“Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this?” – Ash, Army of Darkness Each time an unsuspecting victim lifts the cover this disgusting book, a bloodcurdling scream pierces the air. This project uses an Arduino Uno, a light sensor and an MP3 player to bring the Necronomicon to life. If you already have an Arduino,
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A couple of years ago while looking for inspiration for a new animated Halloween prop we stumbled upon a video from YouTube contributor 68percentwater called Arduino Servo Pumpkin. This video was exactly what we were looking for, however, some of the details seemed to be missing. So, we decided we should record our build, with some modifications, so that others
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The question you are probably asking is “why are you making another remote thermostat?” The answer to that question is, I had to, and the market smart thermostats are too expensive. Fair warning, this is “proof-of-concept” build that would require a few extra outputs to actually control your thermostat, but the core is in place and can
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I enjoy creating sumo robots and am constantly searching for innovative sensors and materials to improve the speed and intelligence of my robots. I discovered the RPLIDAR A1, available for $99 on DFROBOT.com. I mentioned my interest in testing the sensor, and they offered me the opportunity to test it out. Once I obtained the
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Once I saw a beautiful box of chocolate in a store. And the thought occurred to me to make an awesome gift out of this box – an animated box with chocolate. What we need: Сlear plastic chocolate box 9V battery Battery cable adapter uSD 1GB Arduino Uno TFT Shield for Arduino Step 1: Step
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Zener Diode Tester is controlled by Arduino Nano. Tester measure breakdown Zener voltage for diodes from 1.8V to 48V. Dissipation power of measured diodes could be from 250mW to a few Watts. Measuring is simple, just connect diode and press button START. Arduino Nano gradually connect range of voltages from lower to higher, in four
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I made a weather station connected to internet. It measures temperature, humidity, pressure, rainfall, wind speed, UV index and it calculates few more important meteorological values. It then sends this data to weathercloud.net, which has nice graphics and UX. It also has a weather webcamera. It cost me around 140€. I made this station as my
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single cat in possession of good fortune must be in want of a laser toy. As with single gentlemen in want of future wives, some precautions must be observed. But is that not true of anything really worth having? If you do have concerns about pets and
This nightlight doubles as a trap to catch monsters under the bed! Before you go to sleep at night, place it under your bed and it will catch any monster under there. It even keeps a light on all night to make sure new monsters stay away. This Instructable makes a great project for parents
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Introduction / Why this project In 2016 I build my first fish feeder, see Fish Feeder 1. The feeder worked fine for more then half a year. After that period the servos were worn out, causing the program to halt, without sending an error-mail. Oops. I didn’t had the time to correct this fault, because the aquarium
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