Arduino-Controlled Night Light
Using a light sensor, some wire, and LEDs you can easily create an automatic night light that will turn on when you turn off the lights.
Posted by Andre
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile | 2 Comments
Solderless breadboard Projects
Monkey Couch Guardian
My cats like to jump on furniture and shed their fur, which ends up on my clothes. To stop them, I’m using a Monkey Couch Guardian. I made it from...
Posted by Mark Frauenfelder
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile, Electronics | 6 Comments
Projects in Motion: Control Three Types of Motors with 555 Timers
With an estimated one billion 555 timers manufactured annually, you know this component must be versatile! We’re going to learn how to build and control drivers for three very different...
Posted by Steve Hobley
Categories: Electronics | 22 Comments
Teleclaw: Remote Robot Gripper
It might have been Robots of Saturn that first got my young brain thinking about building a mechanical man. In that obscure 1962 sci-fi adventure novel, Dig Allen and his...
Posted by Gordon McComb
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Robotics | No Comments
Arduino LCD Birthday Card
Paper birthday cards are boring… So let’s build an "Arduino LCD birthday card!"
Posted by arduino421
The Truth Meter
By Sean M. Montgomery and Ira M. Laefsky Excerpted from a Primer on Biosensing in MAKE Volume 26. When you experience an arousing stimulus, like an evocative question, a startling...
Posted by Sean Montgomery
Categories: Electronics, Science | 2 Comments
Wind Lantern
In this project, we’ll build a small, vertical-axis wind turbine, or VAWT for short. These are not as efficient as their horizontal-axis cousins, but they are better suited to urban...
Posted by Bill Olson
Categories: Electronics, Energy | No Comments
Arduino Drum Pad & Game
This fun and easy project shows you how to create a simple input device with little more than a cheap piezo sensor, an old mousepad, and an Arduino board. Using...
Posted by Riley Porter
Categories: Arduino, Music | No Comments
The Trip-Cam
The Trip-Cam is a trip-wire triggered spy- and security camera. Sweet!
Posted by Jack Brunning
Categories: Electronics | No Comments
PIR Sensor Arduino Alarm
Build a motion-sensing alarm with a PIR sensor and an Arduino microcontroller.
Posted by John Edgar Park
Categories: Fun & Games, Arduino | 28 Comments
Plush Irradiated Sirloin
Microcontroller night light illuminates meaty issues.
Posted by Becky Stern
Categories: Electronics, Arduino | No Comments
