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Mini Rover Redux

Mini Rover Redux

This project is based on work by MAKE magazine contributor Tom Zimmerman. Tom, who was honored in 2009 as California’s Volunteer of the Year for his unpaid teaching campaign in...

Posted by Sean Michael Ragan

Categories: Electronics | 2 Comments


Hot/Cold LEDs

Hot/Cold LEDs

In this project, we will combine an Arduino, a Ping sensor, and a small assortment of components, to build a project that senses distances as "hot/cold." Once built, we’ll walk...

Posted by Julius Schmiedel

Categories: Electronics, Arduino | 2 Comments


MonoBox Powered Speaker

MonoBox Powered Speaker

MonoBox is a small, inexpensive powered speaker that amplifies the output of your headphone music player. It’s little but it’s loud! All the circuit parts are available from RadioShack. The...

Posted by Ross Hershberger

Categories: Electronics, Music | 65 Comments


Sun Logger

Sun Logger

A data logger is a device that is left to run for long periods of time, making regular measurements of external sensors. We’ll be using the Arduino microcontroller and a...

Posted by Steve Hobley

Categories: Computers & Mobile, Arduino | No Comments