It's possible, but seriously difficult, to do this just with a thermometer and a pot on the stove... but if…... Listed under:
  543. Basic Projects using chipKIT Uno32
    Happy Tuesday, everyone! I tend to get excited about products that enable beginners to be really creative, and today’s product highlight is one I think is worth getting excited about! [video width="380" height="285" id="_63Mq6QMxxM&" type="youtube"] A few things that I really like about the shield:…... Listed under:
  544. Arduino Laser Tag – Duino Tag
    Duino tagger- General introduction Duino tag is a laser tag system based around the arduino. Finally a laser tag system that can be tweaked modded and hacked until you have the perfect laser tag system for office ordnance, woodland wars and suburban skirmishes. Laser tag…... Listed under:
  545. Wii Nunchuck Adapter
    This tutorial is for all those people who have an Arduino and want to use there Wii nunchuck as an input device, but don't really feel like cutting open the cord and ruining the nunchuck FOREVER!!!!!!!!well you've come to the right place! Step 1: Supplies…... Listed under:
  546. Flamethrowing Jack-O’-Lantern
    A flamethrowing jack-o'-lantern keeps the trick-or-treaters a safe distance from your house and is a fine addition to any anti-Halloween arsenal. At the first sign of any sugar-obsessed imp, simply press the trigger button and wirelessly shoot a one-second burst of flames out of the…... Listed under:
  547. Make a swimming Robo-Snake Using Arduino
    Sneel is the name of my snake / eel swimming robot. This is documentation of hardware, software and mechanical design of  Sneel_003. urethane flex tubing, microcontrollers, Zigbee wireless radio, hose clamps, wires, servo motors, titanium servo brackets, silicon, marine grease, epoxy, pond pump Sneel is…... Listed under:
  548. The EyeWriter 2.0
    The EyeWriter is a low-cost eye-tracking apparatus + custom software that allows graffiti writers and artists with paralysis resulting from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis to draw using only their eyes. The original design, as shown here, featured a pair of glasses as the basis for the…... Listed under:
  549. N: how to make a multi-layered acrylic and LED sculpture with variable lighting levels
    Here you can find out how to make you very own n as made for the exhibition www.laplandscape.co.uk curated by art/design group Lapland.More images can be seen at flickr This exhibition runs from Wednesday 26 November - Friday 12 December 2008 inclusive, and had a…... Listed under:
  550. Arduino-Controlled Robotic Drum
    For years I have been telling anyone who listens that I was going to build a robotic drum. Most people kind of shrugged indifferently. Even as I built it, most people kind of glanced over at it and conveyed doubtfulness. It seemed like no one…... Listed under:
  551. SITWAY
    You are never to old to learn and try new things. I think one of the best days in my life was the day I discovered the Instructables web site. It opened up a whole new world to me. This is my third instructable .…... Listed under:
  552. Power Laces- the Auto lacing shoe
    Also, check out Power Laces: Version 2.0 Why wait until 2015? Inspired by 'Back to The Future II', this project is less 'Practical' than 'Proof of Concept', but hopefully it'll tide you over until Nike comes out with something more polished. This was also the…... Listed under:
  553. Sigh Collector
    Sigh v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sighed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sighing}.] 1. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion,…... Listed under: ,
  554. On The Fly – Prototype II Final Report: Home Automation Framework
    Introduction: The Home Automation Framework project is a web application that can remotely control the electronic devices in one’s home using a web interface on a smartphone, tablet or desktop computer. The project facilitates ease of access and remote control of electronic devices for those…... Listed under:
  555. LED Cube 8x8x8
    Create your own 8x8x8 LED Cube 3-dimensional display! We believe this Instructable is the most comprehensive step-by-step guide to build an 8x8x8 LED Cube ever published on the intertubes. It will teach you everything from theory of operation, how to build the cube, to the…... Listed under:
  556. Cloud Sensor Base-Station
    What I want to do I want to create a platform with the capacity to control a large number of sensors and actuators necessary for the hydronponics system outlined in this wiki, and to serve as the central gateway to a cloud-enabled dashboard. The basis…... Listed under:
  557. Drawing on a 7×5 LED matrix with Arduino in C
    In my component drawers I have a LTP-7357AG, which is a matrix of 35 green LEDs conveniently packaged in a 12-pin display. I wanted to play with it so I began to hook it with my Arduino Uno. This post is part of a series about programming Arduino…... Listed under:
  558. DIY wattmeter with an Arduino
    DIY wattmeter with an Arduino It is difficult or sometimes even impossible to measure power and energy with ordinary multimeters. To carry out such a measurement reliable and accurate, a special wattmeter is required. Because these meters are very expensive, a cheaper solution is presented…... Listed under: ,
  559. The Viciously Simple Clap-ON Clap-OFF Circuit For Arduino
    Hi Everyone! I've had a few people ask about creating a simple clap-on/clap-off circuit using Arduino. Well those who are interested are now in luck. The software in this instructable is simple and well commented. The schematic is simple, and the components are easy and…... Listed under:
  560. Arduino car LCD display
    Here is a project I made a couple of years ago for my father’s car. The original dashboard’s info-panel which displayed current time, date and temperature was working only partly – and that only after a good cleaning and connector fastening. In other words –…... Listed under: ,
  561. Automatic Home surveillance system using arduino(simple and cheap)
    The goal of my project is to achieve Automatic home surveillance system without any manual interference. In general other surveillance system it is necessary to power ON TV and camera receiver every time. And also it needs to any user input to view who is…... Listed under:
  562. GESTURE VOCALIZER FOR DUMB PEOPLE INTERACTIn ION
    To establish a communication or interaction with Deaf and Mute people is of utter importance nowadays. These people interact through hand gestures or signs. Gestures are basically the physical action form performed by a person to convey some meaningful information. Gestures are a powerful means…... Listed under:
  563. Solar Panel Battery Charge Controller Using Arduino
    This is an updated version of Solar Panel Charge Controller Using Arduino. Solar Panel Battery Charge Controller Using Arduino Pictures of Power box and Arduino solar charge regulator: Charge Regulator with Power Box Connections to Regulator Inside the Box The output voltage of the ACS712…... Listed under:
  564. Make A LED firefly Jars Using Arduino
    There's a nice charm to fireflies in a jar—except for, you know, all the dead bugs afterwards. I decided to make a bunch of fake fireflies in real jars for decoration at an outdoor event. The fireflies are yellow LEDs controlled by a small ATtiny45…... Listed under:
  565. Accelerometer Controlled Robot
    Most of industrial robots are still programmed using the typical teaching process, through the use of the robot teach pendant. In this paper is proposed an accelerometer-based system to control an industrial robot using two low-cost and small 3-axis wireless accelerometers. These accelerometers are attached…... Listed under:
  566. Construct A Bluetooth Controlled Robot Using Arduino
    In this proposed system we going to construct a basic DC motored robot which we are going to control with android app easily available on google play store named bluecontrol. With Basic mobility of robot like forward, Reverse, left, right we try to implement four…... Listed under: ,
  567. Arduino Project: Intervalometer for Fuji cameras
    This post is about an arduino-based intervalometer I built for my camera, a Fuji S9600 dSLR. I decided to go for a very simple interface: a rotary switch in the middle of a plastic box which would allow me to select 12 pre-defined intervals. I…... Listed under: ,
  568. Automatic Garden Watering Device – Arduino
    As part of the Content Creation course for my MLIS degree (Our class blog: http://scumakers.wordpress.com/ ), I needed to come up with a final project and wanted to learn to use an Arduino. In the end I came up with this device to automatically sense…... Listed under:
  569. Build An Hygrometer Using Arduino
    I am building an automated irrigation system for my vegetable patch. This will be a system that monitors the soil moisture level and then turns on a pump to send water to my garden according to the detected moisture level. The water is coming from…... Listed under:
  570. Make a Web Connected Robot (for about $500) (using an Arduino and Netbook)
    This Instructable will show you how to build your own Web Connected Robot (using an Arduino micro-controller and Asus eee pc). Why would you want a Web Connected Robot? To play with of course. Drive your robot from across the room or across the country,…... Listed under:
  571. How To Throw An Arduino Motor Party
    In this instructable I will show you how to throw an Arduino motor party. I will also be giving away an Arduino Mega, Arduino Uno, and an Arduino Pro Mini. (Details at the end) Step 1: Assembly + Code You'll need a handful of motors…... Listed under:
  572. Send SMS from Arduino over the Internet using ENC28J60 and Thingspeak
    This Instructable explains how to send an SMS from an Arduino using the Internet. There are many ways to approach this and I will explain one of the different methods used to accomplish this task. Some major points needed for my project: I have a…... Listed under:
  573. Washer Dryer Laundry Alarm using Arudino & SMS Text Messaging Alerts
    Have you ever wished there was a better way to be notified when your laundry was done? Have you ever forgotten a load in the washer because you couldn't hear the buzzer and your clothes became smelly and moldy from sitting there for too long?…... Listed under: ,
  574. Converting infrared to RF signals with Arduino
    In this project we will show you how to switch on and off the power sockets box with an IR remote. Not only the power sockets box, but other RF receivers can be switched on and off with the same IR remote as well. We…... Listed under:
  575. How to Make a Wireless Path Tracking System Using Mouse, XBee and Arduino
    The applications of microcontroller are not limited to control simple electrical or electronic device but they are widely used in robotics and automotive industries nowadays. From simple rear view mirror control to complex engine control functions are done by the microcontroller. The microcontroller can even…... Listed under:
  576. How to Transmit Mouse Data Using Xbee with Arduino
    The PS2 mouse is an input device which can communicate with a host device using the PS2 protocol. It can be connected to a host device using the 6 pin mini DIN connector. The mouse will continuously give output which can be decoded to get…... Listed under:
  577. How To Save a Text In The EEPROM of The Arduino
    A microcontroller might need to store its data like sensor value, or a particular count or image data for a long period of time. The most common type of memory used with the microcontroller based systems is EEPROM. The EEPROM stands for Electrically Erasable Programmable…... Listed under:
  578. Drawing an Arduino Circuit Diagram
    I've had an Arduino Duemilanove now for a couple of weeks. If you're not familiar with the Arduino, it is "an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software". It has a small microcontroller, a USB port to connect to your computer…... Listed under:
  579. Generate Random Number using Arduino
    A random number generation is very important in computing devices which helps them to do task in random manner. The applications of random number generation can be found in shuffling the audio files in an audio player, in almost all kind of digital games, generating…... Listed under:
  580. Augment a Moog Etherwave Theremin
    I'm going to go through my process of hacking a Moog Etherwave Theremin. I created a new acrylic top, partially sanded to be translucent in certain areas, and created my own circuit around an ATMega168 Arduino Bootloaded microcontroller which is stealing a control voltage from…... Listed under:
  581. Project Suite Bros: Voice Activated LED Friendship Photoset (Arduino, Bluetooth, Crafts)
    (and partner-in-crime, Abbie). Now, I'm off to the next stage of my life, so I decided to build this friendship photoset for Kevin and Briton to remember our golden era. We called ourselves: "The Suite Bros". This project is actually an extension of the "Voice…... Listed under:
  582. Arduino Garage Controller
    Although there are many garage door projects on Instructable using Arduinos, I needed/wanted something different. Last year, we had a warm summer and when I would come home after work, I would leave the garage door open about 1 foot so it could cool off.…... Listed under:
  583. Arduino based Drone Quadricopter
    [gallery ids="19920,19921,19922,19923,19924,19925,19926,19927"] arduino based Drone Quadricopter It's a tiny quadrotor helicopter! Update Feb 25 2012: Warning, I may have discovered a bug inside the CadSoft EAGLE 6.1.0 software that may make the PCB look slightly different. My design files are meant for 5.11 so use…... Listed under:
  584. Project: Cleaner robot using Magician Chassis, Arduino, distance sensor and hand sweeper
    This is a cleaner robot so you can give to your mommy or just use to clean your bedroom =P. Material List: 1x Arduino UNO R3 1x Magician Chassis 1x Shield Motor Driver (Shield 4Power) 1x Distance Sensor 1x Servomotor 1x Hand Sweeper 1x Battery 1.…... Listed under:
  585. Arduino-Based Shadow Alarm
    Arduino-Based Shadow alarms are usually used for protection against theft. A shadow alarm is a device that sounds an alarm when a shadow falls on it. Described here is a simple circuit of an Arduino based shadow alarm. This compact shadow alarm unit is capable…... Listed under:
  586. Arduino Bicycle Alarm and Lights
    This alarm is a good way to alert you if somebody messes with your bike. I had a bicycle stolen a while back and decided there had to be a better way to keep my bike secure. When I searched for bicycle alarms, all I…... Listed under:
  587. How to Use IR Remotes with Arduino (Current and Updated)
    I'm tired of these complicated tutorials on how to use certain things. I like simple, easy to understand, step by step instructions. My biggest problem was with IR and POV*. I've finally mastered how to control my project with any TV remote in a few…... Listed under:
  588. ARDUINO Burglar Alarm Using Infrared Emitter-Detector pair
    In this tutorial i will show you , how to make a simple Inexpensive Intrusion Detection(Burglar alarm) using an Arduino Uno board . This project uses the Infrared Emitter-Detector pair to detect intrusion and triggers an alarm as soon as the object crosses the infrared…... Listed under:
  589. Arduino for Photographers: Building a Universal Intervalometer
    Practicing the art of time-lapse photography without an intervalometer is doable, but not particularly efficient. And while any decent photo equipment store will be happy to sell you one, you can go the DIY way and build your own intervalometer based on the excellent Arduino platform. Theoretically, building…... Listed under:
  590. Connecting the ADXL337 to the Arduino
    Today I’ll write about the ADXL337 accelerometer. The ADXL337 measures the acceleration of the x, y and z axis. This means it measures the force acting on any of the axes at a specific moment in time. Because it’s an analog device the measurement intervals are as short…... Listed under:
  591. Arduino Accelerometer mma7361
    Hey guys, I am a teaching assistant for an introduction to engineering class for biomedical engineering majors at Vanderbilt University this semester. I created this video to explain analog-to-digital conversion to them because time ran out during class and I did not get to this…... Listed under: ,
  592. Arduino Automatic Watering System
    INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: I is a simple system, using Arduino to automate the irrigation and watering of small potted plants or crops. This system does the control of soil moisture, doing indications via LEDs and in case of dry soil emitting a alarm beep. In…... Listed under: ,
  593. Arduino Compatible apc220 Wireless rf Module with Graphics LCD
    16 node mesh, up to 1000m between nodes, sample two analog voltages per node, link any node to any other node, display data on any node with either graphics or text display, turn on relays based on data at any node, fault tolerant with data…... Listed under: ,
  594. Arduino DS1307 Clock
    1) Introduction and Images Hello friends, today I am going to build a Digital Clock using Arduino UNO and famous DS1307 Real Time Clock IC. Before we begin, here are some images of the completed project. You can find the YouTube video at the bottom…... Listed under: ,
  595. MCP41100 an Arduino Controlled Potentiometer
      We know the analog potentiometer , is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider . MCP41100 an Arduino Controlled Potentiometer: 1)volume controls on audio equipment. 2) Control the amplifier Gain and offset . 3) Transducer " displacement  transducers ".…... Listed under: ,
  596. Arduino Bipolar Stepper Motor
    It is a well known fact that Stepper motors are awesome! The only downside is that they can be a bit trickier to get going than servos and plain old DC motors. If you are interested in the inner mechanics and theory of stepper motors, check this…... Listed under:
  597. How To Generate Square Wave Using Arduino
    Any AVR microcontroller based board which follows the standard Arduino schematic and is flashed with the Arduino bootloader can be called an Arduino board. The Arduino is refered to as open source hardware and the Arduino IDE is also open source and anybody can contribute…... Listed under:
  598. Arduino and Transistors Question – RE: School Musical Production
    One of the directors has asked me to create a special backdrop for our college musical. This particular backdrop has a particular design (see below) that includes LED strip lighting to give the feel of a 1920s casino sign – similar to what is seen…... Listed under:
  599. Build Arduino Based Home Security System Using PIR Motion Sensor
    PIR sensors are widely applied in wireless residential security systems, home alarms systems and many more security circuits as motion detector sensors. A typical PIR sensor detects the infrared red (IR) waves from human body and so it is also known as ‘human sensor’. It…... Listed under: ,
  600. Temperature Sensing with Arduino
    As part of the CanSat Primary Mission, we need to measure temperature.  For this our starter kit has given us an Arduino Uno R3 micro-controller, as well as some resistors and an NTCLE101E3 NTC Thermistor. The thermistor is a special kind of resistor that changes…... Listed under: ,
  601. Arduino Basics #5 – Add SD storage to Arduino
    Arduino Uno’s microcontroller board is great, but the one thing it’s not overly generous with is storage. Having 32KB of program flash storage, 2KB of RAM and 1KB of programmable EEPROM space at your disposal is fine for many Arduino projects, but it’s not enough…... Listed under:
  602. GSM Based Wireless Notice Board
    ABSTRACT: There are several places which require vital notice to be displayed like colleges, railway stations, share-market, restaurants, hospitals etc. Looking into the present trend of information transfer, it is seen that vital notice take time to be displayed on the displaying boards. This latency…... Listed under:
  603. How to Make Phonecall From GSM Module Using Arduino
    One can use a cell phone with any cellular networks around the globe if the proper SIM card is inserted in it. This is possible because there is some device inside the cell phone which follows a global standard enabling them to connect with different…... Listed under:
  604. Sinewave Inverter Circuit Using Arduino
    The post explains how to build a simple sinewave inverter circuit using PWM feed from an Arduino Uno board, the article also discusses a sinewave 3 phase inverter using the same input from an Arduino. The idea was requested by Mr. Raju Visshwanath Technical Specifications…... Listed under:
  605. Arduino Digital Voltmeter 0V to 30V
    Here is a useful circuit for Arduino lovers and experimenters. It is a simple digital voltmeter, which can safely measure input dc voltages in 0 to 30V range. The Arduino board can be powered from a standard 9V battery pack, as usual. As you may…... Listed under:
  606. Pololu Dual VNH5019 Motor Driver Shield for Arduino (ash02a)
    Get your Arduino moving! This shield makes it easy to control two high-power DC motors with your Arduino or Arduino-compatible board. Its dual robust VNH5019 motor drivers operate from 5.5 to 24 V and can deliver a continuous 12 A (30 A peak) per motor, or a continuous…... Listed under:
  607. Arduino Programming For Beginners: The Traffic Light Controller
    Last week, we learnt about the basic structure of an Arduino program and took a closer look at the ‘blink’ example. Hopefully you took the opportunity to experiment with code, adjusting the timings. This time, we’ll be writing something from scratch. In fact, let’s make…... Listed under:
  608. Arduino Project 5: Digital audio player
    So far in this series we’ve had a diverse look at how Arduino can interact with a range of real-world devices from servo motors to ultrasonic range finders TVs to humidity sensors. Now we’ll see if we could get the Arduino to make a few…... Listed under:
  609. Arduino Project 4: Enhancing your mini robot
    You’ll need these: HC-SR04 – Get this ultrasonic sensor from eBay.com.au for $2. SG90 Servo Motor – We’ve seen this servo selling for around $4 on ebay. Motor drive shield – You can get this expansion board for $5 online. If you’re new to APC…... Listed under:
  610. Capacitive Touch Sensor on Arduino
    If you ever wanted to integrate touch sensitivity into your project, this board could just do the trick. It's a capacitive touch sensor. These sensors are used in our everyday consumer electronics like notebook trackpads, video game consoles, touchscreens...just to name a few. They work…... Listed under:
  611. PID Thermostat For The Arduino
    PID Thermostat This is a PID thermostat for the arduino. It supports independent tuning parameters for multiple hardware 'profiles', and includes an autotune mode to estimate the PID parameters for a given setpoint. Installation Hardware DS18-series (I'm using the DS18B20) temperature sensor Solid-state relay rated…... Listed under:
  612. Wireless Arduino Oscilloscope
    In this guide I will explain how to use a Windows 8.1 phone, Arduino Uno board, and HC-05 Bluetooth module to build a wireless oscilloscope. The phone application has the critical functions of an oscilloscope, although the bandwidth is a measly 300 Hz. Still, if…... Listed under:
  613. Simple Arduino Wireless Mesh
    Build a low cost simple wireless mesh using arduinos and long range APC220 radio modules. Wireless mesh networks can handle individual nodes not working and are tolerant to environments such as forests and hills where data may not be able to go directly from one…... Listed under:
  614. Arduino 3.3V
    This Lazy Old Geek (L.O.G.) loves Arduinos. I have noticed that a lot of sensors, like GPS, LCDs, magnetometers are 3.3Vdc sensors. But the standard Arduinos, Uno, RBBB are 5Vdc modules. So I decided I’m going to make more of my Arduino projects with 3.3Vdc…... Listed under:
  615. Arduino Fridge Magnet
    Do you have a habit of leaving notes on the fridge, now take it digital and add an Arduino to it. In this instructable I'm going to show you how to do just that. All you need is an Arduino, an LCD screen and a…... Listed under:
  616. Ultrasonic Range detector using Arduino and the SR04 Ultrasonic sensor
    his is a preliminary instructable that will take you through the steps I took to get the SR04 ULTRASONIC SENSOR  connected  and working to the Arduino. It will then be incorporated to my mini environment monitor.  Eventually, if it all fits, it will end up…... Listed under:
  617. Kid-friendly PuppyDuino 0.31
    OK, this is not a fully autonomous "get you a beer, open it for you and then tweet about it" robodog (yet 😉 but if you're itching to get past the blinky lights on a breadboard stage with your Arduino and you're ten or know…... Listed under:
  618. The Arduino Mothbot
    The purpose of this project is to design and build a simple light-following robot using an Arduino Duemilanove microcontroller board. I really wanted to share a robot project that was cheap, simple to build, and had a complete set of instructions for all of the…... Listed under:
  619. David Bynoe works in progress
    For an upcoming project I needed a pneumatic ram with a closed loop control system so I could position it accurately. Didn't have the budget for an off the shelf solution, so I bodged one together with an ardunio, a couple air solenoid valves, and…... Listed under:
  620. How to Build an H-bridge Circuit with an Arduino Microcontroller
    An h-bridge is a chip that allows DC motors to be run versatile, with bidirectional capability. With an H-bridge, motors can go forward or backward, left or right, up or down, etc, depending on the use of the motor(s) in the circuit. Without a microcontroller,…... Listed under:
  621. Arduino passive IR trigger for Canon EOS
    The other day I wanted to experiment with external triggers for my Canon EOS 550D camera. I stumpled upon a nice open source project called Arduino Camera Control from Oleg Mazurov, the creator of the USB Host Shield library for Arduino. The Arduino Camera Control…... Listed under:
  622. ARDUINO RF power & SWR meter
    This sketch will readout RF power and SWR from any SWR bridge (for example 'monimatch' type). As this 'monimatch' type of bridge is frequency dependant, the meter must be calibrated for every band. Because my primary interest was for VHF/UHF/SHF,  I have foreseen positions for…... Listed under:
  623. Internet connection indicator box with restart button
    THE SETUP For an interface I thought 3 LEDs would be simple enough: Blue for everything is fine (as blue LEDs are cooler than green ones); red for something is wrong; and yellow for the modem and router are being restarted. I added a button…... Listed under:
  624. Arduino Security Alarm with Reed Switch
    How does the security alarm circuit works? When power is turned on, the circuit goes into standby mode, and this condition is indicated by “SECURITY ALARM” in the LCD screen.Note that here a N/O reedswitch + bar magnet combination is used to detect any mishaps,…... Listed under:
  625. Line Follower Robot using Arduino
    A line follower robot using 8051 microcontroller is already published here and this time the same thing is done using  arduino. This line follower robot is basically designed to follow a black line on a white surface. Any way the same project can be used…... Listed under:
  626. HOW TO MAKE CUSTOM GEAR FOR LINEAR MOTION
    In the manufacturing industry, a wide variety of devices used at home or in the garden has been experiencing challenges in automating linear displacement of any of the items used. For instance, For example, an automatic opening of gates, automatic unlocking and changing positions of…... Listed under:
  627. Arduino Platform – SIMON Game Implementation
    Introduction Having been a CodeProject member for several years, and not having got round to ever publishing an article, left me feeling a bit disappointed in myself. I have thought many a time on what kind of article I can produce. Then after coming across…... Listed under:
  628. Arduino Based Security System using GSM & PIR Sensor
    In present time Home/Office and many other place security is most important. In our absence these places are not secure. For make these palaces secure many peoples keep guards and many people prefer electronic security systems. In present time many types of security systems are…... Listed under:
  629. Interface single and Dual IR Infrared sensor with Arduino and LCD
    Interface single and Dual IR Infrared sensor with Arduino and LCD Introduction- Multiple Sensor Interface to Arduino In this another tutorial on sensors  for beginners, we are going to interface single and multiple Infrared IR sensors with Arduino Uno development board, working simultaneously and have the…... Listed under: ,
  630. Getting Started with Arduino – LED Blinking
    Arduino Uno is the best development board for beginners in the field of embedded systems. We can program Arduino board with less technical knowledge and programming skills. This tutorial is intended to beginners in the field of Arduino. Hope you already have an Arduino board. Then…... Listed under:
  631. 26-Way MIDI DRUMS
    his design is a 26-way MIDI/USB drum pad system with the velocity byte fixed for 10 input drum switches and a 16-way velocity sensitive circuit, providing a full (0-127) velocity range using piezo sensors. The drums are pre-selected to the MIDI outputs 35-50 for the…... Listed under:
  632. LPD8806 SD/LCD Digital Light Wand! (Last Update – 20 September 2014)
    I have gathered the information from the HL1606 Digital Light Wand Blog and brought it all over to this new page so that there would be a page dedicated to the LPD8806 Digital Light Wand created by IS0-MICK. Mick took my original design and turned…... Listed under:
  633. Interfacing LCD with Arduino Uno
    16×2 character LCD display is a very basic LCD module which is commonly used in electronic projects. 16×2 means it can display 2 rows of 16 characters (columns). Its other variants such as 16×1, 16×4 etc are also available. These LCDs are usually made using…... Listed under:
  634. Analog to Digital Conversion in ARDUINO
    Analog to digital conversion module of ARDUINO UNO has 6 input ports. The number of the port varies with your ARDUINO model but the coding remains the same. The analog reading in the analog inputs are converted into corresponding 10bit(0-1023). ARDUINO developers have made such an option that you…... Listed under:
  635. How to Convert an Arduino into an AVR Flash Programmer
    In case you don't have an AVR programmer but you do have an arduino, the arduino can be converted into an AVR flash programmer, meaning it can program bare AVR microcontroller chips. Say if you have an AVR chip and you want to program the…... Listed under: ,
  636. How to Build an Infrared Distance Sensor Circuit
    An infrared (IR) distance sensor is a sensor that can measure distance from a solid or physical object. An infrared distance sensor does this through light waves. It sends out infrared light and waits to receive it back at the receiver end. If it receives…... Listed under:
  637. How to Build an HC-SR04 Distance Sensor Circuit
    An ultrasonic distance sensor is a sensor that can measure distance from a solid or physical object. An ultrasonic range finder does this through sound waves. It sends out high-frequency sound waves and then waits to listen back for these sound waves. If it has…... Listed under:
  638. How to Build a Servo Motor Circuit (with Arduino)
    In this project, we will go over how to build a servo motor circuit using an arduino. This is a circuit which can control and rotate a servo motor to rotate a certain amount of degrees. Specifically, in our circuit, we will make it so…... Listed under:
  639. How to Build an Ohmmeter Using an Arduino
    In this project, we will show how you can build an ohmmeter using an arduino. An ohmmeter is a device that can measure resistance. Most of the times now, ohmmeters aren't standalone devices but appear as one of type of measuring device amongst many in…... Listed under:
  640. MQ-7 Carbon Monoxide Sensor Circuit Built with an Arduino
    In this project, we will go over how to build a carbon monoxide sensor circuit with an Arduino. The carbon monoxide sensor we will use is the MQ-7 sensor. This is a sensor that is sensitive to effects of CO. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a…... Listed under:
  641. MQ-3 Alcohol Sensor Circuit Built with an Arduino
    In this project, we will go over how to build an alcohol sensor with an arduino. The alcohol sensor we will use is the MQ-3 sensor. This is a sensor that is not only sensitive to alcohol, particularly ethanol, which is the type of alcohol…... Listed under:
  642. MQ-2 Smoke Sensor Circuit Built with an Arduino
    In this project, we will go over how to build a smoke sensor circuit with an arduino board. The smoke sensor we will use is the MQ-2. This is a sensor that is not only sensitive to smoke, but also to flammable gas. The MQ-2…... Listed under:
  643. How to Build a Liquid Level Gauge Circuit with an Arduino
    In this project, we will build a liquid level gauge circuit with an arduino. This is a circuit in which a liquid level can be monitored through a gauge. We read the liquid level from the gauge (low, medium, or high), just as you see…... Listed under: ,
  644. Arduino Light Meter Circuit
    In this project, we will go over how to connect an analog volt panel meter to an Arduino so that it can measure and give us a readout of light striking the circuit. In this way, the circuit will function as a light meter. When…... Listed under:
  645. How to Build a Soil Moisture Sensor Circuit with an Arduino
    In this project, we are going to build a soil moisture sensor with an Arduino microcontroller. A soil moisture sensor, also called a hygrometer, measures the amount of moisture, or water, in the soil. Therefore, we can tell whether the soil has enough moisture or…... Listed under: ,
  646. How to Build a Night Light Circuit Using an Arduino
    In this project, we will go over how to build a night light circuit using an arduino. A night light circuit is a circuit which will turn on when nighttime comes, which is when it gets dark and the place could use some illumination. It…... Listed under: ,
  647. How to Build a Heat Detector Circuit Using an Arduino
    In this project, we will go over how to build a heat detector circuit using an Arduino. A heat detector circuit is a circuit, of course, which can detect the presence or absence of heat. This could be useful for a wide range of circuits…... Listed under:
  648. How to Build a Color Sensor Circuit
    In this project, we are going to build a color sensor circuit with an Arduino microcontroller. A color sensor is a device that can detect and differentiate between certain primary colors. This sensor can detect and differentiate between the colors white, blue, green, and red.…... Listed under: ,
  649. Visual / Aural Guitar Tuner “The Tune Trainer” using arduino
    Build a strobe tuner with an integrated tone generator to teach tuning by ear. -=Background=- I have always dabbled in instruments. Over the course of my life, I've attempted (with varying success) Piano, Guitar, Banjo, Penny Whistle, Ocarina, Panpipes, Great Highland Bagpipes, Smallpipes, and Didgeridoo…... Listed under:
  650. How to Build a Light Detector Circuit Using an Arduino
    In this project, we will go over how to build a light detector circuit using an arduino. A light detector circuit is a circuit which can detect the presence or absence of light, depending on how we write our code to respond to the varying…... Listed under:
  651. How to Build an Infrared Proximity Switch Circuit Using an Arduino
    In this project, we will build an infrared proximity switch circuit using an arduino. This is a circuit in which a switch activates when the infrared sensor detects an object in its proximity. The infrared proximity switch sensor is a reflection-type photoelectric snesor which sends…... Listed under:
  652. How To Build Your Own Ultrasonic Batgoggles using an Arduino
    Wish you were bat? Want to Experience Echolocation? Want to try to "see" with your ears? For my first Instructable, I will show you how to build your own ultrasonic Batgoggles using an Arduino microcontroller clone, Devantech ultrasonic sensor and welding goggles for around $60…... Listed under:
  653. How to Build a Simple Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) Circuit
    In this article, we will go over how to connect a force sensing resistor, or force sensitive resistor, (FSR) to a circuit to build many different types of useful circuits with them. Force sensing resistors are variable resistors which change resistance according to the pressure…... Listed under:
  654. How to Install the Arduino to the Lithium Backpack using arduino
    The Arduino is an open source hardware input and output circuit and the Lithium Backpack is a Ardino accessory that will power the Arduino when it is away from a computer or a wall power. These products are sold at Liquidware for under $34 each.…... Listed under:
  655. How to Connect a Microphone to an Arduino
    In this project, we will go over how to connect a microphone to an arduino so that the arduino can detect whether there is sound in the environment or not. This circuit is only capable of detecting whether there is sound in the environment or…... Listed under:
  656. Spectrographic Auroral Indicator – A Northern Lights Warning Device using arduino
    3/16/2011 EDIT: The Wing Kp Predicted Geomagnetic Activity Index model is now deployed and operational. Costello is now considered non-operational and will be discontinued on 23 Mar 2011. Comments and questions are welcomed at [email protected] The Wing Kp Predicted Geomagnetic Activity Index model is known…... Listed under:
  657. How to Integrate a Temperature Sensor Circuit to an LCD
    In this project, we will go over how we can build a temperature sensor circuit and integrate it to an LCD so that we can get a readout of the temperature on the LCD. In previous projects with temperature sensor circuits, we built the circuit…... Listed under: ,
  658. How to Build a LM335 Temperature Sensor Circuit
    In this project, we will demonstrate how to build temperature sensor circuit using a LM335 sensor. As a temperature sensor, the circuit will read the temperature of the surrounding environment and relay this temperature to us back in degrees Kelvin. The difference between an LM335…... Listed under:
  659. How to Build a TMP36 Temperature Sensor Circuit
    In this project, we will demonstrate how to build temperature sensor circuit using a TMP36 sensor. As a temperature sensor, the circuit will read the temperature of the surrounding environment and relay the temperature to us back in degrees fahrenheit. The IC we will use…... Listed under:
  660. Hard Drive Persistence of Vision (HDPOV) using arduino
    The platter of a hard drive spins well over sixty times a second. If a narrow slot was cut into the platter to allow LEDs to shine through, we can achieve flicker fusion and trick the eye into seeing a stable image. This phenomenon is…... Listed under:
  661. How to Drive a 7 Segment LED Display with an Arduino
    In this project, we will show how to drive a single 7 segment LED display with an arduino microcontroller. A 7 Segment LED Display is an electronic device housing 8 individual LEDs. Using this device, we can display all numerals and many alphabetical characters and many more…... Listed under:
  662. Low Cost Water Flow Sensor and Ambient Display using arduino
    Water is a precious resource. Millions of people do not have access to clean drinking water, and as many as 4000 children die from water contaminated illnesses every day. Yet, we continue to be wasteful with our resources. The overarching goal of this project is…... Listed under:
  663. How to Build an RGB Full Color LED Module Circuit
    In this project, we are going to build an RGB Full Color LED module circuit. A full color LED module is a circuit in which an LED can be lit to any color. This is why it is called a full color LED module. By…... Listed under:
  664. Control Your Robot Using a Wii Nunchuck (and an Arduino) using arduino
    After wearing myself out playing Wii Boxing I got to thinking wouldn't it be great if I could use this to control my robot, (looking to my left hand). Looking around the internet I found a bevy of people doing similar things, (links to everyone…... Listed under:
  665. How to Connect and Read a Keypad with an Arduino
    n this project, we will go over how to integrate a keyboard with an arduino board so that the arduino can read the keys being pressed by a user. Keypads are used in all types of devices, including cell phones, fax machines, microwaves, ovens, door…... Listed under:
  666. Super Simple Beginners Robot! using arduino
    I created this Instructable for the absolute n00by robot wannabe. I have noticed a huge jump in the number of beginners getting into the hobby and the number of "how do I" questions seem to be mounting. Maybe this humble little Instructable will help one…... Listed under:
  667. How to Interface GPS with Arduino
    Every single location in the entire globe can be specified in terms of geographical coordinates. The geographical coordinate is a system which specifies any given location on the earth surface as latitude and longitude. There are devices which can read the geographical coordinates of a…... Listed under:
  668. Make A Touch-less Switch Using Arduino
    Arduino Project – Touch Me Not I modified the Arduino project from the Arduino Starter Kit (Touch Sensor Lamp). Now it lights up an LED when your hand is close on the aluminium foil (without even touching it). This can be used as a ‘Touch-less…... Listed under:
  669. Create an Applescript/Arduino Alert flag. using arduino
    Have you ever felt like the mail sound on your Mac just wasn't enough? Simple sounds and alerts just don't cut it for you? You want something more apparent and rewarding? If so, this is the Instructable you've been looking for. In this Instructable, I'll…... Listed under:
  670. How to Build a Motion Sensor Light Circuit with an Arduino
    In this project, we will go over how to build a motion sensor light circuit with an arduino. A motion sensor light circuit is a circuit in which a light turns on when motion is detected. With a PIR motion sensor integrated with an arduino,…... Listed under:
  671. Time Sensing Bracelet using arduino
    The Time Sensing Bracelet is a fabric potentiometer. You select your desired time of day by making contact in the corresponding position on your wrist - where your watch would normally be. There is no point to it but fun. Update: Using some wire wrapped…... Listed under:
  672. YAHMS: Wireless Temperature Probes
    My wireless temperature probes work by using an Xbee module to transmit readings from a TMP36 down to the Arduino base station. The XBees aren’t too cheap, coming in around £19 or $23 so I tried to be cheap and ordered mine from Sparkfun, I…... Listed under:
  673. Simple mass storage for your microcontroller project using arduino
    Do you want gigabytes of storage for your microcontroller? Would you like a simple way to tranfer files from your PC to your picaxe or arduino or other micro project? This little projects demonstrates the uDrive that can be set up as an extra drive…... Listed under:
  674. How to make a solar iPod/iPhone charger -aka MightyMintyBoost using arduino
    I wanted a charger for my iPodTouch and the MintyBoost was definitely my first choice. I wanted to take it a bit further and make it not only rechargeable but also solar powered. The other issue is that the iPhone and iPodTouch have large batteries…... Listed under:
  675. Make an Ultrasonic Distance Calculator
    Arduino Project – The distance calculator I have been playing with Arduino (micro-controller) for about 2 years now and I am becoming more and more passionate about circuits. For those who are not aware of Arduino, check out my article “Arduino – A Guide for…... Listed under:
  676. TV-B-Gone Kit Using Arduino
    Tired of all those LCD TVs everywhere? Want a break from advertisements while you're trying to eat? Want to zap screens from across the street? The TV-B-Gone kit is what you need! This ultra-high-power version of the popular TV-B-Gone is fun to make and even…... Listed under:
  677. Arduino Police Flasher Kit
    After reading about the famous Arduino programmable microcontroller using the "Getting Started with Arduino Kit (Jameco P/N 2121121) I was eager to try my hand at some real live electronic programming. The Arduino platform is a great place to start for a novice like me. After learning…... Listed under:
  678. Tweet-a-watt – How to make a twittering power meter… using arduino
    Tweet-a-watt - How to make a twittering power meter... This project documents my adventures in learning how to wire up my home for wireless power monitoring. I live in a rented apartment so I don't have hacking-access to a meter or breaker panel. Since I'm…... Listed under:
  679. Arduino Circuit to Dim LED with Potentiometer
    In Lesson 8 you learned to write analog voltages on the Arduiono, and in Lesson 10 you learned to read analog voltages from the arduino. In this lesson we will combine what you did in lessons 8, 9, and 10 to create an LED with…... Listed under:
  680. LED Sunrise Alarm Clock with Customizable Song Alarm using arduino
    My Motivation This winter my girlfriend had a lot of trouble waking up in the morning and seemed to be suffering from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). I even notice how much harder it is to wake up in the winter since the sun hasn't come…... Listed under:
  681. Arduino Lab 2 – Morse Code Generator
    Introduction An excerpt from OmniGlot.com about the origin of Morse Code: Morse Code was invented by Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872), a painter and founder of the National Academy of Design. He conceived the basic idea of an electromagnetic telegraph in 1832, and produced the…... Listed under:
  682. Arduino robot kit – Wiring Diagram
    I have created this wiring diagram for the connections between the motor controller, motors, and sensor shield. I’ll update it later to include other components. And here is an update that includes the servo motor and the range sensor. And here are the detailed pin…... Listed under:
  683. How To Communicate With An Alien Artifact or using arduino
    Close Encounters of the Curiously Minty Kind. This Instructable will show you how to build an Altoids version of the 'Close Encounters' mothership, and how to interact with it. This may be vital training for that day when the Bright White Beam comes to suck…... Listed under:
  684. Isolated mains power monitoring (Arduino)
    All about power today.. For a while now, I’ve been looking around for a mains (220-240VAC) power monitoring circuit that I might be able to interface with an Arduino.  There is of course the OpenEnergyMonitor solution, but they seem to use a transformer to isolate and measure…... Listed under:
  685. How to build an 8x8x8 LED cube and control it with an Arduino using arduino
    There are a lot of LED cubes on Instructables, so why do another? Most are for small cubes consisting of 27 or 64 LEDs, rarely larger since they are limited to the number of outputs available on the microcontroller. This cube will be 512 LEDs,…... Listed under:
  686. Arduino automatic watering system
    [caption id="attachment_19540" align="alignright" width="210"] Fig. 1: Author’s prototype[/caption] During summers, most people are too lazy to water the potted plants on their rooftop gardens every day. Explained in this section is a simple and exciting plant watering system that you can build yourself in just…... Listed under:
  687. Using A Bar Graph With The Arduino
    Introduction This project explores a couple of ways of simulating and using a bar graph with the Arduino. Bar graph components like the following one can be used, This type of bar graph is basically just 10 LEDs in a row with anodes on one…... Listed under:
  688. Solderless Breadboard Layout Sheets (plug and play electronics) using arduino
    Here's a fun system designed to take care of some of the headaches involved in breadboarding a circuit. It is is a simple set of template files drawn to scale with real world electronic components. Using a vector drawing program you simply move the components…... Listed under:
  689. Arduino-Based Optical Tachometer
    Over ten years ago, I put up a web page with detailed instructions on building a simple electric motor based on one from the Beakman's World TV show. I called it the "Beakman's Electric Motor" page and over the years it has had hundreds of thousands, if…... Listed under:
  690. USB NES controller with an arduino! using arduino
    UPDATE 22-12-2014 Instructables user mattpbooth has updated the code and is hosting it on github: https://github.com/mattpbooth/ArduinoNESController... Thanks Matt! UPDATE 03-12-2011 Replaced a println with print (derp). UPDATE 01-12-2011 Remade all code from scratch. Remade 'ible code section; Now includes a 'Processing COM port config for…... Listed under:
  691. How to Build a LM35 Temperature Sensor Circuit
    In this project, we will demonstrate how to build temperature sensor circuit using a LM35 sensor. As a temperature sensor, the circuit will read the temperature of the surrounding environment and relay thi temperature to us back in degrees celsius. The IC we will use…... Listed under: ,
  692. Tilt Sensor Tutorial using arduino
    What is a tilt sensor? Tilt sensors allow you to detect orientation or inclination. They are small, inexpensive, low-power and easy-to-use. If used properly, they will not wear out. Their simplicity makes them popular for toys, gadgets and appliances. Sometimes they are referred to as…... Listed under:
  693. RFID with Arduino
    If you ever wanted to integrate RFID functionality into your project, this small tutorial might help you accomplish that. I used the RDM630 module from seeedstudio in its UART version. It comes on a small board with presoldered connectors which fits perfectly on a breadboard. You only…... Listed under:
  694. Ceiling Fan LED Display using arduino
    Seeing so many persistence of vision ideas on the web was too tempting not to try one. After considering several different motors to drive a display, a ceiling fan seemed to run at just the right speed, is out of the way, and very quiet…... Listed under:
  695. Home Automation using Arduino and MATLAB
    n present time home office appliance controlling is common thing.  Today for controlling home/offices appliances, machineries in companies/industries uses different types of automation systems like DTMF controlled, GSM controlled and many others. So here this project is made for interfacing MATLAB (Graphic User Interfacing) and Home/office/industries…... Listed under:
  696. AVRSH: A Command Interpreter Shell for Arduino/AVR. using arduino
    Ever wanted to be "logged in" to your AVR microcontroller? Ever thought it would be cool to "cat" a register to see its contents? Have you always wanted a way to power up and power down individual peripheral sub-systems of your AVR or Arduino in…... Listed under:
  697. How to Build a Vibration Motor Circuit
    In this project, we will show how to build a vibration motor circuit. A vibration motor is a motor which vibrates when given sufficient power. It is a motor that literally shakes. It is very good for vibrating objects. It can be used in a…... Listed under: ,
  698. Acorn Chime using arduino
    By: Charlie DeTar, Christina Xu, Boris Kizelshteyn, Hannah Perner-Wilson A digital wind chime with hanging acorns. Sound is produced by a remote speaker, and data about chime strikes is uploaded to Pachube. Step 1: Brainstorming for a device that would represent ourselves Our goal was…... Listed under:
  699. Arduino Chandelier from Jars
    E-Edit: Thank you very very much for voting for me in Featured Author, Glue and Battery Powered Contests! Cheer up and wait for my project so special is coming... Edit: If you really like this project, you can vote for me on the top right corner, forFeatured…... Listed under:
  700. Bedazzler: DIY non-lethal weaponry using arduino
    Our first open source Homeland Security non-lethal weapon project - The "THE BEDAZZLER: A Do-it-yourself Handheld LED-Incapacitator". After attending a conference where the $1 million "sea-sick flashlight" (named "THE DAZZLER") was demonstrated by the US Dept. of Homeland Security, we decided to create our own…... Listed under:
  701. Using Push Button Switch with Arduino Uno
    In this tutorial you will learn how to read the status of a digital pin of Arduino. I hope that you already go through our first tutorial, Getting Started with Arduino Uno – LED Blinking. In this example, a push button switch and an LED is connected to Arduino…... Listed under:
  702. Control a RepStrap with Processing using arduino
    This instructable shows how you can use many openly available projects together to build an interesting and complex system. It draws on several community projects including: RepRap, Arduino, Processing, Linux and, of course, Instructables! More specifically this intructable shows how to draw the path of…... Listed under:
  703. Build A Binary Clock Using Arduino
    Introduction In this project, 16 LEDs are used to represent the time in binary. The time is read from a Real Time Clock breakout board - the same one used in the Digital Clock page. The binary clock uses 4 place values for the hour…... Listed under:
  704. Build an Arduino-powered talking robot head using arduino
    This robot head was originally built as a end of the year project for my physical computing class, but over the summer it has "learned" how to talk. The head is powered by two Freeduinos, 3 TLC5940NT chips and an Adafruit Industries Wave Shield found here: www.ladyada.net/make/waveshield/.…... Listed under:
  705. Use Arduino to Interface with a Remote Controlled Power Switch
    Update: check out the RFToy — an easy-to-use standalone gadget to control remote power sockets. Also, support for remote power sockets have been added to OpenSprinkler firmware 2.1.1. For a while I’ve been looking for a way to switch household power line (110V) devices. One of the simplest…... Listed under:
  706. 3x3x3 LED Cube with Arduino Lib using arduino
    There are other Instructables about building LED cubes, this one is different for several reasons: 1. It's built with a low number of off-the-shelf components and hooks up directly to the Arduino. 2. A clear, easy to reproduce circuit diagram is provided with plenty of…... Listed under:
  707. Easy DIY Home Automation (using servo switches) using arduino
    This Instructable is all about one of life's simple actions, flipping a light switch on and off. At oomlout we do it many times a day, so many in fact it came to a point where we asked ourselves "Can't we get an Arduino to…... Listed under:
  708. DIY Arduino Pulse Sensor
    So I mentioned in an earlier Instructable that I am a teaching assistant (TA) for an introductory engineering course for biomedical engineering majors at Vanderbilt University. My main task as a TA is to re-write a few laboratory exercises that the students will be performed…... Listed under: ,
  709. Two Wire Arduino Knight Rider
    This tutorial shows how to interface eight LEDs to an Arduino using only two Arduino pins. This is made possible by using a PCF8574 I/O expander IC. A "Knight Rider" display is shown on the LEDs. Prerequisites Complete tutorial 4 – Arduino Knight Rider. Be able…... Listed under:
  710. Arduino Lilypad Interactive Passion Sensing Scarf using arduino
    This was my first time working with an Arduino Lilypad. I have been wanting to try something that dealt with soft circuits for awhile now. This project is what I came up with. The concept is based off my friend Ethan Dicks from theFusefactory.org's emergent…... Listed under:
  711. Arduino Serial Thermometer
    The Arduino reads temperature from a MCP9700 temperature sensor IC and displays the temperature in the Arduino IDE serial monitor window. Also see the Arduino LCD thermometer tutorial (tutorial 14). Prerequisites Complete Tutorial 9: Using the Arduino Serial Port before attempting this tutorial. Components Besides an Arduino Uno board,…... Listed under:
  712. The Ardweeny: the little friend of the Arduino (and how to beef it up) using arduino
    Open-source hardware? Arduino(tm) is the first name to come to mind! As great as it is, sometimes we need a small microcontroller solution for a project, or a stripped-down version for cost-effectiveness. The Ardweeny is the solution. These small kits are 100% compatible with the…... Listed under:
  713. Using the Arduino Serial Port
    The Arduino Uno can send data (such as a text message) to the PC over the USB cable. The Arduino IDE has a serial monitor window that can be opened and will receive and display the data sent from the Arduino board. Data can also…... Listed under:
  714. Core3duino using arduino
    This is an addon shield to an addon shield. That's right, you have to have the Core2duino on your Arduino to be able to understand why you would want this in the first place. So once you have your Core2duino saddled up, give this one…... Listed under:
  715. Make A Dual LED Flasher Using Arduino
    A two transistor circuit that flashes two LEDs on and off alternately. Prerequisites Complete tutorial two - Transistor Timer before attempting this tutorial. Components In addition to an electronic breadboard, wire links, a 9V battery and a battery clip, you will need: QTY PART DESIGNATOR NOTES TYPE…... Listed under:
  716. Building IllyClock – Arduino-based alarm clock in a coffee can using arduino
    Updated Aug 4, 2011 A streamlined version is now described here. Beside the enclosure, the original feature of IllyClock is showing the time in colors: 3 hours before wake-up time, color changes from green to orange; 1 hour before wake-up, the time is shown in red. One…... Listed under:
  717. Arduino Melody
    A  very easy tutorial that uses only two components. The Arduino plays a short melody on a loudspeaker. The program to load to the Arduino is one of the programs that is built into the Arduino IDE. Prerequisites Complete tutorial 3 - Starting with Arduino…... Listed under:
  718. Twitter Mood Light – The World’s Mood in a Box using arduino
    How's the world feeling right now? This box tells you. Powered by: an Arduino, a WiFly wireless module, an RGB LED, Twitter.com and a 9v battery. I’m a news junkie. I want to know everything that is going on in the world as soon as…... Listed under:
  719. Arduino Knight Rider
    In this tutorial, eight LEDs are interfaced to the Arduino Uno board. This is not complicated – it is just like interfacing a single LED to the Arduino as done in tutorial 3, but eight times over. A program is then loaded to the Arduino…... Listed under:
  720. Make a wall avoiding Robot! using arduino
    Objective: To create from scratch a working robot that is able to avoid walls and obstacles. Ever wanted to make a robot that could actually do something, but never had the time or knowledge to do it? Fear no more, this instructable is just for…... Listed under:
  721. Arduino LCD
    In this tutorial you will connect a LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) to the Arduino Uno and then run the Arduino LCD example programs that are built into the Arduino IDE. Prerequisites It is recommended for beginners to complete all the Arduino tutorials up to and…... Listed under:
  722. Arduino and Touchpad Tic Tac Toe using arduino
    Or, an exercise in input and output multiplexing, and working with bits.  And a submission for the Arduino contest. This is an implementation of a tic tac toe game using a 3x3 array of bicoloured LEDs for a display, a simple resistive touchpad, and an…... Listed under:
  723. Make A Arduino LCD Thermometer
    In this tutorial, a temperature sensor (MCP9700 linear active thermistor IC) and LCD are connected to the Arduino. The Arduino reads the temperature from the MCP9700 on analog pin A0 and displays the temperature on the LCD. This video shows the circuit operating. When touched…... Listed under:
  724. How to wire an arduino-based 3-axis CNC machine using arduino
    I've seen a number of tutorials about how to build the platform for a 3-axis CNC milling machine.  I have not seen anyone tackle the tricky subject of the electronics. Here now is my attempt to do so. Step 1: Parts You'll need: - an…... Listed under:
  725. Drive with PID Control on an Arduino Mega 2560
    This example shows how to simulate a simple closed-loop control algorithm in Simulink and how to run it on an Arduino Mega 2560 board. Contents Introduction Prerequisites Required Hardware Task 1 – Build the Vehicle Task 2 – Build the Motor Controller Task 3 –…... Listed under:
  726. Musical MIDI Shoes using arduino
    Like many people, I often find myself unconsciously tapping my feet, whether it's along to a song or out of some nervous habit. As fun as that is though, I've always felt as if something has been missing. If only I could trigger the sounds…... Listed under:
  727. MIDI Linear Actuator
    This project uses relays to control a Firgelli Automations linear actuator without feedback. The relays are controlled by the MIDI Volume (Control Change number CC7) command which is read by the microcontroller and converted into one of the only 3 states of operation: 1) The…... Listed under:
  728. Wallbots: Autonomous Magnetic Robots that Traverse Vertical Surfaces using arduino
    This Instructable will teach you how to create magnetic robots that traverse vertical surfaces. These robots can move on any metallic walls, including elevators, whiteboards, refrigerators or metal doors. The robots are outfitted with several light sensors, allowing them to respond to simple user interactions.…... Listed under:
  729. LPG sensor using arduino
    LPG sensor using Arduino with alarm and cutoff. A simple LPG sensor using Arduino is shown in this article. This circuit indicates the amount of LPG in the air. The circuit  sounds an alarm and trips a relay  when the concentration is above a predetermined…... Listed under:
  730. Make a 8×10 L.E.D Matrix using arduino
    UPDATE 1: I HAVE ADDED THE CODE FOR CONWAY'S GAME OF LIFE UPDATE 2: NOW YOU CAN SAVE SOME ARDUINO PINS WITH THE HELP OF 1 SHIFT REGISTER. In this instructable I will show you how to build a quite fancy 8 by 10 L.E.D matrix(with scrolling text and animations) using the Arduino and 4017 decade…... Listed under:
  731. IR Remote Controlled Home Appliances using Arduino
    In present times there are many types of Home Automation Systems which are available in the market. Most of these are simple Home Appliances Controlling Systems like DTMF controlled Home Appliances, GSM based Home Appliances Controlling, RF based Home Appliances Controlling. Here we are going…... Listed under:
  732. Arduino Controlled Servo Robot (SERB) using arduino
    What better way to start experimenting with open source micro-controllers ( Arduino ) then by building your very own open source robot ( CC (SA -BY) )? What to do with your SERB? (here) - How to connect your SERB to the internet and drive…... Listed under:
  733. Build A Simple Robotics Breadboard Using Arduino
    This Instructable shows you how to build a simple, inexpensive breadboard for robotics experiments. It is a companion to Cheap, Easy Robotics for the Non-Programmer. Here we'll learn how to build a Babuino robot to use for experiments with the Babuino/Blocos software environment. Using a…... Listed under:
  734. An easy way to send your heartbeat to the Cloud using arduino
    This cool (and very low price) sensor is attached on your ear and can detect your heart’s pulse through transmitting infrared light and checking the absorption variation caused by the blood flow on your ear lobe. The site of the products provides also the Arduino…... Listed under:
  735. PIR Motion Sensor Tutorial using arduino
    Pyroelectric ("Passive") InfraRed sensors: '''What is a PIR sensor?''' PIR sensors allow you to sense motion, almost always used to detect whether a human has moved in or out of the sensors range. They are small, inexpensive, low-power, easy to use and don't wear out.…... Listed under:
  736. A DIY photoplethysmographic sensor for measuring heart rate
    Meet Easy Pulse: A kit that includes all it needs to make a DIY heart rate sensor. Although it is not built using an Arduino, it is still open and easy to build. From the site: “This project is based on the principle of photoplethysmography…... Listed under:
  737. The Smuggie: Tweet straight from your Snuggie using arduino
    Want to tweet how satisfied you are cuddled up in your Snuggie? The Smuggie is a modified Snuggie, designed specifically for those who feel the need to express their smug satisfaction with a Snuggie to their friends on Twitter. Here's a list of everything you'll…... Listed under:
  738. Very simple ECG + Pulse Oximeter using arduino
    Scott W Harden has built an updated version of his ECG circuit for tracking his heartbeat. The main goal of the update is to provide a hack for collecting heartbeat with minimal h/w cost and circuit complexity. As you can see from the project photo above, the…... Listed under:
  739. The Lightning Simulator/Breathalyzer/Graphic Equalizer – Arduino Powered using arduino
    UPDATE: A portable version of the Talking Breathalyzer is here http://talkingbreathalyzer.com The LED strips are mounted on an outdoor trellace which functions as a lightning simulator, outdoor breathalyzer, graphic equalizer synced to music, and a few other effects with sound. Materials: 8 12v RGB Waterproof Flexible…... Listed under:
  740. Interfacing EM-18 RFID reader with Arduino Uno
    Arduino Uno is an opensource physical computing platform based on ATmega328 microcontroller and provides a development environment for writing software for the board. It can be used for a variety of projects. EM-18 RFID reader is one of the commonly used RFID reader to read…... Listed under:
  741. Arduino + WiFi, Music Responsive LED Light Fixture using arduino
    This instructable gives instructions for constructing a Saiko5 WiFi enabled LED light fixture based on the Arduino hobbyist platform. It includes step-by-step instructions from board design to soldering to case integration, as well as instructions explaining how the software and firmware can be used to…... Listed under:
  742. Trinket Audio Player using arduino
    Overview We usually think of the Adafruit Trinket as a tiny subset of a “real” Arduino; less RAM, less code space, less I/O. But this little chip has a couple tricks up its sleeve, things its larger brethren can’t do. One of these is a…... Listed under:
  743. Beatfly : Make an illuminating blimp and control it with your voice, Keyboard, MIDI Controller, Garageband file, iPhone, Flash, and more! [Mac OSX] using arduino
    [Mac OSX Only] Because I use Quartz Composer, my program works only on Mac OSX. I am now extending and improving it toward cross-platform. If you have knowledge of computer programming, you can make your own system that connects to the blimp. The communication protocol…... Listed under: ,
  744. Make A Arduino Solar Radio
    Solar charging, via the panel on the back. * 12 position switch to select channel number * Seek up / seek down controls and 'store' button * RDS display of call sign * Frequency display * Battery voltage display * Solar charging current display The…... Listed under:
  745. Updating the Arduino Garage Door Circuit for the new Gliderol Garage Controller.
    We moved house recently and I was obviously very keen to continue the home automation routine. As described in Adventures with an Arduino – Part 1: The Business Problem, I created an Arduino based garage door interface to integrate with a BOSS BOL6 garage door controller.…... Listed under:
  746. PUPPET CONTROLLER using arduino
    Three kinds of motion:  Human, Mechanical,  Animation.  Blend them together to build a puppet controller for the real and virtual world. Or, Pacman - three ways. This Instructable includes: - Using an adjustable resistor as input to the Arduino Micro-controller - Controlling two servo motors from…... Listed under:
  747. Intelligent Letter Box using Arduino and GSM
    In the days of technology postman still comes to our house for delivering the letters, couriers and parcels. Because some things like courier, parcels can’t sends via email and by using any other electronic media. So for getting notification of our letter delivery in our…... Listed under:
  748. LED Umbrella with Arduino using arduino
    The LED Umbrella with Arduino combines an umbrella, an 8x10 LED matrix and an Arduino microcontroller to create a controllable, programmable LED experience in the privacy of your own umbrella. This project was inspired by the Electric Umbrella by sockmaster and a number of LED matrix instructables…... Listed under:
  749. ARDUINO based IR remote control robot using arduino
    Hi everyone. This my new project IR remote control robot using arduino. This is a simple design robot you can easily build it. Step 1: Requirements: Project requirements: Arduino uno Tsop1738 (ir receiver) H bridge ic (L293D) Two dc motor A robot base 9v Battery…... Listed under:
  750. Sleek word clock using arduino
    nspired by drj113's great instructable on making a word clock, I wanted to make my own.  After seeing the (extremely overpriced) commercial "qlocktwo" word clock, I decided to borrow its smooth glossy black design while basing the innards of my clock on drj113's design. In…... Listed under:
  751. Project work3:Arduino code and the circuit diagram using arduino
    In order to realise the “music garden”,the most important part is the Arduino code and circuit diagram. First of all,I will present my Arduino code:(I will show you the way I think as a flow chart at first) Flow Chart: Details:this flow chart is a…... Listed under:
  752. Haptic Feedback device for the Visually Impaired [Project HALO] using arduino
    I recently watched an episode of Stan Lee’s Superhumans which featured a blind man who used a series of clicks, like a bat, to echo locate his surroundings. I got to thinking about other blind people and their ability to navigate freely – without the…... Listed under:
  753. Hobbyduino Mini V1.0 using arduino
    Introduction The Hobbyduino Mini is a clone of the Arduino main-board.  It contains a ATMega328 processor programmed with the Arduino bootloader. The Hobbyduino does not contain the circuitry for USB communication.  I opted to rely on the FTDI232R serial boards to handle the USB-to-Serial protocol.  Here…... Listed under:
  754. A simple DIY spectrophotometer using raduino
    What's all this? This instructable will explain how to build a fairly basic but working spectrophotometer out of easily sourceable parts. Of course, this device is nothing compared to a commercial spectrophotometer, but it will allow the builder to understand how such a device works.…... Listed under:
  755. Build Your Own Arduino & Bootload an ATmega Microcontroller – part 1
    There are many reasons to build your own Arduino circuit on a protoboard or a custom-designed printed circuit board. At the heart of the Arduino platform is an AVR microcontroller, in usual way you need a special hardware programmer and suitable hex files to program…... Listed under:
  756. High-speed Photography with Arduino and CHDK using arduino
    This project uses an Arduino microcontroller and a laser break-beam trigger to fire via USB remote a Canon camera modified with CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) firmware. Immediate influences are the high-speed flash photography triggered by sound or light project by Glacial Wanderer and the…... Listed under:
  757. Arduino PWM Led Control using arduino
    Looking for a simple circuit to control the light intensity of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) or similar lighting sources? Here is an Arduino based circuit with three independent pulse width modulated (PWM) channels to fulfil your requirements! Just follow the schematic diagram to complete the…... Listed under:
  758. Lunchtime Clock using arduino
    Have you ever wished lunchtime were longer, but didn't know where to find those few extra minutes? Well, wish no longer! Thanks to great in advances in clock technology, I present to you a clock that speeds up 20% every day at 11:00 and slows…... Listed under:
  759. Arduino project: Stereo Peak Program Meter using arduino
    Previously, we introduced the Arduino’s analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in detail, looking at successive-approximation A-D conversion and how it’s the best compromise between speed and cost. This time, we start putting some of that theory into practice by building a stereo peak-program meter. Our Peak Program…... Listed under:
  760. Simple Animatronics with Servos and Arduino using arduino
    Servos are surprisingly easy to use. Even more so than simple DC motors and steppers when you have a microcontroller. In this instructable we'll use a 'duino to drive five servos which will control a doll's limbs and neck. I bought the servos at HobbyPartz…... Listed under:
  761. MIDI Bass Pedal Arduino Encoder using arduino
    MIDI BASS PEDAL ARDUINO UNIT The MIDI Bass Pedal circuit is capable of encoding any number of momentary action, push to make, single pole single throw (SPST), switches from 1 up to 30 to produce the equivalent MIDI note-on/note-off data commands. The encoded switches are…... Listed under:
  762. Arduino + Laptop Touchpad using arduino
    Yes, this is more or less your average touchpad that one can find from inside a laptop. This model, like majority of touchpads out there operates with PS/2 standard. This means that it can be directly plugged in to a PS/2 connector and with proper…... Listed under:
  763. Electronic Circuit: photocell and LED
    The cmd_response sketch is very general with respect to the ANALOG IN and DIGITAL I/O of the Arduino boards. We can use it to read a wide variety of sensors from remote computer systems. First, we demonstrate how the Arduino cmd_response sketch works, we construct…... Listed under:
  764. Sending Message Using Alpha-Numeric Keypad with GSM and Arduino
    GSM is quite a common Device which is used in major Projects and Real Time Operations. There are many applications which are using features of GSM Module like the feature sending Messages, making a Voice Call, Reading Messages, attempting Call etc. Many at times you…... Listed under:
  765. Arduino Wind Instrument using arduino
    I wanted to create an Arduino instrument that was easy to play, but would sound better with practice. This "wind" instrument combines the Sparkfun Electret Microphone breakout board with the Tone library and 5 buttons on one analog pin. The musician must make a sound…... Listed under:
  766. Peggy2: High And Low
    First and foremost, big thanks to Damien for her time and effort on soldering 265 LEDs on peggy2 circuit board, which made my programming part possible to continue. Instead of soldering LEDs directly onto the Peggy2 board, we have to use Ethernet cables as “extensions”…... Listed under:
  767. Rechargeable Battery Capacity Tester using arduino
    Do you have a pile of AA rechargeable batteries in your drawer? Some are old, some are new, but which sets would you bring with your camera on your next trip, and which ones are past their useful life? I like using rechargeable batteries, but…... Listed under:
  768. CMUcam3: Working Module But Not Working CMUcam3-Arduino System
    After over spending nearly 20 hours extra on fixing peggy2 board I mentioned in the previous post, there is only a few hours left for me to work on CMUcam3-Arduino system and its facial-recognition driven motor system. The basic programming architecture is shown below. When in…... Listed under:
  769. NESBot: Arduino Powered Robot beating Super Mario Bros for the NES using arduino
    An Arduino Duemilanove (other boards will probably work, but you will have to adjust the steps for your device) Working NES Console Super Mario Bros. (Note: this must be only the single game, not the two- or three-in-one cartridge) A controller you can cut the…... Listed under:
  770. Arduino Intervalometer Camera controller
    Intervawhat? An intervalometer is a camera controller that signals the camera to take a picture after some set interval. This is really useful for creating time-lapse videos. For a long time, I used my TI-89 calculator to create time-lapse videos with my Canon digital Rebel XTi. It…... Listed under:
  771. Q&D-Poor man’s-Skinner-Sadist-Jeopardy game using arduino
    In this instructable you will learn how to make a Q&D-Poor man's-Skinner-Sadist-Jeopardy game . First off, the disclaimer: I'm not responsible of whatever you do. You have to know that with a great power comes...bla-bla-bla. Just be careful and remember that electricity reserves respect. While…... Listed under:
  772. Radio Telemetry for a Model Rocket using arduino
    Flying model rockets is fun, but there is always the question of how high did it go. Using a programmable micro-controller and some sensors, you can monitor the entire phase of flight and measure acceleration and altitude, among other things. With this project, I’ll show you how…... Listed under:
  773. Bubblebot: Gigantic Bubble Generator using arduino
    While being a bit lengthy and requiring experience with Arduino, this contraption is bound to grant you infinite glory among your friends, toddlers and grownups alike! Step 1: What You Need Here's a list of the materials and parts I used: The Frame * 5…... Listed under:
  774. New Arduino WiFi Shield (Testing) usign arduino
    The WiFi Shield was delivered by Amazon. The Arduino UNO Rev 3 was found at RadioShack… First you need to load the last Arduino IDE (Ver 1.0.2) it has the necessary library to use the WiFi shield. Tried the examples “Scan for available networks”  and …... Listed under:
  775. Yet Another Daft Punk Coffee Table (5×5 LED Matrix) using arduino
    Yes, I know this has been done before, but I wanted to build my own, using as few parts as possible.  I built this as a table top or wall mount model, but it can be scaled up to make a coffee table.  I built…... Listed under:
  776. Review – Maxim MAX7219 LED Display Driver IC using arduino
    Today we are going to examine the Maxim MAX7219 LED display driver IC. The reason for doing so is to show you how something that used to be quite complex can be made very simple – and that is what all this technology is for,…... Listed under:
  777. Arcade Button MIDI Controller using arduino
    Having a hardware interface to your favourite music / DJ / VJ software can really open up doors in your creativity. The most widespread form of hardware control to your PC for such applications is a MIDI based controller. A MIDI controller can send and…... Listed under:
  778. Brushless DC (BLDC) motor with Arduino. Part 3 – The Stroboscope Project
    It has been all dry theory in the Brushless DC (BLDC) motor with Arduino series up to this point. This is where it gets to be more fun. If you’ve just arrived, please check out the previous two installments: Driving a three-phase brushless DC motor…... Listed under:
  779. Arduino Basics: RCtime using arduino
    RCtime is a function for the Arduino that finds its roots in Basic-based micro controller programming languages (such as the Basic Stamp). This function basically counts the amount of time it takes to charge a capacitor through a resistor and returns a digital value. In…... Listed under:
  780. Arduino Mega Pololu Shield using arduino
    RepRap Arduino Mega Pololu Shield, or RAMPS for short. It is designed to fit the entire electronics needed for a RepRap in one small package for low cost. RAMPS interfaces an Arduino Mega with the powerful Arduino MEGA platform and has plenty room for expansion.…... Listed under:
  781. The Wordclock Grew Up! using arduino
    Well, It had to happen. I first published my WordClock project in September 2009. It was a Microchip PIC based clock, using a PIC16F877A microprocessor. In the last year and a half, I have been constantly improving it, and have adapted it to the Arduino,…... Listed under:
  782. Light Meter Using I2C Level Converter, LCD, and TSL2561using arduino
    I recently needed to measure how different materials affect light transmission for a gardening project.  I decided this was the perfect opportunity to try out the new logic level converter to run both a 5v LCD and a 3.3v light sensor on a single i2c…... Listed under: ,
  783. Arduino Laser Show with Full XY Control using arduino
    Update! See Step 32 to find out how to use this project with a green laser! Also - checkout the LaserTweet Instructable to make this project display data from Twitter: http://www.instructables.com/id/LaserTweet-Twitter-Projecting-Laser-Show/ This project uses an Arduino and some cheap audio speakers to create a real…... Listed under:
  784. Arduino GPS Clock usign arduino
    I had a Holux M-1000B Bluetooth GPS module that was just gathering dust in my room. I had bought it from DealExtreme back in the days when I had GPS-less (but external GPS capable) Nokia E51. Upgrading to a Nokia E52 has since made this…... Listed under: ,
  785. How to Build an Arduino Powered Chess Playing Robot using arduino
    Judging by the sheer number of chess related Instructables, I think it's safe to say the community enjoys the game.  It can be difficult, however, to find someone who plays on the same level you do.  To solve this dilemma, and to increase my playing…... Listed under:
  786. DS1307 I²C Clock using arduino
    I wanted to learn how to interface with I²C devices using my Arduino, so I bought a DS1307 clock and crystal kit from Earthshine Electronics. I've no association to them, but I'd recommend having a look at their shop. Their prices are very reasonable, unlike…... Listed under:
  787. Lampduino – an 8×8 RGB Floor Lamp using arduino
    Lampduino is a computer-controlled free-standing floor lamp, comprised of an 8x8 RGB LED matrix. The lamp stands 45" high and 18" wide.  Light emanates from both sides.  It has various display modes, as well as an included editor for creating animations.  The lamp is controlled…... Listed under:
  788. Room roving robot – phase 1 using arduino
    My second holiday project was a bit more fun than just blinking lights. I decided to tear apart a $10 RC jeep and control it with the Arduino. For this project, I added a motor shield on top of the Arduino that I purchased at…... Listed under:
  789. Make a simple platform and give mobility to your computer using arduino
    A computer is a very handy thing to use in your robots. If you start listing all the features that can be used for robotic purposes you'll find that it is cheaper to buy a netbook than buying LCD, wifi and bluetooth modules, cameras, speech synthesizer…... Listed under:
  790. Hacking Hex Bug Spider using arduino
    For the Smart Cities exhibition in Leeds in a couple of weeks, we’ve been building a physical representation of an agent based simulation. Hex Bug Spiders are relatively cheap hexapod robots that are controlled via an infra-red transmitter which has an A or B code so…... Listed under:
  791. (w/ Video) Basic Arduino Robot, Light Seeker! using arduino
    Many times I have Googled for "Arduino Robot" in hopes of finding a robot to build. I end up finding many versions of a obstacle avoiding robot that uses either an infrared or a sonar range finder sensor mounted on a servo to detect objects…... Listed under:
  792. Easy, Reversible Motor Control for Arduino (or any Microcontroller) using arduino
    This project uses just three main components to provide forward and reverse control for a single motor.  You can easily interface it to an Arduino or any other microcontroller. It's so simple - you can wire it up "free-form" without a circuit board in about…... Listed under:
  793. How To Use a Nokia Color LCD!
    Nokia manufactures a wide variety of cell phones and many of their cheaper phones contain simple LCD's which may be used in microcontroller projects.  There is one particular LCD model that is used in a wide variety of their phones and is often referred to…... Listed under:
  794. Tutorial – Arduino and the MAX7219 LED Display Driver IC using arduino
    Use the Maxim MAX7219 LED display driver with Arduino in Chapter 56 of our Arduino Tutorials. The first chapter is here, the complete series is detailed here. Update – 4/1/15 – This article is pending a re-write, please refrain from comments and questions until the new version is published.  Introduction…... Listed under:
  795. Ollie- a DIY autonomous robotic blimp using arduino
    Ollie is an open source blimp-based autonomous and ambient robot that dwells in human habitats. Ollie is observant, often flying in a manner suggesting curiosity for the world around him. Ollie reacts to voices by excitedly flapping his wings, communicating his friendliness and eagerness to…... Listed under:
  796. PS1 Controller Joysticks with Arduino
    Idea: To take one of my old Playstation 1 controllers and extract the dual thumbstick setup so that it can be easily used in a microcontroller project (in my case: with the Arduino) without extra libraries or drivers that you would need if you want…... Listed under:
  797. Arduino Binary Die using arduino
    After buying a Nanode (an Arduino-compatible board with ethernet built-in) last weekend, we've been trying to work it out by making a couple of simple examples, the 'Binary Dice' is the first one with input and outputs. A note, this code example is based on…... Listed under: ,
  798. Shaun The Noisy Sheep using arduino
    Make A "doorbell" using an Arduino Uno, a Wave shield from Adafruit, a small speaker, a plug, a Sharp distance sensor and a Shaun the Sheep.  Our Shaun is used in an open doorway to alert store staff when a customer has entered. Step 1:…... Listed under:
  799. Telecran (Etch a Sketch) + Arduino = Telecranduino ! using arduino
    I came across a bunch of stepper motors and I have since been looking for a project to do with the kids. An old Telecran (French for Etch-a-Sketch) later, we are in business ! What I used for this project: - an Arduino Uno -…... Listed under:
  800. Boozeduino using arduino
    Now with more LED. Arduino mega powered breathalyzer using the MQ-3 sensor.   A relative gauge for judging how intoxicated you are. NOT TO BE USED AS MEANS OF BREATHALYZING NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE. This is more of a device to encourage one to drink…... Listed under:
  801. Analog Sensors using arduino
    Analog sensors produce an analog (continuous) voltage that typically varies from 0 to 5 volts. They have three wires – ground, power, and signal (typically red, black, and white, respectively). Examples shown below include: Potentiometers Proximity Accelerometers Ribbon Bend Pressure Light Temperature Sound Multi-touch Touch…... Listed under:
  802. LoL Shield Audio Spectrum VU Meter using arduino
    This is an audio spectrum VU meter using the LoL Shield for Arduino . The LoL Shield is a 14 x 9 LED matrix which fits onto the Arduino as a shield and is controlled through an efficient method known as Charlieplexing . It was…... Listed under:
  803. Flash trigger using arduino
    his project is mainly based in this one from Glaciar Wanderer. I just liked his idea and worked it on my own. (I think this guy and me would be friends, as the projects he has in his photography category are things I’ve been wanting…... Listed under:
  804. TROBOT: A Miniature Articulated Robot using arduino
    The TROBOT is a miniature six-axis articulated robot, modeled after large industrial & assembly line robots. The prototype versions were developed to be interfaced with ABB's Robot Studio software. Robot Studio was designed to program, simulate, and debug real industrial robots in an offline virtual environment.…... Listed under:
  805. Jetson/Tutorials/GPIO using arduino
    Quickly testing a GPIO pin To set pin GPIO_PH1 as an output: sudo su (Enter your user password. Defaults to "ubuntu") # See which pins are currently configured as GPIO, and what their state is. cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio # Validate that the entry for the Tegra…... Listed under:
  806. Arduino + LEDs + fan = POV “APPLAUSE” sign
    I saw these POV(Persistence of Vision)  devices on other Instructables and thought I would like to make one and I have always wanted my own "APPLAUSE" sign.  Next improvement will be to make it go on whenever I enter the room.  🙂  Maybe have it…... Listed under:
  807. Magic Music Table No menus, no buttons using arduino
    NOTE: This instructable is now slightly old and a better machine has been made with lower cost parts and much better software that automatically allows you to "pair" new cards with new tracks as they are added to the iPod playlist. iPod playback track selection…... Listed under:
  808. Using the tymkrs “Turn Me” with an Arduino
    Here is a quick write up on how to use the tymkrs “Turn Me” rotary encoder.  This supports the “push down” feature of the tymkrs kit. Fritzing Rotary Encoder Part: Rotary Encoder with Knob bth.fzpz Fritzing Project: RotaryEncoderDemo.fzz Arduino (1.5) project: RotaryEncoderDemo.ino 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8…... Listed under:
  809. Boost Converter Intro with Arduino
    Let’s say that you’re trying to drive a few Nixie clock tubes, or you want to make a strobe light. A variable high voltage DC power supply from 50-200+ volts may be required. Transformers are terrific, but difficult to find the right one and a…... Listed under:
  810. Arduino Circular Cylon!
    This is a quick arduino project that is great for beginners. Enjoy! There is a video on the last step! Step 1: What you Need To build this project you will need: 10 LEDs, any color will do. Some wire, I used a ribbon cable…... Listed under:
  811. Reading pulses from meters with pulse outputs.. using arduino
    A note on what this document covers The main thing that's being added here to the wealth of information on the internet about pulse counting is how to count pulses from more than two pulse outputs sources (up to 12 sources) using a continuos sampling…... Listed under:
  812. Car No. 06 Programmed Automatic Driving Car using arduino
    Hi! Kaeru no Ojisan is back with Car No.06. Car No.06 is a Programmed Automatic Driving Car with following procedure; - Simulate the Car Trajectory based on the Target Passing Points. - Drive automatically as simulated using Reflective Photosensor and Gyro Sensor . - Adjust…... Listed under:
  813. Interactive skull using arduino
    I bought this skull to decorate my computer desk. However, analyzing better, I could do something more interesting. I hope you enjoy. Step 1: Materials - A plastic skull - 8 screws; - Microcontroller (I used an Arduino board); - A Protoboard - A nunchuck…... Listed under:
  814. Light and obstacle detecting bot using arduino
    Introduction For our ECSP project we have made a bot that senses and follows light and at the same time avoids obstacles. Rationale We wanted some hands on experience in using microcontrollers and electronics in general . Using a combination of light and distance sensors…... Listed under:
  815. 8 LED Chaser with 74HC595 8 Bit Shift Register using arduino
    Have you wanted to make a sweet Cylon/Knight Rider (Larson) Scanner effect? But you don’t want to use up all of your Arduino IO pins? Well, you can make a nice 8 LED Scanner with a shift register IC. In this tutorial we’ll be using…... Listed under:
  816. arduino based distance sensor using arduino
    Here  is a simple tutorial to build a Distance sensor which will show the distance from the distance sensor HC-SR04 ( Or any other compatible devices) to the wall or obstacles in front of the sensor in CentiMeters. This project uses a HCR-SR04 distance sensor and…... Listed under:
  817. Make A 3D LED Cube Using Arduino
    The 3D LED Cube is a really cool device that enables you to see in three dimensions, get some depth perception and has 512 LED's or 512 pixels. It is based on an Arduino Uno which is an Atmel AVR microcontroller on a development board…... Listed under:
  818. TiDiGino Contest using arduino
    The project TiDiGino We developed a new GSM remote control called TiDiGino. The name recalls the initials (TDGxx) of our previous GSM remote control and is also based on the Arduino project. All the details of this circuit can be found below, but no the sketch, because this is your assignment. The contestYou have to write…... Listed under:
  819. Control Ikea Dioder LED Strip with Arduino + 16X PWM LED Fader Board using arduino
    We're going to show how to wire up and control an Ikea DIODER LED strip with an arduino, using a 16X PWM LED Fader board as an intermediary. The 16X PWM board is basically a bunch of mosfets under PWM control (switches that turn on…... Listed under:
  820. Secret Knock Final using arduino
    Secret Knock Description - My final project is a door lock that listens for your personalized knock. The lock uses an arduino board and a piezo speaker and will not unlock the door unless the specific pattern is used as a knock. Arduino Program -…... Listed under: ,
  821. Thermocouple Sensor 1.0 using arduino
    Overview Jump to the Table of Contents This is a simple board for measuring temperature. It uses an AD595 chip to make thermocouple measurements easy. The AD595 amplifies the thermocouple signal and conditions it for easy use. Thermocouples are great due to their linearity over…... Listed under:
  822. Display Live Txts on Costume at Party w/ Scrolling LED Belt Buckle using arduino
    This project shows how to send SMS text messages to a cheap scrolling LED display via an Android app and arduino with USB host shield. The project was originally inspired by a friend wanting to make a "sexting themed" costume, with a scrolling LED display…... Listed under:
  823. Arduino: measuring the Earth’s magnetic field with the magnetometer HMC5883L using arduino
    The HMC5883L magnetometer This component (a small chip) HMC5883L, produced by Honeywell, bases its operation on  AMR (Anisotropic Magnetoresistive) technology and allows you to be able to measure both the direction and the magnitude of the earth’s magnetic field. This magnetometer HMC5883L has within 3 magneto-resistive…... Listed under:
  824. Nunchuk-controlled Helicopter using arduino
    Welcome to my 3rd Instructable everyone ! Today we're going to build a 'device' to control a mini-sized helicopter with a Wii Nunchuk. The helicopter that we're using is a cheap (26$) 3-channel (yaw, throttle, pitch) helicopter that I bought a 1 month back from…... Listed under:
  825. Surfin’ Bird (Arduino Style) using arduino
    I just hope every body's heard. The Bird is the Word! This is a simple device to play Surfin Bird really loudly when someone trips off the motion sensor. If you don't already own an Adafruit Wave Shield, I'd highly suggest purchasing one. It's become…... Listed under:
  826. Voice Recognition System using arduino
    Contents 1 Team Members 2 Mentor 3 Concept 4 Softwares Used 5 circuits 5.1 Pre Amp circuit 5.1.1 Circuit Diagram 5.1.2 Working 5.2 EEPROM circuit 5.3 Led Matrix display circuit 6 Algorithm for silence & noise removal 6.1 Pre-Emphasis 6.2 Silence and Noise Removal 6.2.1…... Listed under:
  827. Arduino powered Haunted Pumpkin using arduino
    This is a cute little project that takes a pumpkin, motion sensor, and some parts from Radio Shack. It was fun to create and build. This project was sponsored by the Radio Shack Great Create and I was able to make the whole thing with…... Listed under:
  828. A Makers Wedding – Photo booth usnig arduino
    This Instructable is about: building an automated photo booth. The total build cost was around $150 as I re-used a lot of the components and materials I already had in my garage - in addition to what I could salvage from scrap yards. Why? -…... Listed under:
  829. Extending PWM output pins with a Texas Instruments TLC5940 LED driver using arduino
    Introduction Microcontrollers like the Arduino were designed to facilitate the use of electronics for designers and DIY enthusiasts. The interface provides a great starting points for a variety of elecronic circuit designs. However, as the microcontroller is standardized, it is also limited in its use.…... Listed under:
  830. LASER Maze – Halloween Haunted House using arduino
    The LASER Maze was our Processing and Arduino powered garage haunted house for 2011. A monitor sits outside of the garage, displaying "PRESS START." After the button is pressed, an intro video plays that instructs you to dodge the lasers and get your candy in…... Listed under:
  831. Human Body Infrared Smoke Temperature Alarm System with Arduino
    Web site: http://www.instructables.com/id/Human-Body-Infrared-Smoke-Temperature-Alarm-System/ Project Summary: The Human Body Infrared Smoke Temperature Alarm System works under the DC 5v voltage and uses the DH11 Temperature Module to detect the room temperature. When the module detects the temperature is higher than the maximum, the buzzer alarms and…... Listed under:
  832. Doorbell to Arduino ‘Interface’
    Hi Everybody In my first Instructable I want to show you how to build an cheap and easy Doorbell to Arduino 'Interface' so you can let your Arduinoproject get triggered through it or simply use your Arduino as a bell. Almost endless possibilities 😀 Step…... Listed under:
  833. 1RE45 Non contact digital thermometer using arduino
    Contents 1 Introduction 2 Components Used 3 Description 4 Idea 5 Plan Of Action 6 1st week: 7 2nd week: 8 3rd week: 9 4th week 10 5th week 11 Expenses(In Rupees) 12 Videos, Photos 13 Code 14 Team Members 15 Resources: Introduction Temperature is…... Listed under:
  834. SPROT, my SimPleROboT using arduino
    in this instructable i will show you how to make a very simple robot, using an arduino. this robot could be the base for a wide range of projects, i am planning on adding LDRs to mine so it can seek put light and also…... Listed under:
  835. How to build an Arduino energy monitor – measuring mains voltage and current arduino
    Including voltage measurement via AC-AC voltage adapter and current measurement via a CT sensor. This guide details how to build a simple electricity energy monitor on that can be used to measure how much electrical energy you use in your home. It measures voltage with…... Listed under: ,
  836. VOICE CONTROL CAR USING ARDUINO AND ANDROID
    Hello friends,Welcome to ElectroPLUS . This is a post to show how to make voice control car using arduino and android. COMPONENTS REQUIRED: 1.Arduino uno or Induino R3 board. Hello friends,Welcome to ElectroPLUS . This is a post to show how to make voice control…... Listed under: ,
  837. Build a Laser 3D Printer – Stereolithography at Home using arduino
    Here is how to make a Stereolithography 3D Printer. It is still a bit of a work in progress but so far it is working pretty well. This is mainly an experiment which started as a Delta Robot Stereolithography Printer but ended as a more…... Listed under:
  838. A new board for the 3Drag: there’s more than Sanguinololu using arduino
    When we first released our 3D printer, we tried to use some parts that were already available and tested, in full respect of the open source philosophy. In particular, we decided to use the electronic card Sanguinololu. The “open” firmware we chose, the Marlin firmware…... Listed under: ,
  839. Temperature Detecting Heating Control System with Arduino Mega2560
    Web site: http://www.icstation.com/product_info.php?products_id=3517 Project Summary: To help electronic DIY hobbyists, will show you how to use Temperature Detecting Heating Control System with Arduino Mega2560. Full Project: The temperature detecting heating control system works with DC5V voltage. This system uses DS18B20 temperature detection chip as the…... Listed under:
  840. RoboBrrd Using Arduino
    RoboBrrd is an robot / animatronic character whose purpose morphs to mirror that of the virtual world. It is designed to be used as a tangible real world interface to virtual world learning applications. As a standalone robot, RoboBrrd is an entertaining platform that can…... Listed under:
  841. Camera and flash trigger module using arduino
    Here we go again, here is a picture of the camera and flash trigger module I made for my arduino photographic projects: It includes three 4N26 optocouplers. One (first one from the left side) to trigger a flash, as I did in the arduino controlled…... Listed under:
  842. Stroboscope (zoetrope) using Arduino and a broken Xbox 360 DVD drive using arduino
    Stroboscope (AKA zoetrope) is a device that creates an illusion of a moving picture by showing a rapid successions of frames  "stopped" for a fraction of a second due to the persistence-of-vision (POV) effect. It is a very old toy; zoetropes have been amusing crowds…... Listed under:
  843. 3x3x3 LED cube shield using arduino
    What should be in your kit: 1 – PCB 27 – LED’s 2 – 6 Pins for Arduino 2 – 8 Pins for Arduino 3 – Resistors 1 – Foam Guide 1 – Small Wire 1 – Medium Wire 1 – Large Wire You will…... Listed under:
  844. MQ-8 Hydrogen Gas Sensor Circuit Built with an Arduino
    In this project, we will go over how to build a hydrogen gas sensor circuit with an arduino. The hydrogen gas sensor we will use is the MQ-8 sensor. This is a sensor that is sensitive to effects of hydrogen gas. Hydrogen gas (H2), at…... Listed under:
  845. Simple Solar Power using arduino
    Simple Solar Power Light contains energy. When light hits a conductor (or semiconductor) some of the energy is translated into moving electrons, creating current. We can harness the current using solar cells (aka photovoltaic cells). When the sun shines on a solar cell, the current…... Listed under:
  846. DIY Turntable using arduino
    You always wanted to be a Disc-Jockey. You know nothing about beats, delays or mixing but, damn, scratching is like the coolest thing ever invented! If this is also your case, follow this instructable to build a low-fi DJ set: the DIY Turntable as featured…... Listed under:
  847. Arduino-enabled Patron Interaction Counting using arduino
    Using the Arduino development board (http://arduino.cc) has become a very popular way to create hardware prototypes that bridge the divide between the physical world and the Internet. This article outlines how to use an Arduino, some off-the-shelf electronic parts, the Processing programming language, and Google…... Listed under:
  848. Make a Fire Breathing Animetronic Pony from FurReal Butterscotch or S’Mores usnig arduino
    For Maker Faire Detroit 2011, I displayed a hack I made to a FurReal Friends Butterscotch Pony. My fellow LVL1 Hackers and I had taken control of the motor control system of the toy and added a flame thrower to it.  It seemed to go…... Listed under:
  849. Real-Time Energy Monitor with Arduino and LabVIEW using arduino
    We present the candidature of Mr. Michele Mancini for the TiDiGino Contest. He proposes us a recent application with Arduino: Real-Time Energy Monitor This is a simple power meter to analize the current consuming in a house using the led indicator of a house energy…... Listed under:
  850. Using an RGB LED to Detect Colours using arduino
    I am going to show you how you can use an RGB LED and a Cds photocell as a colour sensor for a micro-controller. I will illustrate the method to retrieve a colour using Arduino, and I will show you a how you can verify the…... Listed under:
  851. Reviving A Dead Arduino
    Well I managed to kill my Arduino. It no longer accepted uploads with the classic out of sync error. After asking on the Arduino forum I was told I would need a high voltage programmer to rectify, so I decided just to buy a new…... Listed under:
  852. Cosmic ray detection from vertical and horizontal directions using three Geiger counters using arduino
    Research Group: Ryan Mountcastle, Minh Trang Nguyen, Nathan Ranno, and Ryan Ward Launch: Whitworth Fall 2012 This experiment was designed to examine cosmic ray activity in the Earth's atmosphere as altitude increases. The previous group's project utilized three Geiger counters stacked vertically to eliminate false…... Listed under:
  853. Using the Parallax RFID Reader with an Arduino
    f you’ve ever wanted the ability to use some form of hardware-based authentication in your projects then this is the board to do it with. The Parallax RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) reader is super easy to configure. It only takes four wires! It uses serial…... Listed under: ,
  854. Inflatable Teddy Bear/LED Costume/Power Glove using arduino
    This was a behemoth of a project involving an inflatable costume, a LED costume, and a glove that controlled the colors and patterns of the LEDs. I’ve been wanting to make an inflatable creature that would give birth to me for a while now (lots…... Listed under:
  855. Build a network clock (NCLK) with Microduino-RTC
    The resolvent of clock synchronization over internet. by PKJ, The web−based clock management system allows you to monitor clock status from wherever they are and centrally change settings. and this small device is built with PoE technology, thus IP clocks get their time, data and power…... Listed under: ,
  856. TFT Display with microSD breakout board using arduino
    128X160 pixels in 18 bit color with a microSD breakout board courtesy of Adafruit Industries You can purchase the 18-bit color TFT LCD display with microSD card breakout kit (part# ST7735R) from Adafruit Industries This tutorial from Adafruit is for a 1.8" diagonal TFT display…... Listed under: ,
  857. SPI Interfaces using Arduino
    Update (6/7/2012) – I’ve had to disable comments on this post, because it is being targeted by spam bots for some reason. Please use the contact page if you have a question about this topic. [box type="note" color=" #202020 " bg="#ffbb00 " font="verdana" fontsize="14" radius="20…... Listed under: ,
  858. Awesome button, and then some. usnig arduino
    Many of you have probably seen the Awesome button done by Matt Richardson of Make Magazine. If not here is his video which was very well done and was the inspiration of my project. I liked the idea of having a button to press for…... Listed under:
  859. Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock using Arduino
    Protect your secret hideout from intruders with a lock that will only open when it hears the secret knock. This started out as a bit of a joke project, but turned out to be surprisingly accurate at judging knocks. If the precision is turned all…... Listed under: , ,
  860. The Soil Temperature Sensor using arduino
    You are building a soil temperature sensor. We need a waterproof thermometer that we can burry in the soil. The sensor is made up of a small circuit enclosed in a piece of heat shrink (to waterproof it). Supplies: (see the parts page) an LM335…... Listed under: ,
  861. Make An Arduino RFID Card Reading
    Finally! It’s been about 3 months since my last Arduino tutorial – I’ve been keeping busy as usual. I’ve been working on this one for some time. I got the parts months ago, made an outline a few weeks ago, prototyped the circuits and wrote…... Listed under: ,
  862. Arduino – One Wire Digital Temperature Sensor – DS18B20
    The one wire Digital Temperature Sensor - DS18B20 from Maxim (formerly Dallas) is a great chip for measuring temperature in your projects. Luckily, there is a Dallas Temperature library for the arduino which makes using this sensor very easy. The most recent version of this…... Listed under: ,
  863. Traffic Light Stoplight LED Scarf – Safety Scarf of Righteousness using arduino
    Multipurpose like a traffic light, this one keeps you warm and blinks to make you more visible in the night.  Stop traffic with this fun scarf worn around your neck. Repurpose a dollar-store bicycle safety flasher to embed in the scarf.  Simulates the light changing…... Listed under:
  864. Soldering an SMT MOSFET Driver with a hotplate
    Soldering SMD components isn't as hard as you might think. In fact it's easy. If you follow this instructables you'll soon see just what great results you can obtain at home using just a hotplate. It's not just being able to make small circuit boards…... Listed under: ,
  865. Wendell the Robot using arduino
    What follows is my proposed design for a robot. A robot with a simple design, that is easy to share and change.  A robot you can build with a hand saw or a laser cutter; from cardboard or karbonite.  A robot you can share; and change.…... Listed under:
  866. Arduino + Compass Module 3-Axis HMC5883L
    Background In this blogpost we’re going to deal with the Compass Module 3-Axis HMC5883L from Parallax and how to integrate it into an Arduino. The Compass Module 3-Axis HMC5883L is designed for low-field magnetic sensing with a digital interface. This compact sensor fits into small…... Listed under: ,
  867. 3D AIR mouse | Arduino + Processing
    3D AIR mouse | Arduino + Processing I'm an Industrial design student, and last year as part of a course called "Technology as RAW materiel" I built this project as my final work. I work most of the time with SolidWorks, a CAD software for…... Listed under: , ,
  868. Arduino Chiptunes usnig arduino
    I am not a big fan of programming. I may like it but, I try to keep it down to a 555 timer like in this ible. However, when it comes to synths, well, I just NEED programming. One day, while exploring Synthesizers, I came…... Listed under:
  869. LilyPad Arduino – the wearable technology using arduino
    Introduzione LilyPad Arduino is one of the many Arduino microcontrollers, but unlike the more well-known Arduino UNO, MEGA and Yun, this little board has very specific characteristics that make it unique. In fact, the LilyPad can be sewn on fabric. In fact, with only 19…... Listed under:
  870. Make A Twitter Poem Box Using Arduino
    This is a project that was inspired by Marc de Vinck's Kitty Twitty Cat Toy http://makezine.com/22/kittytwitty/ . It incorporates an RFID reader and the BlinkM, a programable RGB LED. The lamp tweets random colored poems when it detects one of the three RFID cards which…... Listed under:
  871. Smart Relay Power Box(SiriProxy Compatible)
    If you have ever wanted to control high voltages/currents with an Arduino, setup up a complicated light timer, or even have Siri turn on a Lamp. Then this is an instructable for you! In this instructable in a few simple steps we will build a self-powered…... Listed under:
  872. BennyP’s Light Contraption using arduino
    Introduction Disclaimer: I am not an expert in any of this. There is lots of information online regarding such designs. Although this setup worked for me, do not trust any of my calculations. Please work all this out for yourself and consult many other sources,…... Listed under: ,
  873. ST7565 LCDs: Graphical LCDs
    What it is... Type: Graphical (128x64) monochrome LCD with LED backlight Interface: Serial / SPI This is a good time to read the datasheet Available from: Adafruit, of course! Introduction: This mini-tutorial will go through the process of setting up a ST7565 LCD. These LCDs…... Listed under:
  874. Standalone Arduino chip on breadboard
    If you're like me, after I got my Arduino and performed a final programming on my first chip, I wanted to pull it off my Arduino Duemilanove and put it on my own circuit. This would also free up my Arduino for future projects. The problem…... Listed under: ,
  875. USB Biofeedback Game Controller using arduino
    Building upon our last tutorial, which taught you how to build a muscle sensor, we've decided to give you a project that really showcases the power of our muscle (EMG) sensors. Advancer Technologies’ “USB Biofeedback Game Controller” harnesses the power of electromyography to allow players to…... Listed under:
  876. CT sensors – Interfacing with an Arduino
    To connect up a CT sensor to an Arduino, the output signal from the CT sensor needs to be conditioned so that it meets the input requirements of the Arduino analog inputs: a positive voltage between 0V and the ADC reference voltage. Note: This page give the…... Listed under:
  877. Making 1×10 LED Array with Random Patterns
    This will teach you how to make a very simple 1x10 array of LEDs on a breadboard controlled by an Arduino Uno to make the LEDs blink and flash in 10 different patterns. Link to notebook for project:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YP4p11SbDNOnM7mDn-sRjJLnxGPj6o0DkrFZnznVMvk/edit Link to YouTube video of LEDs…... Listed under:
  878. The party starter using arduino
    A desktop motorized musical disco ball.  Great for holiday parties, impromptu dance-offs, and Tuesday afternoons.   Bling, Music, Arduino, and glitter covered styrofoam; this Instructable has got what you need to get your boogie on.  Fires need help go get going, so do parties.   I recently…... Listed under:
  879. Controllers and Sensors using arduino
    John has been working to recover components from old power supplies and available trash electronics, in order to build controllers to power stepper motors and other mechanisms for the FabLab. Intro The Arduino microcontroller board is able to supply a current of 40mA from its…... Listed under:
  880. Arduino lets you play Atari 2600 and ZX Spectrum using a NES controller
    This instructable shows you how to use NES controller in Atari 2600 or ZX Spectrum (with Kempston Interface)  with the aid of an Arduino. Step 1: Background talk I have recently acquired a couple of Atari 2600s and a bunch of joysticks. Both consoles were working…... Listed under: ,
  881. Serial Duplex using an Arduino
    Overview In the first serial lab, you sent data from one sensor to a personal computer. In this lab, you'll send data from multiple sensors to a program on a personal computer. You'll use the data from the sensors to create a pointing-and-selecting device (i.e.…... Listed under:
  882. Yet Another Arduino 110v Power Controller
    This Instructable shows you how to build a four-gang outlet box in which each outlet is controlled via an Arduino (or any other TTL level signals). It differs from the other relay boxes in that it uses no circuit boards and has very few parts (one…... Listed under: ,
  883. Sensing color with the ADJD-S371 + Arduino
    About 2 years ago I picked up a ADJD-S371 color sensor from Sparkfun to work with my arduino. I spent a few days getting it to work, but finally got it going pretty well. I still get a few emails here and there asking for…... Listed under: ,
  884. Displaying Twitter feed without a PC! using Arduino
    There are a lot of Twitter feed readers around the Web that use Arduino AND a PC to display twits on LCD displays or whatsoever. Then, I decide it was the time to design a solution for performing the same job WITHOUT A PC, and…... Listed under: ,
  885. Geiger counter triggered LED decorations using arduino
    Bored of blinky lights that blink in response to time? Make them blink with space instead! This instructable shows a quick method for connecting LED tree decorations to a Geiger counter via arduino, so that the lights blink between different strings each time radiation is…... Listed under:
  886. Arduino ISP (In System Programming) and stand-alone circuits
    We use an Arduino to program other ATmega without bootloader . This technique allows you to use all flash memory for code and make boards using new ATmega, cheaper than those with bootloader. The qualities that have made the success of Arduino are undoubtedly the open-source…... Listed under:
  887. Introducing PETBOT: A node.js Telepresence Robot using arduino
    It’s a telepresence robot I built for our office, consisting of an iPad mounted on a lightweight chassis powered by an RC car. To operate it, you open up a video chat session with the iPad, then control the robot from your browser using the…... Listed under:
  888. Digispark RGB LED Fader
    Forward: This instructable was originally posted at http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-LED-Fader-using-Digispark/ My students and I developed it into this exemplar, for which they received a very good mark. Viewing the following video may leave you with a sense of too much too fast. Please continue to read this…... Listed under:
  889. Rocket Brand Studios Medium Tank using arduino
    This is the assembly instructions for the Medium Tank from Rocket Brand Studios. This is a great little robot kit, and can be purchased as a complete kit or as a rolling chassis, ready for the micro controller of your choice --Arudino Uno, Duemilanove, Picaxe…... Listed under:
  890. pedalSHIELD Arduino Guitar Pedal
    Web site: http://www.electrosmash.com/pedalshield Project Summary: pedalSHIELD is a programmable Arduino Open Source & Open Hardware guitar pedal made for guitarists, hackers and programmers. Users can program and share their own effects in C/C++. Full Project: pedalSHIELD is a programmable Arduino guitar pedal. It is Open…... Listed under:
  891. World’s Smallest Stepper Motor with Arduino and EasyDriver
    This little wonder of electromechanical engineering came from inside a laser diode sled of an HP CT10L Bluray drive I’ve opened some time ago. The device on the picture consists of several parts, all easily fitting on a dime coin: a bipolar stepper motor with…... Listed under:
  892. Telemetry with solar cell using an Arduino
    *NOTE* THIS PROJECT IS DONE BY A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC. Telemetry - Solar Cells Our project is using Arduino with the ZigBee to transmit and receive data from the solar cell. Data will be shown in the LCD and the software called…... Listed under: , , ,
  893. LED Gingerbread house using arduino
    Last year my Wife and I started a new tradition of building a Gingerbread house for Christmas. We had a few nicely decorated houses last year, and I wanted to do a little more this year. Adding LEDs makes everything better, so that is exactly…... Listed under:
  894. An I²C Bus powered Arduino IO Expander Board controlled via Bluetooth and Android
    Today we’ll expand Arduino’s digital resources thanks to an I2C bus equipped shield and we’ll allow the management of the board via a bluetooth connection RN-42 through an Android systems. All Arduino boards feature a number of digital I/Os. For the simplest projects, such resources…... Listed under: ,
  895. Linking an Arduino to a Radiometrix NTX2B Transmitter
    Part 1 - Test Circuit and Test Code Introduction Getting your Arduino to transmit via the radio initially may seem daunting but its actually pretty simple. Please freely substitute the word “Arduino” for any micro-controller you wish to use. The example below works for 5V…... Listed under:
  896. Extreme Color Organ using arduino
    Hi All! I have wanted to do something fun with my bedroom for a while now and the Make it  Glow challenge provided me with a reason to do so. A few months ago I acquired a strand of GE-35 Color Effects lights and owing…... Listed under:
  897. Solar USB Charger 2.0
    Everyone has USB gadgets.  It's pretty much a fact of life.  Another fact of life is that these USB gadgets also continually run out of power when you most need them.  No need to fear, solar power is here!  Ditch those crazy wall adaptors, throw…... Listed under: ,
  898. Make A 0 to 99 Light Display Using Arduino
    This circuit will take a light reading then display a number between zero and 99. Step 1: Parts you will need Major Components in Project To make the 0-99 LED display you will need... ~ photo resister ~ Arduino ~ 9 different wires ~ 2…... Listed under:
  899. PS/2/You: Go-anywhere, LED digital message board using Arduino microcontroller
    Combine three inexpensive LED matrix display panels, an Ardweeny microcontroller and a standard PS/2 computer keyboard into your own go-anywhere, instantly updatable 768-pixel digital message board. The code can hold up to six lines of text with a maximum of 100 characters each. Pressing a…... Listed under:
  900. Solar Tracker Relay circuit using Arduino
    I've reached the point where I need to think how I'm going to control the motor & linear actuator for my solar tracker. Things to consider - Must be able to go forwards and backwards - so that makes 4 channels, 2 for each motor.…... Listed under:
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