Arduinos are incredibly useful tools for all sorts of projects. Given the current COVID-19 pandemic, having easy, fast, cheap, and reliable access to health information is more important than ever. While an Arduino might not be the tool of choice for proper medical applications, we can draw inspiration from medical devices to create fun and
Pulse Oximeter and Heart Rate Monitor Continue Reading
Since getting an Arduino starter kit I was wondering what to make of all those fancy buttons, shiny LEDs, touchscreen LCD displays… I was thinking about weather station, but I was told that in the maker’s world, weather station is like a “Hello World” app. Like playing “Stairway to Heaven” in a guitar store. Then, when
Kid’s Control Panel With Arduino(s) Continue Reading
A Mission Control Center for children was constructed to manage a pretend launch of the space shuttle. I wanted to play-out the make believe mission with nothing but LED lamps to tell the story; both 7-segment displays and graphic displays with LED lights strategically mounted. I tried to keep it straight forward and sequential with
A Shuttle Mission Control Mock-Up for Kids Continue Reading
For our second project, I wanted to make something that I am going to be able to use in my day to day life. When I have to leave during awkward mealtime hours, it’s important for my dog to maintain a consistent eating schedule, and this device will allow me to have him fed even
Delayed Dog Feeder Continue Reading
Everyone loves a good desktop decoration. We can also agree that keeping our desks clean is great. So why not combine both? In this Instructable I’ll show you how to make a desktop item that combines aesthetics and cleanliness to create (in my very biased opinion) the best desktop item ever conceived. Just like the
Tree Tidy – a Functional Desktop Decoration (Prototype Build) Continue Reading
Chore Tracker is a device used to help motivate you to do your chores, and manage your time. Each week, Chore Tracker gives you a goal to complete five chores of your choice. It will set a timer for you to stay on track and complete your chore as well as track your progress throughout
Chore Tracker Continue Reading
Random numbers are often used in daily for example in encryption, gambling, gaming and much more. These numbers are generated by computers using complex algorithm but it can be predicated if we know the seed value and the algorithm. So this is my attempt to create over engineered and as far as possible most random
Over Engineered True Random Value Generator Continue Reading
For most of us during lock down, we have been practicing a lot of exercises. Either its some stretching or some muscle building exercises. But one issue that I have faced personally is keeping track of my workouts. I was unable to see my progress as there was not some sort of recording of my
Automate Push Up Routine With ESP8266 Continue Reading
Hello friends! My name is Nikolas and I am 15 years old. Today in this Instructable I’ll show you how to make a Smart Pull-Up Bar which, when you start doing Pull-Ups or Chin-Ups starts playing music in order to keep you motivated and after exercising for a certain period, a reward, a Tic Tac, in my instance gets
Smart Pull-Up Bar Continue Reading
You probably know Tinkercad for the beginner friendly 3D CAD program, but it also includes a circuit + Arduino simulator that runs in your web browser! I’ve used Tinkercad for both in-person and online college-level classes and for introductory makerspace workshops. In this Instructable I’ll not only show you how to teach your own intro circuits/Arduino class using
How to Teach an Online Circuits Class With Tinkercad Continue Reading
