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Advanced View Arduino Projects List
List of Projects using arduino with advance view:
1. Arduino car LCD display
Here is a project I made a couple of years ago for my father’s car. The original dashboard’s info-panel which displayed current time,
date and temperature was working only partly – and that only after a good cleaning and connector fastening. In other words –…... Listed under: Car Projects,
LCD Projects
2. Automatic Home surveillance system using arduino(simple and cheap)
The goal of my project is to achieve Automatic home surveillance system without any
manual interference. In general other surveillance system it is necessary to power ON TV and camera receiver every time. And also it needs to any user input to
view who is…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
3. GESTURE VOCALIZER FOR DUMB PEOPLE INTERACTIn ION
To establish a communication or interaction with Deaf and Mute people is of utter importance
nowadays. These people interact through hand gestures or signs. Gestures are basically the physical action form performed by a person to convey some
meaningful information. Gestures are a powerful means…... Listed under: Other Projects
4. Solar Panel Battery Charge Controller Using Arduino
This is an updated version of Solar Panel Charge Controller Using Arduino. Solar Panel Battery Charge
Controller Using Arduino Pictures of Power box and Arduino solar charge regulator: Charge Regulator with Power Box Connections to Regulator Inside the Box
The output voltage of the ACS712…... Listed under: Solar energy projects
5. LED firefly Jars
There's a nice charm to fireflies in a jar—except for, you know, all the dead bugs afterwards. I decided to make a bunch of fake fireflies in real jars
for decoration at an outdoor event. The fireflies are yellow LEDs controlled by a small ATtiny45…... Listed under: LED Projects
6. Accelerometer Controlled Robot
Most of industrial robots are still programmed using the typical teaching process, through the use of the robot teach pendant.
In this paper is proposed an accelerometer-based system to control an industrial robot using two low-cost and small 3-axis wireless accelerometers. These
accelerometers are attached…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
7. Bluetooth Controlled Robot
In this proposed system we going to construct a basic DC motored robot which we are going to control with android app easily
available on google play store named bluecontrol. With Basic mobility of robot like forward, Reverse, left, right we try to implement four…... Listed under:
Bluetooth Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
8. Arduino Project: Intervalometer for Fuji cameras
This post is about an arduino-based intervalometer I built for my camera, a Fuji S9600 dSLR. I decided to go for
a very simple interface: a rotary switch in the middle of a plastic box which would allow me to select 12 pre-defined intervals. I…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB
– RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
9. Automatic Garden Watering Device – Arduino
As part of the Content Creation course for my MLIS degree (Our class blog: http://scumakers.wordpress.com/ ), I
needed to come up with a final project and wanted to learn to use an Arduino. In the end I came up with this device to automatically sense…... Listed under:
Home Automation Projects
10. Arduino Hygrometer
I am building an automated irrigation system for my vegetable patch. This will be a system that monitors the soil moisture level and then
turns on a pump to send water to my garden according to the detected moisture level. The water is coming from…... Listed under: LED Projects
11. Make a Web Connected Robot (for about $500) (using an Arduino and Netbook)
This Instructable will show you how to build your own Web Connected Robot
(using an Arduino micro-controller and Asus eee pc). Why would you want a Web Connected Robot? To play with of course. Drive your robot from across the
room or across the country,…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
12. Arduino Motor Party
In this instructable I will show you how to throw an Arduino motor party. I will also be giving away an Arduino Mega, Arduino Uno, and an
Arduino Pro Mini. (Details at the end) Step 1: Assembly + Code You'll need a handful of motors…... Listed under: Motor Projects
13. Send SMS from Arduino over the Internet using ENC28J60 and Thingspeak
This Instructable explains how to send an SMS from an Arduino using the Internet.
There are many ways to approach this and I will explain one of the different methods used to accomplish this task. Some major points needed for my project: I
have a…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
14. Washer Dryer Laundry Alarm using Arudino & SMS Text Messaging Alerts
Have you ever wished there was a better way to be notified when your laundry was done? Have you
ever forgotten a load in the washer because you couldn't hear the buzzer and your clothes became smelly and moldy from sitting there for too long?…... Listed
under: Home Automation Projects, Wireless Projects
15. Converting infrared to RF signals with Arduino
In this project we will show you how to switch on and off the power sockets box with an IR remote. Not only the
power sockets box, but other RF receivers can be switched on and off with the same IR remote as well. We…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
16. How to Make a Wireless Path Tracking System Using Mouse, XBee and Arduino
The applications of microcontroller are not limited to control simple electrical or
electronic device but they are widely used in robotics and automotive industries nowadays. From simple rear view mirror control to complex engine control
functions are done by the microcontroller. The microcontroller can even…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
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17. How to Transmit Mouse Data Using Xbee with Arduino
The PS2 mouse is an input device which can communicate with a host device using the PS2 protocol. It
can be connected to a host device using the 6 pin mini DIN connector. The mouse will continuously give output which can be decoded to get…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Projects
18. How To Save a Text In The EEPROM of The Arduino
A microcontroller might need to store its data like sensor value, or a particular count or image data for a long
period of time. The most common type of memory used with the microcontroller based systems is EEPROM. The EEPROM stands for Electrically Erasable
Programmable…... Listed under: LED Projects
19. Drawing an Arduino Circuit Diagram
I've had an Arduino Duemilanove now for a couple of weeks. If you're not familiar with the Arduino, it is "an open-source
electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software". It has a small microcontroller, a USB port to connect to your
computer…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
20. Generate Random Number using Arduino
A random number generation is very important in computing devices which helps them to do task in random
manner. The applications of random number generation can be found in shuffling the audio files in an audio player, in almost all kind of digital games,
generating…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
21. Augment a Moog Etherwave Theremin
I'm going to go through my process of hacking a Moog Etherwave Theremin. I created a new acrylic top, partially sanded
to be translucent in certain areas, and created my own circuit around an ATMega168 Arduino Bootloaded microcontroller which is stealing a control voltage
from…... Listed under: LED Projects
22. Project Suite Bros: Voice Activated LED Friendship Photoset (Arduino, Bluetooth, Crafts)
(and partner-in-crime, Abbie). Now, I'm off to the next stage of my life, so
I decided to build this friendship photoset for Kevin and Briton to remember our golden era. We called ourselves: "The Suite Bros". This project is actually an
extension of the "Voice…... Listed under: LED Projects
23. Arduino Garage Controller
Although there are many garage door projects on Instructables using Arduinos, I needed/wanted something different. Last year, we
had a warm summer and when I would come home after work, I would leave the garage door open about 1 foot so it could cool off.…... Listed under:
Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
24. Arduino based Drone Quadricopter
[gallery ids="19920,19921,19922,19923,19924,19925,19926,19927"] arduino based Drone Quadricopter It's a tiny quadrotor
helicopter! Update Feb 25 2012: Warning, I may have discovered a bug inside the CadSoft EAGLE 6.1.0 software that may make the PCB look slightly different.
My design files are meant for 5.11 so use…... Listed under: Drone
25. Project: Cleaner robot using Magician Chassis, Arduino, distance sensor and hand sweeper
This is a cleaner robot so you can give to your mommy or just use to
clean your bedroom =P. Material List: 1x Arduino UNO R3 1x Magician Chassis 1x Shield Motor Driver (Shield 4Power) 1x Distance Sensor 1x Servomotor
1x Hand Sweeper 1x Battery 1.…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
26. Arduino-Based Shadow Alarm
Shadow alarms are usually used for protection against theft. A shadow alarm is a device that sounds an alarm when a shadow
falls on it.Described here is a simple circuit of an arduino based shadow alarm.This compact shadow alarm unit is capable of sensing a…... Listed under: Security
– Safety Projects
27. Arduino Bicycle Alarm and Lights
This alarm is a good way to alert you if somebody messes with your bike. I had a bicycle stolen a while back and decided there
had to be a better way to keep my bike secure. When I searched for bicycle alarms, all I…... Listed under: Security – Safety Projects
28. How to Use IR Remotes with Arduino (Current and Updated)
I'm tired of these complicated tutorials on how to use certain things. I like simple, easy to understand, step b
instructions. My biggest problem was with IR and POV*. I've finally mastered how to control my project with any TV remote in a few…... Listed under: Wireless
Projects
29. ARDUINO Burglar Alarm Using Infrared Emitter-Detector pair
In this tutorial i will show you , how to make a simple Inexpensive Intrusion Detection(Burglar
alarm) using an Arduino Uno board . This project uses the Infrared Emitter-Detector pair to detect intrusion and triggers an alarm as soon as the object crosses
the infrared…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
30. Arduino for Photographers: Building a Universal Intervalometer
Practicing the art of time-lapse photography without an intervalometer is doable, but not
particularly efficient. And while any decent photo equipment store will be happy to sell you one, you can go the DIY way and build your own intervalometer
based on the excellent Arduino platform. Theoretically, building…... Listed under: LED Projects
31. Connecting the ADXL337 to the Arduino
Today I’ll write about the ADXL337 accelerometer. The ADXL337 measures the acceleration of the x, y and z axis. This
means it measures the force acting on any of the axes at a specific moment in time. Because it’s an analog device the measurement intervals are as short…...
Listed under: Other Projects
32. Arduino Accelerometer mma7361
Hey guys, I am a teaching assistant for an introduction to engineering class for biomedical engineering majors at Vanderbilt
University this semester. I created this video to explain analog-to-digital conversion to them because time ran out during class and I did not get to this…... Listed
under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
33. Arduino Automatic Watering System
INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: I is a simple system, using Arduino to automate the irrigation and watering of small potted plants or crops.
This system does the control of soil moisture, doing indications via LEDs and in case of dry soil emitting a alarm beep. In…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects
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34. Arduino Compatible apc220 Wireless rf Module with Graphics LCD
16 node mesh, up to 1000m between nodes, sample two analog voltages per node, link any
node to any other node, display data on any node with either graphics or text display, turn on relays based on data at any node, fault tolerant with data…...
Listed under: RFID - NFC projects, Wireless Projects
35. Arduino DS1307 Clock
1) Introduction and Images Hello friends, today I am going to build a Digital Clock using Arduino UNO and famous DS1307 Real Time
Clock IC. Before we begin, here are some images of the completed project. You can find the YouTube video at the bottom…... Listed under: Clock – Timer
Projects, LCD Projects
36. MCP41100 an Arduino Controlled Potentiometer
We know the analog potentiometer , is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding contact that forms an
adjustable voltage divider . MCP41100 an Arduino Controlled Potentiometer: 1)volume controls on audio equipment. 2) Control the amplifier Gain and offset . 3)
Transducer " displacement transducers ".…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
37. Arduino Bipolar Stepper Motor
It is a well known fact that Stepper motors are awesome! The only downside is that they can be a bit trickier to get going than
servos and plain old DC motors. If you are interested in the inner mechanics and theory of stepper motors, check this…... Listed under: Motor Projects
38. How To Generate Square Wave Using Arduino
Any AVR microcontroller based board which follows the standard Arduino schematic and is flashed with the
Arduino bootloader can be called an Arduino board. The Arduino is refered to as open source hardware and the Arduino IDE is also open source and anybody
can contribute…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
39. Arduino and Transistors Question – RE: School Musical Production
One of the directors has asked me to create a special backdrop for our college musical. This
particular backdrop has a particular design (see below) that includes LED strip lighting to give the feel of a 1920s casino sign – similar to what is seen…... Listed
under: LED Projects
40. Build Arduino Based Home Security System Using PIR Motion Sensor
PIR sensors are widely applied in wireless residential security systems, home alarms
systems and many more security circuits as motion detector sensors. A typical PIR sensor detects the infrared red (IR) waves from human body and so it is also
known as ‘human sensor’. It…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Security – Safety Projects
41. Temperature Sensing with Arduino
As part of the CanSat Primary Mission, we need to measure temperature. For this our starter kit has given us an Arduino
Uno R3 micro-controller, as well as some resistors and an NTCLE101E3 NTC Thermistor. The thermistor is a special kind of resistor that changes…... Listed
under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects
42. Arduino Basics #5 – Add SD storage to Arduino
Arduino Uno’s microcontroller board is great, but the one thing it’s not overly generous with is storage. Having
32KB of program flash storage, 2KB of RAM and 1KB of programmable EEPROM space at your disposal is fine for many Arduino projects, but it’s not enough…...
Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
43. GSM Based Wireless Notice Board
ABSTRACT: There are several places which require vital notice to be displayed like colleges, railway stations, share-market,
restaurants, hospitals etc. Looking into the present trend of information transfer, it is seen that vital notice take time to be displayed on the displaying boards.
This latency…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
44. How to Make Phonecall From GSM Module Using Arduino
One can use a cell phone with any cellular networks around the globe if the proper SIM card is
inserted in it. This is possible because there is some device inside the cell phone which follows a global standard enabling them to connect with different…...
Listed under: Phone Projects
45. Sinewave Inverter Circuit Using Arduino
The post explains how to build a simple sinewave inverter circuit using PWM feed from an Arduino Uno board, the
article also discusses a sinewave 3 phase inverter using the same input from an Arduino. The idea was requested by Mr. Raju Visshwanath Technical
Specifications…... Listed under: PWM Projects
46. Arduino Digital Voltmeter 0V to 30V
Here is a useful circuit for Arduino lovers and experimenters. It is a simple digital voltmeter, which can safely measure input
dc voltages in 0 to 30V range. The Arduino board can be powered from a standard 9V battery pack, as usual. As you may…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument
Projects
47. Pololu Dual VNH5019 Motor Driver Shield for Arduino (ash02a)
Get your Arduino moving! This shield makes it easy to control two high-power DC motors with
your Arduino or Arduino-compatible board. Its dual robust VNH5019 motor drivers operate from 5.5 to 24 V and can deliver a continuous 12 A (30 A peak) per
motor, or a continuous…... Listed under: Motor Projects
48. Arduino Programming For Beginners: The Traffic Light Controller
Last week, we learnt about the basic structure of an Arduino program and took a closer look at
the ‘blink’ example. Hopefully you took the opportunity to experiment with code, adjusting the timings. This time, we’ll be writing something from scratch. In
fact, let’s make…... Listed under: LED Projects 

49. Tutorial 14: Arduino LCD Thermometer
In this tutorial, a temperature sensor (MCP9700 linear active thermistor IC) and LCD are connected to the Arduino. The
Arduino reads the temperature from the MCP9700 on analog pin A0 and displays the temperature on the LCD. This video shows the circuit operating. When
touched…... Listed under: LCD Projects
50. Arduino Project 5: Digital audio player
So far in this series we’ve had a diverse look at how Arduino can interact with a range of real-world devices from servo
motors to ultrasonic range finders TVs to humidity sensors. Now we’ll see if we could get the Arduino to make a few…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
51. Arduino Project # 1 – Make an Ultrasonic Distance Calculator
Arduino Project – The distance calculator I have been playing with Arduino (micro-controller) for
about 2 years now and I am becoming more and more passionate about circuits. For those who are not aware of Arduino, check out my article “Arduino – A
Guide for…... Listed under: Calculator Projects
52. Arduino Project 4: Enhancing your mini robot
You’ll need these: HC-SR04 – Get this ultrasonic sensor from eBay.com.au for $2. SG90 Servo Motor – We’ve seen
this servo selling for around $4 on ebay. Motor drive shield – You can get this expansion board for $5 online. If you’re new to APC…... Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Projects
53. Capacitive Touch Sensor on Arduino
If you ever wanted to integrate touch sensitivity into your project, this board could just do the trick. It's a capacitive touch
sensor. These sensors are used in our everyday consumer electronics like notebook trackpads, video game consoles, touchscreens...just to name a few. They
work…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
54. PID Thermostat
PID Thermostat This is a PID thermostat for the arduino. It supports independent tuning parameters for multiple hardware 'profiles', and includes an autotune
mode to estimate the PID parameters for a given setpoint. Installation Hardware DS18-series (I'm using the DS18B20) temperature sensor Solid-state relay rated…... Listed
under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
55. Wireless Arduino Oscilloscope
In this guide I will explain how to use a Windows 8.1 phone, Arduino Uno board, and HC-05 Bluetooth module to build a wireless
oscilloscope. The phone application has the critical functions of an oscilloscope, although the bandwidth is a measly 300 Hz. Still, if…... Listed under: Wireless
Projects
56. Simple Arduino Wireless Mesh
Build a low cost simple wireless mesh using arduinos and long range APC220 radio modules. Wireless mesh networks can handle
individual nodes not working and are tolerant to environments such as forests and hills where data may not be able to go directly from one…... Listed under:
Wireless Projects
57. Arduino 3.3V
This Lazy Old Geek (L.O.G.) loves Arduinos. I have noticed that a lot of sensors, like GPS, LCDs, magnetometers are 3.3Vdc sensors. But the
standard Arduinos, Uno, RBBB are 5Vdc modules. So I decided I’m going to make more of my Arduino projects with 3.3Vdc…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB –
RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
58. Arduino Fridge Magnet
Do you have a habit of leaving notes on the fridge, now take it digital and add an Arduino to it. In this instructable I'm going to show you
how to do just that. All you need is an Arduino, an LCD screen and a…... Listed under: LCD Projects
59. Ultrasonic Range detector using Arduino and the SR04 Ultrasonic sensor
his is a preliminary instructable that will take you through the steps I took to get the
SR04 ULTRASONIC SENSOR connected and working to the Arduino. It will then be incorporated to my mini environment monitor. Eventually, if it all fits, it will
end up…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
60. Kid-friendly PuppyDuino 0.31
OK, this is not a fully autonomous "get you a beer, open it for you and then tweet about it" robodog (yet 😉 but if you're itching to
get past the blinky lights on a breadboard stage with your Arduino and you're ten or know…... Listed under: LED Projects
61. The Arduino Mothbot
The purpose of this project is to design and build a simple light-following robot using an Arduino Duemilanove microcontroller board. I
really wanted to share a robot project that was cheap, simple to build, and had a complete set of instructions for all of the…... Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Projects
62. David Bynoe works in progress
For an upcoming project I needed a pneumatic ram with a closed loop control system so I could position it accurately. Didn't
have the budget for an off the shelf solution, so I bodged one together with an ardunio, a couple air solenoid valves, and…... Listed under: Other Projects
63. How to Build an H-bridge Circuit with an Arduino Microcontroller
An h-bridge is a chip that allows DC motors to be run versatile, with bidirectional capability.
With an H-bridge, motors can go forward or backward, left or right, up or down, etc, depending on the use of the motor(s) in the circuit. Without a
microcontroller,…... Listed under: Motor Projects
64. Arduino passive IR trigger for Canon EOS
The other day I wanted to experiment with external triggers for my Canon EOS 550D camera. I stumpled upon a nice open source
project called Arduino Camera Control from Oleg Mazurov, the creator of the USB Host Shield library for Arduino. The Arduino Camera Control…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB –
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65. ARDUINO RF power & SWR meter
This sketch will readout RF power and SWR from any SWR bridge (for example 'monimatch' type). As this 'monimatch' type of
bridge is frequency dependant, the meter must be calibrated for every band. Because my primary interest was for VHF/UHF/SHF, I have foreseen positions
for…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
66. Internet connection indicator box with restart button
THE SETUP For an interface I thought 3 LEDs would be simple enough: Blue for everything is fine (as blue
LEDs are cooler than green ones); red for something is wrong; and yellow for the modem and router are being restarted. I added a button…... Listed under:
Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
67. Arduino Security Alarm with Reed Switch
How does the security alarm circuit works? When power is turned on, the circuit goes into standby mode, and this
condition is indicated by “SECURITY ALARM” in the LCD screen.Note that here a N/O reedswitch + bar magnet combination is used to detect any mishaps,…...
Listed under: Security – Safety Projects
68. Line Follower Robot using Arduino
A line follower robot using 8051 microcontroller is already published here and this time the same thing is done using
arduino. This line follower robot is basically designed to follow a black line on a white surface. Any way the same project can be used…... Listed under: Robotics
– Automation Projects
69. HOW TO MAKE CUSTOM GEAR FOR LINEAR MOTION
In the manufacturing industry, a wide variety of devices used at home or in the garden has been
experiencing challenges in automating linear displacement of any of the items used. For instance, For example, an automatic opening of gates, automatic
unlocking and changing positions of…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
70. Arduino Platform – SIMON Game Implementation
Introduction Having been a CodeProject member for several years, and not having got round to ever
publishing an article, left me feeling a bit disappointed in myself. I have thought many a time on what kind of article I can produce. Then after coming across…...
Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
71. Arduino Based Security System using GSM & PIR Sensor
In present time Home/Office and many other place security is most important. In our absence these
places are not secure. For make these palaces secure many peoples keep guards and many people prefer electronic security systems. In present time many
types of security systems are…... Listed under: Security – Safety Projects
72. Interface single and Dual IR Infrared sensor with Arduino and LCD
Interface single and Dual IR Infrared sensor with Arduino and LCD Introduction- Multiple
Sensor Interface to Arduino In this another tutorial on sensors for beginners, we are going to interface single and multiple Infrared IR sensors with Arduino Uno
development board, working simultaneously and have the…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
73. Getting Started with Arduino – LED Blinking
Arduino Uno is the best development board for beginners in the field of embedded systems. We can program
Arduino board with less technical knowledge and programming skills. This tutorial is intended to beginners in the field of Arduino. Hope you already have an
Arduino board. Then…... Listed under: LED Projects
74. 26-Way MIDI DRUMS
his design is a 26-way MIDI/USB drum pad system with the velocity byte fixed for 10 input drum switches and a 16-way velocity sensitive
circuit, providing a full (0-127) velocity range using piezo sensors. The drums are pre-selected to the MIDI outputs 35-50 for the…... Listed under: Other Projects
75. LPD8806 SD/LCD Digital Light Wand! (Last Update – 20 September 2014)
I have gathered the information from the HL1606 Digital Light Wand Blog and brought
it all over to this new page so that there would be a page dedicated to the LPD8806 Digital Light Wand created by IS0-MICK. Mick took my original design and
turned…... Listed under: LCD Projects
76. Interfacing LCD with Arduino Uno
16×2 character LCD display is a very basic LCD module which is commonly used in electronic projects. 16×2 means it can
display 2 rows of 16 characters (columns). Its other variants such as 16×1, 16×4 etc are also available. These LCDs are usually made using…... Listed under: LCD
Projects
77. Analog to Digital Conversion in ARDUINO
Analog to digital conversion module of ARDUINO UNO has 6 input ports. The number of the port varies with
your ARDUINO model but the coding remains the same. The analog reading in the analog inputs are converted into corresponding 10bit(0-1023). ARDUINO
developers have made such an option that you…... Listed under: Other Projects
78. How to Convert an Arduino into an AVR Flash Programmer
In case you don't have an AVR programmer but you do have an arduino, the arduino can be
converted into an AVR flash programmer, meaning it can program bare AVR microcontroller chips. Say if you have an AVR chip and you want to program the…...
Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects, How To – DIY – Projects
79. How to Build an Infrared Distance Sensor Circuit
An infrared (IR) distance sensor is a sensor that can measure distance from a solid or physical object. An
infrared distance sensor does this through light waves. It sends out infrared light and waits to receive it back at the receiver end. If it receives…... Listed under:
How To – DIY – Projects
80. How to Build an HC-SR04 Distance Sensor Circuit
An ultrasonic distance sensor is a sensor that can measure distance from a solid or physical object. An
ultrasonic range finder does this through sound waves. It sends out high-frequency sound waves and then waits to listen back for these sound waves. If it
has…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
81. How to Build a Servo Motor Circuit (with Arduino)
In this project, we will go over how to build a servo motor circuit using an arduino. This is a circuit which can
control and rotate a servo motor to rotate a certain amount of degrees. Specifically, in our circuit, we will make it so…... Listed under: Motor Projects
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82. How to Build an Ohmmeter Using an Arduino
In this project, we will show how you can build an ohmmeter using an arduino. An ohmmeter is a device that can
measure resistance. Most of the times now, ohmmeters aren't standalone devices but appear as one of type of measuring device amongst many in…... Listed
under: Metering – Instrument Projects
83. MQ-7 Carbon Monoxide Sensor Circuit Built with an Arduino
In this project, we will go over how to build a carbon monoxide sensor circuit with an arduino. The
carbon monoxide sensor we will use is the MQ-7 sensor. This is a sensor that is sensitive to effects of CO. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a…... Listed under: Sensor –
Transducer – Detector Projects
84. MQ-3 Alcohol Sensor Circuit Built with an Arduino
In this project, we will go over how to build an alcohol sensor with an arduino. The alcohol sensor we will use
is the MQ-3 sensor. This is a sensor that is not only sensitive to alcohol, particularly ethanol, which is the type of alcohol…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
85. MQ-2 Smoke Sensor Circuit Built with an Arduino
In this project, we will go over how to build a smoke sensor circuit with an arduino board. The smoke sensor
we will use is the MQ-2. This is a sensor that is not only sensitive to smoke, but also to flammable gas. The MQ-2…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
86. How to Build a Liquid Level Gauge Circuit with an Arduino
In this project, we will build a liquid level gauge circuit with an arduino. This is a circuit in which a
liquid level can be monitored through a gauge. We read the liquid level from the gauge (low, medium, or high), just as you see…... Listed under: How To – DIY –
Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects
87. Arduino Light Meter Circuit
In this project, we will go over how to connect an analog volt panel meter to an arduino so that it can measure and give us a readout
of light striking the circuit. In this way, the circuit will function as a light meter. When…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
88. How to Build a Soil Moisture Sensor Circuit with an Arduino
In this project, we are going to build a soil moisture sensor with an Arduino microcontroller. A soil
moisture sensor, also called a hygrometer, measures the amount of moisture, or water, in the soil. Therefore, we can tell whether the soil has enough moisture
or…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
89. How to Build a Night Light Circuit Using an Arduino
In this project, we will go over how to build a night light circuit using an arduino. A night light circuit is a
circuit which will turn on when nighttime comes, which is when it gets dark and the place could use some illumination. It…... Listed under: How To – DIY –
Projects, LED Projects
90. How to Build a Heat Detector Circuit Using an Arduino
In this project, we will go over how to build a heat detector circuit using an Arduino. A heat detector
circuit is a circuit, of course, which can detect the presence or absence of heat. This could be useful for a wide range of circuits…... Listed under: Sensor –
91. How to Build a Color Sensor Circuit
In this project, we are going to build a color sensor circuit with an Arduino microcontroller. A color sensor is a device that can
detect and differentiate between certain primary colors. This sensor can detect and differentiate between the colors white, blue, green, and red.…... Listed
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92. Visual / Aural Guitar Tuner “The Tune Trainer” using arduino
Build a strobe tuner with an integrated tone generator to teach tuning by ear. -=Background=- I
have always dabbled in instruments. Over the course of my life, I've attempted (with varying success) Piano, Guitar, Banjo, Penny Whistle, Ocarina, Panpipes,
Great Highland Bagpipes, Smallpipes, and Didgeridoo…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
93. How to Build a Light Detector Circuit Using an Arduino
In this project, we will go over how to build a light detector circuit using an arduino. A light detector circuit
is a circuit which can detect the presence or absence of light, depending on how we write our code to respond to the varying…... Listed under: How To – DIY –
Projects
94. Arduino-Based Optical Tachometer using arduino
Over ten years ago, I put up a web page with detailed instructions on building a simple electric motor based
on one from the Beakman's World TV show. I called it the "Beakman's Electric Motor" page and over the years it has had hundreds of…... Listed under: Metering
– Instrument Projects
95. How to Build an Infrared Proximity Switch Circuit Using an Arduino
In this project, we will build an infrared proximity switch circuit using an arduino. This is a
circuit in which a switch activates when the infrared sensor detects an object in its proximity. The infrared proximity switch sensor is a reflection-type
photoelectric snesor which sends…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
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96. Ultrasonic Batgoggles
Wish you were bat? Want to Experience Echolocation? Want to try to "see" with your ears? For my first Instructable, I will show you how to
build your own ultrasonic batgoggles using an Arduino microcontroller clone, Devantech ultrasonic sensor and welding goggles for around $60…... Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Projects
97. How to Build a Simple Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) Circuit
In this article, we will go over how to connect a force sensing resistor, or force sensitive resistor, (FSR)
to a circuit to build many different types of useful circuits with them. Force sensing resistors are variable resistors which change resistance according to the
pressure…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
98. How to Install the Arduino to the Lithium Backpack using arduino
The Arduino is an open source hardware input and output circuit and the Lithium Backpack is
a Ardino accessory that will power the Arduino when it is away from a computer or a wall power. These products are sold at Liquidware for under $34 each.…...
Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
99. How to Connect a Microphone to an Arduino
In this project, we will go over how to connect a microphone to an arduino so that the arduino can detect whether
there is sound in the environment or not. This circuit is only capable of detecting whether there is sound in the environment or…... Listed under: How To – DIY –
Projects
100. Spectrographic Auroral Indicator – A Northern Lights Warning Device using arduino
3/16/2011 EDIT: The Wing Kp Predicted Geomagnetic Activity Index model is
now deployed and operational. Costello is now considered non-operational and will be discontinued on 23 Mar 2011. Comments and questions are welcomed
at SWPC.CustomerSupport@noaa.gov The Wing Kp Predicted Geomagnetic Activity Index model is known…... Listed under: Security – Safety Projects
101. How to Integrate a Temperature Sensor Circuit to an LCD
In this project, we will go over how we can build a temperature sensor circuit and integrate it to an LCD
so that we can get a readout of the temperature on the LCD. In previous projects with temperature sensor circuits, we built the circuit…... Listed under: LCD
Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
102. How to Build a LM335 Temperature Sensor Circuit
In this project, we will demonstrate how to build temperature sensor circuit using a LM335 sensor. As a
temperature sensor, the circuit will read the temperature of the surrounding environment and relay this temperature to us back in degrees Kelvin. The
difference between an LM335…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
103. How to Build a TMP36 Temperature Sensor Circuit
In this project, we will demonstrate how to build temperature sensor circuit using a TMP36 sensor. As a
temperature sensor, the circuit will read the temperature of the surrounding environment and relay the temperature to us back in degrees fahrenheit. The IC
we will use…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
104. Hard Drive Persistence of Vision (HDPOV) using arduino
The platter of a hard drive spins well over sixty times a second. If a narrow slot was cut into the platter
to allow LEDs to shine through, we can achieve flicker fusion and trick the eye into seeing a stable image. This phenomenon is…... Listed under: Memory –
Storage Projects
105. How to Drive a 7 Segment LED Display with an Arduino
In this project, we will show how to drive a single 7 segment LED display with an arduino microcontroller. A 7 Segment
LED Display is an electronic device housing 8 individual LEDs. Using this device, we can display all numerals and many alphabetical characters and many more…... Listed under:
LED Projects
106. Low Cost Water Flow Sensor and Ambient Display using arduino
Water is a precious resource. Millions of people do not have access to clean drinking water, and
as many as 4000 children die from water contaminated illnesses every day. Yet, we continue to be wasteful with our resources. The overarching goal of this
project is…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
107. How to Build an RGB Full Color LED Module Circuit
In this project, we are going to build an RGB Full Color LED module circuit. A full color LED module is a circuit
in which an LED can be lit to any color. This is why it is called a full color LED module. By…... Listed under: LED Projects
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108. Control Your Robot Using a Wii Nunchuck (and an Arduino) using arduino
After wearing myself out playing Wii Boxing I got to thinking wouldn't it be great if I
could use this to control my robot, (looking to my left hand). Looking around the internet I found a bevy of people doing similar things, (links to everyone…...
Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
109. How to Connect and Read a Keypad with an Arduino
n this project, we will go over how to integrate a keyboard with an arduino board so that the arduino can
read the keys being pressed by a user. Keypads are used in all types of devices, including cell phones, fax machines, microwaves, ovens, door…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Projects
110. Super Simple Beginners Robot! using arduino
I created this Instructable for the absolute n00by robot wannabe. I have noticed a huge jump in the number of
beginners getting into the hobby and the number of "how do I" questions seem to be mounting. Maybe this humble little Instructable will help one…... Listed
under: Robotics – Automation Projects
111. How to Interface GPS with Arduino
Every single location in the entire globe can be specified in terms of geographical coordinates. The geographical coordinate
is a system which specifies any given location on the earth surface as latitude and longitude. There are devices which can read the geographical coordinates of
a…... Listed under: GPS Based Projects
112. Touch-less Switch
Arduino Project – Touch Me Not I modified the Arduino project from the Arduino Starter Kit (Touch Sensor Lamp). Now it lights up an LED
when your hand is close on the aluminium foil (without even touching it). This can be used as a ‘Touch-less…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
113. Create an Applescript/Arduino Alert flag. using arduino
Have you ever felt like the mail sound on your Mac just wasn't enough? Simple sounds and alerts just
don't cut it for you? You want something more apparent and rewarding? If so, this is the Instructable you've been looking for. In this Instructable, I'll…... Listed
under: How To – DIY – Projects
114. How to Build a Motion Sensor Light Circuit with an Arduino
In this project, we will go over how to build a motion sensor light circuit with an arduino. A motion
sensor light circuit is a circuit in which a light turns on when motion is detected. With a PIR motion sensor integrated with an arduino,…... Listed under: Sensor –
115. Time Sensing Bracelet using arduino
The Time Sensing Bracelet is a fabric potentiometer. You select your desired time of day by making contact in the
corresponding position on your wrist - where your watch would normally be. There is no point to it but fun. Update: Using some wire wrapped…... Listed under:
Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
116. YAHMS: Temperature Probes
My wireless temperature probes work by using an Xbee module to transmit readings from a TMP36 down to the Arduino base
station. The XBees aren’t too cheap, coming in around £19 or $23 so I tried to be cheap and ordered mine from Sparkfun, I…... Listed under: Temperature
Measurement Projects
117. Simple mass storage for your microcontroller project using arduino
Do you want gigabytes of storage for your microcontroller? Would you like a simple way to
tranfer files from your PC to your picaxe or arduino or other micro project? This little projects demonstrates the uDrive that can be set up as an extra drive…...
Listed under: Memory – Storage Projects
118. How to make a solar iPod/iPhone charger -aka MightyMintyBoost using arduino
I wanted a charger for my iPodTouch and the MintyBoost was definitely my first choice. I wanted
to take it a bit further and make it not only rechargeable but also solar powered. The other issue is that the iPhone and iPodTouch have large batteries…... Listed
under: Solar energy projects
119. Make an Ultrasonic Distance Calculator
Arduino Project – The distance calculator I have been playing with Arduino (micro-controller) for about 2 years now and I
am becoming more and more passionate about circuits. For those who are not aware of Arduino, check out my article “Arduino – A Guide for…... Listed under:
Calculator Projects
120. TV-B-Gone Kit using arduino
Tired of all those LCD TVs everywhere? Want a break from advertisements while you're trying to eat? Want to zap screens from
across the street? The TV-B-Gone kit is what you need! This ultra-high-power version of the popular TV-B-Gone is fun to make and even…... Listed under: Video –
Camera – Imaging Projects
121. Arduino Police Flasher Kit
After reading about the famous Arduino programmable microcontroller using the "Getting Started with Arduino Kit (Jameco P/N
2121121) I was eager to try my hand at some real live electronic programming. The Arduino platform is a great place to start for a novice like me. After
learning…... Listed under: LED Projects
122. Tweet-a-watt – How to make a twittering power meter… using arduino
Tweet-a-watt - How to make a twittering power meter... This project documents my
adventures in learning how to wire up my home for wireless power monitoring. I live in a rented apartment so I don't have hacking-access to a meter or breaker
panel. Since I'm…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
123. Arduino Circuit to Dim LED with Potentiometer
In Lesson 8 you learned to write analog voltages on the Arduiono, and in Lesson 10 you learned to read analog
voltages from the arduino. In this lesson we will combine what you did in lessons 8, 9, and 10 to create an LED with…... Listed under: LED Projects
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124. LED Sunrise Alarm Clock with Customizable Song Alarm using arduino
My Motivation This winter my girlfriend had a lot of trouble waking up in the morning and
seemed to be suffering from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). I even notice how much harder it is to wake up in the winter since the sun hasn't come…... Listed
under: Clock – Timer Projects
125. Arduino Lab 2 – Morse Code Generator
Introduction An excerpt from OmniGlot.com about the origin of Morse Code: Morse Code was invented by Samuel F. B.
Morse (1791-1872), a painter and founder of the National Academy of Design. He conceived the basic idea of an electromagnetic telegraph in 1832, and
produced the…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
126. Arduino robot kit – Wiring Diagram
I have created this wiring diagram for the connections between the motor controller, motors, and sensor shield. I’ll update it
later to include other components. And here is an update that includes the servo motor and the range sensor. And here are the detailed pin…... Listed under:
Robotics – Automation Projects
127. How To Communicate With An Alien Artifact or using arduino
Close Encounters of the Curiously Minty Kind. This Instructable will show you how to build an
Altoids version of the 'Close Encounters' mothership, and how to interact with it. This may be vital training for that day when the Bright White Beam comes to
suck…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
128. Isolated mains power monitoring (Arduino)
All about power today.. For a while now, I’ve been looking around for a mains (220-240VAC) power monitoring circuit
that I might be able to interface with an Arduino. There is of course the OpenEnergyMonitor solution, but they seem to use a transformer to isolate and
measure…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
129. How to build an 8x8x8 LED cube and control it with an Arduino using arduino
There are a lot of LED cubes on Instructables, so why do another? Most are for
small cubes consisting of 27 or 64 LEDs, rarely larger since they are limited to the number of outputs available on the microcontroller. This cube will be 512
LEDs,…... Listed under: LED Projects
130. Arduino automatic watering system
[caption id="attachment_19540" align="alignright" width="210"] Fig. 1: Author’s prototype[/caption] During summers, most
people are too lazy to water the potted plants on their rooftop gardens every day. Explained in this section is a simple and exciting plant watering system that
you can build yourself in just…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
131. Bar Graph
Introduction This project explores a couple of ways of simulating and using a bar graph with the Arduino. Bar graph components like the following one can be used,
This type of bar graph is basically just 10 LEDs in a row with anodes on one…... Listed under: Other Projects
132. Solderless Breadboard Layout Sheets (plug and play electronics) using arduino
Here's a fun system designed to take care of some of the headaches involved in
breadboarding a circuit. It is is a simple set of template files drawn to scale with real world electronic components. Using a vector drawing program you simply
move the components…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
133. Arduino-Based Optical Tachometer
Over ten years ago, I put up a web page with detailed instructions on building a simple electric motor based on one from the
Beakman's World TV show. I called it the "Beakman's Electric Motor" page and over the years it has had hundreds of thousands, if…... Listed under: Metering –
Instrument Projects
134. USB NES controller with an arduino! using arduino
UPDATE 22-12-2014 Instructables user mattpbooth has updated the code and is hosting it on github:
https://github.com/mattpbooth/ArduinoNESController... Thanks Matt! UPDATE 03-12-2011 Replaced a println with print (derp). UPDATE 01-12-2011 Remade all
code from scratch. Remade 'ible code section; Now includes a 'Processing COM port config for…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
135. How to Build a LM35 Temperature Sensor Circuit
In this project, we will demonstrate how to build temperature sensor circuit using a LM35 sensor. As a
temperature sensor, the circuit will read the temperature of the surrounding environment and relay thi temperature to us back in degrees celsius. The IC we will
use…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects
136. Tilt Sensor Tutorial using arduino
What is a tilt sensor? Tilt sensors allow you to detect orientation or inclination. They are small, inexpensive, low-power and
easy-to-use. If used properly, they will not wear out. Their simplicity makes them popular for toys, gadgets and appliances. Sometimes they are referred to
as…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
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137. RFID with Arduino
If you ever wanted to integrate RFID functionality into your project, this small tutorial might help you accomplish that. I used the RDM630
module from seeedstudio in its UART version. It comes on a small board with presoldered connectors which fits perfectly on a breadboard. You only…... Listed
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138. Ceiling Fan LED Display using arduino
Seeing so many persistence of vision ideas on the web was too tempting not to try one. After considering several different
motors to drive a display, a ceiling fan seemed to run at just the right speed, is out of the way, and very quiet…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
139. Home Automation using Arduino and MATLAB
n present time home office appliance controlling is common thing. Today for controlling home/offices
appliances, machineries in companies/industries uses different types of automation systems like DTMF controlled, GSM controlled and many others. So here
this project is made for interfacing MATLAB (Graphic User Interfacing) and Home/office/industries…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
140. AVRSH: A Command Interpreter Shell for Arduino/AVR. using arduino
Ever wanted to be "logged in" to your AVR microcontroller? Ever thought it would be cool
to "cat" a register to see its contents? Have you always wanted a way to power up and power down individual peripheral sub-systems of your AVR or Arduino
in…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
141. How to Build a Vibration Motor Circuit
In this project, we will show how to build a vibration motor circuit. A vibration motor is a motor which vibrates when given
sufficient power. It is a motor that literally shakes. It is very good for vibrating objects. It can be used in a…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Motor
Projects
142. Acorn Chime using arduino
By: Charlie DeTar, Christina Xu, Boris Kizelshteyn, Hannah Perner-Wilson A digital wind chime with hanging acorns. Sound is
produced by a remote speaker, and data about chime strikes is uploaded to Pachube. Step 1: Brainstorming for a device that would represent ourselves Our
goal was…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
143. Arduino Chandelier from Jars
E-Edit: Thank you very very much for voting for me in Featured Author, Glue and Battery Powered Contests! Cheer up and wait for
my project so special is coming... Edit: If you really like this project, you can vote for me on the top right corner, forFeatured…... Listed under: LED Projects
144. Bedazzler: DIY non-lethal weaponry using arduino
Our first open source Homeland Security non-lethal weapon project - The "THE BEDAZZLER: A Do-it-yourself
Handheld LED-Incapacitator". After attending a conference where the $1 million "sea-sick flashlight" (named "THE DAZZLER") was demonstrated by the US Dept.
of Homeland Security, we decided to create our own…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
145. Using Push Button Switch with Arduino Uno
In this tutorial you will learn how to read the status of a digital pin of Arduino. I hope that you already go through
our first tutorial, Getting Started with Arduino Uno – LED Blinking. In this example, a push button switch and an LED is connected to Arduino…... Listed under:
LED Projects
146. Control a RepStrap with Processing using arduino
This instructable shows how you can use many openly available projects together to build an interesting and
complex system. It draws on several community projects including: RepRap, Arduino, Processing, Linux and, of course, Instructables! More specifically this
intructable shows how to draw the path of…... Listed under: CNC Machines Project Ideas
147. Binary Clock
Introduction In this project, 16 LEDs are used to represent the time in binary. The time is read from a Real Time Clock breakout board - the same
one used in the Digital Clock page. The binary clock uses 4 place values for the hour…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project Ideas
148. Build an Arduino-powered talking robot head using arduino
This robot head was originally built as a end of the year project for my physical computing class, but
over the summer it has "learned" how to talk. The head is powered by two Freeduinos, 3 TLC5940NT chips and an Adafruit Industries Wave Shield found
here: www.ladyada.net/make/waveshield/.…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
149. Use Arduino to Interface with a Remote Controlled Power Switch
Update: check out the RFToy — an easy-to-use standalone gadget to control remote power
sockets. Also, support for remote power sockets have been added to OpenSprinkler firmware 2.1.1. For a while I’ve been looking for a way to switch household
power line (110V) devices. One of the simplest…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
150. 3x3x3 LED Cube with Arduino Lib using arduino
There are other Instructables about building LED cubes, this one is different for several reasons: 1. It's built with
a low number of off-the-shelf components and hooks up directly to the Arduino. 2. A clear, easy to reproduce circuit diagram is provided with plenty of…...
Listed under: Arduino LED Project Ideas
151. Easy DIY Home Automation (using servo switches) using arduino
This Instructable is all about one of life's simple actions, flipping a light switch on and off. At
oomlout we do it many times a day, so many in fact it came to a point where we asked ourselves "Can't we get an Arduino to…... Listed under: Home
Automation Project Ideas
152. DIY Arduino Pulse Sensor
So I mentioned in an earlier Instructable that I am a teaching assistant (TA) for an introductory engineering course for biomedical
engineering majors at Vanderbilt University. My main task as a TA is to re-write a few laboratory exercises that the students will be performed…... Listed under:
How To – DIY – Project Ideas, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
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153. Two Wire Arduino Knight Rider
This tutorial shows how to interface eight LEDs to an Arduino using only two Arduino pins. This is made possible by using a
PCF8574 I/O expander IC. A "Knight Rider" display is shown on the LEDs. Prerequisites Complete tutorial 4 – Arduino Knight Rider. Be able…... Listed under: LED
Projects
154. Arduino Lilypad Interactive Passion Sensing Scarf using arduino
This was my first time working with an Arduino Lilypad. I have been wanting to try something
that dealt with soft circuits for awhile now. This project is what I came up with. The concept is based off my friend Ethan Dicks from theFusefactory.org's
emergent…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
155. Arduino Serial Thermometer
The Arduino reads temperature from a MCP9700 temperature sensor IC and displays the temperature in the Arduino IDE serial
monitor window. Also see the Arduino LCD thermometer tutorial (tutorial 14). Prerequisites Complete Tutorial 9: Using the Arduino Serial Port before
attempting this tutorial. Components Besides an Arduino Uno board,…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
156. The Ardweeny: the little friend of the Arduino (and how to beef it up) using arduino
Open-source hardware? Arduino(tm) is the first name to come to mind! As
great as it is, sometimes we need a small microcontroller solution for a project, or a stripped-down version for cost-effectiveness. The Ardweeny is the solution.
These small kits are 100% compatible with the…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
157. Using the Arduino Serial Port
The Arduino Uno can send data (such as a text message) to the PC over the USB cable. The Arduino IDE has a serial monitor window that can be
opened and will receive and display the data sent from the Arduino board. Data can also…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
158. Core3duino using arduino
This is an addon shield to an addon shield. That's right, you have to have the Core2duino on your Arduino to be able to understand
why you would want this in the first place. So once you have your Core2duino saddled up, give this one…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Project Ideas
159. Dual LED Flasher
A two transistor circuit that flashes two LEDs on and off alternately. Prerequisites Complete tutorial two - Transistor Timer before attempting
this tutorial. Components In addition to an electronic breadboard, wire links, a 9V battery and a battery clip, you will need: QTY PART DESIGNATOR NOTES
TYPE…... Listed under: LED Projects
160. Building IllyClock – Arduino-based alarm clock in a coffee can using arduino
Updated Aug 4, 2011 A streamlined version is now described here. Beside the
enclosure, the original feature of IllyClock is showing the time in colors: 3 hours before wake-up time, color changes from green to orange; 1 hour before wake-
up, the time is shown in red. One…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project Ideas
161. Arduino Melody
A very easy tutorial that uses only two components. The Arduino plays a short melody on a loudspeaker. The program to load to the Arduino is
one of the programs that is built into the Arduino IDE. Prerequisites Complete tutorial 3 - Starting with Arduino…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
162. Twitter Mood Light – The World’s Mood in a Box using arduino
How's the world feeling right now? This box tells you. Powered by: an Arduino, a WiFly wireless
module, an RGB LED, Twitter.com and a 9v battery. I’m a news junkie. I want to know everything that is going on in the world as soon as…... Listed under: Game
– Entertainment Projects
163. Arduino Knight Rider
In this tutorial, eight LEDs are interfaced to the Arduino Uno board. This is not complicated – it is just like interfacing a single LED to the
Arduino as done in tutorial 3, but eight times over. A program is then loaded to the Arduino…... Listed under: LED Projects
164. Make a wall avoiding Robot! using arduino
Objective: To create from scratch a working robot that is able to avoid walls and obstacles. Ever wanted to make a
robot that could actually do something, but never had the time or knowledge to do it? Fear no more, this instructable is just for…... Listed under: Robotics –
165. Arduino LCD
In this tutorial you will connect a LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) to the Arduino Uno and then run the Arduino LCD example programs that are built
into the Arduino IDE. Prerequisites It is recommended for beginners to complete all the Arduino tutorials up to and…... Listed under: LCD Projects
166. Let’s make an Arduino real time clock shield
Today we are going to make a real time clock Arduino shield. Doing so will give you a simple way of adding … real
time capability to your projects such as time, date, alarms and so on. We will use the inexpensive Maxim DS1307 real-time…... Listed under: Clock – Timer
Projects
167. Arduino and Touchpad Tic Tac Toe using arduino
Or, an exercise in input and output multiplexing, and working with bits. And a submission for the Arduino
contest. This is an implementation of a tic tac toe game using a 3x3 array of bicoloured LEDs for a display, a simple resistive touchpad, and an…... Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
168. Arduino LCD Thermometer
In this tutorial, a temperature sensor (MCP9700 linear active thermistor IC) and LCD are connected to the Arduino. The Arduino
reads the temperature from the MCP9700 on analog pin A0 and displays the temperature on the LCD. This video shows the circuit operating. When touched…...
Listed under: LCD Projects
169. How to wire an arduino-based 3-axis CNC machine using arduino
I've seen a number of tutorials about how to build the platform for a 3-axis CNC milling
machine. I have not seen anyone tackle the tricky subject of the electronics. Here now is my attempt to do so. Step 1: Parts You'll need: - an…... Listed under:
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170. Drive with PID Control on an Arduino Mega 2560
This example shows how to simulate a simple closed-loop control algorithm in Simulink and how to run it on
an Arduino Mega 2560 board. Contents Introduction Prerequisites Required Hardware Task 1 – Build the Vehicle Task 2 – Build the Motor Controller Task 3 –…...
171. Musical MIDI Shoes using arduino
Like many people, I often find myself unconsciously tapping my feet, whether it's along to a song or out of some nervous habit. As fun as that
is though, I've always felt as if something has been missing. If only I could trigger the sounds…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
172. MIDI Linear Actuator
This project uses relays to control a Firgelli Automations linear actuator without feedback. The relays are controlled by the MIDI Volume
(Control Change number CC7) command which is read by the microcontroller and converted into one of the only 3 states of operation: 1) The…... Listed under:
Other Projects
173. Wallbots: Autonomous Magnetic Robots that Traverse Vertical Surfaces using arduino
This Instructable will teach you how to create magnetic robots that
traverse vertical surfaces. These robots can move on any metallic walls, including elevators, whiteboards, refrigerators or metal doors. The robots are outfitted
with several light sensors, allowing them to respond to simple user interactions.…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
174. LPG sensor using arduino
LPG sensor using arduino with alarm and cutoff. A simple LPG sensor using arduino is shown in this article. This circuit indicates the
amount of LPG in the air. The circuit sounds an alarm and trips a relay when the concentration is above a predetermined…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer
– Detector Projects
175. Make a 8×10 L.E.D Matrix using arduino
UPDATE 1: I HAVE ADDED THE CODE FOR CONWAY'S GAME OF LIFE UPDATE 2:
NOW YOU CAN SAVE SOME ARDUINO PINS WITH THE HELP OF 1 SHIFT REGISTER. In this instructable I will show you how to build a quite fancy 8 by 10 L.E.D
matrix(with scrolling text and animations) using the Arduino and 4017 decade…... Listed under: LED Projects
176. IR Remote Controlled Home Appliances using Arduino
In present times there are many types of Home Automation Systems which are available in the market.
Most of these are simple Home Appliances Controlling Systems like DTMF controlled Home Appliances, GSM based Home Appliances Controlling, RF based
Home Appliances Controlling. Here we are going…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
177. Arduino Controlled Servo Robot (SERB) using arduino
What better way to start experimenting with open source micro-controllers ( Arduino ) then by building
your very own open source robot ( CC (SA -BY) )? What to do with your SERB? (here) - How to connect your SERB to the internet and drive…... Listed under:
Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
178. Simple Robotics Breadboard
This Instructable shows you how to build a simple, inexpensive breadboard for robotics experiments. It is a companion to Cheap,
Easy Robotics for the Non-Programmer. Here we'll learn how to build a Babuino robot to use for experiments with the Babuino/Blocos software environment.
Using a…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
179. An easy way to send your heartbeat to the Cloud using arduino
This cool (and very low price) sensor is attached on your ear and can detect your heart’s pulse
through transmitting infrared light and checking the absorption variation caused by the blood flow on your ear lobe. The site of the products provides also the
Arduino…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Project Ideas
180. PIR Motion Sensor Tutorial using arduino
Pyroelectric ("Passive") InfraRed sensors: '''What is a PIR sensor?''' PIR sensors allow you to sense motion, almost
always used to detect whether a human has moved in or out of the sensors range. They are small, inexpensive, low-power, easy to use and don't wear out.…...
Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
181. A DIY photoplethysmographic sensor for measuring heart rate
Meet Easy Pulse: A kit that includes all it needs to make a DIY heart rate sensor. Although it is not
built using an Arduino, it is still open and easy to build. From the site: “This project is based on the principle of photoplethysmography…... Listed under: Sensor –
Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
182. The Smuggie: Tweet straight from your Snuggie using arduino
Want to tweet how satisfied you are cuddled up in your Snuggie? The Smuggie is a modified
Snuggie, designed specifically for those who feel the need to express their smug satisfaction with a Snuggie to their friends on Twitter. Here's a list of everything
you'll…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Project Ideas
183. Very simple ECG + Pulse Oximeter using arduino
Scott W Harden has built an updated version of his ECG circuit for tracking his heartbeat. The main goal of the
update is to provide a hack for collecting heartbeat with minimal h/w cost and circuit complexity. As you can see from the project photo above, the…... Listed
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184. The Lightning Simulator/Breathalyzer/Graphic Equalizer – Arduino Powered using arduino
UPDATE: A portable version of the Talking Breathalyzer is here
http://talkingbreathalyzer.com The LED strips are mounted on an outdoor trellace which functions as a lightning simulator, outdoor breathalyzer, graphic
equalizer synced to music, and a few other effects with sound. Materials: 8 12v RGB Waterproof Flexible…... Listed under: LED Projects
185. Interfacing EM-18 RFID reader with Arduino Uno
Arduino Uno is an opensource physical computing platform based on ATmega328 microcontroller and provides
a development environment for writing software for the board. It can be used for a variety of projects. EM-18 RFID reader is one of the commonly used RFID
reader to read…... Listed under: Other Projects
186. Arduino + WiFi, Music Responsive LED Light Fixture using arduino
This instructable gives instructions for constructing a Saiko5 WiFi enabled LED light fixture
based on the Arduino hobbyist platform. It includes step-by-step instructions from board design to soldering to case integration, as well as instructions
explaining how the software and firmware can be used to…... Listed under: LED Projects
187. Trinket Audio Player using arduino
Overview We usually think of the Adafruit Trinket as a tiny subset of a “real” Arduino; less RAM, less code space, less I/O. But
this little chip has a couple tricks up its sleeve, things its larger brethren can’t do. One of these is a…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
188. Beatfly : Make an illuminating blimp and control it with your voice, Keyboard, MIDI Controller, Garageband file, iPhone, Flash, and more! [Mac OSX] using arduino
[Mac OSX Only]
Because I use Quartz Composer, my program works only on Mac OSX. I am now extending and improving it toward cross-platform. If you have knowledge of
computer programming, you can make your own system that connects to the blimp. The communication protocol…... Listed under: LED Projects, Sound – Audio
Project Ideas
189. Arduino Solar Radio
Solar charging, via the panel on the back. * 12 position switch to select channel number * Seek up / seek down controls and 'store' button *
RDS display of call sign * Frequency display * Battery voltage display * Solar charging current display The…... Listed under: Radio Projects
190. Updating the Arduino Garage Door Circuit for the new Gliderol Garage Controller.
We moved house recently and I was obviously very keen to continue the
home automation routine. As described in Adventures with an Arduino – Part 1: The Business Problem, I created an Arduino based garage door interface to
integrate with a BOSS BOL6 garage door controller.…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
191. PUPPET CONTROLLER using arduino
Three kinds of motion: Human, Mechanical, Animation. Blend them together to build a puppet controller for the real and
virtual world. Or, Pacman - three ways. This Instructable includes: - Using an adjustable resistor as input to the Arduino Micro-controller - Controlling two servo
motors from…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
192. Intelligent Letter Box using Arduino and GSM
In the days of technology postman still comes to our house for delivering the letters, couriers and parcels.
Because some things like courier, parcels can’t sends via email and by using any other electronic media. So for getting notification of our letter delivery in
our…... Listed under: Other Projects
193. LED Umbrella with Arduino using arduino
The LED Umbrella with Arduino combines an umbrella, an 8x10 LED matrix and an Arduino microcontroller to create a
controllable, programmable LED experience in the privacy of your own umbrella. This project was inspired by the Electric Umbrella by sockmaster and a number
of LED matrix instructables…... Listed under: LED Projects
194. ARDUINO based IR remote control robot using arduino
Hi everyone. This my new project IR remote control robot using arduino. This is a simple design robot
you can easily build it. Step 1: Requirements: Project requirements: Arduino uno Tsop1738 (ir receiver) H bridge ic (L293D) Two dc motor A robot base 9v
Battery…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
195. Sleek word clock using arduino
nspired by drj113's great instructable on making a word clock, I wanted to make my own. After seeing the (extremely
overpriced) commercial "qlocktwo" word clock, I decided to borrow its smooth glossy black design while basing the innards of my clock on drj113's design. In…...
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196. Project work3:Arduino code and the circuit diagram using arduino
In order to realise the “music garden”,the most important part is the Arduino code and circuit
diagram. First of all,I will present my Arduino code:(I will show you the way I think as a flow chart at first) Flow Chart: Details:this flow chart is a…... Listed under:
Sound – Audio Projects
197. Haptic Feedback device for the Visually Impaired [Project HALO] using arduino
I recently watched an episode of Stan Lee’s Superhumans which featured a blind man who
series of clicks, like a bat, to echo locate his surroundings. I got to thinking about other blind people and their ability to navigate freely – without the…... Listed
under: Medical – Health based Project Ideas
198. Hobbyduino Mini V1.0 using arduino
Introduction The Hobbyduino Mini is a clone of the Arduino main-board. It contains a ATMega328 processor programmed
with the Arduino bootloader. The Hobbyduino does not contain the circuitry for USB communication. I opted to rely on the FTDI232R serial boards to handle
the USB-to-Serial protocol. Here…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
199. A simple DIY spectrophotometer using raduino
What's all this? This instructable will explain how to build a fairly basic but working spectrophotometer out of
easily sourceable parts. Of course, this device is nothing compared to a commercial spectrophotometer, but it will allow the builder to understand how such a
device works.…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Project Ideas
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200. Build Your Own Arduino & Bootload an ATmega Microcontroller – part 1
There are many reasons to build your own Arduino circuit on a protoboard or a custom-
designed printed circuit board. At the heart of the Arduino platform is an AVR microcontroller, in usual way you need a special hardware programmer and
suitable hex files to program…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
201. High-speed Photography with Arduino and CHDK using arduino
This project uses an Arduino microcontroller and a laser break-beam trigger to fire via USB
remote a Canon camera modified with CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) firmware. Immediate influences are the high-speed flash photography triggered by
sound or light project by Glacial Wanderer and the…... Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
202. Arduino PWM Led Control using arduino
Looking for a simple circuit to control the light intensity of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) or similar lighting sources? Here
is an Arduino based circuit with three independent pulse width modulated (PWM) channels to fulfil your requirements! Just follow the schematic diagram to
complete the…... Listed under: LED Projects
203. Lunchtime Clock using arduino
Have you ever wished lunchtime were longer, but didn't know where to find those few extra minutes? Well, wish no longer!
Thanks to great in advances in clock technology, I present to you a clock that speeds up 20% every day at 11:00 and slows…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project
Ideas
204. Arduino project: Stereo Peak Program Meter using arduino
Previously, we introduced the Arduino’s analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in detail, looking at
successive-approximation A-D conversion and how it’s the best compromise between speed and cost. This time, we start putting some of that theory into
practice by building a stereo peak-program meter. Our Peak Program…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Project Ideas
205. Simple Animatronics with Servos and Arduino using arduino
Servos are surprisingly easy to use. Even more so than simple DC motors and steppers when you
have a microcontroller. In this instructable we'll use a 'duino to drive five servos which will control a doll's limbs and neck. I bought the servos at HobbyPartz…...
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206. MIDI Bass Pedal Arduino Encoder using arduino
MIDI BASS PEDAL ARDUINO UNIT The MIDI Bass Pedal circuit is capable of encoding any number of momentary
action, push to make, single pole single throw (SPST), switches from 1 up to 30 to produce the equivalent MIDI note-on/note-off data commands. The encoded
switches are…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
207. Arduino + Laptop Touchpad using arduino
Yes, this is more or less your average touchpad that one can find from inside a laptop. This model, like majority of
touchpads out there operates with PS/2 standard. This means that it can be directly plugged in to a PS/2 connector and with proper…... Listed under: Sensor –
208. Electronic Circuit: photocell and LED
The cmd_response sketch is very general with respect to the ANALOG IN and DIGITAL I/O of the Arduino boards. We can
use it to read a wide variety of sensors from remote computer systems. First, we demonstrate how the Arduino cmd_response sketch works, we construct…...
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209. Sending Message Using Alpha-Numeric Keypad with GSM and Arduino
GSM is quite a common Device which is used in major Projects and Real Time
Operations. There are many applications which are using features of GSM Module like the feature sending Messages, making a Voice Call, Reading Messages,
attempting Call etc. Many at times you…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Project Ideas
210. Arduino Wind Instrument using arduino
I wanted to create an Arduino instrument that was easy to play, but would sound better with practice. This "wind"
instrument combines the Sparkfun Electret Microphone breakout board with the Tone library and 5 buttons on one analog pin. The musician must make a
sound…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
211. Peggy2: High And Low
First and foremost, big thanks to Damien for her time and effort on soldering 265 LEDs on peggy2 circuit board, which made my
programming part possible to continue. Instead of soldering LEDs directly onto the Peggy2 board, we have to use Ethernet cables as “extensions”…... Listed
under: LED Projects
212. Rechargeable Battery Capacity Tester using arduino
Do you have a pile of AA rechargeable batteries in your drawer? Some are old, some are new, but which sets
would you bring with your camera on your next trip, and which ones are past their useful life? I like using rechargeable batteries, but…... Listed under: Battery
Projects
213. CMUcam3: Working Module But Not Working CMUcam3-Arduino System
After over spending nearly 20 hours extra on fixing peggy2 board I mentioned in
the previous post, there is only a few hours left for me to work on CMUcam3-Arduino system and its facial-recognition driven motor system. The basic
programming architecture is shown below. When in…... Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
214. NESBot: Arduino Powered Robot beating Super Mario Bros for the NES using arduino
An Arduino Duemilanove (other boards will probably work, but you will have to adjust the
steps for your device) Working NES Console Super Mario Bros. (Note: this must be only the single game, not the two- or three-in-one cartridge) A controller you can cut the…...
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215. Camera controller
Intervawhat? An intervalometer is a camera controller that signals the camera to take a picture after some set interval. This is really useful for
creating timelapse videos. For a long time, I used my TI-89 calculator to create timelapse videos with my Canon digital Rebel XTi. It…... Listed under: Video –
216. Q&D-Poor man’s-Skinner-Sadist-Jeopardy game using arduino
In this instructable you will learn how to make a Q&D-Poor man's-Skinner-Sadist-Jeopardy game .
First off, the disclaimer: I'm not responsible of whatever you do. You have to know that with a great power comes...bla-bla-bla. Just be careful and remember
that electricity reserves respect. While…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
217. Radio Telemetry for a Model Rocket using arduino
Flying model rockets is fun, but there is always the question of how high did it go. Using a programmable
micro-controller and some sensors, you can monitor the entire phase of flight and measure acceleration and altitude, among other things. With this project, I’ll
show you how…... Listed under: Radio Project Ideas
218. Bubblebot: Gigantic Bubble Generator using arduino
While being a bit lengthy and requiring experience with Arduino, this contraption is bound to grant you
infinite glory among your friends, toddlers and grownups alike! Step 1: What You Need Here's a list of the materials and parts I used: The Frame * 5…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
219. New Arduino WiFi Shield (Testing) usign arduino
The WiFi Shield was delivered by Amazon. The Arduino UNO Rev 3 was found at RadioShack… First you need to
load the last Arduino IDE (Ver 1.0.2) it has the necessary library to use the WiFi shield. Tried the examples “Scan for available networks” and …... Listed under:
Wifi - WLan Projects
220. Yet Another Daft Punk Coffee Table (5×5 LED Matrix) using arduino
Yes, I know this has been done before, but I wanted to build my own, using as few parts as
possible. I built this as a table top or wall mount model, but it can be scaled up to make a coffee table. I built…... Listed under: LED Projects
221. Review – Maxim MAX7219 LED Display Driver IC using arduino
Today we are going to examine the Maxim MAX7219 LED display driver IC. The reason for doing
so is to show you how something that used to be quite complex can be made very simple – and that is what all this technology is for,…... Listed under: LED
Projects
222. Arcade Button MIDI Controller using arduino
Having a hardware interface to your favourite music / DJ / VJ software can really open up doors in your creativity.
The most widespread form of hardware control to your PC for such applications is a MIDI based controller. A MIDI controller can send and…... Listed under:
Sound – Audio Project Ideas
223. Brushless DC (BLDC) motor with Arduino. Part 3 – The Stroboscope Project
It has been all dry theory in the Brushless DC (BLDC) motor with Arduino series up to this poin
is where it gets to be more fun. If you’ve just arrived, please check out the previous two installments: Driving a three-phase brushless DC motor…... Listed under:
Motor Projects
224. Arduino Basics: RCtime using arduino
RCtime is a function for the Arduino that finds its roots in Basic-based micro controller programming languages (such as
the Basic Stamp). This function basically counts the amount of time it takes to charge a capacitor through a resistor and returns a digital value. In…... Listed
under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
225. Arduino Mega Pololu Shield using arduino
RepRap Arduino Mega Pololu Shield, or RAMPS for short. It is designed to fit the entire electronics needed for a
RepRap in one small package for low cost. RAMPS interfaces an Arduino Mega with the powerful Arduino MEGA platform and has plenty room for
expansion.…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Project Ideas
226. The Wordclock Grew Up! using arduino
Well, It had to happen. I first published my WordClock project in September 2009. It was a Microchip PIC based clock,
using a PIC16F877A microprocessor. In the last year and a half, I have been constantly improving it, and have adapted it to the Arduino,…... Listed under: Clock –
Timer Projects
227. Light Meter Using I2C Level Converter, LCD, and TSL2561using arduino
I recently needed to measure how different materials affect light transmission for a
gardening project. I decided this was the perfect opportunity to try out the new logic level converter to run both a 5v LCD and a 3.3v light sensor on a single
i2c…... Listed under: LCD Projects, Metering – Instrument Project Ideas
228. Arduino Laser Show with Full XY Control using arduino
Update! See Step 32 to find out how to use this project with a green laser! Also - checkout the LaserTweet
Instructable to make this project display data from Twitter: http://www.instructables.com/id/LaserTweet-Twitter-Projecting-Laser-Show/ This project uses an
Arduino and some cheap audio speakers to create a real…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
229. Arduino GPS Clock usign arduino
I had a Holux M-1000B Bluetooth GPS module that was just gathering dust in my room. I had bought it from DealExtreme back
in the days when I had GPS-less (but external GPS capable) Nokia E51. Upgrading to a Nokia E52 has since made this…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project
Ideas, GPS Based Project Ideas
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230. How to Build an Arduino Powered Chess Playing Robot using arduino
Judging by the sheer number of chess related Instructables, I think it's safe to say the
community enjoys the game. It can be difficult, however, to find someone who plays on the same level you do. To solve this dilemma, and to increase my
playing…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
231. DS1307 I²C Clock using arduino
I wanted to learn how to interface with I²C devices using my Arduino, so I bought a DS1307 clock and crystal kit from Earthshine
Electronics. I've no association to them, but I'd recommend having a look at their shop. Their prices are very reasonable, unlike…... Listed under: Clock – Timer
Project Ideas
232. Lampduino – an 8×8 RGB Floor Lamp using arduino
Lampduino is a computer-controlled free-standing floor lamp, comprised of an 8x8 RGB LED matrix. The
lamp stands 45" high and 18" wide. Light emanates from both sides. It has various display modes, as well as an included editor for creating animations. The
lamp is controlled…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
233. Theremin w/Zapper,laser,Arduino using arduino
I created this Theremin like device after seeing this article in Make magazine: http://m-
cdn.dashdigital.com/make/vol15/?pg=69#pg67 While this looked pretty straight forward it turned out to be a bit much for me at the time. But after much effort,
I got it to work pretty good. I…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
234. Room roving robot – phase 1 using arduino
My second holiday project was a bit more fun than just blinking lights. I decided to tear apart a $10 RC jeep and
control it with the Arduino. For this project, I added a motor shield on top of the Arduino that I purchased at…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project
Ideas
235. Make a simple platform and give mobility to your computer using arduino
A computer is a very handy thing to use in your robots. If you start listing all the features that can be
used for robotic purposes you'll find that it is cheaper to buy a netbook than buying LCD, wifi and bluetooth modules, cameras, speech synthesizer…... Listed under: RTOS – OS
Projects
236. Hacking Hex Bug Spider using arduino
For the Smart Cities exhibition in Leeds in a couple of weeks, we’ve been building a physical representation of an agent
based simulation. Hex Bug Spiders are relatively cheap hexapod robots that are controlled via an infra-red transmitter which has an A or B code so…... Listed
237. (w/ Video) Basic Arduino Robot, Light Seeker! using arduino
Many times I have Googled for "Arduino Robot" in hopes of finding a robot to build. I end up finding
many versions of a obstacle avoiding robot that uses either an infrared or a sonar range finder sensor mounted on a servo to detect objects…... Listed under:
238. Easy, Reversible Motor Control for Arduino (or any Microcontroller) using arduino
This project uses just three main components to provide forward and reverse
control for a single motor. You can easily interface it to an Arduino or any other microcontroller. It's so simple - you can wire it up "free-form" without a circuit
board in about…... Listed under: CNC Machines Project Ideas
239. How To Use a Nokia Color LCD!
Nokia manufactures a wide variety of cell phones and many of their cheaper phones contain simple LCD's which may be used in
microcontroller projects. There is one particular LCD model that is used in a wide variety of their phones and is often referred to…... Listed under: Phone Project
Ideas
240. Tutorial – Arduino and the MAX7219 LED Display Driver IC using arduino
Use the Maxim MAX7219 LED display driver with Arduino in Chapter 56 of our Arduino
Tutorials. The first chapter is here, the complete series is detailed here. Update – 4/1/15 – This article is pending a re-write, please refrain from comments and
questions until the new version is published. Introduction…... Listed under: LED Projects
241. Ollie- a DIY autonomous robotic blimp using arduino
Ollie is an open source blimp-based autonomous and ambient robot that dwells in human habitats. Ollie is
observant, often flying in a manner suggesting curiosity for the world around him. Ollie reacts to voices by excitedly flapping his wings, communicating his
friendliness and eagerness to…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
242. PS1 Controller Joysticks with Arduino
Idea: To take one of my old Playstation 1 controllers and extract the dual thumbstick setup so that it can be easily used in a
microcontroller project (in my case: with the Arduino) without extra libraries or drivers that you would need if you want…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment
Project Ideas
243. Arduino Binary Die using arduino
After buying a Nanode (an Arduino-compatible board with ethernet built-in) last weekend, we've been trying to work it out by
making a couple of simple examples, the 'Binary Dice' is the first one with input and outputs. A note, this code example is based on…... Listed under: LED
Projects, Other Project Ideas
244. Shaun The Noisy Sheep using arduino
Make A "doorbell" using an Arduino Uno, a Wave shield from Adafruit, a small speaker, a plug, a Sharp distance sensor
and a Shaun the Sheep. Our Shaun is used in an open doorway to alert store staff when a customer has entered. Step 1:…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Project Ideas
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245. Telecran (Etch a Sketch) + Arduino = Telecranduino ! using arduino
I came across a bunch of stepper motors and I have since been looking for a project to do
with the kids. An old Telecran (French for Etch-a-Sketch) later, we are in business ! What I used for this project: - an arduino Uno -…... Listed under: CNC
Machines Project Ideas
246. Boozeduino using arduino
Now with more LED. Arduino mega powered breathalyser using the MQ-3 sensor. A relative gauge for judging how intoxicated you
are. NOT TO BE USED AS MEANS OF BREATHALYZING NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE. This is more of a device to encourage one to drink…... Listed under: LED Projects
247. Analog Sensors using arduino
Analog sensors produce an analog (continuous) voltage that typically varies from 0 to 5 volts. They have three wires – ground, power, and signal
(typically red, black, and white, respectively). Examples shown below include: Potentiometers Proximity Accelerometers Ribbon Bend Pressure Light Temperature Sound Multi-
touch Touch…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
248. LoL Shield Audio Spectrum VU Meter using arduino
This is an audio spectrum VU meter using the LoL Shield for Arduino . The LoL Shield is a 14 x 9 LED matrix
which fits onto the Arduino as a shield and is controlled through an efficient method known as Charlieplexing . It was…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument
Project Ideas
249. Flash trigger using arduino
his project is mainly based in this one from Glaciar Wanderer. I just liked his idea and worked it on my own. (I think this guy and me
would be friends, as the projects he has in his photography category are things I’ve been wanting…... Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
250. TROBOT: A Miniature Articulated Robot using arduino
The TROBOT is a miniature six-axis articulated robot, modeled after large industrial & assembly line
robots. The prototype versions were developed to be interfaced with ABB's Robot Studio software. Robot Studio was designed to program, simulate, and debug
real industrial robots in an offline virtual environment.…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
251. Jetson/Tutorials/GPIO using arduino
Quickly testing a GPIO pin To set pin GPIO_PH1 as an output: sudo su (Enter your user password. Defaults to "ubuntu") #
See which pins are currently configured as GPIO, and what their state is. cat /sys/kernel/debug/gpio # Validate that the entry for the Tegra…... Listed under:
Other Project Ideas
252. Arduino + LEDs + fan = POV “APPLAUSE” sign
I saw these POV(Persistence of Vision) devices on other Instructables and thought I would like to make one and I
have always wanted my own "APPLAUSE" sign. Next improvement will be to make it go on whenever I enter the room. 🙂 Maybe have it…... Listed under:
253. How to build an Arduino energy monitor – measuring mains voltage and current
This guide details how to build a simple electricity energy monitor on that can
be used to measure how much electrical energy you use in your home. It measures voltage with an AC to AC power adapter and current with a clip on CT
sensor,…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Project Ideas
254. Magic Music Table No menus, no buttons using arduino
NOTE: This instructable is now slightly old and a better machine has been made with lower cost parts
and much better software that automatically allows you to "pair" new cards with new tracks as they are added to the iPod playlist. iPod playback track
selection…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Project Ideas
255. Using the tymkrs “Turn Me” with an Arduino
Here is a quick write up on how to use the tymkrs “Turn Me” rotary encoder. This supports the “push down” feature
of the tymkrs kit. Fritzing Rotary Encoder Part: Rotary Encoder with Knob bth.fzpz Fritzing Project: RotaryEncoderDemo.fzz Arduino (1.5)
project: RotaryEncoderDemo.ino 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
256. Boost Converter Intro with Arduino
Let’s say that you’re trying to drive a few Nixie clock tubes, or you want to make a strobe light. A variable high voltage DC
power supply from 50-200+ volts may be required. Transformers are terrific, but difficult to find the right one and a…... Listed under: PWM Projects
257. Arduino Circular Cylon!
This is a quick arduino project that is great for beginners. Enjoy! There is a video on the last step! Step 1: What you Need To build this
project you will need: 10 LEDs, any color will do. Some wire, I used a ribbon cable…... Listed under: LED Projects
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258. Reading pulses from meters with pulse outputs.. using arduino
A note on what this document covers The main thing that's being added here to the wealth of
information on the internet about pulse counting is how to count pulses from more than two pulse outputs sources (up to 12 sources) using a continuos
sampling…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
259. Car No. 06 Programmed Automatic Driving Car using arduino
Hi! Kaeru no Ojisan is back with Car No.06. Car No.06 is a Programmed Automatic Driving Car with
following procedure; - Simulate the Car Trajectory based on the Target Passing Points. - Drive automatically as simulated using Reflective Photosensor and Gyro
Sensor . - Adjust…... Listed under: Car Projects
260. Interactive skull using arduino
I bought this skull to decorate my computer desk. However, analyzing better, I could do something more interesting. I hope you enjoy. Step 1:
Materials - A plastic skull - 8 screws; - Microcontroller (I used an Arduino board); - A Protoboard - A nunchuck…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
261. Light and obstacle detecting bot using arduino
Introduction For our ECSP project we have made a bot that senses and follows light and at the same time avoids
obstacles. Rationale We wanted some hands on experience in using microcontrollers and electronics in general . Using a combination of light and distance
sensors…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
262. 8 LED Chaser with 74HC595 8 Bit Shift Register using arduino
Have you wanted to make a sweet Cylon/Knight Rider (Larson) Scanner effect? But you don’t want
to use up all of your Arduino IO pins? Well, you can make a nice 8 LED Scanner with a shift register IC. In this tutorial we’ll be using…... Listed under: LED Projects
263. arduino based distance sensor using arduino
Here is a simple tutorial to build a Distance sensor which will show the distance from the distance sensor HC-
SR04 ( Or any other compatible devices) to the wall or obstacles in front of the sensor in CentiMeters. This project uses a HCR-SR04 distance sensor and…...
Listed under: Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
264. 3D LED Cube using arduino
The 3D LED Cube is a really cool device that enables you to see in three dimensions, get some depth perception and has 512 LED's
or 512 pixels. It is based on an arduino uno which is an Atmel AVR microcontroller on a development board…... Listed under: LED Projects
265. TiDiGino Contest using arduino
The project TiDiGino We developed a new GSM remote control called TiDiGino. The name recalls the initials (TDGxx) of our
previous GSM remote control and is also based on the Arduino project. All the details of this circuit can be found below, but no the sketch, because this is your
assignment. The contestYou have to write…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
266. Control Ikea Dioder LED Strip with Arduino + 16X PWM LED Fader Board using arduino
We're going to show how to wire up and control an Ikea DIODER LED strip
with an arduino, using a 16X PWM LED Fader board as an intermediary. The 16X PWM board is basically a bunch of mosfets under PWM control (switches that
turn on…... Listed under: LED Projects
267. Secret Knock Final using arduino
Secret Knock Description - My final project is a door lock that listens for your personalized knock. The lock uses an arduino
board and a piezo speaker and will not unlock the door unless the specific pattern is used as a knock. Arduino Program -…... Listed under: Home Automation
Projects, Security – Safety Project Ideas
268. Thermocouple Sensor 1.0 using arduino
Overview Jump to the Table of Contents This is a simple board for measuring temperature. It uses an AD595 chip to
make thermocouple measurements easy. The AD595 amplifies the thermocouple signal and conditions it for easy use. Thermocouples are great due to their
linearity over…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
269. Display Live Txts on Costume at Party w/ Scrolling LED Belt Buckle using arduino
This project shows how to send SMS text messages to a cheap scrolling LED
display via an Android app and arduino with USB host shield. The project was originally inspired by a friend wanting to make a "sexting themed" costume, with a
scrolling LED display…... Listed under: LED Projects
270. Arduino: measuring the Earth’s magnetic field with the magnetometer HMC5883L using arduino
The HMC5883L magnetometer This component (a small chip)
HMC5883L, produced by Honeywell, bases its operation on AMR (Anisotropic Magnetoresistive) technology and allows you to be able to measure both the
direction and the magnitude of the earth’s magnetic field. This magnetometer HMC5883L has within 3 magneto-resistive…... Listed under: Temperature
Measurement Project Ideas
271. Nunchuk-controlled Helicopter using arduino
Welcome to my 3rd Instructable everyone ! Today we're going to build a 'device' to control a mini-sized helicopter
with a Wii Nunchuk. The helicopter that we're using is a cheap (26$) 3-channel (yaw, throttle, pitch) helicopter that I bought a 1 month back from…... Listed
272. Surfin’ Bird (Arduino Style) using arduino
I just hope every body's heard. The Bird is the Word! This is a simple device to play Surfin Bird really loudly when
someone trips off the motion sensor. If you don't already own an Adafruit Wave Shield, I'd highly suggest purchasing one. It's become…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Project Ideas
273. Voice Recognition System using arduino
Contents 1 Team Members 2 Mentor 3 Concept 4 Softwares Used 5 circuits 5.1 Pre Amp circuit 5.1.1 Circuit Diagram
5.1.2 Working 5.2 EEPROM circuit 5.3 Led Matrix display circuit 6 Algorithm for silence & noise removal 6.1 Pre-Emphasis 6.2 Silence and Noise Removal 6.2.1…...
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274. Arduino powered Haunted Pumpkin using arduino
This is a cute little project that takes a pumpkin, motion sensor, and some parts from Radio Shack. It was fun to create and
build. This project was sponsored by the Radio Shack Great Create and I was able to make the whole thing with…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project
Ideas
275. A Makers Wedding – Photo booth usnig arduino
This Instructable is about: building an automated photo booth. The total build cost was around $150 as I re-
used a lot of the components and materials I already had in my garage - in addition to what I could salvage from scrap yards. Why? -…... Listed under: Video –
276. Extending PWM output pins with a Texas Instruments TLC5940 LED driver using arduino
Introduction Microcontrollers like the Arduino were designed to
facilitate the use of electronics for designers and DIY enthusiasts. The interface provides a great starting points for a variety of elecronic circuit designs.
However, as the microcontroller is standardized, it is also limited in its use.…... Listed under: PWM Projects
277. LASER Maze – Halloween Haunted House using arduino
The LASER Maze was our Processing and Arduino powered garage haunted house for 2011. A monitor
sits outside of the garage, displaying "PRESS START." After the button is pressed, an intro video plays that instructs you to dodge the lasers and get your candy
in…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
278. Human Body Infrared Smoke Temperature Alarm System with Arduino
Web site: http://www.instructables.com/id/Human-Body-Infrared-Smoke-Temperature-
Alarm-System/ Project Summary: The Human Body Infrared Smoke Temperature Alarm System works under the DC 5v voltage and uses the DH11 Temperature
Module to detect the room temperature. When the module detects the temperature is higher than the maximum, the buzzer alarms and…... Listed under:
Security – Safety Projects
279. Doorbell to Arduino ‘Interface’
Hi Everybody In my first Instructable I want to show you how to build an cheap and easy Doorbell to Arduino 'Interface' so you
can let your Arduinoproject get triggered through it or simply use your Arduino as a bell. Almost endless possibilities 😀 Step…... Listed under: Home
280. 1RE45 Non contact digital thermometer using arduino
Contents 1 Introduction 2 Components Used 3 Description 4 Idea 5 Plan Of Action 6 1st week: 7 2nd
week: 8 3rd week: 9 4th week 10 5th week 11 Expenses(In Rupees) 12 Videos, Photos 13 Code 14 Team Members 15 Resources: Introduction Temperature is…...
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281. SPROT, my SimPleROboT using arduino
in this instructable i will show you how to make a very simple robot, using an arduino. this robot could be the base for a
wide range of projects, i am planning on adding LDRs to mine so it can seek put light and also…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
282. How to build an Arduino energy monitor – measuring mains voltage and current arduino
Including voltage measurement via AC-AC voltage adapter and current
measurement via a CT sensor. This guide details how to build a simple electricity energy monitor on that can be used to measure how much electrical energy
you use in your home. It measures voltage with…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
283. VOICE CONTROL CAR USING ARDUINO AND ANDROID
Hello friends,Welcome to ElectroPLUS . This is a post to show how to make voice control car using
arduino and android. COMPONENTS REQUIRED: 1.Arduino uno or Induino R3 board. Hello friends,Welcome to ElectroPLUS . This is a post to show how to make
voice control…... Listed under: Car Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
284. Build a Laser 3D Printer – Stereolithography at Home using arduino
Here is how to make a Stereolithography 3D Printer. It is still a bit of a work in progress but
so far it is working pretty well. This is mainly an experiment which started as a Delta Robot Stereolithography Printer but ended as a more…... Listed under: CNC
285. A new board for the 3Drag: there’s more than Sanguinololu using arduino
When we first released our 3D printer, we tried to use some parts that were already
available and tested, in full respect of the open source philosophy. In particular, we decided to use the electronic card Sanguinololu. The “open” firmware we
chose, the Marlin firmware…... Listed under: Blog, Motor Projects
286. Serial Communications with Arduino using arduino
At this point you should have a robot that can think on its own, we need to be able to tap into its thought process. See what
he sees. Make some of his decisions for him. in essence, we need to be able to guage…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Project Ideas
287. Temperature Detecting Heating Control System with Arduino Mega2560
Web site: http://www.icstation.com/product_info.php?products_id=3517 Project
Summary: To help electronic DIY hobbyists, will show you how to use Temperature Detecting Heating Control System with Arduino Mega2560. Full Project: The
temperature detecting heating control system works with DC5V voltage. This system uses DS18B20 temperature detection chip as the…... Listed under:
Temperature Measurement Projects
288. RoboBrrd using arduino
RoboBrrd is an robot / animatronic character whose purpose morphs to mirror that of the virtual world. It is designed to be used as a
tangible real world interface to virtual world learning applications. As a standalone robot, RoboBrrd is an entertaining platform that can…... Listed under: Game
– Entertainment Project Ideas
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289. Camera and flash trigger module using arduino
Here we go again, here is a picture of the camera and flash trigger module I made for my arduino photographic
projects: It includes three 4N26 optocouplers. One (first one from the left side) to trigger a flash, as I did in the arduino controlled…... Listed under: Video –
290. Stroboscope (zoetrope) using Arduino and a broken Xbox 360 DVD drive using arduino
Stroboscope (AKA zoetrope) is a device that creates an illusion of a
moving picture by showing a rapid successions of frames "stopped" for a fraction of a second due to the persistence-of-vision (POV) effect. It is a very old toy;
zoetropes have been amusing crowds…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
291. 3x3x3 LED cube shield using arduino
What should be in your kit: 1 – PCB 27 – LED’s 2 – 6 Pins for Arduino 2 – 8 Pins for Arduino 3 – Resistors 1 – Foam Guide 1 –
Small Wire 1 – Medium Wire 1 – Large Wire You will…... Listed under: LED Projects
292. MQ-8 Hydrogen Gas Sensor Circuit Built with an Arduino
In this project, we will go over how to build a hydrogen gas sensor circuit with an arduino. The
hydrogen gas sensor we will use is the MQ-8 sensor. This is a sensor that is sensitive to effects of hydrogen gas. Hydrogen gas (H2), at…... Listed under: Sensor –
293. Simple Solar Power using arduino
Simple Solar Power Light contains energy. When light hits a conductor (or semiconductor) some of the energy is translated
into moving electrons, creating current. We can harness the current using solar cells (aka photovoltaic cells). When the sun shines on a solar cell, the current…...
Listed under: Battery Projects
294. DIY Turntable using arduino
You always wanted to be a Disc-Jockey. You know nothing about beats, delays or mixing but, damn, scratching is like the coolest
thing ever invented! If this is also your case, follow this instructable to build a low-fi DJ set: the DIY Turntable as featured…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Project
Ideas
295. Arduino-enabled Patron Interaction Counting using arduino
Using the Arduino development board (http://arduino.cc) has become a very popular way to create
hardware prototypes that bridge the divide between the physical world and the Internet. This article outlines how to use an Arduino, some off-the-shelf
electronic parts, the Processing programming language, and Google…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
296. Make a Fire Breathing Animetronic Pony from FurReal Butterscotch or S’Mores usnig arduino
For Maker Faire Detroit 2011, I displayed a hack I made to a
FurReal Friends Butterscotch Pony. My fellow LVL1 Hackers and I had taken control of the motor control system of the toy and added a flame thrower to it. It
seemed to go…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
297. Real-Time Energy Monitor with Arduino and LabVIEW using arduino
We present the candidature of Mr. Michele Mancini for the TiDiGino Contest. He proposes
us a recent application with Arduino: Real-Time Energy Monitor This is a simple power meter to analize the current consuming in a house using the led indicator
of a house energy…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
298. Using an RGB LED to Detect Colours using arduino
I am going to show you how you can use an RGB LED and a Cds photocell as a colour sensor for a micro-
controller. I will illustrate the method to retrieve a colour using Arduino, and I will show you a how you can verify the…... Listed under: LED Projects
299. Reviving a dead arduino
Well I managed to kill my arduino. It no longer accepted uploads with the classic out of sync error. After asking on the arduino forum I was told I would
need a high voltage programmer to rectify, so I decided just to buy a new…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
300. Cosmic ray detection from vertical and horizontal directions using three Geiger counters using arduino
Research Group: Ryan Mountcastle, Minh Trang Nguyen,
Nathan Ranno, and Ryan Ward Launch: Whitworth Fall 2012 This experiment was designed to examine cosmic ray activity in the Earth's atmosphere as altitude
increases. The previous group's project utilized three Geiger counters stacked vertically to eliminate false…... Listed under: Other Projects
301. Using the Parallax RFID Reader with an Arduino
f you’ve ever wanted the ability to use some form of hardware-based authentication in your projects then this is
the board to do it with. The Parallax RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) reader is super easy to configure. It only takes four wires! It uses serial…... Listed
under: Projects, RFID - NFC projects
302. Inflatable Teddy Bear/LED Costume/Power Glove using arduino
This was a behemoth of a project involving an inflatable costume, a LED costume, and a glove
that controlled the colors and patterns of the LEDs. I’ve been wanting to make an inflatable creature that would give birth to me for a while now (lots…... Listed
303. Build a network clock (NCLK) with Microduino-RTC
The resolvent of clock synchronization over internet. by PKJ, The web−based clock management system
allows you to monitor clock status from wherever they are and centrally change settings. and this small device is built with PoE technology, thus IP clocks get
their time, data and power…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
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304. TFT Display with microSD breakout board using arduino
128X160 pixels in 18 bit color with a microSD breakout board courtesy of Adafruit Industries You can
purchase the 18-bit color TFT LCD display with microSD card breakout kit (part# ST7735R) from Adafruit Industries This tutorial from Adafruit is for a 1.8"
diagonal TFT display…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, LCD Projects
305. SPI Interfaces using Arduino
Update (6/7/2012) – I’ve had to disable comments on this post, because it is being targeted by spam bots for some reason. Please
use the contact page if you have a question about this topic. [box type="note" color=" #202020 " bg="#ffbb00 " font="verdana" fontsize="14" radius="20…...
Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects
306. Awesome button, and then some. usnig arduino
Many of you have probably seen the Awesome button done by Matt Richardson of Make Magazine. If not here
is his video which was very well done and was the inspiration of my project. I liked the idea of having a button to press for…... Listed under: LED Projects
307. Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock using Arduino
Protect your secret hideout from intruders with a lock that will only open when it hears the secret knock. This
started out as a bit of a joke project, but turned out to be surprisingly accurate at judging knocks. If the precision is turned all…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
308. The Soil Temperature Sensor using arduino
You are building a soil temperature sensor. We need a waterproof thermometer that we can burry in the soil. The
sensor is made up of a small circuit enclosed in a piece of heat shrink (to waterproof it). Supplies: (see the parts page) an LM335…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects
309. Arduino RFID Card Reading
Finally! It’s been about 3 months since my last arduino tutorial – I’ve been keeping busy as usual. I’ve been working on this one for
some time. I got the parts months ago, made an outline a few weeks ago, prototyped the circuits and wrote…... Listed under: Projects, RFID - NFC projects
310. Arduino – One Wire Digital Temperature Sensor – DS18B20
The one wire Digital Temperature Sensor - DS18B20 from Maxim (formerly Dallas) is a great chip for
measuring temperature in your projects. Luckily, there is a Dallas Temperature library for the arduino which makes using this sensor very easy. The most recent
version of this…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas, Temperature Measurement Projects
311. Traffic Light Stoplight LED Scarf – Safety Scarf of Righteousness using arduino
Multipurpose like a traffic light, this one keeps you warm and blinks to make you
more visible in the night. Stop traffic with this fun scarf worn around your neck. Repurpose a dollar-store bicycle safety flasher to embed in the scarf. Simulates
the light changing…... Listed under: LED Projects
312. Soldering an SMT MOSFET Driver with a hotplate
Soldering SMD components isn't as hard as you might think. In fact it's easy. If you follow this instructables
you'll soon see just what great results you can obtain at home using just a hotplate. It's not just being able to make small circuit boards…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Projects, How To – DIY – Projects
313. Wendell the Robot using arduino
What follows is my proposed design for a robot. A robot with a simple design, that is easy to share and change. A robot you can build with a
hand saw or a laser cutter; from cardboard or karbonite. A robot you can share; and change.…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
314. Arduino + Compass Module 3-Axis HMC5883L
Background In this blogpost we’re going to deal with the Compass Module 3-Axis HMC5883L from Parallax and
how to integrate it into an Arduino. The Compass Module 3-Axis HMC5883L is designed for low-field magnetic sensing with a digital interface. This compact
sensor fits into small…... Listed under: CNC Machines Project Ideas, Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
315. 3D AIR mouse | Arduino + Processing
3D AIR mouse | Arduino + Processing I'm an Industrial design student, and last year as part of a course called "Technology
as RAW materiel" I built this project as my final work. I work most of the time with SolidWorks, a CAD software for…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer
Projects, Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
316. Arduino Chiptunes usnig arduino
I am not a big fan of programming. I may like it but, I try to keep it down to a 555 timer like in this ible. However, when it
comes to synths, well, I just NEED programming. One day, while exploring Synthesizers, I came…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Project Ideas
317. LilyPad Arduino – the wearable technology using arduino
Introduzione LilyPad Arduino is one of the many Arduino microcontrollers, but unlike the more well-
known Arduino UNO, MEGA and Yun, this little board has very specific characteristics that make it unique. In fact, the LilyPad can be sewn on fabric. In fact, with
only 19…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Project Ideas
318. Twitter Poem Box
This is a project that was inspired by Marc de Vinck's Kitty Twitty Cat Toy http://makezine.com/22/kittytwitty/ . It incorporates an RFID reader
and the BlinkM, a programable RGB LED. The lamp tweets random colored poems when it detects one of the three RFID cards which…... Listed under: Internet –
Ethernet – LAN Projects
319. Smart Relay Power Box(SiriProxy Compatible)
If you have ever wanted to control high voltages/currents with an Arduino, setup up a complicated light timer, or
even have Siri turn on a Lamp. Then this is an instructable for you! In this instructable in a few simple steps we will build a self-powered…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Project Ideas
320. BennyP’s Light Contraption using arduino
Introduction Disclaimer: I am not an expert in any of this. There is lots of information online regarding such designs. Although this
setup worked for me, do not trust any of my calculations. Please work all this out for yourself and consult many other sources,…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas,
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PWM Projects
321. ST7565 LCDs: Graphical LCDs
What it is... Type: Graphical (128x64) monochrome LCD with LED backlight Interface: Serial / SPI This is a good time to read the
datasheet Available from: Adafruit, of course! Introduction: This mini-tutorial will go through the process of setting up a ST7565 LCD. These LCDs…... Listed
under: LCD Projects
322. Standalone Arduino chip on breadboard
If you're like me, after I got my Arduino and performed a final programming on my first chip, I wanted to pull it off my
Arduino Duemilanove and put it on my own circuit. This would also free up my Arduino for future projects. The problem…... Listed under: Development Board –
Kits Projects, Projects
323. USB Biofeedback Game Controller using arduino
Building upon our last tutorial, which taught you how to build a muscle sensor, we've decided to give you a
project that really showcases the power of our muscle (EMG) sensors. Advancer Technologies’ “USB Biofeedback Game Controller” harnesses the power of
electromyography to allow players to…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
324. CT sensors – Interfacing with an Arduino
To connect up a CT sensor to an Arduino, the output signal from the CT sensor needs to be conditioned so that it
meets the input requirements of the Arduino analog inputs: a positive voltage between 0V and the ADC reference voltage. Note: This page give the…... Listed
under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
325. Making 1×10 LED Array with Random Patterns
This will teach you how to make a very simple 1x10 array of LEDs on a breadboard controlled by an Arduino Uno
to make the LEDs blink and flash in 10 different patterns. Link to notebook for project: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YP4p11SbDNOnM7mDn-
sRjJLnxGPj6o0DkrFZnznVMvk/edit Link to YouTube video of LEDs…... Listed under: LED Projects
326. The party starter using arduino
A desktop motorized musical disco ball. Great for holiday parties, impromptu dance-offs, and Tuesday afternoons. Bling,
Music, Arduino, and glitter covered styrofoam; this Instructable has got what you need to get your boogie on. Fires need help go get going, so do parties. I
recently…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
327. Controllers and Sensors using arduino
John has been working to recover components from old power supplies and available trash electronics, in order to build
controllers to power stepper motors and other mechanisms for the FabLab. Intro The Arduino microcontroller board is able to supply a current of 40mA from
its…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
328. Arduino lets you play Atari 2600 and ZX Spectrum using a NES controller
This instructable shows you how to use NES controller in Atari 2600 or ZX Spectrum
(with Kempston Interface) with the aid of an Arduino. Step 1: Background talk I have recently acquired a couple of Atari 2600s and a bunch of joysticks. Both
consoles were working…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
329. Serial Duplex using an Arduino
Overview In the first serial lab, you sent data from one sensor to a personal computer. In this lab, you'll send data from multiple
sensors to a program on a personal computer. You'll use the data from the sensors to create a pointing-and-selecting device (i.e.…... Listed under: Sensor –
330. Yet Another Arduino 110v Power Controller
This Instructable shows you how to build a four-gang outlet box in which each outlet is controlled via an Arduino (or
any other TTL level signals). It differs from the other relay boxes in that it uses no circuit boards and has very few parts (one…... Listed under: Projects, Solar
energy projects
331. Sensing color with the ADJD-S371 + Arduino
About 2 years ago I picked up a ADJD-S371 color sensor from Sparkfun to work with my arduino. I spent a few days
getting it to work, but finally got it going pretty well. I still get a few emails here and there asking for…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Project Ideas, Sensor –
332. Displaying Twitter feed without a PC! using Arduino
There are a lot of Twitter feed readers around the Web that use Arduino AND a PC to display twits on LCD
displays or whatsoever. Then, I decide it was the time to design a solution for performing the same job WITHOUT A PC, and…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet
– LAN Projects, LCD Projects
333. Geiger counter triggered LED decorations using arduino
Bored of blinky lights that blink in response to time? Make them blink with space instead! This
instructable shows a quick method for connecting LED tree decorations to a Geiger counter via arduino, so that the lights blink between different strings each
time radiation is…... Listed under: LED Projects
334. Arduino ISP (In System Programming) and stand-alone circuits
We use an Arduino to program other ATmega without bootloader . This technique allows you to
use all flash memory for code and make boards using new ATmega, cheaper than those with bootloader. The qualities that have made the success of Arduino
are undoubtedly the open-source…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
335. Introducing PETBOT: A node.js Telepresence Robot using arduino
It’s a telepresence robot I built for our office, consisting of an iPad mounted on a lightweight
chassis powered by an RC car. To operate it, you open up a video chat session with the iPad, then control the robot from your browser using the…... Listed
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336. Digispark RGB LED Fader
Forward: This instructable was roiginally posted at http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-LED-Fader-using-Digispark/ My
students and I developed it into this exemplar, for wich they received a very good mark. Viewing the following video may leave you with a sense of too much too
fast. Please continue to read this…... Listed under: LED Projects
337. Rocket Brand Studios Medium Tank using arduino
This is the assembly instructions for the Medium Tank from Rocket Brand Studios. This is a great little robot
kit, and can be purchased as a complete kit or as a rolling chassis, ready for the micro controller of your choice --Arudino Uno, Duemilanove, Picaxe…... Listed
under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
338. pedalSHIELD Arduino Guitar Pedal
Web site: http://www.electrosmash.com/pedalshield Project Summary: pedalSHIELD is a programmable Arduino Open
Source & Open Hardware guitar pedal made for guitarists, hackers and programmers. Users can program and share their own effects in C/C++. Full Project:
pedalSHIELD is a programmable Arduino guitar pedal. It is Open…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
339. World’s Smallest Stepper Motor with Arduino and EasyDriver
This little wonder of electromechanical engineering came from inside a laser diode sled of an HP
CT10L Bluray drive I’ve opened some time ago. The device on the picture consists of several parts, all easily fitting on a dime coin: a bipolar stepper motor
with…... Listed under: Motor Projects
340. Telemetry with solar cell using an Arduino
*NOTE* THIS PROJECT IS DONE BY A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC. Telemetry - Solar Cells
Our project is using Arduino with the ZigBee to transmit and receive data from the solar cell. Data will be shown in the LCD and the software called…... Listed
under: Battery Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects, Solar energy projects
341. LED Gingerbread house using arduino
Last year my Wife and I started a new tradition of building a Gingerbread house for Christmas. We had a few nicely
decorated houses last year, and I wanted to do a little more this year. Adding LEDs makes everything better, so that is exactly…... Listed under: Home
342. An I²C Bus powered Arduino IO Expander Board controlled via Bluetooth and Android
Today we’ll expand Arduino’s digital resources thanks to an I2C bus
equipped shield and we’ll allow the management of the board via a bluetooth connection RN-42 through an Android systems. All Arduino boards feature a
number of digital I/Os. For the simplest projects, such resources…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
343. Linking an Arduino to a Radiometrix NTX2B Transmitter
Part 1 - Test Circuit and Test Code Introduction Getting your Arduino to transmit via the radio initially
may seem daunting but its actually pretty simple. Please freely substitute the word “Arduino” for any micro-controller you wish to use. The example below works
for 5V…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
344. Extreme Color Organ using arduino
Hi All! I have wanted to do something fun with my bedroom for a while now and the Make it Glow challenge provided me
with a reason to do so. A few months ago I acquired a strand of GE-35 Color Effects lights and owing…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
345. Solar USB Charger 2.0
Everyone has USB gadgets. It's pretty much a fact of life. Another fact of life is that these USB gadgets also continually run out of power
when you most need them. No need to fear, solar power is here! Ditch those crazy wall adaptors, throw…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects, Solar energy projects
346. 0 to 99 Light display
this circuit will take a light reading then display a number between zero and 99 please leave constructive comments Step 1: Parts you will
need [box color="#985D00" bg="#FFF8CB" font="verdana" fontsize="14 " radius="20 " border="#985D12" float="right" head="Major Components in Project"
headbg="#FFEB70" headcolor="#985D00"] to make the 0-99…... Listed under: LED Projects
347. PS/2/You: Go-anywhere, LED digital message board using Arduino microcontroller
Combine three inexpensive LED matrix display panels, an Ardweeny
microcontroller and a standard PS/2 computer keyboard into your own go-anywhere, instantly updatable 768-pixel digital message board. The code can hold up
to six lines of text with a maximum of 100 characters each. Pressing a…... Listed under: LED Projects
348. Solar Tracker Relay circuit using Arduino
I've reached the point where I need to think how I'm going to control the motor & linear actuator for my solar tracker.
Things to consider - Must be able to go forwards and backwards - so that makes 4 channels, 2 for each motor.…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
349. BARC Jeep – An XBOX Controlled Power Wheels
Make a power wheels jeep that is controlled by an XBOX controller. This particular build is using Power Wheels®
Jeep® Hurricane with Monster Traction™ but should be usable across many different types of power wheels with small adjustments. I wanted to do this project
so I could…... Listed under: Car Projects, Game – Entertainment Projects
350. Nick Smith – Magical Music Box using arduino
This is my Magical Music Box which converts music into a light show. When i was daydreaming what to make for
my final project, i wanted something that would make a light show for any song simply by hearing it. Materials used: 1x arduino 8x…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects
351. Interactive LED Lab Coat using Arduino
This is an instructable for the Interactive LED Lab Coats, showcased at Autodesk University. Check out the videos below!
The first is a demo of the colors actuated by the buttons. The second is a demo of the breathalyzer! (this will be explained later) Tools …... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, LED Projects, Projects
352. Sugru + Servos = Robot using arduino
Build a robot using a bag of Sugru and 5 mini-servo motors. Motivation:Build a robot using very few parts and very cheap servo motors.
Steps: Parts list Build Wire Program Play! Outcomes of this project: Robot with 5 joints Arduino Code which is expandable Control…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation
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353. Sleep Tracking using an Arduino
Background and motivation This project was motivated by two things: my almost complete inability to get out of bed in the morning, and my
fondness for recording data from routine activities and making graphs with that data. My main problem with waking up in the…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects
354. [Said Alyami] – [Funny Cartoon Sounds with a twist] arduino
Introduction My project is about providing multiple saved cartoon sounds then do funny effect on
them through controlling the speed of play either faster or slower. it contains 4 sound files: Crazy Frog, Bird is the Word “by Family Guy”, oompa loompa “by
Willy…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
355. How to convert (almost) any 27 or 49 MHz RC Car into a Robotic car using arduino controller
I am teaching a robotics course in my kids high school (Rambam
Mesivta in Lawrence, NY). I was looking for a cost effective way to teach them about the priciples of robotics without spending an arm and a leg, and getting
them excited about the…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
356. [OoB] Shooting paintball maker with relay, Arduino and .NET WinForms
[OoB] Shooting paintball maker with relay, Arduino and .NET WinForms My first Arduino
based project was Sonar with C#, JS and HTML5. Now I continue the "Out of Boredom" series with a setup that allows firing a paintball marker (gun) with a
command sent from…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
357. Arduino Controlled RGB LED Dot Matrix Board
This project is a relatively straightforward and simple DIY music board. The Dot Matrix Board will allow any aged
person to create their own music and beats. All you need to have is an understanding of Arduino and circuitry. Step 1: Gather Parts Needed [box…... Listed
under: LED Projects
358. 5×5 rgb lpd6803-led matrix arduino controlled
what: a 5*5 rgb led matrix, made with arduino and lpd6803 based leds from adafruit. with an pir sensor, it goes
on if it detects movements and a ir distace sensor, 1 animation shows the distance you have from the sensor :). why: because its…... Listed under: LED Projects,
Projects
359. Self-contained 16-Digit display – Arduino & Attiny85
Ever wanted a 7-segment display for around the house? Here's your chance to make one! It can even be
interactive based on the programming.Parts: ($7.60) 16 Digit TM1640 based display Dealextreme.com SKU: 104311 http://www.dealextreme.com/p/jy-mcu-16x-
digital-tube-yellow-led-module-104311 ($2.50) Atmel ATtiny85 Digikey PN: ATTINY85-20PU-ND($1.73) Extra long female header pins…... Listed under: Home
360. An Open Source, hackable Digital Clock
Andrew O’Malley, an amazingly creative maker, created this fanstastic Open Source Arduino-based clock that can display
the time in many different ways: if not enough, one can also add his own personal animation. Compared to other clocks based on Arduino, this one has two
distinctive…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
361. Tiny Wearable LED kit – 12 PWM LEDs from a reprogramable ATtiny85
This instructable covers the assembly and use of a Tiny Wearable LED kit. The kit is
useable immediately but is desigend to be hackable and can be reprogrammed to your liking using an ISP programmer or Arduino board and the Arduino IDE.
There are not…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects, PWM Projects
362. Infinity Mirror – Tony Stark Arc-Reactor thing using arduino
I'm creating a robot, but am finding that it's better if I break the build down into smaller projects.
This is one of those projects, and it seems to have a look that could be used for other things as well. Step 1: Destroy a lady's…... Listed under: Battery Projects
363. Ultraviolet nightlight, ingredients and setup
This simple instructable will show you how to make a nightlight out of a translucent container, a bottle of tonic
water, an Arduino, and ultraviolet LEDs. If you've ever played with a black light, you've noticed that some substances glow brightly under these lights. In…...
364. Rocket Brand Studios Tiny Tank using arduino
This is the assembly instructions for the Tiny Tank from Rocket Brand Studios. This is a great little robot kit, and
can be purchased as a complete kit or as a rolling chassis, ready for the micro controller of your choice --Arudino Uno, Duemilanove and…... Listed under:
365. LCD & Keypad Shield Quickstart Guide using arduino
The 16x2 LCD And Keypad Shield is very simple to use because it's fully compatible with the Arduino "LiquidCrystal" library.
You can initialise the LCD and display messages on it with just a few lines of code, but it also gives you the flexibility to…... Listed under: LCD Projects
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366. Arduino Esplora Light Calibrator
This sketch shows you how to read and calibrate the Esplora's light sensor. Because light levels vary from one location to
another, you need to calibrate the sensor for each location. To do this, you read the sensor for a few seconds, and save the…... Listed under: Development
Board – Kits Project Ideas, LED Projects, Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
367. MultiMovEDIA
The title “MultiMovEDIA” does not mean much – if anything – at first sight. However, looking at more carefully, we can see it is a composition of
two words: “Multimedia”, referring to the information content and the channels it uses (text, image, sound), and “Move”,…... Listed under: Sound – Audio
Projects
368. [Team PGH] – Prototype I Final Report: [Motion RC Car] using arduino
Introduction: Give a brief description of what you are trying to solve. Include a high-level
overview of what you made, why you made it, what parts you used, and what it does. In today’s growing technology, it seems every little electronic is becoming
touch or motion sensored.…... Listed under: Car Projects
369. The IKEA Robot Lamp using arduino
Welcome to the SM-1 project from ArduinoArts.com! (A.K.A as the Annoying IKEA Lamp) We are proud to introduce you to
the SM-1 project (aka the Annoying IKEA lamp), as part of the Toy hacking contest from the SeeedStudio.com friends. The project consists in modifying an…...
Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
370. Single Digit Decimal counter using Arduino
“Hello world”,I am not going to start this blog with typical “Hello world” program,since lot of resources already
covered Arduino way of telling “hello world”,that is Blinking a LED. This project is absolutely for beginners who prefers to run than taking a walk,I am going…...
371. Python Meets the Arduino
Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. Python is our
favorate programming language that allows you to integrate systems more effectively. Learn how to use Python to ... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN
Projects, Projects
372. Alarm Clock with Tetris to Prove You’re Awake using Arduino
This is an Arduino powered alarm clock that after hitting snooze twice the alarm will not cancel until
the user has cleared 4 lines in the game Tetris. You physically turn the clock sideways, so the screen is vertical, to play Tetris. It's never fun…... Listed under:
Clock – Timer Projects, Home Automation Projects, Projects
373. Using a transistor to control high current loads with an Arduino
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to control a high-current DC load such as a DC motor or an
incandescent light from a microcontroller. (:toc Table of Contents:) Connect a transistor to the microcontroller The transistor allows you to control a circuit that's
carrying higher…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
374. Wireless Glove-Controlled Electric Mountainboard: An Analysis
Hey guys! So I finally decided to make a page that has everything you could possibly know about
my project. Even though I had previously answered everyone's questions, they were usually through a message. Because of that, I was usually asked the same
questions and…... Listed under: Radio Project Ideas
375. IR Harp using arduino
Contents 1 Team Members 2 Mentor 3 Introduction 4 Components Used 5 Idea 6 Arduino Uno Board (ATMega328P) 7 Approach to
Project 8 Sound Synthesis 8.1 Delay() 8.2 Interrupts 8.3 The nature of the periodic waveform 8.4 The nature of the amplitude envelope 9 Working…... Listed
under: Home Automation Project Ideas, Security – Safety Project Ideas
376. Arduino Mobile Processing
How the mobile sketch works: The brain of the system is really on the arduino or the web page the phone requests. . . The phone
just passes any data it sees back and forth. . . For the phone app to run, it needs…... Listed under: Phone Projects
377. Bleeber – A physical layer between data and action. using ardiuno
This project is a contribution to the first belgian Arduino Jam (2012). First of all we would like
to thank the organisation and especially the main sponsor, Capgemini, which made all of this possible. Bleeber is a physical way of interacting with data
trough oobleck. In…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Project Ideas
378. Lego Spybotics with Arduino
A friend gave me his old Lego Spybotics robot, however, the programming environment that goes along with it is a bit too orientated to the y
user. So why not control it using an Arduino? Step 1: Open up! In order to get this robot…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Robotics – Automation
Projects
379. Arduino animatronics- make your awesome costumes more awesome
Here's how to add lights, sound and action to your favorite Halloween project using the
open source Arduino microcontroller. Arduino is easy to learn to use and it opens up a whole new world for costume builders and creature creators. If you want
to learn…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
380. Custom Large Font For 16×2 LCDs using arduino
A couple of years ago i was learning to use the Ardiuno and started playing around with an Hitachi HD44780
based 16x2 LCD screen. I soon learned that the screen has 8 customizable character slots. I had found a project where someone used those slots…... Listed
under: LCD Projects
381. General Instruments SP0256-AL2 English Phoneme Speech chip & an Arduino
The GI SP0256 chip is an early 1980s bit of technology. It's a 5V (to 7V) NMOS chip
which is compatible enough with the 5V TTL circuity common in that era. 5V TTL disappeared for a while, then came back with the Atmel _28-based Arduino…...
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382. CARduino – Arduino-Powered, LabVIEW-Controlled Vehicle
The CARduino is a remote-operated vehicle which is controlled by a controller attached to a
computer running LabVIEW. The vehicle is powered by the Arduino, and can be expanded upon through the addition of sensors or other devices. Using
LabVIEW, one can easily modify the…... Listed under: Car Projects
383. Momentary Switch as Digital Sensor using arduino
many cases switches are just switches. They directly control the flow of electricity to an appliance, flashlight
or mains-voltage lamp. An example of this is the switch on the wall in your living room. In many cases nowadays however, switches are digital sensors, meaning
that…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
384. Read analog data directly in Processing using arduino
This instructable presents a fast an easy way to use data received from an analog sensor in Processing.
You will learn to utilize the Arduino and prototype electronic boards to read meaningful data from the environment. The sensors can be affected by the light,
the…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
385. The Arduino Noise Machine
Okay, okay, I know you all were wondering what I am up to now. I love synths and so, I built this. There are three things that can
catch my attention: Synthesizers, Amplifiers and free. The other day (Actually it was just Thursday) I was…... Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
386. Arduino DMX shield for Christmas projects
This shield allows to connect an Arduino with DMX equipment. It implements the RS485 interface to adapt the
electrical levels needed for DMX connection. This shield has been designed with flexibility in mind and allows the user to choose between several Arduino pins
for digital…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
387. The Soil Moisture Sensor using arduino
You are building a cheap soil moisture sensor so the brain can read the amount of moisture in the soil. The version we
are building is very low tech, but it is also very cheap and easy to build. It consists of a block of…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Temperature
Measurement Project Ideas
388. Arduino theremin like musical instrument
When I got my Arduino protoshield from sparkfun, I wanted to make something cool with it. And since I had seen a
few Theremin projects before, and already thought about making some, I finally made one, using the Parallax PING sonar sensor. Here are some…... Listed
under: Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
389. Mouse Control With Pushbuttons using arduino
Overview In this lab, you'll build an alternative computer mouse using an Arduino Leonardo using pushbuttons
to move the mouse left, right, up and down. You'll see the difference between reading a digital input continually and reading for a change of state. (:toc Table
of…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
390. G Meter using arduino
I have a late 80's VW and the gauge cluster has 5 dummy LED locations underneath the other warning lights. Well I was tired of the m
not doing anything, so I decided to do something about it. I came up with the idea to…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
391. Remote control via GPRS or GSM SMS using Arduino
Remote control, it has been a very profound things in the past. When I was a child, I always imagine that I have an
equipment which can control all home appliances. Now, this has become a reality, and it is quite easy. Then I will…... Listed under: Ideas, Phone Project Ideas, Radio Project Ideas
392. Xbox 360 RF module + Arduino
I was going to make a huge write-up on this, but I can’t be bothered right now. I’ll probably do something about it later. Until
then, have an Arduino sketch. If you don’t know what you’re doing with it then chances are you don’t have…... Listed under: Radio Project Ideas, Wireless
Projects
393. Robotic Talking Turret using Arduino
Here I will show you an overview on how to make a robotic talking turret, loosely based off of the turrets from the popular
game, Portal. This instructable should help anyone wanting to do an animatronics project. For more detailed pictures, go to:
http://razorconcepts.net/turret.html This…... Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
394. New Textiles 2012 using arduino
Twist Switch by ttseng Through the action of twisting, swatches of conductive fabric are folded in upon each other, completing
a circuit that then turns on LEDs. On each face of stretched spandex are swatches of conductive fabric. Before choosing which swatches to designate as…...
395. Demystifying 4 pin RGB LEDS (Radio Shack 276-0028) using arduino
RGB LEDs are fairly useful in projects allowing for a wide range of color from a single unit.
However they can be a pain in the neck to work with and they too often come with little or no documentation. I searched for some time…... Listed under: LED
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396. Connect the arduino and make the speaker play
To make your Arduino to play a melody you need thes accessories. One 5 ohm speaker One Arduino uno board
One Push buttom One 10 kohm resistor 8 leds And a lot of core wires Step 1: Connect the arduino and make the speaker play This…... Listed under: Sound –
Audio Projects
397. Team 1 Final Project Report & Video: Arduino Video Game System using arduino
Introduction We built a video game system that can play either Snakes or Pong.
We saw a project called “Arduino Pong” and wanted to recreate it with our own twist. Description Parts Needed: Arduino Uno Video Game Shield 2 LEDs 2 non-
latching push buttons 2…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
398. Arduino Morse Code Flaher using arduino
I am a big fan of programming but I like to keep it down to 555 timer but when it comes to complex functions like
flashing a LED in a certain pattern programming is necessary.One day while surfing through the I came across something known as Morse code.I decided…...
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399. Arduino Robotic Arm
In this instructurable I will show you how to make a simple robotic arm controlled by 4 servos , 2 analog joysticks, and an Arduino UNO. It
is very similar to my "2 Servos + Thumbstick" instructurable. This tutorial is in particular to help out another…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
400. Rear Wheel Tachometer using arduino
One of the goals of Movable Party is to provide an interactive experience for audiences/participants. Since power will be
generated from a hub motor attached to the rear wheel of each bike (see this post), the speed of the rear wheel directly translates to the…... Listed under: CNC
Machines Project Ideas, Temperature Measurement Projects
401. The Versatile Arduino Robot using arduino
This is my first arduino robot, and I am quite happy with the outcome. What I came up with is a robot that with
modifications can do just about anything in the realm of small arduino robots. The electronics are very simple. You only need…... Listed under: Robotics –
402. Time-Lapse Camera Controller using Arduino
Simple digital cameras can produce remarkably good quality photos and are now cheap enough that it doesn't
hurt the wallet too much to buy one with the intention of modifying it for use in a project. You may even already have an old digital camera…... Listed under:
Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
403. A useful and simple IO Shield for Arduino
In order to “visually” highlight the behavior of Arduino programs you must connect a device to the I/O pins, which
gives you tangible signals. Normally, if you want to check if a program changes a level of an output pin, answering a command or executing…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Projects, How To – DIY – Projects
404. StorageBot – voice controlled robotic parts finder using arduino
Introduction I created the StorageBot to help solve a problem experienced by most Makers. After many y
accumulating thousands of parts stored in storage bins, I began to go crazy looking for parts scattered between so many of these bins. The hardest parts to…...
405. Automated LED stairs using arduino
After seeing the lovely LED stairs at interactivefurniture.de, I decided to make my own, open-source version. Here is a video
of them in action. I am not an expert videographer and cannot do the stairs full justice, but they came out exactly as I wanted.…... Listed under: Home
406. Laser cut gear clock with ChronoDot using Arduino
This summer, my hackerspace LVL1 (in Louisville, Ky) got an awesome laser cutter http://fslaser.com/40w-
deluxe-hobby-laser-engraver-and-cutter. LVL1 is an awesome community of creative folks that like to build stuff. You can always check out what we are up to at
http://www.lvl1.org. If you like instructables and making…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
407. Using an Arduino to Control or Test an SPI electronic device
There are many electronic devices that use the SPI bus, or Serial Peripheral Interface bus, for
communications (e.g. various sensors, LCD displays, digital potentiometers, D/A and A/D converters, wireless transmitters and receivers, audio volume
controls). The devices receive data serially from a microcontroller using a…... Listed under: Battery Projects
408. Solar Powered LED/Ultracapacitor Arduino Regulated Light
This instructable primarily shows how to control the charging voltage from a solar panel to an energy
storage device (capacitors in this case). I showed how to construct the light previously http://www.instructables.com/id/Human-Powered-Light-from-my-book-
Doable-Renewab/ Step 1: This solar panel can produce up to 18 volts, but my…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
409. Arduino – based camera trigger unit
I developed the camera trigger unit in order to synchronize various events and actions during free-flight experiments with
hawkmoths in the wind tunnel described in a previous post. More specifically, the goal was to trigger multiple high-speed cameras and have LEDs that indicate
the exact…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
410. Bouncing Multicolored LED line
This is an arduino controlled project and uses leds, jumper wires, and a breadboard. This is one of my first attempts on
programming arduino and I am pleased with the outcome. I'm ten years old and I just started programming 2 weeks ago. Step 1:…... Listed under: LED Projects
411. R.O.V.E.R.: Reactive Observant Vacuous Emotive Robot using arduino
R.O.V.E.R. is an autonomous robot. He was built and designed as an interactive art
installation specifically for the MAT EoYS 2013. He navigates the space with a heat array and bump sensors and interacts with attendees. When R.O.V.E.R.
recognizes that a person is present he…... Listed under: Electronics News Updates, Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
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412. Airmonica – a free-air musical instrument
improvise + harmonize + customize The airmonica is a easy-to-learn tweakable musical instrument that you can use
to perform harmonic musical ditties by accompanying a tri-tone arpeggiator. There are endless opportunities to expand the airmonica in any way that will make
it your your own…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
413. Programming Arduino in C++11 — ROM dumping
In this tool-assisted education video I show how to program an Arduino Atmega2560 board in C++11 to dump
a ROM chip, such as a 386sx BIOS or a Famicom cartridge ROM. I also make a ZMODEM sender and a LED blinker in this video. Sorry…... Listed under: Arduino
Programmer Projects, Projects
414. Smallsword Choreography Shirt usnig arduino
Stage combat is the art of theatrical violence. Rather than resembling fencing, stage combat is choreographed
like dance for aesthetic and theatrical effect as well as for safety. Over years of choreographing and teaching others stage combat choreography, I realized that
one of the most…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
415. Arduino Automatic Watering System For Plants Sprinkler
Last month, Elecrow have left from the original office and moved to a new office. We will miss our
original office where we worked so hard for more than two years, we will miss everything here, the desks, the windows, and those potted plants, that…... Listed
under: Home Automation Projects
416. The iButton garage-door opener using an Arduino
I've made an iButton garagedoor opener and logger. On a Dutch (kind of) eBay (www.marktplaats.nl) I found
some iButtons and readers very cheap. I had no idea what to do with them, but I bought them anyway. My garage opens with a push on a…... Listed under:
Home Automation Projects, LCD Projects, Projects
417. RFM12B – Part 1 – Hardware Overview
To see how RFM12B wireless compares to other similar wireless options (e.g Xbee, XRF etc..) check out this well compiled
comparison overview by Stuart Poulton: http://blog.homelabs.org.uk/wireless-connectivity/. Overview Made by Hope RF, re-branded by RFsolutions in the
UK. Sometimes called 'Alpha RF' Low cost RF transceiver (from Rapid, Farnell,…... Listed under: Radio Project Ideas, Wireless Projects
418. Arduino Throttle Body Syncronization Shield
A common Motorcycle maintenance task is to synchronize the throttle bodies on the engine to smooth out any
rough idle. This is done by monitoring the vacuum on each throttle body and using the idle screw to make the adjustment. While this sounds rather
advanced,…... Listed under: Car Projects, Projects
419. Ardusumo: an Open Source Platform for Fighting Robots using Arduino
The idea Ardusumo is a universal platform to build robots on wheels that can move
around avoiding obstacles using infrared sensors and follow routes marked with dark lines on a white background. We have created Ardusumo to bring young
students to the world of robotics:…... Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
420. A laser barrier with Arduino
In this post we will see how to make a laser barrier to integrate with an Arduino board. The applications of a light barrier (laser and
infrared) are numerous, especially whenever we want that the passage of a person or of an object through a threshold…... Listed under: Home Automation
Project Ideas, Security – Safety Project Ideas
421. BUILD YOUR OWN LASER HARP using Arduino
The laser harp is a musical instrument made of light. A fan of beams shoots up from the floor into the night sky.
The performer can create music by placing their hands in the beams. Not only does “breaking” the beam produce notes, but sliding…... Listed under: Game –
422. Touch Control Panel using Arduino
Small 4-wire resistive touchscreens are now amazingly cheap: they are produced in such enormous quantities for mobile
phones, PDAs, and particularly handheld games such as the Nintendo DS that they can be bought brand new for under US$10. Larger touchscreens are also
rapidly falling in…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
423. Arduino + 2 Servos + Thumbstick (joystick) using arduino
In my other 2 Arduino tutorials I have help new users to play tones and making 2 servos move with a
mouse. This time I will help you move the same 2 servos with a thumbstick. And again I have surf the internet to see If there…... Listed under: Motor Projects
424. Stepper Motor drive from Arduino
Stepper Motor drive from Arduino In this tutorial we will show you how to connect a bipolar stepper motor to an Arduino
Uno board. The stepper motor we are using is the Sparkfun Stepper Motor but you can use any other 4-wire bipolar stepper motor.…... Listed under: Motor
Projects
425. Analog In with an Arduino
Overview In this lab, you'll learn how to connect a variable resistor to a microcontroller and read it as an analog input. You'll be able
to read changing conditions from the physical world and convert them to changing variables in a program. (:toc Table of…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Project
Ideas
426. UVic Quadcopter using arduino
Hardware Controller The Arduino platform is selected for this project, mainly due to its open software and hardware nature
which has resulted in availability of extensive technical information. As a result there are many tutorials and example project available for this platform. A list
of…... Listed under: Car Projects, Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
427. How to: Use Arduino to Generate Glitchy Audio VGA Visuals
This post is a guide for people that are interested in my previous posts about dual monitor VGA hacking (see 1, 2 and
3). You will need: • A laptop or a computer with a VGA output • A breadboard (optional) and some wires or…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging
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428. Hacked Pan and Tilt Camera Mount
So my sister managed to break a pan and tilt camera mount and naturally thought daddy can fix this. After sitting on my
dads workshop bench for a while he had a go at it and couldn't work out how to fix it so it…... Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
429. Adafruit Arduino Motor Shield Build
Overview The Arduino Motor Shield is based on the L298 (datasheet), which is a dual full-bridge driver designed to drive
inductive loads such as relays, solenoids, DC and stepping motors. It lets you drive two DC motors with your Arduino board, controlling the speed and…... Listed
under: Motor Projects, Projects
430. How to make fist pumping with LED animation using Arduino
It's to make a fist pumping LED controller. What is it? Have you noticed yourself fist pumping to the music at a party
or a club? That's exactly for that. You would wear a band with a accelerometer/gyro mounted. As you move your hand around…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
431. Developed on Hackaday: First Version of the Hardware
The Hackaday writers and readers are currently working hand-in-hand on an offline password keeper,
the mooltipass (click to see the project description). Next in our Developed on Hackaday series, we present the first version of our schematics. There’s already
been a lot of discussions going on in…... Listed under: Security – Safety Projects
432. DIY Teagueduino
What is Teagueduino? Teagueduino is an open source electronic board and interface that allows you to realize creative ideas without soldering
or knowing how to code, while teaching you the ropes of programming and embedded development (like arduino). Teagueduino is designed to help you
discover…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, LED Projects
433. Automatic blind hooked up to existing projector screen using Arduino
Hello my name is Chipsy, I'm French, reading instructables since at least 2 years, it is the
first entry i make on this website. Why i made this project : I have a small homecinema system in my living room, with a projector and a…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Projects
434. 4x Multiplexed RTD Temperature sensor module
Description This module can be used to measure temperature using RTD (resistive temperature detectors)
temperature sensors. It produces an analog voltage that is proportional the temperature of the probe. The module contains a multiplexer to enable
measurement of up to 4 temperature probes. Design RTD…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
435. MenZ-DECK
About a year ago, we drunk beer in The-MenZ Lab. When Zagan said "I want PCDJ controller, So next project is make controller!". The project began
at this time. ***MenZ-DECK featured by Maker Faire UK Blog.*** http://www.makerfaireuk.com/maker-faire-tokyo/ (Continue with broken English) Components
for make controller: Arduino…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
436. Arduino Watch Build Instructions
Update: New version out that works with Arduino 1.0 and higher! The Arduino Watch provides augmented sensing of
temperature and range, 16-bit color drawing program, Breakout game, and also tells the time in your choice of digital, binary, or analog. Additional sensors,
devices, and programs…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
437. Girino – Fast Arduino Oscilloscope using Arduino power connector
I am a Physicist and the nicest part of working in this field is that I get to build my own
instruments. With this way of thinking, I decided to build a homebrew Arduino Oscilloscope. This instructable was written with the purpose of teaching a…...
Listed under: Metering – Instrument Project Ideas
438. GSM Remote Control – GSM Module
This GSM Mobile is used for our Remote Control (for example Gate Control, Temperature Control….). We use the word
‘module’ because, unlike what we did in our remote control projects, this time around the mobile phone is not mounted on a printed board, but rather on…...
Listed under: Phone Projects
439. Team 12 – Prototype I Final Report: Home Automation Project using arduino
Introduction The Home Automation Framework project is a web application that
can remotely control the electronic devices in one’s home using a web interface on a smartphone, tablet or desktop computer. The project facilitates ease of
access and remote control of electronic devices for those…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
440. Interface a rotary phone dial to an Arduino
An old rotary phone can be used for a number of purposes in your Arduino projects - use it as a novel input device,
or use the Arduino to interface a rotary phone to your computer. This is a very basic guide describing how to…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects, Phone Projects, Projects
441. Arduino Controlled Can Crusher With LCD Readout
I have always wanted to do an instructable, but I never had a somewhat original idea that hasn't been done
a million times, or something that had no means of building. I have some friends who recycle aluminum for money and after seeing the large bags of an
unknown…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, LCD Projects, Projects
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442. Infinite Loop – Prototype I Final Report: Hazardous Weather Warning System using arduino
Introduction: The LED warning system notifies local residents of
emergency withing the area. The difference in the color of the LED will allow residents to differentiate between different warnings. Each shelter building has a
person who is in charge of unlocking the door for residents…... Listed under: Security – Safety Project Ideas
443. Arduino ATmega328 – Hardcore
Ok, you've completed your prototype using an Arduino Uno board, perhaps using a shield or a breadboard for any additional componen
now you want to finalise your design and construct it using your own pcb. Well, that is fairly straightforward, as we have made…... Listed under: Arduino
Programmer Projects
444. Computers are Dumb
Objective: Overcome your fear of computers! If you can count to two, then you can master the basics of computers. If you think
computers are smarter than you, you are wrong and I will prove it. For normal people, just follow the LOG: comments. Computers…... Listed under: RTOS – OS
Projects
445. Bicycle North Indicator using Arduino
Magnetoception is the ability of some animals to detect magnetic fields as a means of orienting themselves. Although
humans do not seem to posses the same biological mechanisms that allow other animals to sense magnetic fields, there are still many ways that we can
improve our…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects, Projects
446. Shade Technologies – Prototype I Final Report: Motorized Wheelchair Canopy using arduino
Introduction Our Motorized Wheelchair Canopy intends to help
those people with disabilities that confine them to their motorized wheelchairs and need shelter at times of inclement weather, such as rain or extreme heat.
Although manual wheelchair canopies do exist, no type of motorized wheelchair canopy…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Project Ideas
447. Fab Lab Barcelona SuperNode /Fab Lab Sevilla /Jose Perez de Lama
Retablillo de las Maravillas v1.0 Developed july>>august 2013 4./ Interactivity & electronics
4.1/ Switches / characters 4.2/ Screen / interface 4.3/ Motor controller 4.4/ I/O controller & interface [4./ electronics] [4.1/ switches / characters] The characters
on top of the moving platform function, as interfaces,…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
448. SPI interface to the FlySky/Turnigy 9x
Interfacing a RC radio to a microcontroller is a bit of a pain, especially if you want a lot of channels, because you have to
time each channel's output individually. An AVR only has one 16 bit timer with two compare channels, so either you…... Listed under: Radio Projects
449. Arduino powered 7seg led display with Port Manipulation
Time for something a little more advanced. Direct Port Manipulation. Normally when using Arduino
software, the actual logic behind changing the values in pins is abstracted away with digitalRead and digitalWrite. Now, for most people that's just fine. But it has
some limitations. For one,…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
450. Arduino controlled animatronic wooden head (reading lamp) usnig arduino
This head is a reading lamp which can be adjusted for direction of lighting, and
dimmed as required. This Instructable combines Arduino programming, some simple electronics, carving with hand and power tools, mechanical control and a
bit of woodwork. Apart from the Arduino and a…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
451. Temperature-Sensitive Infinity Mirror using arduino
As per an assignment in my digital multi-media class, I’ve combined two Arduino-related tutorials into a
functional object! The result is a pair of infinity mirrors that flash red and blue depending on minute fluctuations in ambient temperature. This is my first
experience with Arduino,…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
452. How to build an Arduino energy monitor – measuring mains voltage and current
This guide details how to build a simple electricity energy monitor on that can
be used to measure how much electrical energy you use in your home. It measures voltage with an AC to AC power adapter and current with a clip on CT
sensor,…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
453. High Power RGB LED Moodlamp which syncs with Philips Hue
In this instructable the main focus lies on the software which I've created - not so much on the
hardware side. You needn't to use a high- power led for this, you can use every RGB- LED you like. The "High Power RGB LED Moodlamp"…... Listed under: LED
Projects
454. Buggy Wheelchair Robot using an Arduino
This is a Modification of an electric wheelchair. I called it "Buggy" for two reasons. #1 My kids can still ride it around because I left the
seat intact. #2 I haven't programmed anything for a long time. I plan to create "jobs" for it…... Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
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455. FOBO bipedal walking robot
FOBO is the fourth prototype from Project Biped. It is a 3D printed, self-contained, statically balanced, bipedal robot. It has 8 DOF
(degrees of freedom) and can walk around its environment and avoid obstacles using an ultrasonic range sensor. All of the designs, instructions, source…...
456. Build the Ultimate Larson Scanner! using arduino
I have watched the availability of high power (>10W) LED's jump over the past year or so and... drop in price. I
came across some very inexpensive 10W white LED's from Deal Extreme that were in the $3 dollar range and put out 900lumens, which…... Listed under: CNC
457. Precision Fermentation: Arduino-Controlled Crock Pot Yogurt Maker
A homemade thermostat attachment for a crock pot (or other electric heating device). It can
be used to precisely control the temperature of the crock pot for things like yogurt fermentation. Why Making yogurt is fun. It is also way cheaper than buying it.
You…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
458. BLU-BOARD, control your home with blue tooth!
Big thanks to the fine people at Hack-A-Day for sharing this with the world! if you'd like to donate to the
project: https://www.suprmasv.com/projects/167/blu-board This project has been in the works for along time, three months if I reckon Correctly, but anyways,
this device will allow you…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, Home Automation Projects
459. CatBot: Automated Cat Laser using an Arduino
The CatBot is an autonomous laser toy for your cat. You may say "But Joe, isn't the laser pointer the best toy for
the lazy cat owner?" I'd have to say no, the CatBot takes one step further. Using two servos, an Arduino and a…... Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation
Projects
460. Group 9 – Prototype I Final Report: Remote Piano Pedal Controller using arduino
Introduction: As a group, we feel that everyone should be able to enjoy the
things they love to do despite their limitations. Our project is designed to enable people who are unable to use their legs to operate the pedals of a piano
and…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Project Ideas
461. Arduino compatible Luna Mod Looper
The Luna Mod Looper, basically lets you record a sequence using a potentiometer to control the pitch of the note, and
then play it back and add affects. Ever since I saw videos of the Luna Mod being played, I wanted to build my own.…... Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio
Projects
462. Glowing Color-Changing Guitar
In the kingdom of rock and roll it is important to set oneself apart. With millions of people in this world who can play the guitar,
simply playing well is just not going to cut it. You need something extra to rise up as a…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
463. LED matrix using shift registers using arduino
This instructable is meant to be a more complete explanation than others available online. Notably, this will
provide more hardware explanation than is available in the LED Marquee instructable by led555. Goals This instructable presents the concepts involved with
shift registers and high side drivers.…... Listed under: LED Projects
464. Athena: The Global Car Tracking System(3D Images)
Bring out your 3D glasses and enjoy viewing in a novel way! I have added a new dimension to my
instructable. If you do not have 3D glasses, then you can make one yourself. The following link explains how to make 3D glasses ( link ). Please…... Listed under:
Car Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
465. Piano Stairs with Arduino and Raspberry Pi
Who doesn't love music? These Piano Stairs are an interactive, relatively portable, musical installation that can be
applied to basically any stairwell. I built them for HackPrinceton and won 2nd place in the hardware track. I've had requests to share my code and diagrams,
so…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
466. Addressable Milk Bottles (LED Lighting + Arduino) using arduino
Make PPE milk bottles into good looking LED lights, and use an Arduino to control them. This
recycles a number of things, mainly the milk bottles, and uses a very low amount of power: the LEDs apparently dissipate less than 3 watts but are bright…...
467. How to Build an Arduino Circuit on a Breadboard
Small Kit with Big Functionality By Ryan Winters Product Manager There are many reasons to build your own Arduino circuit on
a breadboard or PCB. It takes less space, projects don't always require every pin to be used on the I/O headers, or maybe you…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Project
Ideas
468. Make your own cellphone from scratch
The DIY Cellphone is a working (albeit basic) cellphone that you can make yourself. It can make and receive phone calls
and text messages, store names and phone numbers, display the time, and serve as an alarm clock. It connects to GSM networks (like AT&T and T-Mobile…...
Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Phone Projects
469. LED Cube Spectrum Analyzer
In this project we’ll create a small add-on PCB containing the a MSGEQ7 spectrum analyzer circuit and show how it can drive
the RGB LED cube kit from Freetronics. This allows the cube to display the seven bands over four horizontal planes. There is a small amount…... Listed under:
LED Projects
470. High Speed Outdoor Photography
High speed photography is generally carried out in a dark room with dedicated equipment (controlled remote flash for
example)... The instructable proposed here enables to make high speed photography outside (and enjoy the sun!), in less than 2 hours with some generic DIY
basic tools. The principle is the following…... Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
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471. DIY Sensors Workshop using arduino
The Arduino offers the advantage that a lot of people are using it so it is usually quite easy to get help or information via
the internet. The main website for the Arduino is: http://www.arduino.cc/. The Arduino can also be programmed to behave in many…... Listed under: Sensor –
472. Troubleshoot your car battery with ATtiny
Last winter I experienced some problems with my car battery. I knew that it was about time to replace it so off I went
to buy a new one. This fact reminded me of an old article about a car battery/charging system diagnostics kit I…... Listed under: Battery Projects, Car Projects
473. Solar theremin with Arduino using arduino
materials: arduino uno 3 photoresistors 4 buzzers 3 10k resistor (optional) usb solar pannel or usb battery Step 1:
Why? During the 2014 art Exhibition at Met (M. di Ragusa), I created (with the technical collaboration of Carmel Iurato), this theremin made from three
photoresistors,…... Listed under: Solar energy project Ideas
474. Arduino Prototype Center
This is a relatively inexpensive and easy to build project that will help you test out all of your Arduino projects and prototypes. Since it
has a plug-in power source, it eliminates frequent battery use and leaves the breadboard free of voltage regulators and capacitors…... Listed under: Metering –
Instrument Project Ideas
475. STEAMPUNK STEAM GAUGE, POWERED BY ARDUINO
This was created to be some eye-candy for my kitchen. I wanted something unique for a special blank
space on my wall, and adding movement, blinky lights and interesting mechanical “guts” made it even better. Ultimately, this project ended up requiring the
following range of…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
476. Arduino Laser Engraver
I started this project because I wanted to make something that had mechanical, electrical and software components. After looking
around on Instructables, I figured that an Arduino based laser engraver would be an interesting machine to make, and that the machine itself could make
interesting…... Listed under: Other Projects
477. Google Docs and the Arduino Yún
Introduction This is the second in a series of tutorials examining various uses of the Arduino Yún. In this article we’ll examine
how your Arduino Yún can send data that it captures from the analogue and digital inputs and a real-time clock IC to an online Google…... Listed under: Internet
– Ethernet – LAN Projects
478. Multitouch Music Controller
This project is an Arduino-powered infrared touchscreen / coffee-table interface that I've been using to control various music and
graphics applications on my computer. This is an old project that I've recently had time to go back and document/fix up; this project is a little…... Listed under:
LCD Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
479. Arduino ATmega328 – Hardcore using arduino
Ok, you've completed your prototype using an Arduino Uno board, perhaps using a shield or a breadboard for
any additional components, but now you want to finalise your design and construct it using your own pcb. Well, that is fairly straightforward, as we have
made…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Project Ideas
480. Controlling Cubase with Arduino based MIDI
A friend of mine wanted to control Cubase, his audio recording software, with a push button so that he could stop
and start recordings remotely without having to go over to the computer and type on the keyboard. You may be able to do this…... Listed under: Projects, Sound
– Audio Projects
481. Plugduino – Arduino based 120 Volt outlet controller
give your Arduino a 120 volt kick in the pants! The Arduino is a great tool for anyone interested in learning
microcontroller programming, but after blinking some LEDs, what's next? This project enables your Arduino to control real-world 120 Volt electrical appliances
you have in…... Listed under: LED Projects
482. Arduino Masterclass Part 2: Build an LED weather station using arduino
Project-specific parts You’ll need the standard parts (Arduino board breadboard wires
pliers and so on) along with these extras: DHT11 temperature/humidity sensor 7 x 330-ohm/0.5W metal film resistors 3 x 4.7k-ohm/0.5W metal film resistors 2 x
BC337 NPN transistors 2 x LTS543R or FND500 common…... Listed under: LED Projects
483. Proximity Sensing Origami Flower using Arduino
Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. In this project, with a little help from an Arduino, you
can bring your origami into the 21st century and make it an interactive art! The result shown here uses Bare Conductive paint to give an…... Listed under:
Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
484. Worms in Space Board Game
Story: NASA has taken worms to the ISS on their own special capsule. There was an accident aboard the station and the worm
astronauts have to navigate to the escape capsule to return to Earth. The airlock to the escape capsule has been damaged but…... Listed under: Game –
485. FireHero: Turn Guitar Hero into an extreme sport by adding flamethrowers! using Arduino microcontroller
So, long ago I had read about propane fire poofers.
They're pretty cool... I mean, who doesn't love fire?! But, no matter how awesome, they could get pretty boring after a while of seeing the same large fireball. I
never built one because I wanted…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
486. How to Display Text on an HD44780 LCD with an Arduino
In this article, we will go over how to connect an HD44780 LCD to an arduino in order to display any
text that we want to show on the LCD. To do this, first, we must make the appropriate physical connections from the arduino board…... Listed under: LCD
Projects
487. DIY Antique Phone Doorbell using Arduino
Bryan Zimmer emailed us this fantastic retro-themed DIY hack, a most timely submission as we just revisited the noir art deco-science
fiction classic Dark City and we think this would have perfectly fit in the world (or in Adama's quarters on BSG). Bryan gives step-by-step…... Listed under: Home Automation
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Projects, How To – DIY – Projects, Phone Projects
488. Controlling speed controllers with Arduino
Hey guys, I'm back with another instructable. This is about RC speed controllers. What this will do is allow you to test
out your speed controller in the Arduino world using Serial, then you write the values down and can use them for your projects.…... Listed under: Ideas,
Metering – Instrument Project Ideas
489. Arduino Touch Screen iTunes control (ATSIC) using arduino
What I'm going to show you is how to make an iTunes control device using an Arduino and a touch
screen. The iTunes Control works by reading area's of the touch screen and send a letter to the computer via the serial port, which is…... Listed under: Phone
Projects
490. Building an Arduino Robot, Part II: Programming the Arduino
Welcome to the second article in the tutorial series in which I'm building a remote controlled
Arduino based vehicle robot. Here is the list of articles I have published: Part I: Hardware Components Part II: Programming the Arduino (this article) Part III:
Assembling the Robot…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
491. Color changing display
Custom made Multiple color display. Have you ever wanted a display that is a little larger then one you can buy? Have you ever wanted
to make a display the way you wanted it? Me too! This is how I made a custom multiple color…... Listed under: LED Projects
492. DMX Ardweeny Node using Arduino
I've settled on the lighting industry standard of DMX as my overall control protocol as I explore the world of blinky lights.
This universal control method is electrically robust, radio transmissible, and flexible enough for my needs (not to mention the needs of major concert,…... Listed
under: Development Board – Kits Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
493. Control a Relay with Arduino
In this quick Arduino tutorial I will explain how you can control a relay using the Arduino Board, one 1K and one 10K resistors, 1
BC547 transistor, one 6V or 12V relay, one 1N4007 diode and a 12V fan. When the button is pressed the…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
494. Easily control your iPod using Arduino
Easily control your iPod with Arduino using serial commands. This instructable includes the schematic, the code and
some extra info; everything you need to make this work. USB,battery or wall power supply powered. Step 1: What you need Parts: 5x 1K ohm resistors 2x
1M…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Phone Projects, Projects
495. Make an Arduino timer
Hi, so me and my pal are setting up so we can make PCB´s. We are currently making a UV exposure box (possibly another instrucable) and for thi
we needed a timer, so this is what we have done so far, and what we…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
496. RC Car to Robot using arduino
Converting an RC car into a robot is a quick and easy way to get started with robotics. At the very least, when you get bored of
playing with your remote control car after three days, you can turn it into a robot that will…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
497. Easy 4×6 LED Matrix, Arduino!
In this inst'able, I will show you how to create your very own 4x6 LED matrix as well as show you how to write code for it! There is
an animation creator program in step 4! Here is one ANIMATION to get you excited about the project! ***Wave…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
498. Pulse Width Modulation : PWM using Arduino
Pulse Width Modulation or PWM is a method of Digital to Analog Conversion. It helps in delivering analog average
voltage using digital pulses of variable pulse width. By controlling the on time and off time, we can generate an analog average voltage using the digital…...
Listed under: PWM Projects
499. Robot arm from a desk lamp (IKEA Tertial hack)
This project answers to a need I had: a third hand that holds a camera while I perform a test and takes
photos/videos (useful when you're stuck at the lab late at night, and suddenly need a photographer). The downside to a robotic arm was…... Listed under:
500. Arduino Guitar Pedal using arduino
The Arduino Guitar Pedal is a digital multi-effect pedal based upon the Lo-Fi Arduino Guitar Pedal originally posted by Kyle
McDonald. I made a few modifications to his original design. The most noticeable changes are the built-in preamp, and the active mixer stage which lets…...
Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
501. Breadboard Arduino
Received a couple of nice big bread boards for Christmas and decided that one of them needed an arduino to use with it. After some
thought I decided that the best option was to build the required parts of an Arduino circuit direct on the…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
502. Tabletop Soccer Game using arduino
Send a Foosball down a ramp and try to score on the goalie! But scoring is not so easy - the goalie moves left and right to
block your shot! This project was made for a class called "Thinks that Think" at CU Boulder for the Spring…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
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503. The MAX7219 and MAX7221 Led drivers
These two integrated circuits from Maxim are for driving either 64 individual Led's, or up to 8 digits of 7-segment
displays. The drivers implement a SPI compatible slave interface that can be controlled from the Arduino using only 3 of the digital output pins. An…... Listed
under: LED Projects
504. Arduino Time & Temp Display Shield
Another project I'm working on required a good timer, but the more I read about Arduino, I realized that I couldn't make an
accurate timer using an Arduino that was already devoted to other tasks. The Arduino will always lose time if you perform other…... Listed under: Temperature
Measurement Projects
505. Measuring Battery Capacity With an Arduino
I needed a couple of AA batteries and found the display at the supermarket where they were all arrayed. Normally
when I’m shopping in the supermarket, I tend to look at the price/kg or price/l when comparing similar products. In the case of the batteries,…... Listed under:
Battery Projects, Projects
506. Sunflower Automaton using arduino
This was a 6 week project created for the Spring 2012 Things That Think course at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Our project is an
autonomous Sunflower. As in nature, the highest priority for our flower is sunlight, necessary for photosynthesis. Our Arduino controlled…... Listed under: Video – Camera –
Imaging Projects
507. Arduino Optical Theremin
When I first became aware of Arduino, a theremin seemed like a natural project: sensor + actuator. It turned out to be quite
affordable and fun to make. It is a naive design, using just one photocell and some hacked headphones. After some experimentation, I…... Listed under: Ideas,
Sound – Audio Project Ideas
508. Charlieplexing LEDs with an Arduino
Charlieplexing is an ingenius method for controlling many LEDs without using many microcontroller pins. You can turn on
or off one LED at a time. To light more than one LED at a time, you can scan the LEDs by turning a sequence of them…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
509. Mobile Earth Rover One – 3.5G Exploration using arduino
If you can’t explore the Moon or Mars … you can always explore your neighborhood! The main goal of
this project is to alter a remote controlled vehicle and control it via Internet Telerobotics using the Mobile Telephone Network (WWAN - Wireless Wide Area
Network)…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
510. Nocturnal Emissions: My Arduino Powered Internet Enabled Dream Generator
We all need to dream more so I've created this Arduino Powered "dream
generator" to help plant the seeds for some big thinking craziness. When you approach the generator a Maxbotix ultrasonic sensor triggers lights and music
that draw you in so you can stare…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
511. Light Seeking R.C Car Hack (with Arduino) using arduino
Creating a robotics platform from scratch takes allot of work and a few dollars. Buying a ready built one
is easy but costs allot of money (at least for me). So instead I decided to piggy back off of the companies who make remote control…... Listed under: Car Projects
512. Appliance Remote Control using Arduino
One of the basic tasks in many home automation systems is controlling power to appliances. They could be lights, or a
heater, or an exhaust fan, or just about anything else that runs on mains power. The problem of course is that it's dangerous to…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
513. Arduino Wireless Programming with XBee Series 1 or 2
Hi. This Instructable will guide you through the process of wirelessly programming your Arduino using
two XBees. I just finished designing a wireless EEG system with the XBee modules, so I've become quite fluent in their programming and have just now been
able to accomplish this. It still amazes…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects, Projects
514. My Arduino Binary Clock
Hi from Italy Although many watches are created binary, my project was inspired mainly to this: http://
http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Binary-Clock-1/, very smart and funny. I tried to improve the design and to add something personal. I think it's a good
result at the end. The project is…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
515. Power Supply unit for arduino power and breadboard using arduino
how you can take a computer u hv old (power supply unit) and turn it into a power supply
that will power your Arduino and give you all the amperage you need as well as your standard 3.3 volts, 5 volts, and 12 volts for…... Listed under: Development
Board – Kits Project Ideas
516. Using Arduino tide predictions using arduino
In the previous post, I outlined some Arduino code to generate tide height predictions for a NOAA tidal reference
station. Now let’s do something useful with this newfound functionality. In the experiments I run, it’s useful to keep intertidal animals like snails and limpets
on…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
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517. Arduino weather station part 2 using arduino
Sometimes I just do not have time to connect to the internet and check current weather conditions. This is the
reason why I made this indoor LCD weather display based on Atmega328 Arduino MCU. The circuit board consists of two LP2950 voltage regulators, MCU,
four…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
518. Cheap Arduino Controled Yogurt Maker
These days I was reading an interesting post on how to make yogurt "by the gallon"
(http://www.instructables.com/id/Yogurt-By-The-Gallon/). One thing needed was to maintain a rather constant temperature of 43ºC (110°F), so the bacteria can
grow properly. Though you can buy commercial yogurt makers, they aren't…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects
519. Low Cost LED Grid
There are a number of great Instructables on LED grids out there. This is a low cost version - not quite as polished, but easy to make. This project uses a
couple of sheets of foam core, a fluorescent fixture cover from the local home…... Listed under: LED Projects
520. Make an Attiny13 based IR proximity sensor
This is an extremely cheap IR proximity sensor you can make with a few cheap parts and an AVR programmer. I use
an Arduino as my programmer in this Instructable. This sensor only has a range of about 3 inches. You can easily add more…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB –
RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
521. Google Weather on graphical display with Arduino
In this project, I am using an Arduino board to show forecast of the weather from Google Weather service on
a VGA screen. The display is obviously graphical one, with icons and some colorful text. It is one of those gadgets I wanted to have…... Listed under: Internet –
Ethernet – LAN Projects, LCD Projects, Projects
522. Bluetooth plus Infrared Controlled Robotic Arm
Hi. I’m Darren a 17 year old hobbyist, and this is the first Instructable I’m posting here, so I apologize if it kinda
sucks! I hope it's good enough... So how did the idea of a robotic arm come to me? Well, the first thing…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects,
523. Arduino controlled Interactive wallpiece
This project is a subset of my idea of an interactive wall.. so this is an interactive wall-piece.. What does it do ? Mine is a
touch activated light display. How does it work? It is controlled by an Arduino UNO which senses the inputs…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project
Ideas, Home Automation Project Ideas, Ideas
524. Intro to Arduino
An Arduino is an open-source microcontroller development board. In plain English, you can use the Arduino to read sensors and control things
like motors and lights. This allows you to upload programs to this board which can then interact with things in the real world.…... Listed under: Development
Board – Kits Projects
525. Transforming Chandelier
In this tutorial I will go over how to make a transforming chandelier. This project will be heavily CAD oriented (Solidworks and
Illustrator), made by laser cutting/engraving acrylic sheets, and a little bit of Arduino coding and soldering. Step 1: Choosing materials. All the pieces…... Listed
under: Other Projects
526. Sentriduino! Its the all new Sentry turret
Hey guys, Today I would like to show you how to make a simple sentry turret out of household Items! You would only
need to get an Arduino UNO or Mega, a Ping))) Ultrasonic Range finder, two servos, and an electronic water squinter! The rest of…... Listed under: How To – DIY –
Projects
527. RGB / RFID Lamp
We have taken this project down, due to vendor's request. Please wait till we get approval again...... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, RFID - NFC
projects
528. How to make a Ghost Knocker
Step 1: Check the materials you need. Below is the list of stuff you need to make it: 1. Arduino I used an Arduino Pro Mini 3.3V.
You also need USB-Serial tether to program it. 2. A battery box I used a AA x 4…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
529. Wireless Finger Drum using Arduino
I came across these Force Sensitive Resistors. I like them a lot and I wanted to do something with them, may be making
them more usesable than standing on the breadboard. Few months ago, I created the pocket-sized RevIO - Arduino Compatible and having fun with…... Listed
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530. Temperature-Sensitive Infinity Mirro
As per an assignment in my digital multi-media class, I’ve combined two Arduino-related tutorials into a functional object!
The result is a pair of infinity mirrors that flash red and blue depending on minute fluctuations in ambient temperature. This is my first experience with
Arduino,…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
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531. Wireless nunchuk controlled animatronic doll
This instructable will attempt to show you how to make an animatronic doll controlled by a wireless nunchuk. This doll can only
move its head though. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who can take this and expand on it and make…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
532. The Word Clock Arduino version
************************************************************************** Major updates - A much better
enclosure for this clock has been designed - check out http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Wordclock-Grew-Up/
************************************************************************** Last month I wanted to build a special gift for my beautiful wife,
Megan. She has a teaching background in English, so what better present to…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
533. Palm Arduino II
I have a "through the Looking Glasses" idea of making another version of Palm Arduino. Since this design derived from Palm Arduino, I will
called it Palm Arduino II. This Palm Arduino, the Second, will be the combination of Palm Arduino and Portable 5V Voltage Regulator. So…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Project Ideas, Ideas
534. Arduino BlinkyBall Project
I frequent a blog called hackaday.com which featured a project by "Nikolai", it was a 10cm LED ball that used shift registers. It seems
like a really fun project to attempt but the cost of having the boards made & not having any experience sending…... Listed under: LED Projects
535. Window Painting Robot using Arduino
The idea for this project came from one of my favorite 'ibles: the polargraph. I loved the drawing style and thought how
cool would it be to do this on the side of a building? Unfortunately the challenges to setting up such a large polargraph…... Listed under: Ideas, Robotics –
536. ButtonHero using Arduino
ButtonHero is a game made on an Arduino that involves the use of buttons, LEDs, wires, and resistors. In this game, you have to hit
the corresponding button to the light that is randomly selected before the light changes. You start with 5 lives and…... Listed under: Ideas, Interfacing(USB –
RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
537. Educational colorimeter kit
This instructable is a step-by-step assembly guide for the educational colorimeter kit we launched in April 2012 on Kickstarter.
Assembly takes from 20-40 minutes. Once assembled the colorimeter can be used in a wide variety of science experiments to measure the absorbance and
concentration of…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
538. Blinky Lights using Arduino and LumiGeek
I used the Arduino UNO combined with three LumiGeek shields to run lighting. LumiGeek has dedicated shields to
support 1 Watt RGB LEDs that require constant current, Addressable RGB LED Strip, and Non-Addressable RGB LED Strip. Step 1: 1 Watt RGB LEDs (2x) I
wired…... Listed under: LED Projects
539. Control an Arduino With a Wristwatch
The watch The Texas Instruments eZ430 Chronos is a cool gadget. It has bidirectional radio communication, and a whole
bunch of sensors: temperature, pressure, acceleration. In fact, it is a development kit for the MSP 430 (a low-power microcontroller), that TI packaged as a
watch…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project Ideas, Ideas
540. Servo 360 rotation mod (Parallax)
In this instructurable I will expalin and show you how to make a Parallax servo rotate 360º. And againI have search the
internet to see tutorials clear enough to make this posible with no luck. Don't get me wrong they are some how good but not…... Listed under: Motor Projects
541. Wu-Tang Can: Interactive Tipping
Cash rules everything around me. C.R.E.A.M. Get the money. Arduinos are showing up everywhere. Even in space. But what
about the lowly tip jar? No. Are Arduino projects giving the Wu-Tang Clan the proper respect they deserve? Not even close! Rectification. That's what this is…...
542. Hookup an LCD to an Arduino in 6 seconds with 3, not 6 pins
Adding an LCD display to Arduino projects can add real value but the cost of doing so can be
significant. Not a financial cost - you can pick up 16 (characters) x 2 (rows) LCD for as little as £3.50. The cost is the pin…... Listed under: LCD Projects, Projects
543. Arduino Based Four Legged Robot
The name of our robot is FIER and here is a video of it saying hello to the world. In this instructable, I will try to show you the
basic steps to making your own walking robot for the most bang for your buck. You…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
544. Analog audio panel for PC using Arduino
Have you ever struggled with audio settings in control panel in middle of a VoIP call? Or, wondered if the other guy can
hear you properly? I have. My work requires great deal of remote conference calls using PC. The first thing I wonder always…... Listed under: Projects, Sound –
Audio Projects
545. 4X4X4 LED Cube w/ Arduino Un
As someone who is very new to digital electronics this LED cube was fun to make, challenging and a great lesson in soldering. If
you have some patience (64 LED's to solder!) and steady hands, this project will be well worth it in the end!…... Listed under: LED Projects
546. Vacation Pet Feeder from Recycled Materials
If you are a pet owner, going on vacation can be stressful. Usually, you need a friend or neighbor to come over every day an
your pets. However, by enslaving robots you can keep your pet happy and enjoy a stress-free holiday. To save…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
547. HexiLogger, an Arduino based data logger
The purpose of this project was to create a simple, portable device that would periodically read sensors and then store the sensor
data so it could be retrieved later. The result is the HexiLogger, "hexi" because it can support up to six different sensor inputs…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
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548. Open Source Server Room Monitor using Arduino
This server room environmental monitoring system is a low cost high performance device with the same
onboard features as commercial devices costing hundreds of dollars more. In addition to a low cost platform we will provide low cost sensors for many
important devices to insure…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
549. iTime clock in a Mac Mini box using Arduino
After the untimely death of my Mac Mini (the last thing Apple I never buy), I recycled her limping in a clock display
LEDs. Technically, there is not rocket science: an Arduino reads the time from an external clock and displays a matrix of 8x6…... Listed under: Clock – Timer
Projects, Projects
550. The UCube: Design & Print 3D Objects by flipping switches
This instructable goes through how to design and print a variety of 3D models using a system called
the 'UCube'. Note: I would love to eventually publish detailed instructions on how to make your own UCube, but since the design is still changing and
improving,…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
551. Open Source Hearing Impaired Alarm Clock using Arduino
Activities of daily living (ADL) are self-care activities that are usually taken for granted, since as the
name implies they are performed on a daily basis. If you have ever ended up in a cast, or on crutches you can empathize how menial daily activities can
suddenly be very difficult to…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
552. DIY Mod an Omnibot 80’s Robot with Voice, Camera, Servos, Bluetooth
*Check back for more updates on this build 🙂 So, have you heard of the Omnibot? Well!
Any kid from the 80's will remember how amazing this robot was. For you young kids, this robot was released in the early 80's by Tomy. The robot…... Listed
under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Motor Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
553. Tag Archives: arduino speaking clock
How to: Speaking Clock Hello 🙂 Setup and Procedure The wave shield is interfaced with the Arduino Mega 2560 as
normal. A couple of pins were remapped because the wave shield was initially made for a different device. The DAC pins were remapped to pins 22,23,24…...
554. LED Calculator with Rotary Quadrature Encoder for Target System Voltage Selection using Arduino
I’m still working on the LED calculator (original idea and most
recent work) — I’ve finally got ’round to adding a rotary encoder to set the target system voltage. Now you can turn the potentiometer to set the LED brightness,
turn the rotary encoder to set what…... Listed under: Calculator Projects, LED Projects, Projects
555. Arduino Lens Controller – Synchronized Zoom/Focus with Wii Classic Controller
My Lumix GH2 Micro Four Thirds camera not only shoots fantastic high
definition videos, but with inexpensive adapters I can use it with older manual lenses that are cheap and often very high quality. I shoot a lot of performance
videos for my daughter's dance studio, and I…... Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
556. Sensing Squeeze using Arduino
I’m researching squeeze sensing as a mode of tactile interface. Here I will cover the process of developing a squeezeable sensor
and the firmware/software concerns associated with interpreting the data from the sensor. This fulfills the “sensor project” for my class called Computational
Principles in…... Listed under: Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
557. S.A.M. Spring Aided Machining (CNC with adhesive remover)
S.A.M. Spring Aided Machining (CNC with solvent) is a school project designed by three architecture
students at CCA, San Francisco: Matt Boeddiker, Abelino Robles, and Tim Henshaw-Plath. (www.cca.edu) The machine is capable of rapidly prototyping and
creating subtractive formwork that can be used to cast…... Listed under: CNC Machines Projects
558. A Beginner’s guide to making an Arduino Shield PCB
(This tutorial has gotten really popular recently, and I’m very pleased that so many people are interested. I
learned all of this stuff while working on my first PCB. If you’re interested, I’ve started to sell the most recent version of my Arduino ProtoShield. If…... Listed
under: Development Board – Kits Projects
559. Arduino Color Sensor
Here we will be learning how to make a color sensor. my model consists of three cardboard compartments containing an LED - one red,
one blue, and one green - and an OP550B phototransistor. The LED's shine simultaneously on a solid colored card. The phototransistors…... Listed under:
560. Cat Repelling PIR motion sensor (covert) speaker box alarm using Arduino
This is a PIR motion sensor device that works with the arduino uno. In order to make it covert enough
to be placed in multiple settings and portable enough to fit most places, I decided to make the case for it appear as a speaker. The inspiration for…... Listed
under: Projects, Security – Safety Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
561. Arduino MIDI Volume Pedal
I’m playing keyboards this fall in another rock concert to benefit the high school robotics team, and for some of the tunes I need to
be able to fade an organ in and out over a period of a measure or two. My keyboards are…... Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
562. Arduino Stepper Motor Control
Hardware Preparation Stepper Motor Driver Board Arduino Board (UNO) If you have purchased the Arduino Board from ZTW,
we have already uploaded the g-code library for you. If you are using your own Arduino Board, you can doawnload grbl Arduino library online and load it…...
Listed under: Motor Projects
563. Arduino Thermostat with TC74 sensor
Hello all! This is a quick guide on how to use an Arduino© to control whether a cooling fan and a heater is turned on
depending on the detected temperature from a TC74 Arduino sensor. This is for a final project for an Electronics class…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
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564. Geiger Counter with Touch Interface!
There are quite a few geiger counter instructables. The difference with this one is that I wanted to give it a modern
interface, similar to smart phone touch screens, that anyone would feel comfortable using. The reason for this is that I want to use it as…... Listed under:
Calculator Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
565. Digital Clock with Arduino and DS1307
In this article you will learn how to make a digital clock using Arduino and the DS1307 RTC IC. What is DS1307 IC actually?
Well, it is a Real Time Clock (RTC) IC that is simple to use, low cost and easy available. The IC…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
566. Arduino Drawbot
In some of my previous Arduino instructurables I have show to the Arduino beginers on how to control servos in different ways. And in my last
instructurable I have show the modification of a Parallax servo for a 360º rotation. So in this one I will show Arduino…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation
Projects
567. Arduino Led Dice
This instructable will show you how to create a dice using Arduino and few components. It's an easy and fun project, suitable for beginners
and those who want to start with Arduino; it also requires a minimal amount of components. This explaines how to create…... Listed under: LED Projects,
Projects
568. Arduino-Square with Color LCD
B-Squares is a modular electronics platform that enables users to build, customize, and continuously update their own
electronics applications. In this B-Squares App we will cover how to assemble a simple Color-LCD Application using the Arduino-Square. Hardware: 1. Arduino-
Square. 2. Battery-Square 3. Color LCD Shield.…... Listed under: LCD Projects, Projects
569. Simon the Octopus
Everyone loves the Simon game ! So we decided to take it to another level. This project was done for our Things That Think class where we
had to make a PlushBot (a plush toy that thinks! "with computation") thus, kids were our target. We…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
570. The Traveling Geocache using Arduino
This project and future projects can be found at my website http://revoltlab.com/ where you can also find my blog.
UPDATE LOG: NOW SUPER SIMPLE TO REPROGRAM! Easy FTDI USB interface hardware explained in step 10 Easy FTDI USB interface programming explained in
step 13 NEW…... Listed under: GPS Based Projects, LCD Projects, Projects
571. Arduino Button Activated Treat Dispenser
For my Digital Multimedia class final, I created a treat dispenser that is activated by pulling a chain, which starts a
servo motor that spins a wheel to dispense treats to my to African Grey parrots. Step 1: Gather Materials [box color="#985D00" bg="#FFF8CB" font="verdana"
fontsize="14…... Listed under: Motor Projects, Other Projects
572. DIY Arduino Stepper Motor Driver Board
This page will show you how to put together a simple stepper motor driver board that can be controlled with an
Arduino. I built mine to use with my heliostat projects, but it could be used for other things too. Update: I no longer use…... Listed under: How To – DIY –
Projects, Motor Projects
573. Giant LED bar graph
For a recent project I needed to build a large and obvious bar graph display. This was to show the power generated from a bicycle
generator. I came up with this design and was pretty pleased with the final results as it is relatively low…... Listed under: LED Projects
574. Drive with PID Control
This example shows how to simulate a simple closed-loop control algorithm in Simulink® and how to run it on an Arduino® board. Supported Hardware:
Arduino Leonardo Arduino Mega 2560 Arduino Mega ADK Arduino Pro Arduino Uno Available versions of this example: Arduino Mega 2560 board:…... Listed
under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
575. BLINKING AN LED USING AN ARDUINO UNO (EXPLAINED)
So you’re here because you want to start learning some of the Arduino Basics… So let’s start with THE
most basics… no this "tutorial" is actually a little more basic than what you have in mind. It only requires that you: Have ANY Arduino Board.…... Listed under:
LED Projects
576. Easy Arduino Audio Annoyatron
This simple device simple plays a small tune at a random interval, between 5 and 30 seconds when the lights in a room go off. It
can be cleverly disguised inside a tissue box, or inside or under any number of household objects. This is a vary simple project (my…... Listed under: Projects,
Sound – Audio Projects
577. Blinky the one-eyed clock using Arduino
In this tutorial you learn how to make a blinking clock with a difference! Updated 18/03/2013 Followers of my
website would realise that I tend to make too many clocks in those tutorials. Well, I like making clocks… so here is another one. However this time…... Listed
under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
578. Arduino SOS signal with 8ohms speaker and LED blinking
SOS is the commonly used description for the international Morse code distress signal (· · · — — — · ·
·). [read more on wiki] Requirements: 1) Arduino 2*) 8 Ω speaker 3*) 150 Ω or similar resistor 4) 5mm RED LED 5) Hook-up…... Listed under: LED Projects,
Projects, Radio Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
579. Radio link between two Arduino boards
I was looking for a way to handle wireless communications between two Arduino boards. Other options like Xbee or Bluetooth were
going to cost $50 to over $100. Then I found a cheap RF transmitter and receiver at Sparkfun. The total cost is only $9!…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
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Projects, Projects, Radio Projects
580. DIY Amp / Watt Hour Volt Meter – Arduino
Major corrections and additions made 9/9/2014 For my off-grid Ham Radio and Solar projects, I needed a way to
measure volts, amps, watts, amp hours and watt hours. There's a couple of commercial products that can do this, but not with the flexibility I wanted.…... Listed
under: How To – DIY – Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects
581. Pololu Motor Controller Testing and Troubleshooting
Finally, I finished reading the datasheet. It didn’t give much information about how to connect the motor
controller to a micro-controller. I used the simple circuit I found from a post in Pololu’s forum: Using Dual VNH3SP30 Motor Driver with arduino @
http://forum.pololu.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1923. Dual VNH2SP30…... Listed under: Motor Projects
582. Webster: A Geometric Pattern Weaving Machine
We are three students from California College of the Arts in San Francisco in the Architecture program. This
studio is called Creative Architecture Machines and is taught by Jason Johnson and Michael Shiloh. Webster is a geometric pattern weaving machine that takes
inspiration from Islamic…... Listed under: Calculator Projects, PWM Projects
583. Colorful Countdown Clock for tight timeline management using Arduino
This is a funny looking clock that has that displays time on relatively large 32x16 Bi-
Color LED Matrix. It includes also a countdown counter that I find very useful in many situations. Features: Date And time display Temperature display
Countdown timer Buzzer notification Randomly changing…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
584. Arduino Nano based Microbot
This instructable was created to be entered in the Robot Challenge. If I win, the parts will of course, go into robots like this one.
Notes on how to include some of the very components in the prize packages are given in the last step. I…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
585. Simple Arduino light meter
This Arduino project is a simple light meter using a photo-transistor. An LDR would be more appropriate but the photo-transistor is
what I has spare at the time. On the other hand the photo-transistor is sensitive to infrared, so its handy for testing remote controls.…... Listed under: Metering
– Instrument Projects
586. Arduino Based Automated Lighting Control
This is my second instructable. i want to share some of the basic things i made using the arduino i am so busy lately. then i got the
chance to have this spare time... inspired by my former student and a fellow co league to…... Listed under: Arduino Android, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, LED Projects,
Projects
587. Mobile Chicken Coop with some automation using Arduino
My wife and I have wanted to raise chickens(for the eggs) and we finally decided to do it this spring.
I have read a lot about pastured chicken and wanted to create a mobile coop so that the chickens would not destroy the yard. I…... Listed under: Home
Automation Project Ideas, Ideas
588. Remote Control Door – Internet Your Thing
We can instantly open a door or control anything we can connect. It works from any iPhone, Android, or PC. After
connecting something we want to control, download the free app to a PC, open a port, and control it remotely from anywhere. It's open…... Listed under:
Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
589. Minimal Arduino with ATmega8
Like me, you may have a few old Arduino boards or ATmega8 chips (in the boards) laying around from when you were first
playing with Arduino. Those chips can still be really useful as the heart of a tiny “Minimal Arduino” setup. A normal Arduino…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB –
590. Control Arduino Wirelessly with MATLAB
Been seeing few DIYs on how to establish a communication between MATLAB application and Arduino that is
hardwired to PC. However, I haven't encountered anything that control Arduino via MATLAB wirelessly using the ENC28J60 compatible Ethernet shield. In this
ible', I'm going to show the…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
591. Turn your Arduino into a 4 voice wavetable synth
Multiple synthesizer projects have been done for the Arduino, but few have been able to utilize the full power
of the Arduino processor. DZL from GeekPhysical wrote a 4 voice wavetable synthesizer that is one of the more advanced software based synths for the
Arduino.…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
592. Perfboard Hackduino (Arduino-compatible circuit)
Never again will you have to dismantle a finished project just to reuse an Arduino board! This tutorial will go
through the steps involved in fabricating your own Arduino-compatible circuit using just ~$8 of parts (this includes the ATMega chip!). This is perfect for
installing…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
593. Arduino Backlit LCD shield
In this tutorial learn how to make your own backlit-LCD Arduino shield. Updated 18/03/2013 Let’s see how simple it is to make your
own Arduino LCD shield. Sure – you can just buy one, but where’s the fun in that? Getting Started Our LCD is…... Listed under: LCD Projects, Projects
594. Knight Rider Rides Again using an Arduino
This a Knight Rider Style LED Chaser Done with a Arduino Duemilanove with an ATmega328 chip. Step 1: Things you'l
need: 6 LEDs (any color) 1 Breadboard 1 100 Ohm Resistor 12 Breadboard Jumpers 1 Arduino Duemilanove "or" Decimila 1 USB cable with A-type connector…...
Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
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595. Simple Buck LED Driver with PWM Input
High-power LEDs over 1W are now quite inexpensive. I'm sure many of you are incorporating LEDs as light sources in
your projects. However I realize that the finding and configuring the power supply is still not as simple as it can be; commercially available LED…... Listed under:
LED Projects, PWM Projects
596. Breadboard and LEDs (lesson 3)
Introduction You’ve started modifying sketches, and played a bit with the onboard LED (or if you have an NG, an LED you
added). The next step is to start adding onto the hardware component of the Arduino. We will do this by adding a solderless breadboard…... Listed under: LED
Projects
597. The Talking Breathalyzer using an Arduino
*** Additional info at http://droidalyzer.com/talkingbreathalyzer/index.html *** A customizable Breathalyzer that
talks and tells you how much you’ve had to drink. It’s also open source and can easily be modified with your own text on the LCD screen and audio MP3 files.
When tethered to a PC with…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects, Projects
598. FaceBooth – One button to facebook photobooth
I wanted to make a photbooth for a Christmas party. I wanted it to be simple to operate and only be one click
easy so that even a guest who was chemically uncoordinated could even operate it.I wanted a solution that would take a photo…... Listed under: Internet –
Ethernet – LAN Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
599. Arduino-controlled, Aluminum Archangel Costume Wings
I have always loved the Marvel character Archangel. When my brother, (Shameless plug alert) budding
comic book artist David Fernandez, showed me pics of a cosplay convention he went to I thought "wouldn't it be awesome if someone made life-size archangel
wings?". The idea sank into the…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
600. Arduino Breathalyzer
What is a breathalyzer you may ask? It is a device for estimating blood alcohol content (BAC) from a breath sample.In simple terms it is a device to test
weather a person is drunk or not. As the title suggests it runs on the arduino.Our breathalyzer…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects
601. Add a real-time clock to the Freetronics TwentyTen using Arduino
Let’s add a DS1307 real-time clock to our Freetronics Arduino-compatible board. Updated
18/03/2013 Now and again I find myself making another kind of clock or timing device using the Arduino system, and each one has been making use of the
Maxim DS1307 real-time clock IC. However…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
602. Arduino Masterclass Part 1: Make your own hardware
The world is going nuts over the Raspberry Pi single-board computer (SBC) for being a whole system
under $50. In reality though the Pi isn’t actually the cheapest computing device available. If you want really cheap how does $13.50 sound for a mini computer
that…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
603. Turn a pencil drawing into a capacitive sensor for Arduino
Did you know? You can make pencil drawings reactive to touch for use with your projects! It's really
easy, and gives you a lot of flexibility in making interfaces for whatever microcontroller project you're making. I put this together as part of my UnoJoy
project,…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
604. The Arduino Synthesizer
The Arduino is able to output sound through a library that has been developed called the Tone Library. By creating an interface and a
program that can call certain values to be output to an audio out, the Arduino Synthesizer is a robust tool for…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
605. Arduino Breathalyzer: Calibrating the MQ-3 Alcohol Sensor
The MQ-3 is an alcohol gas sensor that is available for about $5 from Sparkfun, Seeed Studio, and
others. It’s easy to use and has sparked the imagination of anyone who has dreamed of building their own breathalyzer device for measuring the amount of
alcohol…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
606. SD Card Data Readable Anywhere
This project started as many of mine usually do, as a honey-do. We have compiled an extensive list of our book and movie
collections on our computer at home, but my wife wanted to be able to scan the list from the video store (yes,…... Listed under: Memory – Storage Projects
607. Arduino Powered Binary Clock
This instructable will help you to build an Arduino Binary Clock. The orignial idea for this instructable was designed by Daniel
Andrade. My instructable uses surface mount components, but can easily be adapted to through-hole components if you wish. You can follow my other
Instructable…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
608. PCB Quadrotor (Brushless)
Quadrotors are the new Segways: a mesmerizing, somewhat magical, self-stabilizing platform that every tech person wants to have.
You can't ride a quadrotor (well, maybe you can), but they do fly, and you can build one yourself from scratch! I helped with a previous quadrotor…... Listed
609. Build Your Own Arduino Board
Need more Arduino board? Do not spend more money for another one. Why not try to build your own DIY Arduino board? It is
easy and simple. DIY Arduino Step 1 Get an Atmega328–PU or Atmega328P-PU (with bootloader inside). atmega328p A brief introduction on the…... Listed
610. Electronic Instrument
This electronic instrument allows you to sequence and loop audio and MIDI data. Most of the time I use it to sequence drum samples so I
can play around with different beats and rhythms. The really great thing about this instrument is that it is…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
611. ANDROID+ARDUINOADK+RGB led
this is a project which makes an android app, then configure it to use it with android debug bridge or android accessory
development kit. for making the android app we use android mode of processing. For hardware, i always choose arduino. here i have a…... Listed under:
Arduino Android, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects
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612. Arduino Uno – Programming With A Serial Port
I’m working on an Arduino clone. The Arduino is essentially an ATMEGA328P development board with a
bootloader pre-loaded. There are a lot of custom macros built into the programming interface that make it really easy to use, and even easy to build some
powerful applications. …... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
613. Arduino from Scratch Digital Thermometer
I have loved making projects with Arduinos, but at $30 a piece your projects can get expensive. So I want to show
you how you can make your own Arduino from scratch and save money doing it. Make your own Arduino for around $8. For…... Listed under: Projects,
614. BrainTap: the interactive arthritis and memory exercise game
I built this project at at uni as a 3rd year project (with a couple of classmates) at the University of
Technology, Sydney.It is aimed at Baby Boomers and targets a skill and level based memory and fine motor skills exercise game. The form is…... Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Projects
615. LeoStick Getting Started Guide
The Freetronics LeoStick is a handy break-out board for the ATmega32U4 microcontroller. The board has a convenient USB stick format, and is
based on the pinout and connections of the Arduino Leonardo reference design for compatibility with the Arduino IDE. Before you plug in your LeoStick…...
Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
616. Arduino Wall Lamp
So, I have always wanted a nice lamp by the side of my bed, Something simple with out any buttons. Of course this would mean it had to be
wireless.I also wanted to use it from my bed but not getting out of my bed to turn it off.…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, LED Projects
617. Sensor Less 3d Printed Robot
Tyree (he wears a tie and he has tires) actually smiles after he bumps into something (see video). Using an Arduino motor shield,
he detects obstacles using the "more current into the motor means something is in the way" principle. Tyree started out as a…... Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
618. Building an 8x8x8 LED Cube – The Driving Circuit
In this article we are going to take a detailed look at how to build the driving circuit for the 8x8x8 LED cube. In
other words we are going to design and analyze the circuit which translates the signals coming from the Arduino to appropriate…... Listed under: LED Projects
619. ArduSensor Fun Pack
ArduSensors are open source plug-in-play sensors for Arduino. These were originally made for beginners to get started with Arduino, a
very cool electronics prototyping platform, but anyone can use them. I still play around with them all of the time, and I bet a ton…... Listed under: Sensor –
620. TiDiGino, the Arduino-based GSM remote control
Using an ATmega 2560 and therefore the heart of Arduino, we have developed a universal remote control with
GSM. This allows to control 2IN/2OUT, DTMF key, gate control and GSM thermostat activated remotely. We have already presented several remote control with
different functions. But now…... Listed under: Phone Projects, Radio Projects
621. UltraSonic Arduino Video instructions How To – Parking your car with an Arduino
How To - Parking your car with an Arduino Code: // Back up Helper, by Kevin
Darrah v4 #include <SoftwareSerial.h>// to read the data fron the range finder on any digital pin SoftwareSerial sonar(5, 6); // RX, TX //we're only using the RX
pin (5),…... Listed under: Car Projects, Projects
622. Hack Your Hasbro R2D2 With an IOIO Microcontroller
My wife bought me a Hasbro Interactive R2D2 Astromech Droid for my birthday a few years ago after I
said how much fun it would be to hack it and I've finally managed to get inside and start playing!Although the built-in voice control functions are…... Listed
623. Clock One – Digital plus Analog Clock An Arduino
For some strange reason I have a fascination with various types of electronic clocks (which explains this
article). Therefore this project will be the start of an irregular series of clock projects whose goal will be easy to follow and produce interesting results. Our
“Clock…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
624. Ardu-Bot-Tom – RF Link Controlled Robot
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head="Major Components in Project" headbg="#FFEB70" headcolor="#985D00"] Ardu-Bot-Tom List of Materials Controller Parts: 1x - Arduino Uno 1x - 9V
Battery 1x - 433Mhz TX Module 1x - SparkFun Joystick Robot Parts: 1x - Arduino Uno…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
625. Multiplexing with Arduino and the 74HC595
The 74HC595 is an easy and inexpensive (at about 60 cents apiece) way to increase the number of digital out pins
on your Arduino. In this tutorial I'll show you how to drive up to 16 LEDs with one 74HC595 using a technique called multiplexing.…... Listed under:
626. Arduino punk console
This is my first build using an arduino microcontroller. I wanted to create a simple tone output device along the lines of the 555-
basedatari punk console, but using solely the mcu as the tone generator. Unfortunately, that was just too simple a task with a microcontroller to…... Listed
under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
627. Perfduino: Build Your Own Arduino Microcontroller
This how-to takes you through all the steps of making your own arduino on a perfboard or perfduino!
Arduino microcontrollers are great for learning about physical computing and are very useful for rapid prototyping. Arduino’s simple programming language
makes it a favorite of hobbyists and…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, How To – DIY – Projects, Projects 

628. Arduino LED Flasher Circuit
In this project, we will go over how to build an arduino LED flasher circuit. We will use a standard arduino board, doesn't matter
which, and connect it so that it flashes an LED a certain amounts of times on and off repeatedly to create…... Listed under: LED Projects
629. Touche for Arduino: Advanced touch sensing
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…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
630. Clock Three – A pillow clock using Arduino
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…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Home Automation Projects, Projects
631. Get Into the Kit Business: How to Build and Sell Your Own Arduino Shields
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…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
632. Arduino Internet Controlled Desk Lamp
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 =…...
Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
633. Arduino IR Transmitter & Receiver w/ LEDs Flickering Issue
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…... Listed under:
LED Projects, Radio Projects
634. Intro to Model Airplane Autopilot
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…... Listed under: Car Projects, Game –
635. Making the Good Night Lamp using Arduino
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…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, LED Projects, Projects
636. Salvaging an LCD from a fax machine using an Arduino
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…... Listed under: CNC
Machines Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, LCD Projects, Projects
637. Arduino hardware hacking: Part 3
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…... Listed
638. Arduino Solar Tracking Robot
This is a simple solar tracker which automatically orients itself towards the sun or any bright source of light like the sun .If you
place solar panels on this robot it can increase their productivity by 90 to 95 %. At first creating a solar…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects, Solar
energy projects
639. Arduino Esplora Accelerometer
This sketch shows you how to read the values from the accelerometer. To see it in action, open the Arduino serial monitor on
your computer and tilt the board. You'll see the accelerometer values for each axis change as you tilt the board. Circuit Only…... Listed under: Metering –
Instrument Projects, Projects
In part 1 of our Arduino tutorial seres we covered the basics of how the Arduino works, and we're going to use that knowledge
in a hands-on project and see how this open-source hardware programming environment works when we're actually trying to get something done…... Listed
641. The Revenge of the Yellow Drum Machine (Arduino)
I was inspired by Frits Lyneborg's Yellow Drum Machine. Watching the videos, it has such personality! I
have also been thinking recently about sound and robotics. I did some research looking for a version of the robot that used the Arduino as a brain, but…...
Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
642. Theremin with Zapper,laser,Arduino
I created this Theremin like device after seeing this article in Make magazine: http://m-cdn.dashdigital.com/make/vol15/?pg=69#pg67 While
this looked pretty straight forward it turned out to be a bit much for me at the time. But after much effort, I got it to work pretty good. I…... Listed under: Other Projects, Projects
Arduino is cool. It's cool because it's a tiny device - about three inches by two inches - that comes with a USB port and a
programmable chip. It's cool because you can program it using a very simple programming language known as Wiring. But…... Listed under: How To – DIY –
Projects
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644. Fluid In.Flux_3D Wax Printing In Water
Fluid In.Flux is a 3D printing experimental machine which prints wax in water. The Machine was a semester-wide
exploration as part of the Advanced Architecture Studio called "Creative Architecture Machines" by Professor Jason Kelly Johnsonand Michael Shiloh at
the California College of the Arts, in San Francisco.…... Listed under: CNC Machines Projects
645. RC Rocket Launch System
This instructable will show you how to make an RC launch system for your Estes rocket, which can be operated with a TV remote.
What it does is it allows you to press the center button on your TV remote, and it'll automatically launch your…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
646. Controlling your trains with an Arduino
A quick introduction to the Arduino Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-
to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Arduino can
sense the environment by receiving input from a…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
647. Throwduino Basic – Light-Sensing Flashing Throwie
Throwies are great. They have a minimal parts count - 2 or 3 depending on whether you use a magnet - and
produce a great effect. They are very cheap and easy but not highly efficient: 1) They are on all the time, so on…... Listed under: LED Projects, Sensor –
648. Arduino Online Thermometer Project
I have been researching a project which will help me with my understanding of electronics, networking, and
programming. I decided to build an online thermometer which could be used in applications that need temperature monitoring. I currently work in a lab
environment where I test, troubleshoot,…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects
649. Pachube Client using Arduino
This example shows you how to answer a HTTP request using an Ethernet shield. Specifically, it connects to pachube.com, a free
datalogging site. The example requires that you set up a pachube.com account, as well as a pachube feed (for more information on setting up…... Listed under:
Ideas, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Project Ideas
650. Graphing values in Arduino
Sometimes when you're testing a sensor or debugging a value in an Arduino project, you want to see something other than
numbers flying by in the Serial Monitor. However, you want to get the sensor working quickly, and you don't want to take the time…... Listed under:
651. RGB Color Sensor on Arduino
The next board I want to show you is the ADJD-S371 Color Light Sensor Evaluation Board from sparkfun. It emits light and
analyses the reflected color spectrum. The board can be controlled via I2C. The sleep and xclk pins were not used in this example.…... Listed under: Sensor –
652. Paperduino 2.0 with Circuit Scribe – Paper Arduino
What if making an Arduino, or wiring up an Arduino was as easy as printing one out? In this tutorial we
printed our own Arduino Pro Mini board using a pen plotter and the Electroninks Circuit Scribe (a rollerball pen with highly conductive ink). Within…... Listed
under: LED Projects
653. Daft Punk LED Matrix Breakout Board
I was always impressed by the Daft Punk Coffee Table. Being able to light up a bunch of LEDs and flash them in patterns
has so many applications. It was one of the reasons why I bought an Arduino seeing how it could control a…... Listed under: LED Projects
654. LEARN! ARDUINO – A HANDS-ON APPROACH
INTRODUCTION This manual will show you how to use each of the components in the kit, and give you software
Sketch examples for each one. Then you can combine some components to make examples of Automatic Systems such as a lighting controller. You're
probably…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
655. Alarm Clock Overkill
I don't get up at the same time every day, so I thought it'd be nice to have an alarm clock that would drag me out of bed at different times
on different days. That was the initial idea: things got out of hand, of…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
656. The Clamshell Stompbox
This is a DIY variable resistor I created as an interface for live performance-- like astomp box. I designed it as a project my audio
students could build with materials we already have in the classroom. The result is a variable resistor that can be…... Listed under: LED Projects
657. Arduino and CueCat barcode scanner
I've had a cuecat barcode scanner sitting around for over 10 years. Basically it connects to a PS2 port (apparently there is a USB version)
like a keyboard and spits out a barcode when scanned. Nice!. The annoying thing is that it is "encrypted". What…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
658. Domotic arduino
In this introduction I will show you a overview of this project whit Arduino Uno. The purpose of this instructable is move a electric roller
shutter by Arduino Uno. The prototype that I made is my first electronic project with Arduino and I hope this…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits
Projects, Projects
659. Cylon Pumpkin
This has been done before. There are several good ways to do it: most use either a 555 timer chip and decimal counter chip, or an Arduino.
Stefan and I used an Arduino (Boarduino, technically) which limited our scanner to 14 LEDs. No problem ---…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
660. Build Your Own Programmable LED Matrix
QR codes are addicting. Smartphones are smart enough to read them from virtually any angle or orientation. But
imagine taking it a step further. I had dreams of a digital LED array that I could program with QR codes, and I wanted it really big!…... Listed under: LED Projects
661. Botanicalls Clone using an Arduino
During the past spring a good friend of mine bought me my first house plant, a Lady Palm, and I’ve found myself rather
invested in keeping it alive. To that end I wanted to monitor the plant’s environment so I could ensure that its needs…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects,
Projects
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662. Arduino-Controlled Physics Lab Fan-Cart
A "fan cart" is a roughly constant-force device used in introductory physics labs. It consists of a fan (usually a model
airplane propeller on a brushed DC motor) mounted on top of a low-friction cart. Students use it to pretend they're learning something about force,…... Listed
under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
663. Arduino DDNS (Dynamic DNS) by Open-Electronics.org
This device captures the IP address of your network and it publish on site DynDNS.com. All without PC. It
allow a remote access to your LAN even if the IP address of the connections changes. For logistics reasons the provider can not assign a IP…... Listed under:
Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects
664. Visualize data from sensors using Arduino + coolterm
Once you're getting some values from sensors, for example using Arduino, (see my previous instructable),
sometimes it's nice to see the sensor data in a graph. Here's how in only a few steps! I made this particular Instructables using a sonar sensor (XL Max Sonar…...
Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
665. USB Game Pad With Tilt-accelerometer Mouse using an Arduino
Make a game pad with an accelerometer inside! This project tutorial will show you how you can
convert a console game pad into a USB keyboard mouse for playing games on your PC. The USB game pad can be used with nearly any software, such…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects
666. Improved Fan Cart
In an earlier post I described an Arduino-controlled fan cart. The driver I used was an L293D quad half-H chip, because I had one handy and
was out of simpler parts at the time. It's always bugged me that I was just controlling speed on…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
667. Singing plant. Make your plant sing with Arduino, touche and a gameduino
This project is a part of experiments done while doing an artist in residence at
Instructables. You can see the other projects here. Making a plant sing has been a trick since the Theremin was invented. Here I am going to teach you how to
do…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
668. BaW-Bot Part 2: Build the motor-controller & body
This is the second part of our BaW-Bot (Bells-and-Whistles Bot) build – 5 separate instructables that look into
different Arduino-related technologies, combining to create a Bot with all the bells-and-whistles. Part 1: Build an Arduino on a Board Part 2: Build the motor-
controller & body…... Listed under: Motor Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
669. Remote key-switch operation
One of my colleagues, Dr. Shane Mayor, has built a very nice LIDAR system for atmospheric research. It's located at a remote site,
at the end of a dirt road, and everything about the system can be controlled remotely except the main pump laser power…... Listed under: Radio Projects
670. Connecting a 12V relay to Arduino
To connect a 12V relay to the Arduino you need the following things: - 1 Arduino - 1 diode for example 1N4007 - 1 NPN
transistor for example 2N2222 (in the US) or BC548 (in Europe) - 1 relay for example one with coil voltage…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects, Projects
671. Arduino Flash Controller for Photography
Being a broke amateur photographer isn't easy. Film, chemicals and paper aren't cheap and a budget for some studio
lights is non existant. So, I decided to, with the help of my trusty arduino, create my own sync controller to use with disposable camera flash circuits. By using
a…... Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
672. Super Secret Lock Box w/ Capacitive Touch
Hey everyone, I wanted to share a project I just finished up. I built a super secret locking box for my girlfriends little
brother. He has a knack for creative lego building so I thought it would be a good idea to open him up…... Listed under: Security – Safety Projects, Sensor –
673. Driving multiple Sparkfun 7-segment displays with an Arduino
I'm currently helping a couple of engineering students finish a senior project that didn't get
finished last year. Long story... Anyway, it's a bicycle brake tester being built for Paul Components. The mechanical design is great, but they had trouble with the
electronics. Part of…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
674. Aquameterduino: Water meter plus Arduino
After a bad water damage (our cellar basically filled up whilst we were away for several days), I decided to monitor
our water usage for anomalies. Enters Arduino... The idea of this project is to use an arduino to count every drop of water that…... Listed under: Metering –
Instrument Projects
675. Wrap Beats – Capsense Arduino Instrument
Wrap Beats is an instrument that lets you string together notes in order to create different melodies and visual
patterns. I constructed it using the Capacitive sensing library for Arduino and combining that with the music abilities of processing to create a dynamic
instrument that…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
676. Arduino datalogging accelerometer with µ-SD storage
Thanks to Will Greiman's Fat16 library for the Arduino, I finally got a useful version of this datalogger
working! Here's the schematic: And here's the code. The code is highly configurable: it can save raw A/D values or converted values, it allows software-defined
gain, it…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas, Memory – Storage Project Ideas, Metering – Instrument Project Ideas
677. Arduino PCR (thermal cycler) for under $85
This tutorial will show you how to make a thermal cycler from scratch for about $85. In short, PCR (polymerase chain
reaction) amplifies bits of DNA, creating millions of copies of a target sequence. You can use it to test a DNA sample for a…... Listed under: How To – DIY –
Projects
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678. ISP Clip for ATtiny44/84 (or others!)
I got my start in microcontrollers with the Arduino, as many of us outside of electrical engineering did. (And still do!) The
ease of programming that little board makes it a great gateway... and like any gateway, sometimes you go through. Most of my projects…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
679. RFI-DJ: MP3 Playing RFID Thing
The RFI-DJ is a USB device for playing MP3 files from your computer. You have a set of RFID cards, each one with a song name
written on it. You choose a card and place it on the RFI-DJ, and your computer will play that…... Listed under: RFID - NFC projects, Sound – Audio Projects
680. RGB LED Color Selector
One Challenge with working with RGB LEDs is getting the right Red, Green and Blue values to match a color you are trying to display.
You can start with web colors, and then sometimes need to adjust them since the LEDs don't look quite the…... Listed under: LED Projects
681. Radioactive isotope decay simulation
My students need to learn LabVIEW —I know, it's proprietary software, and expensive, but until a viable open-source
equivalent comes along we're stuck with it— and one of the exercises I have them do is to make a program to analyze radioactive decay. This gives…... Listed
under: Radio Projects
682. Mood Lamp with Arduino
Hi! In this tutorial you will learn to make a mood lamp with arduino. I know that you may have seen a lot of mood lamp projects with
arduino, but I wasn't very satisfied with them because they all change the color very abruptly. So,…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
683. Self-Contained 7x7x7 LED Cube using Arduino
LED cubes are true 3D displays that work by lighting up points in a 3D lattice of LEDs. On the 3D display you can
produce some truly mesmerizing animations. This Instructable will walk you through creating an LED cube for yourself that is completely self-contained and
powered…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
684. Using a quadrature encoder (rotary switch) with Arduino
I've found several sites and posts explaining how to use a quadrature encoder with an Arduino, but wasn't completely
satisfied with any of the methods used. Perhaps part of the problem is with the encoder I'm using: it's part #COM-09117 at Sparkfun.com. This encoder has…... Listed under:
Arduino Programmer Projects
685. Use xbees (series 2) to control a motor
Using two xbees, an arduino, an xbee explorer, and an h-bridge, wirelessly control a DC motor to spin in both directions
(last video). Note: I used the xbee I linked to, but for a one to one communication, rather than a network of wireless devices,…... Listed under: Motor Projects
686. Simple Datalogger
Here's a simple Arduino-based datalogger I'm currently developing: This test-of-concept model is based on the Arduino Pro Mini
(ATMega168). It runs on a 1.5-V battery, using a voltage up-converter from Sparkfun.com. For a sensor, it's using a 3-axis accelerometer on a breakout board,
also from…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
687. BaW-Bot Part 3: Adding Sight and Touch to the Bot
This is the third part of our BaW-Bot (Bells-and-Whistles Bot) build – 5 separate instructables that look into
different Arduino-related technologies, combining to create a Bot with all the bells-and-whistles. Part 1: Build an Arduino on a Board Part 2: Build the motor-
controller & body…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
688. Building an Breathalyzer with MQ-3 and Arduino
During the First Meeting of Electronic Arts in Florianópolis, we built a Breathalyzer using the Alcohol Gas
Sensor MQ-3 and a Arduino Board to use in the last day of the meeting, in which we gave a party. You can see a quick video two…... Listed under: Medical –
Health based Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
689. Simple Arduino data-collection
At this year's "Arduinos in the Physics Lab" workshop at the AAPT meeting, one of the participants asked for a simple way of
using the Arduino as a tethered A/D converter for data collection direct to a computer. This is my quick & dirty demonstration…... Listed under: Metering –
Instrument Projects
690. Energino: an Arduino-based energy consumption monitoring shield
Energino is a plug-load meter that measures the amount of power consumed by whatever
DC electrical appliance is plugged into its. It was originally designed to monitor the energy consumption of simple networking devices such as Ethernet switches
and WiFi access points, but it can…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
691. More Humane Moisture sensor
Recently I got a project from Titan industries, who were in search of something as an interactive plant pot which could bridge
this gap of emotional communication, in mins this reminded me of brilliant projects done by people where the plant could could tweet and…... Listed under:
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692. Arduino-based event counter
I teach Modern Physics here at CSUC, and we occasionally use isotopes with half-lives of a year or less (such as Zinc-65 and
Cadmium-109) for energy-calibration sources for a gamma-spectroscopy lab. I thought it might be fun to try measuring the activity of one of…... Listed under:
Calculator Projects
693. Lithium Battery Solar USB – iPhone – Arduino Charger
One of the most fun and useful projects on instructables is to create your very own solar USB/ iPhone
charger. They're not overly difficult to make, nor are the parts overly expensive or hard to find. For the most part they do a rather good…... Listed under: Battery
Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Phone Projects
694. ATtiny85/45/25 LED dice
If you have looked at my 5 LED ATtiny85 POV display, we programmed the ATtiny with the Arduino. (If you haven't seen it, click here) We
will be doing the same thing for this LED Dice project. The total parts cost for this project is…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, LED
Projects
695. Morse-code trainer
My kids are learning Morse code this summer, so I threw together this little circuit to help them learn. And to make it more fun... It uses an
ATtiny85 ($2.26 at digikey.com) to drive a piezo beeper (≈ $3.50 at Radio Shack.) The ATtiny85 takes…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
696. Light Painters Palette aka Light Box
Today I'm going to show you how I made my "light painters palette" aka light box. If your into electronics and photography
than this is probably something you are going to like. Supplies: -Arduino (I'm using a arduino pro mini which requires a ftdi basic to program,…... Listed under:
LED Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
697. How To Make an Obstacle Avoiding Arduino Robot
Hello all! In this Instructable I'll be showing you how to make a robot similar to the "Mobile Arduino Experimental Platform"
(MAEP) that I made. It is equipped with two motors that can steer the robot and the ability to see obstacles in front of…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
698. “Ayrduino” Single-Sided Arduino Clone
I'm teaching "Electronics for Scientists" this semester, and I wanted to allow each student to have their own Arduino to
play with for microcontroller lab exercises and possibly use for their final projects. The Arduino is not very expensive at roughly $30 per, but they…... Listed
699. Fijibot
Fijibot is an autonomous, self-charging photovore. I built him using a 1.5 liter Fiji Water bottle, an Arduino Uno, 6v solar panel (plus various other parts)
from Radio Shack, an Arduino Proto Shield (plus various other parts) from Adafruit, and the wheels and steering arrangement…... Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Projects
700. Network-status indicator
I run a NFS/NIS network under a combination of OS's for the upper-division physics lab here at CSUC, and one source of irritation is
when one machine goes down and nobody lets me know until suddenly that machine is absolutely necessary NOW! So I figured…... Listed under: Internet –
Ethernet – LAN Projects
701. 4x4x4 LED Cube Arduino
After seeing all the different instructables for Led cubes i was still left with a lot of unanswered questions. So after reading everything i
could find this is what i got. I decided to make the instructable after building it...so ill try to recreate the process the best…... Listed under: LED Projects
702. Quantitative Two-Dimensional Temperature Measurements
Lab Experiments involving the Heat Equation are usually one-dimensional exercises involving a
copper pipe and a half-dozen thermocouples. But with DS18B20 "One-Wire" thermometer chips and an Arduino, it's possible to measure hundreds of
temperature values simultaneously. Here's what my students Daniel Lund and Lawrence Lechuga…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
703. Arduino ATtiny2313 Programming Shield
Today, I made a small 3x3x3 LED cube with an ATtiny2313 that I had from about 2 weeks ago. Whenever I had to
reprogram the LED cube when I thought of more awesome patterns, I had to get out my breadboard and then wire up…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer
Projects, Development Board – Kits Projects, Projects
704. Full Binary Clock
I was wandering the internet looking for a good arduino tutorial on how to build a binary clock with seconds, but I could not find one. So now I
am writing this for you to have a binary clock with seconds, minutes, and hours. What…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
705. Universal clock suitable for visually impaired using Arduino
I was googling around looking for some sort of device I could make using arduino and stumbled
upon eshop with devices for visually impaired. What really shocked me was the price. I mean-I do realize that such sorts of devices are not really mainstream,
but…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
706. Arduino Robot Arm – LarryArm v0.1
I have constructed a basic Arduino robot arm using 3 servos that cost me £15 in total plus a couple of hours in time to build
and it’s very simple that I think anyone can replicate and build this. I already had the Arduino Duemilanove…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
707. Cwik Clock v1.0 – An Arduino Binary Clock
Overview This is a guide to building an Arduino-powered clock that uses LEDs to display a 24-hour clock (hours and
minutes) as binary digits, an analog meter to display the seconds, a switch to toggle between time-display and time-setting mode, and 2 knobs for setting…...
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708. Arduino: Controlling the Robot Arm
So the arm is wired into Arduino as per the previous post, Arduino: Modifying a Robot Arm and hopefully this has worked. In
this next part I alter the Arduino sketch slightly and write the first Processing sketch to test control of the arm –…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
709. Clusterbot
What is Clusterbot? He is a small, affordable, autonomous Arduino-powered robot. He can move, see, avoid obstacles, and makes a melodic
chirping sound sometimes. Clusterbot was my first Arduino project, and I think he makes a great project for a beginner. While building Clusterbot you…... Listed
710. 4 Servo drive CellBot which can be remotely controlled using Arduino
I started with an idea of what I wanted to do from the beginning but one attempt after
another I finally got to where I am now. This robot can be remotely controlled from anywhere in the world and driven around the house. I can…... Listed under:
Motor Projects, Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
711. Using Processing to Send Values using the Serial Port to Arduino
In this write-up, I’ll show how to create a value in Processing and then send this value over the
serial port to the Arduino. In the example I’m setting values of LEDs making them brighter or dimmed but this example can be extended to control…... Listed
under: Arduino Programmer Projects
712. Over the Counter Kitchen Radio using Arduino
This project used the Si470x FM radio receiver and an ardurino to make an over the counter kitchen radio. These
parts had been purchased for a different build that unfortunately met a premature end. The concept for this project is simple. Play my favorite news…... Listed
under: Home Automation Projects, Projects, Radio Projects
713. SPEAKR
Nature has a way of speaking to us in a way that soothes and revitalizes. Sounds of the wind in various places create low volume tones that we barely
hear. They have a certain beauty and randomness to them that are unique to nature. We've…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
714. Box Scurity Package using Arduino
If you touch the package, it will scream and run away--changing its course when it strikes an obstacle. When you lift the gift
tag, light strikes a photocell and operation commences. Motors and a sound module are controlled by an Arduino (and Arduino Motor Shield).…... Listed under:
Projects, Security – Safety Projects
715. Arduino + Processing – 3D Sensor Data Visualisation
So following on from my previous posts about visualising sensor data in Processing, I’m now looking at
drawing 3D representations of the data recorded from the Sharp IR sensor – although can be any kind of range finder. I started by rigging 2 servos, one…...
Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
716. LED Cylinder using Arduino
This is a little art project I made with 95 RGB LEDs arranged in a 3D cylinder shape, sitting atop a microcontroller-based driver
circuit. The LEDs are individually addressable, and when you power it on, the software cycles through a series of animations, e.g. various…... Listed under: Game
– Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects, LED Projects, Projects
717. Electrically Insulated Altoids Tin
Ah yes, it's time for another Instructable involving an Altoids tin... But this time it's not about what's inside the Altoids tin, it's
about the Altoids tin itself. In all its greatness, the Altoids tin we all know and love has one rather major flaw…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits
Projects
718. How To Interface a CDV 700 Geiger Counter to a PC Using an Arduino Video instrucitons
How To Interface a CDV 700 Geiger Counter to a PC Using an Arduino
(Part 1) The second part of our video series of our project to interface to a CDV-700 radiation meter using an Arduino Uno! How To Interface a CDV 700 Geiger
Counter…... Listed under: Calculator Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects
719. Arduino + Processing – Make a Radar Screen – Part 3: Visualising the Data from Sharp Infrared Range Finder
So I had some luck with getting the Sharp Infrared
range finder working and I’ve now plugged this on to my servo rig to see if I get better results on my radar styled display. Check out how to use the Sharp IR
range finder…... Listed under: LCD Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects
720. Using the Sparkfun Motor Driver 1A Dual TB6612FNG using Arduino
As a beginner myself, I struggled to find a one-stop set of instructions to get up and
running with Sparkfun's Motor Driver 1A Dual TB6612FNG. This motor driver breakout board is exceptional value, is beautifully small, but does need a little
more effort to get…... Listed under: Motor Projects, Projects
721. Motion Controlled Robotic Arm
This instructable is not complete, I will post code soon The Arm: This instructable shows the process of building a robotic arm
using servos, Arduino microprocessor, a gyroscope and multiple bend sensors. The user wears a glove containing the gyroscope and bend sensors which
translate…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
722. Arduino traffic lights
I made this project on the same night that my Arduino Duemilanove arrived from Cool Components. After being an Instructables member
for about a year I though it was time I should contribute. There is another Arduino traffic light project similar to this, but it…... Listed under: Car Projects, LED
Projects, Projects
723. Arduino – Using a Sharp IR Sensor for Distance Calculation
Well, looks like my sonar sensor (SRF05) is a just a tad inaccurate for precise measurement as I found
from my radar screen I made (Arduino Radar Sscreen). So I’ve got hold of a Sharp GP2Y0A02 series infrared distance sensor. It’ll detect and measure
anything…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
724. Controlling a clock with an Arduino
Update: The Arduino system is fine; the only thing you have to take into consideration is the 9.54 hour rollover event, which Rob Faludi has
provided an excellent solution for here. I made up a nice little over-analysis of the issue, available here. I have…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
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725. RGB flashing iPod dock from an old speaker
Using an Apple Pro speaker, I made a flashing RGB LED iPod dock for about $35. I recommend reading the entire 'ible before
starting. Also, note that the volume is control from the iPod. It consumes minimal power in shutdown mode, and is controlled by…... Listed under: Sound –
Audio Projects
726. Arduino + Processing: Make a Radar Screen to Visualise Sensor Data from SRF-05 – Part 2: Visualising the Data
This is where all the work is done to read an
interpret the values from the servo and the sensor. If the readings are to erratic then you won’t have nice shapes. Also if you don’t allow enough time to the
signals to be sent…... Listed under: LCD Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
727. An 8-Bit Waterfall using Arduino
So far my Arduino projects have all needed only a small number of output pins. In a previous post I talked about moving some
of the logic off the Arduino and into other integrated circuits in order to free up pins on the Arduino. While…... Listed under: Other Projects, Projects
728. Vibration Foam Speaker
Concept: Very simple, using an arduino and the play melody basic program, create a music playing speaker out of a vibration motor and
a piece of flexible foam. Instead of pulsing signal to a speaker, signal is pulsed to a motor varying how fast it…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
729. Arduino + Processing – Make a Radar Screen to Visualise Sensor Data from SRF-05 – Part 1
First things first, we need to build our circuit. This is the easy bit! We’ll
be using the Arduino to control a servo that will rotate our sensor around 180 degrees. The Arduino will then send the value from the distance sensor along
with the…... Listed under: LCD Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
730. Police Lights using an Arduino
**DISCLAIMER** I do not and will not take responsibility for anyone who gets in trouble for this, by either imitating emergency
personnel, or using without a permit/lisence. Updates! -I have shortened the code -Changed 16 LED's to 8 -Changed/added more flash patterns -Renamed
variables As…... Listed under: Car Projects, LED Projects, Projects
731. Honey, I Shrunk The Arduino
As you might be able to tell from recent posts, I've been doing quite a bit of work with an Arduino. I've now got at least one project
that I'd like to make a little more permanent, rather than it just being a bunch of…... Listed under: Other Projects, Projects
732. Color Changing LED Tree
Ever wanted an LED tree? Well now you can have your LED tree and eat it too (no, wait, you probably shouldn't).. Step 1: Gather the
parts You will need: 1x ATtiny85 10x male header pins Solid core wire, 2 colors A bunch of LEDs…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Home
Automation Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, LED Projects
733. Arduino – Basic Theremin meets Processing!
My last theremin involved a small speaker. Now I’ve replaced the speaker with my PC, using processing to pick up
the values from the SRF05 ultrasound sonar distance sensor and play different notes accordingly – which gives multiple possibilities and far better sounds. So
to…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Project Ideas
734. Brute force attack a BIOS with Arduino
The goal of this experiment is to convert the Arduino board into an USB keyboard plus a VGA sniffer to crack the
password of a standard BIOS using the brute force attack method. There are no advantages in using this method, in fact this can…... Listed under: Memory –
Storage Projects, Projects
735. Send and Receive MIDI with Arduino
This instructable will show you how to use an Arduino to send and receive a variety of MIDI messages so you can start
building your own MIDI controllers and instruments. First I'll talk a little bit about MIDI protocol, if you're just looking for sample…... Listed under: Sound – Audio
Projects
736. Arduino – A Basic Theremin
Theremins are cool. Fact. You may also have heard of them as either aetherphone/ etherophone or termenvox/ thereminvox.
Essentially its an electronic music instrument that plays a certain note depending on the position of your hand and its distance from an antenna. Building a
very…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
737. Tweetosapien: Hack a Robosapien With Arduino to React to Tweets
A really fun project sent into us by Thomas Meghe. He’s translated it all from his native
French, which is a technical achievement itself. If you’d like to see the original, you can find it here. Bored of your favorite Twitter client ? No problem,…... Listed
under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects
738. Walleye using Arduino
Walleye is an interactive light installation which engages users in temporal gestural and bodily play. It generates temporal light
propagation patterns, or a large scale very low resolution pixilated image (depending on how you look at it) based on the realtime movement of visitors in…...
Listed under: Other Projects, Projects
739. How to build your own sugru robot – Fixbot
So you saw our video and you've fallen in love with Fixbot, have you? That's okay, it's understandable. We've fallen
in love with it too. We have some great news! You can build your own Fixbot too, provided that you're okay with getting your hands…... Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Projects
740. Arduino – Basic Persistance of Vision
I think this’ll be the start of a few more projects for me. I’ve seen some cool LED PoV stuff (Persistance of Vision) with
mounting displays on bikes, so hopefully I’ll get round to doing something like that. Anyway as a start I’ve got 5…... Listed under: LED Projects
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741. How to make a servo leg using Arduino
This instructable will show you how to create a simple servo leg that can be controlled by buttons on an arduino or via
serial. Here is a video of the leg in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8i1nrPIJvo Leg Materials: Popsicle sticks-make sure that all of them are flat…...
Listed under: Motor Projects, Projects
742. A Study in Non-Standard Distributed Computer Architecture using Arduino
In the following tutorial, directions are given for creating a single node for the DoHas
(Distributed Optical Harvard Architecture System). After constructing two of these nodes, a small distributed computer can be implemented which uses one
node for sending instructions, mimicking input and the instruction…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects, RTOS – OS Projects
743. BOXZ
BOXZ is is an open source robot platform for interactive entertainment! We connected Arduino,Plexiglass(or cardboard) Origami and your idea together,
so we can easily and quickly build a remote robot by ourself! You can assembled it like LEGO! We can use it to playing football…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
744. Arduino – Getting my LCD Screen to work
I’ve gotten hold of what I assumed was a compatible 16×2 LCD screen with my Arduino board – it’s a Powertip
PC1602F and uses a compatible display driver for the Hitachi HD44780 display chip. This is essentially what the Arduino LCD libraries are built around,…... Listed
under: LCD Projects
745. Hacked roomba and arduino snowballs into a Eurobot 2013 entry
It all started as a weekend project with my kids and soon enough I got sucked into a 4 month
project with their school ! The idea was to get a small group of kids aged 6 to 9 to participate to a robotics contest…... Listed under: Projects, Robotics –
Automation Projects
746. DIY Driving Simulator using an Arduino
If you haven't noticed, as soon as you clicked into this instructable, you are now following me if you weren't already, you
Favorited the instructable, and you voted for this instructable in all contests it is entered in. Then the buttons all dissappeared. It's okay…... Listed under: Car
Projects, Game – Entertainment Projects, How To – DIY – Projects, Projects
747. BIKEDUINO – Stopping Point Predictor for bike riders
The project consists in a Arduino that gets the speed of the bike from a dynamo and it controls a laser
which points always to the point where the bike is gonna stop if it continues going at the same speed. Used Hardware: Arduino mini…... Listed under: Car
Projects
748. Version 2.0 Arduino Controlled Car Tracking System based on SMS
This system is upgraded version of previous project... You will be able to track your car after
you build this system, you will call the device then it will send you an sms which includes LAT, LON and Google Map link for just one touch…... Listed under: Car
Projects, Phone Projects, Projects
749. Building a Doodle Bot kit from DAGU
Doodle Bot is a very simple beginners robot that can write messages using white board markers, jumbo chalk or crayons.
The kit comes with all parts including an Arduino compatible controller and a screwdriver. You will need to supply 4x AAA batteries and a suitable…... Listed
750. larryBot – Arduino robot versions 0.1 to 0.5 lessons learned
So I’ve decided to build a robot using Arduino to control the sensors. Here’s my progress so far – I
am hoping that my mistakes here and over the coming posts will guide people in more detail about what to avoid. Also I won’t provide…... Listed under:
751. Algorithmic noise machine
This project is a part of experiments done while doing an artist in residence at Instructables. You can see the other projects here. You
can use bit-shifting as an alternative way of creating "music". This principle enables you to squeeze as much processing power as…... Listed under: Sound –
Audio Projects
752. Arduino & Processing – Getting values from SRF05 ultrasound sensor & serial port
I’ve started to delve into Processing and passing values between Processing and Arduino. If
you’re wondering what Processing is, basically its an open source programming language for vizualising data that can interface with Arduino either by reading values/ pins or by
setting them. Just remember…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
753. SMS controlled Wireless Irrigation System using an Arduino
UPDATE 02/13/11 : Voting has started for the Sparkfun Microcontroller Contest. Please VOTE for me!
UPDATE 02/26/11 : I won a second prize!! Huzzah! Thanks for all the votes guys! UPDATE 03/17/11: I would love to win a Laser cutter in the Epilog challenge
as…... Listed under: Phone Projects, Projects
754. Tissue Box Guitar – Light Strings using Arduino
the idea of anything can be an instrumental music has been always in my mind so i made a wooden tissue box
that i installed inside it a guitar of light strings Step 1: Building Box i made this wooden tissue box Step 2: Wiring…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment
Projects, LED Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
755. 123D Scanner – Home made 3D Scanner
Hey - have a look at my new project HERE In this project I built a 3D Scanner, that enables generating 3D models of physical objects. The
files can later be viewed in 3D software (GLC Player, Sketchup, Rhino, or sites such as http://3dfile.io) and…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
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756. Arduino – making a basic drum machine
Had a quick look round at turning a piezoelectric speaker in to a sensor that will detect a tap or knock. I also then had a
search around for setting the output of a speaker to a different note. Combining this has given me a…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Project Ideas
757. Mint Tin Hero using Arduino
A friend at work proposed a friendly competition between a few co-workers: to make something cool out of a Trader Joe’s green tea
mint tin. Anything – whatever our creative hearts desired. The prize? Nobody cared – we’d figure that part out later. I thought…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects, Projects
758. Track Honeybees With Temperature
Data analysis coming soon! My school is kind of strange. We don't have a cafeteria, but we do have a four week course on
"The Simpsons." We don't have a jungle-gym on the elementary playground, but we do have a half-buried firetruck. We don't have…... Listed under:
759. Arduino – (Very) Basic motion tracking with 2 PIR sensors
Took me a little while to get started but I’ve managed to wire 2 PIR infrared sensors with an Arduino to
sense motion either on the left or on the right side. The result will trigger an LED to represent each PIR sensor then I…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
760. Pachube Client using Strings with Arduino
This example shows you how to answer a HTTP request using an Ethernet shield. Specifically, it connects to
pachube.com, a free datalogging site. The example requires that you set up a pachube.com account, as well as a pachube feed (for more information on setting
up…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects
761. Making a Better Mouse Trap
There are a lot of things this world needs at the moment. One of them is a better mouse trap. Mice are getting smarter every day
and if we're not careful we'll end up with Planet of the Mice. Luckily, with the help of a…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
762. Arduino – motion triggered camera
So having worked out that I can make a remote for my Nikon D80 to do some timelapse photography. I started thinking of
things I can do to trigger the remote, below video shows it working but you’ll need sound to hear the shutter going.…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
763. Accelerometer Table using Arduino Esplora
This example simplifies the task of collecting data from the Esplora's accelerometer and graphing it with your
computer. The Esplora sends keypresses to a connected computer about the state of the accelerometer. If you open a spreadsheet application, you can log the
data from the…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects
764. Arduino Esplora Kart
This example demonstrates how to turn your Esplora into a customized computer game pad. It uses the analog joystick and the four
switches as inputs to a video game. The Esplora will appear to the computer as a standard keyboard, the computer will see joystick…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Projects, Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
765. Arduino text’in
Arduino text‘in. Key Features: 24 relays controlled by 4 I/O lines! Cell phone text using your Arduino. This project hacks a cell phone to text using
normally open relays. After investigating cellular modules on the internet I decided it looks not only rather pricy, but…... Listed under: Phone Projects
766. Arduino – IR remote/ intervalometer for Nikon D80 DSLR
I’m cheap and skint, yet I want to do timelapse photography with my Nikon D80 DSLR. Unfortnately that requires
spending some cash on an intervalometer for time lapse photography which will set me back a sizeable chunk of cash. Or I could get a remote…... Listed under:
Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
767. My hat with full of stars
Top hats are cool; just like bow ties. Not only are they stylish, but they give you a lot of room for incorporating techno goodness. I
recently had cause to buy a tuxedo, which necessitated a kilt, and then a top hat. You know how…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Home
Automation Projects
768. Arduino – Sonic range finder with SRF05
A guide to using the SRF05 Distance Sensor with Arduino in order to calculate distances from objects. In this case I’m
also altering the output of an LED with PWM according to how close an object is to the sensor. So the nearer you are…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument
Projects
769. Arduino Esplora Temperature Sensor
This sketch shows you how to read the Esplora's temperature sensor. You can read the temperature sensor in Farhenheit
or Celsius. Circuit Only your Arduino Esplora is needed for this example. Connect the Esplora to your computer with a USB cable and open the Arduino's…...
Listed under: Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects
770. Knock Block using an Arduino board
Knock Block: a modern knocking framework Man has long wrestled with Time. Also, with knocking on things and not
getting the time of day. We propose a knocking platform through which these fundamental needs are met. This is illustrated with the Knock Block KUI and…...
Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects
771. Arduino Analog Inputs
This week is all about analog inputs for the arduino. I’ll show you how you can use a voltage divider circuit (see episode 3) and a variable
resistor to make an analog sensor. [box type="note" color=" #202020 " bg="#ffbb00 " font="verdana" fontsize="14" radius="20 " border="#000"…... Listed under:
Projects, PWM Projects
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772. Intervalometer for Sony NEX 5n
This intervalometer used infrared LED To built intervalometer you need: Arduino Nano (or Arduino-compability). I used Nano V3
Serial LCD Joystick Module IR Led and resistor ~200 Ohm Switch Push Button Plastic enclosure Battery 9V Schematic is very simple Step 2: Connection Serial LCD
has…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
773. Arduino – Control a DC motor with TIP120, potentiometer and multiple power supplies
A quick circuit showing how to control the speed of a DC motor with a
potentiometer with your Arduino board. Also shows how to use a TIP120 transistor to allow the Arduino control a larger power supply. Transistors are 3 pin
devices, which via the…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects, Motor Projects
774. Combo Blocks using an Arduino
Project by CU Boulder Thinks That Think students: Michelle Bourgeois, Charles Dietrich, and Ben Link Imagine having a safe in
which the combo is any small object of your choosing. Perhaps it's your favorite coffee mug, or a bat man figurine. This project is based…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Projects, Security – Safety Projects
775. Fart Operated Random Channel TV Remote using an Arduino
OK, I know that sounds weird, but bear with me for a moment. My Pops really enjoys two things;
1) channel surfing and 2) farting. So one day I was over at http://hackaday.com/ and read about a guy who used his Arduino to turn a…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Projects
776. Haptic Proximity Module (HPM) for Low Vision users
The Haptic Proximity Module (HPM) seeks to enable people with low vision, or other vision impairments, to
engage with their direct surroundings through vibration feedback from a range detector, and do so cheaply with readily available components. The aim of this
instructables is to share…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
777. Control a DC motor with Arduino and L293D chip
This is a quick guide with a bit of extra info (pin configurations etc..) that I’ve learnt along the way on how to
use the L293D with the Arduino, showing that we can: A) Use a supplemental power source to power the DC motor B)…... Listed under: Motor Projects
778. Reaction Timer using an Arduino
I am new to Arduino and wanted a project which would teach me different things. This got me involved with sound and the use
of a LCD. This project is based on the Instructable posted by bertus52x11 which you can find here http://www.instructables.com/id/After-Dinner-Reaction-Time-
Tester/ . While…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
779. Buzz Wire Alarm Clock
Does it happen to you to slide your finger across your phone's screen and turn the alarm off ... just because you have automated this task and don't even
need to open your eyes? Well, let me present to you the alarm clock that WILL…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
780. Making a 9v Battery DC power supply
Rather than use the USB to power my Arduino board with a handy trip to the electronics store with some more
knowledgeable people than I, I have constructed a 9Volt DC power supply. Taking a 9 volt battery, a 9v battery holder and a 2.1mm…... Listed under: Battery
Projects
781. Simple Ipod Controller using an Arduino
This instructable will help you understand the iPod serial protocol, and how to send commands to an iPod using an
Arduino. This instructable is only meant to show the basics of the protocol and is by no means complete. I only had enough hardware space…... Listed under:
Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
782. 3 LED Crossfade with PWM and Arduino
This ones quite simple, just mix/ crossfade 3 separate LEDs using Phase Width Modulation (PWM) and Arduino. You will
need 3 LEDs, I’m using a 5mm Red, Green and Blue so I can make the full light colour spectrum (When all combined they make white…... Listed under: LED
Projects, PWM Projects
783. Making a Mayan Tzolkin Calendar
OK, I will admit that I am a little obsessed with things Mayan at the moment, which explains why I wanted to make a Mayan
Tzolkin calendar. I modeled the general layout and fabrication on the very nice Sleek Word Clock by scottbez1 which you…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
784. Small form factor DIY Arduino on stripboard
This board needs FTDI cable to program it. It is not Arduino compatible in the meaning of taking shields (just like
every small form factor board isn't). But it has all the same pins (exept 3.3V power and Vin*) available as female headers. The input…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Projects, How To – DIY – Projects, Projects
785. Robot Snake
Purpose This project was built for the Things that Think undergraduate/graduate class CSCI 4830-7 and CSCI 7000-7 for the University of Colorado
at Boulder. Our group consisted of one graduate and two undergraduate students. We worked on the project for 8 weeks, most of the time trying…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
786. Controlling a Servo with Arduino
Very simple basics of building a circuit to control a servo using Arduino and PWM For this you will need: Arduino Board – I’m
using a Duemilanova ATMEGA328 Arduino Sketch software – I’m using version 0015 Arduino Servo Library found here save it to lib/targets/libraries…... Listed
under: Motor Projects
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787. Use your android phone sensors on the arduino
Hello, this is my very first step-by-step instructable, and today, we're going to learn how the sensors in your
android smartphone can communicate with your arduino. In modern smartphones, there are a lot of useful sensors for an ingenious arduino project. I have a
motorola…... Listed under: Arduino Android, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects
788. Two ways to reset arduino in software
If you want to RESET Arduino from the beginning without manually pressing the RESET button, there are a few ways. Here
are two ways, using minimal wiring / circuitry. Step 1: Using 1 wire connected to the RESET pin 1. electronically, using only 1 wire…... Listed under: Arduino
Programmer Projects
789. Siduri – An Arduino Control Smart Coaster
Siduri named after the Sumerian god of happiness and merriment, is a smart coaster for your drinks. It recognizes
when a glass is near empty and then glows yellow to alert waiters that you will be in need of a refill soon. Designed specifically for…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects
790. How I’m building my bi-copter with Android and Arduino
Last year I was fascinated by the "How to build your own Quadrocopter" by Lenz Grimmer and decided
that somehow I should try to do a similar thing. This talk is about the way I'm building a bi-copter using lessons learned for last year's talk…... Listed under:
Arduino Android, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
791. Discreet Data Logger using Arduino
There is no better way to hide a covert device than to stick it inside a larger conspicuous device. That said... Essentially, this
is a guide for making a data logging system for use with the breathalyzer microphone. To accomplish this, an Arduino and a…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB –
RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas, Projects
792. A DVD Player Hack
This is a description of an open source/open hardware project of a remotely controlled Arduino (Freeduino) based clock/thermometer utilising power supply
and VFD panel from a broken DVD player in a custom made acrylic enclosure. The aim of the project was to demonstrate what could…... Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging
Projects
793. Texting mat using arduino
Lusha and May created a "Text-Mat”. This surface can allow the user to write and send messages using one’s feet. This text-mat is
designed to send secret messages during meetings or classes. The design utilizes conductive fabric and thread, as well as a flora-board. The…... Listed under:
Home Automation Projects
794. The KITT-duino, DIY Larson Scanner with an Arduino
IMPORTANT: CODE IS NOW UPDATED. FIXES INCLUDE ADDING AN INTEGER VALUE TO MANIPULATE TIMING
AND FIXING A DOUBLE-BLINKING LED. Thanks. It is my understanding that many Larson Scanners can only pulse from side to side. I felt that that needed to be
changed, seeing as…... Listed under: CNC Machines Projects, How To – DIY – Projects
795. Low cost digital microscope with automated slide movement using arduino
This is an easy-to-implement product modification that will be extremely useful for
clinicians, pathologists, researchers or other microscopy enthusiasts interested in capturing whole slide images or creating virtual slides for later use. The device
allows one to take multiple images of the slide under high…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects
796. Obstacle avoidance Arduino robot – build your own larryBot
So after 5 previous versions that had various flaws, I now have an Arduino robot that actually works
and although basic is very cheap – although there a probably a few more flaws so please point them out to me but this is a good…... Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Projects
797. Water Tank Depth Sensor using Arduino
Water is a precious resource in many parts of the world, and many people rely on water tanks to supplement their
water supply by storing collected rainwater or water pumped from a well or bore. But how do you measure how full a tank is?…... Listed under: Sensor –
798. Arduino Dragon Wings
Hello World!! I am making this Instructables on how to make arduino controlled dragon wings. XD I planned on wearing these dressed as
Smaug to 'The Hobbit Desolation of Smaug' premier but I didn't complete the entire outfit in time, but I will continue working…... Listed under: Game –
799. Augmenting Plant Behavior Through Robotics using Arduino
The PhytoBot is a semi-intelligent plant which responds to external stimulus (light intensity and
light location) and responds to it as a phototropic plant would. Essentially it is designed as a piece of interactive artwork for operation over a long period of
time. The motivation…... Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
800. Rabbit Ears on a Cap using Arduino
We are students from Singapore Polytechnic. After looking at the famous Necomimi Arduino Cat Ears, we decided to give it a
try to help us familiarise ourselves with the accelerometer and the arduino. Using the materials that we had on hand, we managed to produce…... Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
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