Update: New interface – look at the last step. Credits: Arduino sensing done by DZL, Processing sketch and Instructable done by Mads Hobye. Disney Research lab designed a novel way to detect touch. You can see a video of their demo here: I had the honor to meet them at CHI2012 in Texas and I discussed with them […]
Touche for Arduino: Advanced touch sensing Continue Reading
Time for another instalment in my irregular series of irregular clock projects. In contrast with the minimalism of Clock Two, in this article we describe how to build a different type of clock – using the “lilypad” style of Arduino-compatible board and components designed for use in e-textiles and wearable electronics. As the LilyPad system is new territory
Clock Three – A pillow clock using Arduino Continue Reading
What’s simpler and dumber than a button, you ask… I say: behind a button, unexpected things can hide. And within a program that does various things, handling a button can be tricky. The nice thing is that interesting functions can be built with a simple dumb button. This tutorial will address these aspects: wiring and
Arduino Button Tutorial Continue Reading
The DIY industry is booming, despite the desperate blackmailing of society by finance capitalists. Companies like Adafruit and Makerbot are grossing well over a million dollars a year, and Evil Mad Science Laboratories just recently dedicated themselves to running a full-time kit business. Making kits is fun, but starting a business can be scary. If
Get Into the Kit Business: How to Build and Sell Your Own Arduino Shields Continue Reading
Step 1: What You’ll need A linux web-server with PHP, an arduino, a relay and some other components. Step 2: Upload your code to the arduino Upload the following code to your arduino: void setup(){ Serial.begin(9600); } void loop() { if (Serial.available() > 0) { char inByte = Serial.read(); if(inByte == ‘1’){ digitalWrite(13,HIGH); } else if(inByte == ‘0’){
Arduino Internet Controlled Desk Lamp Continue Reading
I have an Arduino Uno connected to two IR transmitters and respective receivers. Basically, when one of the receivers detects a beam break, I have a strand of LEDs display a pattern. This all works in principle, but the problem is that when the IR transmitters and receivers are connected to the Arduino, the LEDs
Arduino IR Transmitter & Receiver w/ LEDs Flickering Issue Continue Reading
I am twenty years old. I picked up my arduino for the first time this Christmas, and I’ve been keeping busy on my arduino applications so that I can bring you this instructable. I hope that it helps!!! The purpose of this project was to build a stepping stone from remote controlled flight to completely
Intro to Model Airplane Autopilot Continue Reading
Last March, Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino registered a new limited company in London, and booked a booth at CES, the consumer electronics trade show, taking place 10 months later. She had no team, and only a dated prototype product that she had designed back in 2005. “I thought what’s the biggest kick in the ass that I
Making the Good Night Lamp using Arduino Continue Reading
I acquired an old fax machine that looked like a ripe source of parts, like steppers, IR sensors, micro switches and things. As it turned out, it was. It also had a nice looking 2 x 16 character LCD. However, after taking everything apart, I found the LCD only had 13 pins instead of the
Salvaging an LCD from a fax machine using an Arduino Continue Reading
In our previous two tutorials (see here and here), we created a Simon-type game using the Arduino, a hardware platform for simple, and not so simple, electronics projects. We placed three buttons and three LEDs on to something called a breadboard, and wrote a small program that would send a random sequence to the LEDs,
Arduino hardware hacking: Part 3 Continue Reading
