I’ve had a couple of Cybots as well as the Tom robots for a number of years – every so often they get dragged out and tinkered with. Now is this years turn. I have decided to try my hand at Arduino control of the Bots motors. There seems to be a large number of […]
Scratch 4 Arduino and Cybot Control (Rover basics) Continue Reading
Since you’ve gotten into electronics, haven’t you wondered if there is a fart sensor out there? I sure did. I discovered that if you use a methane sensor, especially the MQ-4, even at very low concentrations, it reads farts. What if you combined that into a hat with an LED Bar Graph and a XBee?
Gas Cap using an Arduino board Continue Reading
Someone had seen Peter Penguin or my Instructables on Animatronic Penguin Torso or Animatronic Eyes, and was working on a sculpture. He wanted to animate the sculpture when someone walked into the room and asked if I could do it. I thought about it for a while. There were several differences from my penguin, (no
New animatronic Eyes: Rock On! Continue Reading
This instructable will show you how to create a multifunction platform with a thermometer, chronograph (count up timer), count down timer, and light display. It is also intended to be a platform for other analog sensors or any other functions you can think of. Multifunction_Digital_Thermometer.zip71 KB Step 1: Gather Materials To build the digital thermometer
Multifunction Digital Thermometer using an Arduino Continue Reading
Part 1: This series of videos is a recording of my 7 hour workshop teaching an introduction to Processing and Arduino. Since this is a class recording, there may be omissions, mistakes and other inconsistencies. I also run my workshops based upon the speed of the students and questions I receive. This workshop assumes you
Introduction to Processing and Arduino Continue Reading
For my children and technology class, we were challenged to make a product using a Lilypad Arduino. I am currently obsessed with the movie Frozen, so I decided to create something using one of the most iconic characters of the movie, Olaf. I used a blank, reusable grocery bag and created a picture of Olaf
Singing Olaf Bag (Frozen) Using Arduino Continue Reading
Episode 3 of AndroidTec, Formed by members thamind (Jon) chaostic (Lewis) & Computer Whiz (Jim) and introducing GuyCothal, who discusses about the amazing abilities of Arduino micro controller boards and how they can be used with Androids! Jason also made a guest appearance!
Arduino MicroControllers, Card Readers, 3D Printing, GS4, Flip Camera! Continue Reading
I like drum machines. However they are not always the easiest to build. I wanted one that is: A. Simple, Yet Powerful-If it uses lots of components then it is too complicated B. Sound-It’s not a a drum machine if it “beeps” C. Easily Modifiable-If I can’t change stuff for improvement it is kind of
Randomized Arduino Drum Machine Continue Reading
Step 1: To Begin The basis for Groover’s axis was the two mini stepper motors from the DVD-RW drives. The motors drive the DVD head mechanism which either moved the laser cutting head, or the cutting table. My first starting point was to find a similar set of motors, and a reclaimed laser diode. However
A tiny laser cutter using Arduino Continue Reading
After having completed my first Arduino project (which can be found here) I wanted to try and create something that had more of a practical use. My idea behind this project was a way of aiding the visually impaired. By the end of this project you will have created some touch sensitive desk trays which
Touch Sensitive Audio Desk Trays- Arduino Continue Reading
