About: Ibrar Ayyub

Introduction Reveals how to create Arduino devices and control them with Android smartphones and tablets, with added insights into the realm of “Evil Genius Arduino” for those seeking more advanced and unconventional projects. Features several home automation devices for controlling home heating and lighting, locking and unlocking doors, and more Includes the author’s exclusive sound-based […]

Introduction Bestselling robotics author shows how to build fun, affordable robots with Arduino Guides readers through the construction of seven robots that roll, walk, talk, crawl, slither’and even sling insults All projects are built using wildly popular Arduino microcontroller platform Features illustrated, step-by-step instructions and assembly plans Includes tips for adding options, alternatives, and customizations […]

Introduction The bestselling project-based book for Arduino’updated for Arduino Uno and Leonardo Covers the Arduino 1.0 development environment which includes new features, a new extension, toolbar icons, and modifications to the programming language Includes the latest information on the Arduino Uno and Arduino Leonardo boards Features new programming code, streamlined and improved project instructions, and […]

Book Description Arduino is an open-source platform that makes DIY electronics projects easier than ever. Readers with no electronics experience can create their first gadgets within a few minutes. This book is up-to-date for the new Arduino Uno board, with step-by-step instructions for building a universal remote, a motion-sensing game controller, and many other fun, […]

Project by CU Boulder Thinks That Think students: Michelle Bourgeois, Charles Dietrich, and Ben Link Imagine having a safe in which the combo is any small object of your choosing.  Perhaps it’s your favorite coffee mug, or a bat man figurine.  This project is based on this idea, using the weight and placement of your […]

Hey everyone, I finally finished my touch panel for my bedroom wall and am here to show you how i made it. Unfortunately its not installed in my wall yet as I might be moving and don’t want to make anymore holes in my walls, but its coming with me and has already proven itself […]

This project is a collaboration between  idesigner4 and bhasudha(me), students in the Fall 2012 course Things That Think (CSCI 7000) at The University of Colorado – Boulder. The story of our bug-catching spider automaton goes like this: A giant evil spider resides in a big web. One day an unfortunate lady bug gets trapped in […]

What this is: This instructable will show you how to make your Arduino into an R/C interface that you can use for just about anything requiring remote control. I will also show you how I built an R/C lawnmower using my Arduino, a cheap R/C transmitter and receiver pair, and a couple of electric-wheelchair motors from Ebay.  […]

This summer I wanted to combine my two loves of plant science and engineering. Thus I am constructing my very own greenhouse in my backyard. I am an undergrad, and as any former student knows, this means I move around constantly, and I am not always around to take care of my vegetable garden. I […]

Fog machines can be unruly beasts. Especially the non-professional models you buy for halloween. With low duty cycles, causing massive amounts of fog when you don’t need it, and no fog when you do. Wouldn’t it be nice to have fog only when people come up to your house? Yeah, I thought so too. Here […]