About: Ibrar Ayyub

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 or blow into the microphone in order to enable the […]

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” in order to let LEDs fill our smart surface. Single […]

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 I’m certain that some of them are not living up […]

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 cord from Two LEDs (two different colors are recommended but […]

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 worked quite well, and the calculator in/out port just happened […]

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 the energy involved in this project is generally safe, it […]

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 I did just that, using off-the-shelf open source hardware and […]

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 x 4-feet long rectangular profile (0.5″ x 0.5″) pieces of […]

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  “WPA network example” from: http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoWiFiShield It works like a charm! […]

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 receive MIDI messages to your PC, allowing direct control of […]