[Kevin] has long wanted to do something musical with a vintage rotary phone and an Arduino, and has finally done so and committed the first of several experiments to HTML in a five-part series. He found a nice old British Telecom number, but it had been converted to plug and socket wiring to work on the […]
ROTARY PHONE MIDI CONTROLLER STILL MAKES CALLS Continue Reading
Sensors are one of the crucial things when it comes to building projects/robots. Many a times the sensor might be not available locally or it might take too long to ship. Smart phone have most of the basic sensors like proximity, accelerometer, light, magnetometer, gyroscope, etc. embedded and we can in fact use these sensors
Sensors in Phone and Arduino Serial Communication Continue Reading
Here we are with the classic RFID door lock. It’s classic in that whole, “We live in the future and take it for granted at this point” sense. In this tutorial, we will set up a door latch that can be opened with the swipe of an RFID Tag! We will program a list of
RFID Door Lock With Arduino Continue Reading
Smartphones are pivotal to our day to day activities. They help us in many ways, but too often they become a time-consuming burden we carry with us all the time. Due to this, Mudita addressed this problem, through designing Mudita Pure phone. The Mudita Pure phone has a minimalist design for simple living. The company says: Designing Mudita Pure was
MUDITA PURE PHONE, HELPS YOU MEDITATE AND AVOID DISTRACTIONS Continue Reading
Do you want to control your TV and several other gadgets that are IR controlled? Ya but my phone doesn’t support it because it doesn’t have an IR blaster.Don’t worry here a gadget that gives IR control to any phone and the thing it needs is bluetooth!! YES!! bluetooth!! The gadget also increases the range
Control TV With Any Phone (Even Phones Without IR Blaster) Continue Reading
In this project we will use an existing FM radio which went repair a long time ago, to convert it into a Smart Wireless FM Radio controlled using Phone, with the help of Arduino and Processing. We can convert any manually operated electronic device into a Smart Device using the same procedure. Every electronic device
Smart Phone Controlled FM Radio using Arduino and Processing Continue Reading
Last Thursday I had a lot of fun doing a workshop at my college (UMass Amherst) where I taught students to use a WiFi-enabled Color LED matrix combined with Javascript programs to create animations displayed onto the LED matrix. The matrix is made of 5×7 WS2812 (NeoPixel) LEDs. I’ve actually designed it two years ago
WiFi-enabled Color LED Matrix using ESP8266 and WS2812 LEDs Continue Reading
I pull my curtain up and down a couple of times a day. If I watch a movie I pull it down and then, I pull it up to get better lighting. I also pull it down when I go to sleep and I pull it up again when I wake up. I want this
Motorized Pulldown Curtain (Phone & Radio Controlled) Continue Reading
This Arduino-based pager by Mike Schaus will allow you to send and receive real SMS text messages. This messaging device has its own SIM card and phone number. In order to build this project you need the following parts: 1* Arduino UNO 1*Hologram SIM Card w/Device Management 1*Arduino GSM shield V2 1*Adafruit LCD Shield Kit
Make An Old-School Arduino-Based Two-Way Pager Continue Reading
If you want your kids to get off of their tablets and phones this summer, you need something exciting to spark their interest. And what’s cooler than a robot dog you can build and code yourself? The previously featured Petoi Bittle is a DIY kit that allows you to create your own open-source bionic robot dog(opens in a
Save 20% on this DIY robot dog to keep the kids busy this summer Continue Reading
