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1. 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
2. 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
3. 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 –
Transducer – Detector Projects
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
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14. 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
15. 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
16. SPI Interfaces using Arduino
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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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
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30. 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
31. 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, PWM Projects
32. 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
33. 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
34. 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
35. 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
36. 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
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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 –
Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
41. 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
42. 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 –
Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
43. 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
44. 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
45. 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
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46. 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
under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
47. 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
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. 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
Automation Project Ideas
53. 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
54. 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
55. 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
56. 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
57. 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
58. 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
59. 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
60. 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
61. 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
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62. 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
63. 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
64. 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
65. [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
66. 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
67. [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
68. 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
69. 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
70. 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
71. 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
72. 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
73. 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
74. 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…...
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75. 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:
Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
76. 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
77. 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
78. 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
79. [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
80. 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
81. 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…...
Listed under: Clock – Timer Project Ideas
82. 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
83. 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
84. 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
85. 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
86. 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
87. 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
88. 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
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89. 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 younger 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
90. 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
91. 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
92. 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…...
Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas, Sound – Audio Project Ideas
93. 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
94. 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
95. 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
96. 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
97. 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
98. 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
99. 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
100. 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
101. 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
102. 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
103. 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
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104. 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
105. 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…...
106. 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
Projects
107. 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
108. 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
109. 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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110. 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
111. 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
112. 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 –
113. 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
114. 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
115. StorageBot – voice controlled robotic parts finder using arduino
Introduction I created the StorageBot to help solve a problem experienced by most Makers.
After many years of 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…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
116. 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
117. 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
118. 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
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119. 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
120. 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
121. 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
122. 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
123. 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
124. 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
125. 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
126. 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
127. 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
128. 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
129. 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
130. 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
131. 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
132. 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 –
133. 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
134. 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
135. 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
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136. 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
137. 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
138. 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 Projects
139. 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
140. 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
141. 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
142. 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
143. 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
144. 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
145. 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
146. 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
147. 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
148. 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
149. 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
150. 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
151. 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
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152. 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
153. 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
154. Arduino ATmega328 – Hardcore
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: Arduino Programmer Projects
155. 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
156. 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
157. 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
158. 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
159. 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
160. 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
161. 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
162. 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
163. 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
164. 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
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165. 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
166. 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…...
Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
167. 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 acr
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 Machines
Project Ideas
168. 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
169. 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
170. 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
171. 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
172. 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
173. 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
174. 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
175. 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
176. 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
177. 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…...
178. 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
179. 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
180. 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
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181. 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
182. 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 –
183. 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
184. 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
185. 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
186. 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
187. 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
188. 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
189. 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
190. 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
191. 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
192. 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
193. 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
194. 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
195. 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 –
196. 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
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197. 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
198. 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 Projects, How To – DIY – Projects, Phone Projects
199. 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
200. 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
201. 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
202. 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
203. 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
204. 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
205. 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
206. 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 this box, we needed a timer, so this is what we have done so far, and what we…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
207. 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
208. 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 anima
creator program in step 4! Here is one ANIMATION to get you excited about the project! ***Wave…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
209. 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
210. 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:
211. 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
212. 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
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213. 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
214. 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
215. 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
216. 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
217. 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
218. 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
219. 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
220. 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
221. 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
222. 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
223. 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
224. 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
225. 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
226. 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
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227. 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
228. 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
229. 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
230. 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
231. 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
232. 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
233. 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, Robotics – Automation Projects
234. 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
235. 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
236. 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
237. 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
238. 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
239. 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
240. 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
under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas, Ideas
241. 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 

242. 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 –
243. 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
244. 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
245. 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
246. 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 –
247. 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
248. 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
249. 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
250. 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
251. 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
252. 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…...
Listed under: Other Projects
253. 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
254. 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
255. 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
256. 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
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257. 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 and feed 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
258. 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) Projects, Projects
259. 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
260. 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
261. 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
262. 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
263. 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
264. 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…...
Listed under: Clock – Timer Project Ideas
265. 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
266. 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
267. 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
268. 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
269. 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
270. 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:
Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
271. 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
272. 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
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273. 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…...
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274. 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
275. 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
276. 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
277. 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
278. 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
279. 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
280. 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
281. 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
282. 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
283. 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
284. 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
285. 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
286. 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
287. 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
288. 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
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289. 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
290. 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) Projects, Projects, Radio Projects
291. 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
292. 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
293. 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
294. 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
295. 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
296. 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
297. 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
298. 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
299. 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
300. 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 –
RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
301. 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
302. 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
303. 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
304. 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
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305. 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
306. 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
307. 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
308. 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
309. 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
310. 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
311. 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
312. 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
313. 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
314. 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
315. 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
316. 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
317. 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
318. 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
319. 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
under: Robotics – Automation Projects
320. 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
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321. 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
322. 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
323. 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
324. 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,
Temperature Measurement Projects
325. 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
326. 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
327. 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
328. 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
329. 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
330. 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 –
331. 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
332. 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
333. 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
334. 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
335. Ardu-Bot-Tom – RF Link Controlled Robot
[box color="#985D00" bg="#FFF8CB" font="verdana" fontsize="14 " radius="20 " border="#985D12" float="right"
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
336. 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:
Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
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337. 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
338. 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
339. 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
340. 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
341. 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
342. 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
343. 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
344. 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
345. 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 –
346. 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
347. 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
348. 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
under: How To – DIY – Projects
349. 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
350. 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
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352. 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
353. 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…...
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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
355. 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
356. 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
357. 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
358. 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 –
359. 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
360. 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
361. 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:
Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
362. 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 –
363. 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
364. 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
365. 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
366. 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
367. 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
368. 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 –
369. 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
370. 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
371. 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
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372. 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
373. 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
374. 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
375. 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
376. 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
377. 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
378. 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
379. 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
380. 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
381. 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
382. 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
383. 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 –
384. 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
385. 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
386. 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
387. 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
388. 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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389. 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
390. 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
391. 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
392. 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
393. 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
394. 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
395. 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
396. 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
397. 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
398. 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
399. 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 an
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
400. 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
401. 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
402. 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:
403. 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
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404. 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
405. 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
406. 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
407. 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
408. 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:
409. “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
410. 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
411. 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
412. 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
413. 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
414. 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
415. 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
416. 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
417. 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
418. 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…...
Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
419. 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
420. 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
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421. 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
422. 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
423. 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
424. 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
425. 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
426. 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
427. 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
428. 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
429. 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
430. 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
431. 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
432. 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
433. 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
434. 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
435. 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
436. 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
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437. 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
438. 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
439. 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
440. 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
441. 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
442. 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
443. 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
444. 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
445. 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
446. 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
447. 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
448. 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
449. 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
450. 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
451. 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
452. 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…...
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453. 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
454. 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,
455. 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
456. 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
457. 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
458. 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
459. 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
460. 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
461. 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:
Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
462. 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
463. 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
464. 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
465. 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
466. 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
467. 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
468. 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
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469. 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:
470. 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
471. 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
472. 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
473. 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
474. 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
475. 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
476. 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
477. 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…...
478. 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
479. 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
480. 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
481. 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
We propose a knocking platform through which these fundamental needs are met. This is illustrated with the Knock Block KUI and…... Listed under: Home
482. 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
483. 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
484. 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
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485. 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
486. 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
487. 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
488. 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
489. 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
490. 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
491. 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
492. 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:
493. 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
494. 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
495. 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
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
496. 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
497. 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
498. 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
499. 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
500. 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
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501. 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
502. 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
503. 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…...
504. 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
505. 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
506. 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
507. 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
508. 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
storing collected rainwater or water pumped from a well or bore. But how do you measure how full a tank is?…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
509. 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 –
510. 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
511. 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:
512. Geoweaver: A Walking 3D Printer Hexapod using arduino
Geoweaver is a student designed (team members Jia Wu, Mary Sek, and Jeff Maeshiro) robot created
in the Creative Architecture Machines advanced options studio at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco, California, taught by Jason Kelly
Johnson of Future Cities Lab…... Listed under: CNC Machines Projects
513. Programmable auto filter interface for C64 using Arduino
Overview A software / hardware combo that allows for control of the analog filter inside a
Commodore 64 that is running Cynthcart from a host computer (eg, Macbok, PC). Software • 16-step filter sequencer • Set the speed of the filter sequence (with
intervals between…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects
514. Control Access of Arduino YÚN with MySQL, PHP5 and Python
Hello Friends! Well, as you know, in September the new premiere shield of Arduino, Arduino YUN.
This little friend has a Linux embedded system with which we can run anything you can think of (at least so far). While there is very little information on…...
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515. All in one Remote using Arduino
Introduction August, 2007 One of my other hobbies is photography, and, about a year ago, I purchased a new digicam - a
Panasonic FZ30. I joined the Panasonic forum on the dpreview site. One of the posters, a programmer and electronic hobbyist, designed a nifty wireless…...
Listed under: Projects, Radio Projects
516. Simple Arduino Wing Shield
I buy a lot of these stackable Arduino header sets because they are handy for a lot of things. I make some breakout boards with
them, I use them to add some clearance between a taller shield and the next shield that I am stacking…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
517. Polar Plotter on Arduino and MakerBeams
The project A polar plotter is a plotter with a rotating, extendable arm. Its characteristics differ greatly from those of
a traditional plotter, which in most areas have a superior design. You could say the polar plotter is more portable or something, but mainly I…... Listed under:
CNC Machines Projects, Projects
518. Build the Remote Control Bobble-head Bobbler! using arduino
Bobble-heads!!! Every sports fan loves em, but they're kind of boring, just sitting frozen on your
shelf 🙁 I thought it might be fun to create an Automatic Bobble-head Bobbler something that can wake that old bobble-head up and get him nodding away. I
finally found…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
519. Clock with Meggy Jr RGB using Arduino
There is a saying: "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail". Well, when I see a display, I think of clocks 🙂
I will show you here how to easily make a simple digital clock by hacking Meggy Jr RGB.…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
520. Let’s cook: 3D scanner based on Arduino and Processing
Ever wonder of copypaste method, usable in real life, not only in virtual reality? Me too. It is 21th
century, and those are nearer than most of all can imagine! This is possible thank to 3d scanners and printers. So let's try to scan something!…... Listed under:
How To – DIY – Projects
521. Motion Sensing Eye using arduino
I have always wanted to make something with my LED dot matrix display, and so when I found a old alarm motion sensor I
knew just what to make, a Motion Sensing Eye! This instructable will hopefully finish with you having a working dmd, that…... Listed under: LED Projects, Sensor
– Transducer – Detector Projects
522. LED Clock
A 24-hour clock with hour, minute, and second indicators. Here's the catch, despite being a digital media (LED's) it is still displaying using an analog
method (circles!). I finished making this clock months ago but did not bring it with me to school so I…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, LED Projects
523. Arduino Webserver Control Lights, Relays, Servos, etc…
In this project using only an Arduino with an Ethernet shield. I’ll be controlling one LED and a servo, but
you can apply this method to control a DC motors, buzzers, relays, stepper motors, etc.. Overview: When you upload the the code provided in this…... Listed
under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
524. Vehicle Telemetry Platform using Arduino
Ever wondered what goes on under the hood of your car? Wish you could peek inside the engine management
system and read values from it? Annoyed that your dashboard displays a cryptic "Check Engine" light (yep, the engine is still there) but gives absolutely no…...
Listed under: Car Projects
525. Weather Station Receiver using Arduino
The incredible popularity of home weather stations shows that it's not just farmers who are interested in the weather.
Many people want to be able to track and record weather events within their local environment rather than relying on a state or national weather service…...
Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
526. Arduino Beer Pong Arcade
We are going to be making a flashy beer pong table. The table lights up as cups are eliminated and old style arcade sounds are
played. This games elevates the subtle art of BEER PONG to a new level. A sporting level. A competitive,…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
527. Lunch Decider Wheel using arduino
The lunch decider wheel is basically a carnival-style wheel that spins every day at 11:45am and selects what is for lunch. It
came about on account of my perpetual indecision on this very important culinary matter. In fact, this device does more than just decide…... Listed under: Game
– Entertainment Projects
528. Arduino: Making a set of traffic lights
THIS PROJECT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS FEEDBACK APPRECIATED!!!This tutorial will step you through the process of
creating a set of controlable and configurable traffic lights whilst also teaching you the basics of Arduino. Some knowledge is needed and I highly recommend
reading and…... Listed under: Car Projects, Projects
529. Brickduino (2. Parallel connector)
This instructable is part of the "Brickduino" series. [Brickduino 1. LED] - I expect that you did the Brickduino LED before you
start with this instructable - Mainly this instructable is the same as the Brickduino LED! So if you want to skip all the…... Listed under: Arduino LED Project Ideas
530. 3D Printed Webcam Controller
The camera controller box is an easy way to rotate a webcam from a PC or remotely through the internet. Step 1: Materials and
3D files In this project I used a Teensy 2.0 micro-controller since it was available, but you can use any other MCU like an ATtiny85…... Listed under: Internet –
Ethernet – LAN Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
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531. Woooshing leds – Rotated animation by arduino
This project allows you draw in the air letters, symbols or other shapes - as you like. Controlled by the Arduino,
the 7 simple leds blinking on and off - creating the illusion of floating text in the air. This combination of simple components with…... Listed under: LED Projects
532. UnDecima Audio Output from Arduino
I already have one project where arduino outputs audio signal to USB speakers via software 10-bits PWM. In first, I was
not satisfied with quality of sound generated via PWM. There are just not enough speed in arduino engine to run PWM well. For example for…... Listed under:
533. Security / Automation Sensors using Arduino
Security system sensors such as motion detectors, reed switches, pressure mats, glass-break detectors, infra-red
beams, and conductive film can be very handy for all sorts of things including home automation systems, interactive art installations - and sometimes even
security systems! Almost all security system sensors…... Listed under: Security – Safety Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
534. Interval Long Exposure Camera
There's a real beauty in long exposure photography. Hours and days and weeks and months and even years can be condensed
onto a single frame, and that frame will catalog the constants in our fast paced and forever changing lives. However, the issue is that…... Listed under: Video –
Camera – Imaging Projects
535. Lego Technic Car with Arduino + XBee Wireless Control
I was perusing Instructables one fine winter Saturday, when my 8 yo son came in and peered over my shoulder an
this: http://www.instructables.com/id/RC-Lego-Car/ by sath02. My son is a huge fan of all things Lego, and loves robots and cars, and this was right…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Projects
536. Visual Navigator Making it MOBILE using Arduino
Obstacle avoiding vehicle, continue in “3D Laser Range Finder” series ( project 1, project 2). The basic idea is
the same, measuring distance using red laser pointers, CCD analog camera and Arduino UNO. Modification was made in geometry. Two lasers were set for “far
field”…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas, Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
537. The Adventure of Electricity: An interactive light diorama
Where does electricity come from? Who invented the light bulb? How do cities use this technology
today? These are just a few questions that we hope to address in this interactive diorama, The Adventure of Electricity! This project was designed for
educational purposes so that…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
538. 8x8x8 LED Cube with Arduino Mega (+Sound +PS controller +Game)
This is a instructable which is based on the Cube by Chr, (
http://www.instructables.com/id/Led-Cube-8x8x8/ ) by SuperTech-IT, ( http://www.instructables.com/id/CHRs-8X8X8-LED-Cu... ) and by das-labor.org, (
http://www.das-labor.org/wiki/Borg3d_Bauanleitung... ) but i think its better and easier. I started this Project without any skills from soldering toprogramming.
First of…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
539. Tears of Rainbow using an Arduino
It’s time to release new updates for my first (ever) project with Arduino, “Color Light Music”. From artistic perspective, VU
BarGraph style (IMHO) is the best one for spectral dynamic representation, and not much could be improved on this side. But this time, it cross my…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
540. Joystick controlled Camera using Arduino
Hi, First of all, my English is not perfect =) I've seen many projects with Arduino that describes how to control 2 servo's
with a joystick or use a lcd screen. All of the projects that i have seen are all seperate things. So i…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects,
Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
541. HandSight: A Glove for the Blind to Feel Shapes and Navigate Obstacles
HandSight is a prototype glove to aid the blind. It can sense the lightness or darkness of
a surface with tactile feedback from a vibration motor for each individual finger. It can also sense distance from physical objects or obstructions and indicate
direction and distance…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects
542. Arduino IR Musical Stairs
This is a small scaled musical stairs! It was a project that had a deadline; had only two days to build it. So, it is a very small scaled
project, but still serves its purpose! IR Sensor (receiver) that I used is TSOP38238 from Adafruit,…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
543. Gyro Camera for Motorcycle using Arduino
As seen in MotoGP Race, the rider is seen riding through corners while laying aside his bike to the left and right. But
there is an interesting moment when the motor looks to collapse sideward, the front views remain horizontally. How could that be? Such…... Listed under: Car
Projects, Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
544. Building a device that clips to your belt
Our goal in this step-by-step instructable is to build a device you can clip to your belt and wear throughout the day. This
device will log data that, when downloaded to a back-end server system, will provide a report showing the location history of your…... Listed under: Clock –
Timer Projects
545. Hidden Wall Outlet Safe (w/Arduino Lock) using arduino
Stash your valuables where no one will ever suspect. Wall outlets are perfect for stashing valuables since you have tons
of them at home. You must be crazy enough to search every household outlet for a secret stash. Probably, no one would even think of…... Listed under: Home Automation
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546. Power Arduino with a cellphone
Old cellphones are easy to acquire and they have built in lithium charging circuitry. What a wonderful base for a power supply
for small mobile things. I hooked up a cellphone to the arduino with the ability to charge the cellphone when you plug the…... Listed under: Phone Projects
547. DIY Arduino Motor Shield [for only $8!] (L298N 2x4A)
Today, I'm going to show you how to make an Arduino motor shield (driver) at a low cost. It
works splendidly, its posses almost all the characteristics of the original Arduino motor shield. It's almost considered as a clone. The original Arduino motor
shield has the…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Motor Projects
548. Intermediate Arduino: Inputs and Outputs using arduino
Continuing from my Intro to Arduino post, this Instructable will go over some slightly more advanced topics with
Arduino, specifically relating to controlling and managing many inputs and outputs. The next class covers how to connect the Arduino's inputs and outputs to
MIDI. Parts List:…... Listed under: LED Projects
549. EL Wire Hat: Sequenced and Sound Activated with Remote Control
Welcome to the Instructable guide of my EL Wire hat with some fun features. The concept is
an EL Wired hat with 8 sequenced EL wires controlled by a wired remote. Multiple speed controllable sequence modes are pre-programmed into an Arduino
UNO, including a sound…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
550. Earth Globe Rotating With Arduino Or Raspberry Pi Controlled Stepper Motor using arduino
This instructable describes how to upgrade your globe to a
motorized version. It looks amazingly better on the shelf when it is slowly rotating, and any demonstration with your kids (to explain the day/night cycle or the
seasons) will gain in interest. No need to…... Listed under: Motor Projects
551. TV Remote Controlled Car
Nothing is worse than loosing the controller that came with your remote control car. Replace that sucker with an arduino and the one
remote that always seems to be around, the TV remote! Remove these ads by Signing Up Step 1: Materials The materials for…... Listed under: Car Projects,
Game – Entertainment Projects
552. Arduino Solar Cell Tester
When I'm building Solar Shrubs and other solar-powered creations, I often scavenge cells from various off-the-shelf devices such as
solar garden or security lights. But these cells are rarely labeled as to their voltage, current, and power output. So it's off to my bread-boarding station. First, I
put each cell under…... Listed under: Battery Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects, Solar energy projects
553. Capteur temperature choix du type de degres par infrarouge using arduino
ENGLISH VERSION HERE Dans ce programme nous allons voir comment capter une
température et afficher sa valeur sur un lecteur LCD en choisissant si on veut l'afficher en°C ou °F grâce à une télécommande infrarouge. Dans ce tuto j'utilise: -
Une carte SainSmart (similaire à Arduino…... Listed under: LCD Projects
554. Attiny serial monitor using arduino walkthrough
Allllllllllright dudes and dudets. Here is whats up, we're going to make attiny and arduino bestest of friends. If
you have ever worked with capacitive switches you know how much it makes you want to smash your face into a wall...Now imagine you have no…... Listed
under: Development Board – Kits Project Ideas, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
555. A World of Possibilities with Java ME + Bluetooth + Arduino
"This presentation shows how to easily go from user stories to automated integration tests that
themselves read like user stories. You can accomplish this by using custom domain-specific languages. Too often our automated integration tests rely on coding
and intimate technical knowledge of our systems,…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects
556. Smart Snow Globe (gives snow day alerts) using arduino
What does a smart snow globe do? It tells you if tomorrow's going to be a snow day! Is it snowing
tonight? Will you have the day off from school or work tomorrow? Put this snow globe next to your bed when you go to…... Listed under: Radio Projects
557. 4x4x4 interactive LED-cube with Arduino
To explain my 4x4x4 interactive LED-cube published before, a bit more clear, I will try to make my first step by step
instructable. This 4x4x4 cube is interactive by using the top four corner LEDs both as LEDs and as sensors that will react on…... Listed under: LED Projects,
Projects
558. IR Remote Controlled Color Changing Cloud (Arduino)
CLICK HERE FOR THE UPDATED INSTRUCTABLE: http://www.instructables.com/id/IR-Rainbow-Cloud-ver-1/
This is a project I created for a Digital Art and Installations class. The class covered basics of several types of programming, and our projects were meant to be
an interactive cross between art and technology. This was a fun…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
559. A Voice Shield for Arduino Board
The objective of this project is to build an Arduino voice shield to empower thousands of voice related applications! All this
mostly thanks to an integrated ISD1790PY chip. This particular voice/TTS feature can be useful to integrate voice messages in alarm systems, to implement
generic…... Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
560. Open Bitcoin ATM using arduino
The world's first completely open-source Bitcoin ATM for Education and Experimentation. http://openbitcoinatm.org for more information. Step
1: Fabricate Box and Faceplate Out of a piece of 12″x12″ aluminum sheet metal, cut two rectangles and drill six rivet holes and four holes to attach the bill acceptor.…... Listed
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561. Arduino Wii nunchuck and Wii motion plus with updated code for IDE 1.0.2 and LEDs
So, I was trying to hack my Wii nunchuck because I want to control motors
and lights with the Wii nunchuck. The first problem that I found was how to connect the control without an adapter, I was planning to make one, but when I…...
562. LED Dawn / Sunrise Alarm Clock, Nightlight & Security Light – Arduino Compatible
As the nights gradually lengthened in autumn 2011, I discovered the joys of
Arduino and thought that it would be a great way to implement something that I have wanted for a long while - a gentle way to wake up on a winter's
morning. …... Listed under: LED Projects, Security – Safety Projects
563. Programming the Arduino I/O pins
Overview The Arduino Uno is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328 (datasheet). It has 14 digital input/output
pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz ceramic resonator, a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header,…... Listed under:
Arduino Programmer Projects, Projects
564. Arduino, Sensors, and MIDI
Now that you're up to speed on using Arduino's inputs and outputs, this Instructable will give you everything you need to get started
using sensors to trigger MIDI notes from Arduino. This post is the last installment in a series of workshops I led at…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
565. Stripboard Arduino
In this, my first Instructable I'm going to show you how to make a stripped down Arduino for a fraction of the price, using
Stripboard/Veroboard. Material List: 1x Atmel ATMega168 = �2.65 1x Stipboard = 72p 1x 7805 Voltage regulator = 26p 2x LEDs =…... Listed under: Development
Board – Kits Projects, Projects
566. Control an Arduino With a Wristwatch (TI eZ430 Chronos)
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 Projects
567. SuperScope: Circuit Simulation through Arduino-Processing Interface
nto the program where you can physically manipulate them. Arduino tests for the value of
the component (a capacitor, inductor, resistor, or waveform of specific frequency) then sends the data to Processing. Imported components can then be
plugged into circuit schematics. SuperScope builds upon the…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects
568. Improved Simple Wing Shield using arduino
Not too long ago, I made my own version of the popular Wing Shield out of some spare parts and scraps of perf
board I had laying around. Instead of the screw terminals that the regular wing shield uses, I used some female headers that…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects
569. A credit card sized Ethernet Arduino compatable controller board
I love the Arduino as a simple and accessible controller platform for many varied projects. A
few months ago, a purchased an Ethernet shield for my Arduino controller to work on some projects with a mate of mine - it was a massive hit -…... Listed
under: Development Board – Kits Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects
570. Make Your Own GRBL CNC Pendant
So you just finished your DIY CNC machine, set up GRBL and even cut your first part. Now what? Well, did you know that as
of GRBL v0.8 there are pinouts some really useful commands such as Cycle Start, Feed Hold and a Soft Reset?…... Listed under: CNC Machines Projects
571. How to access 5 buttons through 1 Arduino input
Using this method, I'll show you how you can access 5 (or even more) inputs through 1 Arduino pin. These
buttons will only be read correctly if only one is pushed at any time though. As we go through it I'll explain whatever background info…... Listed under: How To –
DIY – Project Ideas, LED Projects, Projects
572. LittleBitty Joe using arduino
Say Hello to littleBitty Joe! Joe is my school's mascot! Speak to Joe and watch his eyebrows lift, whiskers vibrate, eyes illuminate,
heart spin and hear him ROAR! Not only does his roaring affect work with our project, but it can definitely work with your…... Listed under: Game –
573. Digispark DIY: The smallest USB Arduino
Digispark is an ATtiny85 based microcontroller development board come with USB interface. Coding is similar to
Arduino, and it use the familiar Arduino IDE for development. Digispark is copyrighted by Digistump LLC (digistump.com) and the full license is here:
http://digistump.com/wiki/digispark/policy Specification: Support for the Arduino IDE…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, How To – DIY –
Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects
574. 3D-Printed Biologically-Inspired Robotics
I have been spending the last few months doing research into biologically inspired robotic structures. While my
approach may seem formalistic in nature, these devices were simply a means for ultimately conducting social research. This desire stems from my experience
building Simple Bots, and their…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
575. Light Clapper using arduino
This is a project that I quickly made one night because I wanted to 'clap' to turn off and on the light in my room! I have a small room
for myself, so I basically have no other noise around. So, I was able to…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
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576. RC Car Anti-Crash System Using Arduino
Hi guys! So for my electronics class this year we were tasked with creating some kind of electronic gadget in order to
demonstrate what we learned over the semester. Being a car-loving type of guy, I decided to get a cheap RC car and see…... Listed under: Car Projects, Projects,
Security – Safety Projects
577. Arduilay
Arduilay is an 8 channel AC relay box for use with Arduino, Max/MSP, Processing, etc. I designed this system as an alternative to the USB>DMX 4
channel relay option. While DMX gives you dimming control, the setup is easily 5 times as expensive as this…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
578. ARDUINO Laser 3D Tracking or Range Finder
The idea of using triangulation for distance measurements is well known since Pythagorean time, when his brilliant
formula become available for mathematicians. What is new in this design, is lasers power control via “blooming” effect of CMOS camera. Here this “negative”
effect was put to…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
579. Cheap and effective Sous Vide cooker (Arduino powered)
Sous-vide cooking is a great new way of cooking food. I will not explain why and how it works here...
for great recipes and explanations, you can check out those guys : http://modernistcuisine.com/2013/01/why-cook-sous-... Unfortunately, a good (and I mean
precise to the half °C) sous-vide…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
580. 2 player Pong using Arduino
I started with the Instructable from Kyle Brinckerhoff; http://www.instructables.com/id/Ardu-pong-the-Arduino-based-pong-
console/ Thanks Kyle! and the following at Make magazine http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/08/arduino-pong.html and I see the original code is
attributed to Pete Lamonica Thanks Pete!! I am using the paddles instead of the joy stick and I have made…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects,
Projects
581. Arduino Step Sequencer
I was wondering about on making a sequencer, a big 16 step sequencer was what I wanted to make. To it's full extension with lots of
features including single leds for each step, midi input and output, etc. Then I realised that I should start from a…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
582. ASCII Table using Arduino
Demonstrates the advanced serial printing functions by generating a table of characters and their ASCII values in decimal,
hexadecimal, octal, and binary. For more on ASCII, see asciitable.com Circuit image developed using Fritzing. For more circuit examples, see the Fritzing project
page None, but the Arduino has to…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Projects
583. A Simple and Very Easy Inverted Pendulum Balancing Robot
Let's make a simple inverted balancing robot, and operate it. You need only half a day to do them, if
you have an arduino and some materials. [a video of a robot you would make] introduction: After a few work with arduino, I have thought…... Listed under:
584. Wii Nunchuck Arduino Spirit Level
Thanks to: http://jeonlab.wordpress.com/ Since I have read an article on todbot blog, I bought a couple of Wii Nunchucks
from ebay. I don't remember how much I paid for them, but it was much cheaper than buying the accelerometer breakout boards. With the nunchuck data
reading…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, Projects
585. Nama Instrument 1.0
A motion sensing soft-circuit interface. The following instructable will guide you through the construction of your own personalized Nama
Instrument. I'd love to hear some feedback. Hope you like it and it serves you somehow! : ) Access http://www.viraseres.com/nama to download the project's
open source files…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects
586. Wex, the One Eyed Watcher using an Arduino
Wex detects your location with ultrasonic sensors then follows you with his one flashing eye. His red "heartbeat"
can be seen through his mouth. Step 1: Parts needed include: Arduino Two ping ultrasonic sensors Futaba s3103 servo Radio Shack 276-0016 7 color led Radio
Shack …... Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
587. OpenSquare – Write big with a RC car
Hi there, You're going to transform any RC toy car into a big message writer that can be used to transform your city squares into wi
messages, political statements or beautiful drawings, and for less than 20$. The idea is to drop a trail of…... Listed under: Car Projects
588. Building a Sentry Gun with Laser Trip Wire System and Arduino
*NOTE* THIS PROJECT IS DONE BY A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC.
Concept: Trigger gun when laser is blocked by intruding object. Note: Tilting is included for expandability but not used in this project. Skill Level: Basic soldering
and basic metal works Things You…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects, Security – Safety Projects
589. I just wanna hold your hand
Conducting energy through people to stimulate tangible public interactions http://ijustwannaholdyourhand.com/
http://vimeo.com/56350598 What did we do? We put together an Arduino, some wire, a Mac mini and a DLP Projector, then created a pair of hands out of
aluminum. We additionally 3D printed some wall plates…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
590. How to Control a Ton of RGB LEDs with Arduino & TLC5940
This video explains how to use the 16 channel PWM controller TLC5940 The CODE: //Texas
Instruments TLC 5940 with Arduino //www.kevindarrah.com #include <SPI.h>//Serial Peripheral Interface Library byte ch=0, chbit=0, spibit=0, spibyte=0;//
variables used by tlc sub routine int SINData;//variable used to shift data to the…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects, PWM Projects
591. Forget Me Not- Remote Flower Watering
Hi everyone, Lucy Matchett, Nicole Yi Messier, and Joselyn McDonald (Snax_and_Macs) made a remote flower-watering
device so you can water your loved ones' plants when you water your own. We used Arduinos, a photoresistor, a servo, Arduino and Processing sketches,
Spacebrew, and a little elbow…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
592. How to build an Arduino synth
This is a super simple and easily customizable little synthesizer. This is my first time using the Arduino and also with acrylic, both
I found very fun to work with though. This is also my first Instructables so hopefully I have explained this well enough.…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects,
Projects
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593. Palm Arduino V3
I design and create this Palm Arduino V3 prototype PCB, as I was tired of recreating Arduino Compatible on perf board every time I prototyping
a new project, especially when I had to spend a lot of time tracing the wiring to see that I…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
594. Smart Distance Measuring Tape v2
After posting up the v1 of my project many people requested an more detailed instructable. So i decided to start with a new
one with a little upgrades to my previous instructable. What does this thing do? Well its quite simple it is just an…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
595. 2 Ways to Papercraft Stopmotion
Good morning, please take a seat and watch that tofu wobble. This is not CGI, it is honest work of a papercraftsman. These
are, in fact, 16 different papercubes that switch places in each frame. That technique is commonly known as replacement stopmotion. Problem: It only…... Listed
596. Building an Open Archival Scanning Robot Using Python and Arduino
Project Gado is an initiative which aims to create an open-source archival scanning robot
which small archives can purchase for $500 and use to autonomously scan their photographic collections. This talk presents the Gado 2, a prototype... Listed
under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
597. Bird cage LED daylight simulation system
Sometimes you get a chance to combine helping out your family with a nice hobby project.. In this case my father in
law was looking for a lighting system for his bird breeding cages. A daylight simulation system to be exact. He asked me to…... Listed under: Home Automation
Projects, LED Projects
598. Arduino Solar Shield – A DIY solar source for your projects without waiting for PCBs
This instructable is a basic version of Bley Joel's ("It's nine o'clock on a
Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in") Solar Shield, and it should work for most arduinos. I've tested it with SparkFun's Arduino Pro, and the new Leonardo.
Myself and the other Solar…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Projects, Solar energy projects
599. Audio Input to Arduino
The easiest way to connect an audio signal to your arduino, is to build a simple 3 components (2 resistors plus cap) circuitry shown on
the first drawings on right side. Disadvantage: there is no amplifier, and consequently sensitivity would be low, hardly enough to…... Listed under: Projects,
Sound – Audio Projects
600. Burn Arduino Bootloader on Atmega-328 TQFP and DIP chips on Breadboard
Parts required (Hardware) Arduino Uno Board (1) TQFP 32 to DIP 28 Adapter (1)
Link Atmega TQFP 32 pin chip (1) Atmega DIP 28 pin chip (1) 10K resistor (1) 16MHz crystal (1) 18pf - 22pf capacitor (2) Tact Switch (1) Jumper wires (few) LED…...
Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
601. How to make a LED 7-segment display with or without Arduino
I'm going to show you how to make a 7 segment display with LEDS. Combine with Arduino to create countdown
timers, simple text, and more. I like to make original projects. I searched the whole of instructables and didn't find one like this. In fact,…... Listed under: LED
Projects
602. Ariadne – a 1st person maze on a 16×2 LCD using Arduino
This game is a homage to Ariadne, the maze-generator from Inception 🙂 If you haven't seen the
movie yet - watch this video again after you do (you can also watch it now - it's not a spoiler, it's just funnier for inception-vets). The nice thing about…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas, LCD Projects, Projects
603. Arduino Control DC Motor via Bluetooth
Hi guys, In this project we will control a DC motor with a smartphone via bluetooth. This project is great to learn more
about: -DC motor -Interfacing Arduino with your smartphone -Bluetooth module -L293D you can visit my website for more electronic projects, interesting
news…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Motor Projects, Phone Projects, Projects
604. Arduino Powered 3-zone thermostat
I was looking at all those swoopy-zoomy internet connected and controllable thermostats. "Self," I told myself, "we should
make one of those." He didn't seem all that excited about that - I mean, what do we know about hardware, firmware, electronics or HVAC? Well, now's…... Listed
under: Temperature Measurement Projects
605. DIY BioPrinter
Bioprinting is printing with biological materials. Think of it as 3D printing, but with squishier ingredients! There's a lot of work being done at
research labs and big companies like Organovo on print human tissues and human organs, with an eye towards drug testing, and…... Listed under: How To – DIY
– Projects
606. Simple RC car for beginners (Android control over Bluetooth)
This is a simple project of Android Bluetooth Car with Bluetooth control. Arduino controller is used
To control the car used Android-device with a built-in accelerometer. Tilt forward - car goes forward, tilt to the left - car turns to the left, tilt back - car…... Listed
under: Car Projects, Game – Entertainment Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
607. Arduino Digital 7-Segment Thermometer
This a guide for an Arduino version, but I am working on a mini ATtiny84 version. Once I get that working, I will post
another Instructable on how to make it. I'm sure you could make this same thermometer with an LM35 also, if that's…... Listed under: Temperature
Measurement Projects
608. Wi-Fi Body Scale with Arduino Board
In this post we present the design of a scale that connects to the Internet and automatically sends weight info on a Google
Document. The project is composed of Arduino Uno board Wi-Fi shield additional shield that we used to manage data collection and I/O with…... Listed under:
Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Medical – Health based Projects, Projects
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609. Playing Wave file using arduino
This is a simple circuit to play wav files using arduino Nano V3.0 ,it consist from 4 buttons ,each one play specific wav file loaded
to SD card. Step 1: Parts 1- Arduino Nano V3.0 (I used the chines version called Funduino Nano). 2- SD…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
610. Paint Pulse: Digital Water Marbling
Paint Pulse is a project which seeks to build upon the water marbling crafts of Ebru and Suminagashi with
digital behavioral additions. The idea is to design intricate, flowing patterns of paint directly on the surface of water which you can capture on the surface of
paper. Expert…... Listed under: Other Projects
611. Bubblesteen Bubble Machine using an Arduino
Is it a 3D Spherical Atmosphere Encapsulated Phosphorous Printer? YES! Is it a CNC Anti Gravity transparent
Orb Machine! YES! Its The Bubblesteen Bubble Machine! The spherical miracle that kids and cats have been waiting for. It comes complete with robotic edge
detection( when a bubble hits an…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
612. Cheap and Easy MP3 Shield for Arduino
This is a follow up to an earlier Instructable for attaching the guts of a cheap clip MP3 player to an Arduino.
http://www.instructables.com/id/MP3-Interface-for-Arduino-Cheap-and-Easy/ The previous Instuctable showed how to use the Arduino to control all of the
functions of the MP3 player: volume increase and decrease,…... Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
613. Charlieplexed Arduino 8×8 LED Grid Display Shield made and simulated in 123D Circuits
edit: Wow, this won an awesome prize! Very many thanks guys!
Charlieplexing (http://wealoneonearth.blogspot.nl/2013/03/design-note-charlieplexing-led-matrices.html) is a powerful method for driving a large number of
LEDs from a relatively small amount of IO pin and without using any extra components. The technique makes use of the fact…... Listed under: LED Projects
614. How to make a multi-layered acrylic and LED sculpture with variable lighting levels using Arduino
Here you can find out how to make you very own n as made for the exh
www.laplandscape.co.uk curated by art/design group Lapland. More images can be seen at flickr This exhibition runs from Wednesday 26 November - Friday 12
December 2008 inclusive, and had…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
615. Remote control via GPRS/GSM SMS(Arduino)
Remote control, especially when this no ethernet or Wifi in the outdoor, has been a very profound things in the
past. When I was a child, I always image that I have an equipment which can control all home appliances. Now, this becomes a reality,with…... Listed under:
Home Automation Projects, Phone Projects
616. Fairly Simple Simon – the evolution of an Arduino game
Important notice: Final (i.e. relevant) version is at the last step of this instructable. If you want to build a
Simon, that is the recommended version. The rest of the steps show how this evolved from a bare-bones game for LED 13 and Serial (i.e.…... Listed under: Game
– Entertainment Projects, Projects
617. LilyPad Arduino Totoro Plush with Umbrella
Materials: For Totoro: Felt: 1 black, 3 grey, 1 white, 1 beige Needle Black Thread Poly-fil stuffing Cardstock Scissors
Pins Pen or chalk DIY Totoro Plush Tutorial HERE Totoro Pattern HERE For Umbrella: 3 or 4 different types of fabric Felt: 1 grey, 1 black…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects
618. Arduino GSM shield
This is a very low cost and simple Arduino GSM and GPRS shield. We use the module SIMCom SIM900 . It’s the cheaper module now
avalaible in the market. The module is not simple to mount by an hobbyst, so we use the Breakboard TDGGSM_900…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits
Projects, Phone Projects
619. Dogduino:The Automatic Dog Feeder using Arduino
Tired of having to find the dog food to feed the dog? Tired of having to get up early so your dog doesn't
attack you for his food? Are just plain lazy? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this instructable is for…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects,
Projects, Sound – Audio Project Ideas
620. Easy Programmable EL-Wire Wall Art Project with Cool-Neon using arduino
Blank space, what to do?, what to do? Our hackerspace has a blank brick wall above
the fireplace. It's been a cold winter so we've had a fair number of fires, but there is just something wrong about a blank brick wall. Well in this…... Listed under:
621. The Arduino OctoSynth
What is the OctoSynth you may ask? The octosynth is a polyphonic synthesizer that is able to produce eight Pulse Width Modulated
tones that form together a musical scale. In English terms, it is a 8 key electronic organ that can play more than one…... Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio
Projects
622. Microcontrolled AC switch using arduino
Always wanted to take total control of your electric appliances even without being at home? Well, thanks to this
instructable you will be able to do that and much more. Some friendly suggestions before starting: Electricity is very dangerous, read and follow the "DANGER:"
advices…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
623. Representing audio through vibration with Arduino
This project functions to display sound using vibration. You plug your iPod, computer, or TV into it and get
tactile feedback representing the loudness of the audio. It can help deaf people to experience sound. Stuff you need: Arduino USB Cable Computer running
Arduino software…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects 

624. How to Build a Robot – The BeetleBot
Welcome! I have been in robotics since I was a kid and I am very passionate by robotics. I learn BEAM robotics around
1997-98 and started building robots for a science faire project call "Insectroides" in 2001. http://robomaniac.solarbotics.net ( they change server and the
website…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
625. Psycho Scooter Scramble using an Arduino
Psycho Scooter Scramble is a blind-driving electric wheelchair game. It consists of two riders, strapped into electric
wheelchairs, and two blindfolded pilots, who remotely control the wheelchairs from the sidelines based on information given over headset by their driver. The
basic mechanic is simple: players…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
626. Mug Music: Turn Water Into an Instrument with Arduino and ChucK
What if you could turn any conductive surface into an instrument? Like, say...a mug of
water? Best of all, it's cheap; you'll only need $1 worth of extra electrical components (not including the Arduino). For this project, my friend Harvest and I
combined Disney's Touché…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
627. Making Robots Using Android and Arduino
udar Muthu gives a talk on Making Robots Using Android and Arduino at Droidcon India 2011 by HasGeek. ... Listed
under: Arduino Android, Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
628. PORTABLE FORCED-AIR COOLING UNIT
here is growing interest in the commercial production of high-value specialty fruit such as strawberries, blackberries,
raspberries, and blueberries. Much of the small fruit grown in North Carolina is currently marketed through pick-your-own establishments or roadside stands. A
strong demand for these small fruit items…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
629. 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 and embedding…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, Projects
630. A solar tracking automatic motorized window blind retrofit using Arduino
Buildings account for 20-40% of total energy use in developed countries. Window
shades (or blinds) can help to reduce building energy use and improve visual comfort (i.e., reducing glare and increasing daylighting). A recent study showed
that occupants are fairly inactive when operating manual roller…... Listed under: Motor Projects
631. Flashlight tag using an Arduino board
You probably know the game of flashlight-tag. You just run around in the dark on a campsite. You hold your flashlight and
try to shine it on one of the other kids, without the other kids shining their lights on you. I wanted to make…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects,
Projects
632. Fish Sensing
Overview Once again, my project was motivated by my curiosity to explore interesting and unfamiliar territory. I decided to see if I could make my
own capacitive sensor and then use it in a project of some sort. After numerous fiascoes with Arduino and computers, I was…... Listed under: Sensor –
633. StopIt! LED Game (powered by arduino)
This project was inspired by this video from YouTube and the Pendulum Challenge Kit from Makershed.com. Its a simple
game consisting of five LED lights and one pushbutton switch. The LEDs flash in a sequence and the player must press the button when the middle…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Projects, LED Projects
634. Arduino 3-axis Mini Lazer Paper-Cutter
Updated : 16/3 Add step 4, about using the stage. Updated : 18/3 Add photos (cutting vinyl adhesive sheet) Updated :
19/3 Add step 5, acting as pen plotter Updated : 20/3 Add laser engraving video (Wood) and photo Updated : 22/3 Add 2 drawings…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects
635. Arduino: an easier way to work with seven segment displays
Ever have trouble programming code for seven segment displays? Well they made the 4511 to
make things a whole lot easier. What the 4511 does is takes a 4 digit binary input value (ones and zeros), and converts it to a decimal value on a…... Listed
under: LCD Projects, Projects
636. Buddy the on-screen seal Robot
I’ve made a video documentation of my midterm project for my 544 class. To keep it shorter, I didn’t detail in the video that this
is only a completed phase of a larger project: an autonomous robot seal. I was originally going to incorporate a…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
637. Arduino Joystick Breadboard with LCD Output
Want to be able to control a couple of servos with a thumb-joystick? But don't know where to start? I don't have
servos, but I can put you on the right track on how to do stuff when you move the thumbstick around. This instructable…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment
Projects, LCD Projects, Projects
638. LilyPad Arduino Stuffed Fox Toy
For a class on technology in libraries, I had to create a project that used the LilyPad Arduino, and I chose to create a stuffed
animal that sings “Jesus Loves Me” while lights flash with the notes. I made a fox, but the pattern to…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
639. PCB on a Box using Arduino Board
Sorry, but I hate cleaning windows, is one of my unfinished business as usual, but I had to do (at least) every time I wanted to
etch a circuit board printed by traditional (and perhaps unorthodox) of stick it in cellophane and let natural light…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits
Project Ideas, Projects
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640. Arduino Candygrabber
I've seen a lot of ways to communicate to arduino over the net, but none of them could handle pushing back the messages from arduino
to the client(you) in real time and vice versa. In this instructable you will learn how to connect to your…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
641. Arduino Hardware PWM for stepper motor drives
With our new project, JustAddSharks, we are very keen to support the development of open source control
software for laser cutters. We are more than happy for people to modify our laser cutters, replace the control system with something suitably open source and
then let…... Listed under: Motor Projects
642. How to build your very own Time Fountain using Arduino
We have all seen the sweet videos on the tube! You know the magical water fountains that seems to
"freeze" the water droplets in mid air, or even make them go backwards! I've been fascinated by these "magical" thingamabobs for quite some while now, and
a…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, How To – DIY – Projects
643. MMAE Graduate Robotics
This page provides general information to students enrolled in the EML 6808 course, Analysis and Control of Robot Manipulators.
Prerequisites for the course are: EML 4312C, EML 5271, or C.I. Kinematics and dynamics of multibody systems. The topics to be covered include: basic
components of…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
644. Control your motors with L293D and Arduino
After long research and trial and error, I have came up to a new walkthrough regarding this nice chip, the L293D.
Each project is one project and each one has its own unique power configurations, so you must be aware of the best battery choice…... Listed under: Motor
Projects, Projects
645. Barista championship brewing stopwatch • Introduction using arduino
Upon the needs of the (2014) World Barista Championship Rules and Regulations, an
adequate and precise time measuring is needed during the competition. These measurements are usually done by regular stopwatches with all the benefits
(ease of use, common availability) and drawbacks (two stopwatches needed…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
646. Arduino browser based remote control (linux)
We have kids. I love them to bits but they keep hiding the remote control for the satellite and TV when they put
the children's channels on. After this happening on a daily basis for several years, and after my darling wife allowing me to…... Listed under: Home Automation
Projects, Projects
647. Tiich System – Prototype Final Report
Introduction: Our main goal with the Tiich system is to design a teaching aid/tool which would replace the conventional
whiteboard in a classroom environment. We want our system to be used as an electronic based white board, having all the written information easily be
saved…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
648. Lilypad Arduino Rocket Ship Cape
I am taking a Children and Technology course for my MLS this semester, and one of our assignments is to create a toy using
the LilyPad Arduino development board. The LilyPad Arduino is used to create e-textiles that you can program to do various things.…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects
649. Web-controlled Twittering Roomba using an Arduino
I wanted to see if I could operate my Roomba remotely and get it to report its status via Twitter while I was
away from home. I also wanted to make the device independent of a computer. This is the solution I came up with…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN
Project Ideas, Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
650. DIY Arduino Nebulophone Synth
I originally wanted to purchase a Nebulophone but, my El-Cheapo price range didn't like the tag. I realized that I could program
my own AtMega 328 by using ArduinoISP Then I found out that if the code was Arduino compatible, why not just use the…... Listed under: How To – DIY –
651. Social Alarm Clock
What it is: Sometimes we want to send special messages to the ones we love but they are sleeping. Soci Alarm Clock allows you to record a
message from your browser and send to your beloved’s alarm clock. They just have to put it near…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Home Automation
Projects
652. Cookies adminitrator box [Electronics only] using arduino
At home the cookies disappear relatively fast. ¿Why? Well, principally because of me and my father.
That's why my mother and my sister have to hide some to eat them later. It's embarrassing, I know, but it's because we are like "Oh, I want to…... Listed under:
653. Arduino Fart-O-Meter
OH NO! He didn't! Yes I did! My project is simple: Farting in a chair and sending the signal wirelessly to a panel that shows the intensity of the fart! Words of
caution: Please do not force yourself to fart, you might shit in your…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects
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654. One Touch Wardrobe using an Arduino
I use Arduino Duemilanove With Motor Driver Shield Microcontroller ATmega168 Operating Voltage 5V Input Voltage
(recommended) 7-12V Input Voltage (limits) 6-20V Digital I/O Pins 14 (of which 6 provide PWM output) Analog Input Pins 6 DC Current per I/O Pin 40 mA DC
Current for…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
655. Controlling an LED using a switch
Concepts So you know what a switch is, but what can you do with it? One of the uses of a switch is to tell the controller to
activate/deactivate different components. In this case we are going to use the switch to turn on and…... Listed under: LED Projects
656. Nursery Rhyme Hat using arduino
I created the Nursery Rhyme Hat for a class on youth and technology. I'm new to instructables and e-textiles, so please bear
with me! This is the first time I have used the Lilypad Arduino or any kind of soft circuit technology, so my coding…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
657. Rainbow Mega Pong Clock using Arduino
This is my take on the clasic Pong clock with an RGB back light that changes every time the date is displayed. A big
thanks to mrnick1234567 and his http://www.instructables.com/id/Pong-Word-Clock/ I did want the light to change randomly through the day but it made a
mess of…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
658. Artist’s Machine
Tutorial 1 Part One Materials needed for tutorial Working BBB, RBBB, Arduino, or other Arduino compatible (BBB shown in photos) Solderless
breadboard 22 gauge solid wire for use with breadboard 3 6mm momentary switches 8 LED's, any color 8 1k resistors, (470 ohm or 220…... Listed under: Video –
659. LilyPad Arduino e-Reader Case
For a youth and technology class, we were assigned the creation of an Arduino LilyPad project. I liked the idea of connecting the
LilyPad project to literacy, so I chose to make a Kindle case that would play music [Hedwig’s Theme from the Harry Potter…... Listed under: How To – DIY –
Projects
660. NESBot: Arduino Powered Robot beating Super Mario Bros for the NES
This guide will take you through the steps to build an NES playing robot You will need: 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…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
661. Arduino V-Twin Flux Capacitor
I SHALL CALL HIM " PEE-WEE " Personal Electronics Entertainment With Embedded Education. Basically a project that is fun and I
learn a hole lot of stuff from it. . This project started out as just a small robot so I could learn more about…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
662. Tweeting Cat Door using an Arduino
Note: to see everything on one page, please go to: www.tweetingcatdoor.com After receiving many emails requesting
Instructions and Kits for building the "Tweeting Cat Door ", I decided to make a version that is stand-alone and doesn't need a computer to be run and that…...
Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects
663. The Photometric Camera and the CCDs
The Photometric System The photometric camera for the SDSS consists of two TDI scanning CCD arrays, one, using 30
Tektronix/SITe 2048 x 2048 CCDs in a 5 by 6 array for five-color photometry, and the other using 24 2048 x 400 chips for astrometry and…... Listed under: Video
– Camera – Imaging Projects
664. Mechanical Led Matrix Display
First of all we would like to thank everybody that helped organizing the 2nd edition of Arduino Jam, and especially the Jo3ri, who
supplied us with some quite cool goodies and kept us safe during the weekend. (Video will come soon!) This project is a…... Listed under: LCD Projects
665. Simple and Impressive Business Card Printer
At some point most tinkerers and makers have to take the plunge into the real world - the world of suits and dividends and
business cards. Without going completely "American Psycho" on your asses: business cards are important. In many ways they are our keys…... Listed under:
666. Interactive Logo using an Arduino
first of all we would like to thank the organisation and especially the main sponsor, Capgemini, which made all of this
possible. This project is a contribution to the first belgian Arduino Jam (2012). During the Arduino Jam 2012, me and two other colleagues put our heads
together…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
667. Vacuum form an Arduino
If you have access to a vacuum former, or have constructed a DIY one to use, simply vacuum form a compact case to house your
standalone electronics or arduino project. I made this at techshop! www.techshop.ws Step 1: Bill of materials Material to vacuum form…... Listed under: How To
– DIY – Projects, Projects
668. Scratch 4 Arduino and Cybot Control (Rover basics)
I've had a couple of Cybots as well as the Tom robots for a number of years - every so often they get dragged
out and tinkered with. Now is this years turn. I have decided to try my hand at Arduino control of the…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
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669. [Arduino] Linefollower with photoresistors
I built a linefollower robot that could be used in many different ways, and I summed up my project in some steps. To
begin with, all you need is the following parts: Step 1: Robot frame Parts List: -Robot frame -Two wheels -Two DC motors…... Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
670. Gas Cap using an Arduino board
Since you've gotten into electronics, haven't you wondered if there is a fart sensor out there? I sure did. I discovered that if
you use a methane sensor, especially the MQ-4, even at very low concentrations, it reads farts. What if you combined that into…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects, Projects
671. CrEST
Let’s Set Up Your Arduino and Breadboard! Yep, for real: Let’s Set Up Your Arduino and Breadboard! (use the instructions here, or flip to page 12 in your
book) Step one: Dig through your kit and pull out your: Arduino Wooden Base Breadboard and Jumper…... Listed under: Other Projects
672. New animatronic Eyes: Rock On!
Someone had seen Peter Penguin or my Instructables on Animatronic Penguin Torso or Animatronic Eyes, and was working on
a sculpture. He wanted to animate the sculpture when someone walked into the room and asked if I could do it. I thought about it for…... Listed under: Game –
673. Multifunction Digital Thermometer using an Arduino
This instructable will show you how to create a multifunction platform with a thermometer, chronograph
(count up timer), count down timer, and light display. It is also intended to be a platform for other analog sensors or any other functions you can think of.
Multifunction_Digital_Thermometer.zip71…... Listed under: Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects
674. Twitter Controlled Pet Feeder using an Arduino
A great project for busy pet owners. This Twitter-Controlled pet feeder automatically dispenses food in
response to activity on your Twitter account. The project is controlled by an Arduino and uses the Arduino Ethernet shield to receive data from Twitter. I
hacked this automatic Pet…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects
675. Bedtime Board using LilyPad Arduino
For a class on youth and technology, we were assigned to a project using the LilyPad Arduino, a microcontroller board for
making e-textiles. I decided to make a hanging board with a starscape that would light up and play a lullaby. I used cardboard, black cotton…... Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
676. Singing Olaf Bag (Frozen)
For my children and technology class, we were challenged to make a product using a Lilypad Arduino. I am currently obsessed with the
movie Frozen, so I decided to create something using one of the most iconic characters of the movie, Olaf. I used a…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment
677. Arduino MicroControllers, Card Readers, 3D Printing, GS4, Flip Camera!
Episode 3 of AndroidTec, Formed by members thamind (Jon) chaostic (Lewis) &
Computer Whiz (Jim) and introducing GuyCothal, who discusses about the amazing abilities of Arduino micro controller boards and how they can be used with
Androids! Jason also made a guest appearance!... Listed under: CNC Machines Projects, Development Board – Kits Projects, Memory – Storage Projects, Projects,
Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
678. Randomized Arduino Drum Machine
I like drum machines. However they are not always the easiest to build. I wanted one that is: A. Simple, Yet Powerful-If it
uses lots of components then it is too complicated B. Sound-It's not a a drum machine if it "beeps" C. Easily Modifiable-If…... Listed under: Projects, Sound –
Audio Projects
679. Arduino Automatic Temperature& Humidity Controller for Pets
Jack and Jose, a pair of beautiful hamster, has accompanied me over 100 days and nights. Their soft white fur
makes me quiet and warm, especially when I coding in the winner. But the very tragic things happened in the last week. As the cold…... Listed under:
680. 9 Volt battery adapter for Arduino
This is super simple but very useful if you are in a hurry or just like to do things yourself and on the off chance you didn't
know, this is about the easiest way to add mobile power to your Arduino. After looking at a…... Listed under: Battery Projects
681. Touch Sensitive Audio Desk Trays- Arduino
After having completed my first Arduino project (which can be found here) I wanted to try and create something that
had more of a practical use. My idea behind this project was a way of aiding the visually impaired. By the end of this project…... Listed under: Sensor –
682. RGB lamp with Custom Moodlamp Library using Arduino
I wanted to have an easily programmable RGB light to toss into a Jack 'O Lantern for Halloween. Who
really wants a dull pumpkin in these days of pumpkin pimping madness. So I set to work building a pocket tin sized RGB lamp that could…... Listed under: Game
– Entertainment Projects, LED Projects, Projects
683. Homemade Magic Lamp Card Box using an Arduino
A robot is a virtual or mechanical artificial agent. In practice, it is usually an electro-mechanical machine
which is guided by computer or electronic programming, and is thus able to do tasks on its own (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot). Well, today you will learn
exactly how to build…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas, How To – DIY – Projects, Projects
684. High Five Camera
Can I tell you a secret? I don't like handshakes. I really don't. Handshakes just make me feel dirty. It's too impersonal. It's a gesture with no
soul and reeks of a corporate entity. Why must we limit ourselves to this one boring interaction? Of…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Video –
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685. Twitter Mention Mood Light using Arduino
Twitter Mention Mood Light -- a mood light that alerts you when @username is mentioned on Twitter. This is a
simple intro in how to control your Arduino from Twitter. If you are new to Arduino Twitter / Arduino Processing Twitter / Arduino Python Twitter…... Listed
under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
686. Arduino makes 2D Level
This is a project for Arduino to make a 2D Level, aimed at beginners. Arduino draws a circle on an LED Matrix that moves around
according to readings from a 2D Accelerometer. Objectives: * Learn how to draw a circle using simple Maths * Learn…... Listed under: CNC Machines Projects,
LED Projects, Projects
687. CSCE 236 Embedded Systems
1 Instructions This is a group assignment for you to work on during class. You only need to hand in one copy of this, but make
sure that the names of all of your group members are on this sheet to receive credit. Complete all of…... Listed under: Other Projects
688. Arduino Etch-A-Sketch Clock
I've seen various Arduino driven Etch-A-Sketch clocks on the web , but none with instructions (is it some kind of secret? Is someone
planning on making it rich in the Etch-A-Sketch Clock global market?). I've used Arduino, but never used stepper motors, real time clocks,…... Listed under: Clock
– Timer Projects
689. Blinky Fish using an Arduino
Assembly instructions for an add-on board for the Arduino. **** FOR INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARCH 2013, KICKSTARTER PROJECT GO
HERE http://www.instructables.com/id/Blinky-Fish-Kickstarter-Project/ ************ It has some LED's and a button. It connects to digital pins 9-13 and
ground. My hope is that this will be useful to people that want to…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, LED Projects, Projects
690. Second degree equation solver with Arduino
This instuctable is about making sort of a calculator that enables the user by using an analog 12-digit keyboard and
4 buttons to input the a,b,c variables into a equation and get the solution for it if there is any.(well if u don't know what…... Listed under: Calculator Projects, LCD
Projects, Projects
691. Home Alert: Arduino + Cloud Messaging On A Large Display
In the age of mobile phones, you would expect that people would be responsive to your call 24/7.
Or… not. Once my wife gets home, the phone stays buried in her hand bag, or its battery is flat. We don’t have a land line. Calling…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
692. Simple Arduino Book clock
This book clock was inspired by florinc and the impresive selection of clocks like the wise clock3 etc
http://www.instructables.com/member/florinc/ My girlfriend likes reading books and there is always a pile of them around the house, however to be able to
build this for her birthday…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
693. DNA Melting Part 2: Lock-in Amplifier and Temperature Control
In Part 2 of the DNA Melting Lab you will make revisions to allow greater control of your
instrument and to reduce the effects of noise. You will add a pulse-width modulation (PWM) heater controller to enable careful control of the heating and
cooling rates…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
694. Control Any Circuit With a TV Remote (and an Arduino)
Most of the buttons on a remote control are never used. So why not use them to control appliances and other ele
around your house. In this project, I am going to show you how to use an Arduino to decode the signal from your…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects,
695. ElectroFried electronic shock game using Arduino
The ElectroFried is a game with a shocking fun level. ElectroFried is developed for the Global Game Jam 2011
in Antwerp in design center the winkelhaak. The Team Jekkos/ Cinezaster decided to make a simple game based on colliding electrons. With a nasty side effect,
a…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
696. Reginald: a UDP surveillance bot; control via the Internet using Arduino
Reginald started from the simple, yet bold idea to control a bot from anywhere in the
world with a live video feed. What I wasn't expecting was for Reginald to develop into an involved, feature rich project. With my work and money, I was able…...
Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
697. Hacking a Powerglove using Arduino
First of all lets get this out of the way... It's so bad This is going to be showing how to hack the Nintendo Powerglove. By
hack I mean tap into the flex sensors and use the buttons and d pad and add anything you want. In…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects,
698. Chur-Robot
Electrical Components The electrical components are the five motors and their associated circuits, the buttons, and the thermocouple. The Circuit
We are controlling two stepper motors, three servos, a thermocouple, and a set of buttons using an Arduino. Our final circuit diagram looks like this:…... Listed
699. Build a Complete AVR System and Play Mastermind using Arduino
The game Mastermind has been around a long time, and I remember getting a board version
with colored pegs when I was a kid. I love this game, as it is solvable simply by pure logic. One player (or a computer/microcontroller) chooses a sequence of…...
Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
700. Sensor Arduino Lab 2013
This lab most recently revamped by Edgar Berdahl and Wendy Ju. Chris Carlson, possibly Bill Verplank, and others have likely
contributed. For this lab you need your Satellite CCRMA kit, a laptop computer with Ethernet adaptor to program it, and some headphones with a mini…... Listed
under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
701. Universal Remote Laser Tag
Blast away your friends for hours on end with this custom laser tag system. Who needs to pay to play in an arena when you can
make your very own game? Best of all, no special equipment is required, because the "guns" are regular universal…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment
Projects
702. Arduino from Evil Mad Scientist ATmegaxx8 Target Board
I have been making my own Arduino's on strip-board but recently bought some of the Evil Mad Scientist ATmegaxx8
Target Boards. While they weren't designed as an Arduino board they are perfect to use as they have: - places for the crystal and capacitors (XTL…... Listed under: Development
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Board – Kits Projects, Projects
703. Computer Controlled Aiming Method
Design: The rotational motion produced by the motor is transformed into linear motion through the use of a standard
1/2"-13 threaded rod as a lead screw. To account for angular misalignments in the rod the motor is not attached to it directly, but rather through…... Listed
under: CNC Machines Projects
704. Arduino based Etch A Sketch Laser Cutter
In this project I take an Arduino Mini Pro connect it to a custom made Etch A Sketch panel and use it to control a
Blacknose laser cutter. The result is hours of crazy laser cutting fun, which we will be taking round most of…... Listed under: CNC Machines Projects
705. Roll-A-Way Rover using an Arduino
Age Group: 13 - 18 My experimental rover that I built from a Roll-A-Way alarm clock that was on clearance for $5. It can be
controlled via the numeric section of a keyboard when the serial port is connected to a computer or a Wii…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects,
706. The Pick and Place Machine for Surface Mount Devices
¿What questions need to be resolved? ¿How to recognize the origin of the table? -- The table is the piece
of the machine where you place your board, and is critical for the pick and place operation. I've thinking in a limit switch system. Will…... Listed under: Other
Projects
707. Beginner Arduino
The Arduino is a pocket-sized computer (also called a "microcontroller") that you can program and use to control circuits. It interacts with the
outside word through sensors, leds, motors, speakers... even the internet; this makes it a flexible platform for lots of creative projects. Some…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Projects
708. Design of small scale smart home system
DESIGN OF A SMALL SCALE SMART HOME SYSTEM Gabriel Johnson and Chance Kelsoe INTRODUCTION Design of a
smart home system with a LabView/Arduino interface In this project we made use of an Arduino Duemilanove and LabView to design an easy to use graphical
interface to represent…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
709. Arduino WiFi Garage Door Opener
Ever come home in the rain to find the door locked and your keys elsewhere? No? Lucky you then! For those who have had such an
experience or never wish to, this project will let you open your garage door with nay but a smartphone/tablet/laptop/WiFi-thing…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
710. Auduino Lo-fi Synth for Arduino
Hello again. Today I'd like to show you the Auduino. That's right, the Auduino is a Lo-fi Granular Synth that works on arduino. It
uses some analog pins and a digital pin. I had loads of fun making and playing with it so I'd love…... Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
711. Ambient Etch-a-Sketch
We built a pseudo Etch-A-Sketch emulator that modifies its appearance based on the user’s environment – the temperature and light
conditions. Instead of only drawing horizontal and vertical lines, we can draw curved lines by changing the slope of the current line to be drawn.…... Listed
712. The iDial – Critical Making Personal Identity Augmentation Device
In this critical making project, we will be making a personal iDial, which will give you, the
wearer, the ability to reflect on your personal identity in a private space, and then spatially and temporally dislocate your ‘private self’ into public conversation!
You might be…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
713. Using a laser pointer and a matrix LED as a two-dimensional input device
Laser Command is a game which I build using a 8x8 matrix LED and an Arduino Mini.
This game was developed as a "sample" class project in S10-05833 Gadgets, Sensors and Activity Recognition in HCI. The class is taught by Scott Hudson at
Carnegie Mellon…... Listed under: LED Projects
714. Arduino Model Rocket Launcher for 3D Printed Rockets
When I was a kid, I loved playing with Estes Rockets, so I decided to get back into the hobby but using all
of my maker skizzls. So here's a really cool Arduino Rocket Launcher launching 3D Printed rockets from my MakerBot Rep2! Enjoy! Fully…... Listed under: Game –
715. LED Super Mario Piranha Plant using an Arduino
We are going to make an Arduino control LED Piranha Plant :] Step 1: What you'll need Arduino Uno 9 Resisters
9 LEDs - Red, Yellow, Orange is best since they need less amperage PIR sensor 9v battery arduino wall plug (you'll be cutting the connection…... Listed under:
716. THE CUBE: A 3D Vibration Jigsaw Puzzle
“THE CUBE” is a 3D jigsaw puzzle, with the added feature that a puzzle piece vibrates for approximately a second when it
is placed in the correct place in the puzzle. We accomplished this by building an electrical design such that a circuit delivering power…... Listed under: Game –
717. DIY handmade Hexapod with arduino (Hexdrake)
Hello, I'm David and in this instructable I'll show how I made this hexapod whose name is Hexdrake. Since I
was 16 I became interested in electronic and later in robotics. After getting some level and programming skills using arduino I decided to build a…... Listed
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718. Relay Motor Control Circuit
Connect the Arduino outputs with 5 volt power to the relay coils. Use a separate 9 or 12 volt battery for powering the motor.
Connect the 9 or 12 volt power to the relay contacts and the motor. Be sure to avoid connecting the 9…... Listed under: Motor Projects
719. NFC Computer Unlocker
Quit pulling your hair out over incorrect passwords. Using an Arduino Leonardo and Adafruit's NFC shield, you can unlock your
computer with an NFC card. The Arduino reads the NFC card's unique identifier and once it receives the correct one, it uses the Arduino Leonardo's…... Listed
under: Arduino Programmer Projects, RFID - NFC projects
720. I2C Communication With An Infrared Temperature Sensor
Introduction Contents [hide] 1 Introduction 2 What You’ll Need to Know 3 Things You’ll Need 4
Connect the temperature sensor 5 How the Temperature Sensor Works 6 Install the External Libraries 7 Program the Microcontroller 8 Conclusion In this lab,
you’ll see synchronous serial communication in…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Project Ideas, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas,
Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
721. Arduino Mini-Shields
This is a set of simple, small form-factor, mini-shields that I created almost by accident. As I made more and more of them, I realized that they could be
really useful. What started out as a way to use some spare parts, turned into a…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
722. Making a program start using a switch
Connecting the Switch To connect the switch to the Arduino, you will need the switch, two jumper wires, and a 10kΩ
(brown-black-orange) resistor. Once you have all the required parts, you will need to wire the switch to the Arduino using the breadboard. NOTE: The…... Listed
723. ArduinoISP Bootloader/Programmer Combination Shield
I started recently to get interested in building Arduino based robots. Since it is a traumatizing process
to take any creation apart, I am opting to keep mine alive and kicking. To lower the cost of this strategy it seems obvious to switch from the…... Listed under:
Arduino Programmer Projects, Projects
724. Arduino Light Following Robot
Overview This instructable will use three photoresistors (light dependent resistors) and an Arduino to control the motion of a
robot. Any common robot chassis can be used for the robot. The light sensors will be mounted on the left side, right side and front of…... Listed under: Robotics
– Automation Projects
725. A wireless voice-controllable household system
Motivation top We design a smart home control system which allow people control their home devices by
voice command at home. This is a wireless, voice control system. People could control almost all the facilities at home including lights, fans or even back ground
music.…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
726. Arduino desktop application on java in LAN
Description: here we have created an java desktop application using neatbeans. this application turn on led on
arduino. this application also work in your LAN. Step 1: Assigning MAc and IP to Arduino board UPLOAD THIS PROGRAM TO ARDUINO. ALSO CHANGE YOUR
MAC AND IP…... Listed under: RTOS – OS Projects
727. Magpi: The Micro Arduino Gaming Platform Interface
Here's a retro hand-held gaming console I built with my son. It uses an Arduino micro-controller, a small
LCD screen, push-buttons, a 3D printed case and home-grown "PC" board. It's really pretty easy to solder and put together. My son & I wrote two games…...
Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
728. Arduino Double Dice Jewelry Box w/ Secret Switch
This was a fun project. Push the red button, watch the dice " ROLL " then stop on a random roll most every
time. The hart of this game is the ATMEL ATmega328P on a stand alone board. Powered by 4 AA NiMD batteries. Can you…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer
Projects, Home Automation Projects, Projects, Security – Safety Projects
729. D.I.Y Pneumatic Linear Actuators
The D.I.Y. movement has many implications for the future of creativity and commerce. The impact of inventing what one needs
rather than purchasing it promises to be empowering, fun, and inspirational. In a long term effort to develop dynamic computer controlled surfaces, I began
exploring…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
730. Flashing LED Top Tube Pad for your bike using Arduino
Well it's that time of year again. That's right, the sun is going down early, and it's getting hard to avoid
logging some miles on your bike after dark. You likely have great lights front and rear already, but what about on the sides of…... Listed under: Car Projects,
Game – Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects, LED Projects, Projects
731. Sugarcube MIDI Controller
This project is a portable, Arduino-powered, grid-based MIDI controller that boots up into a variety of apps to do lots of things with
sound. It has 16 backlit buttons, used as both inputs and outputs to give the controller some visual feedback. 2 potentiometers give…... Listed under: LED
Projects
732. Fun Shway Display using an Arduino
Build a nice looking LCD display with buttons for mounting on the wall. Key Features: 2 line by 24 character LCD display
controlled with 4 I/O’s (74HC164). Back light control of LCD. 6 Buttons connected to 1 analog pin. LM335 and LM334Z temp sensors. Adjustable…... Listed under:
LCD Projects, Projects
733. Build Your Own Sourcemeter
This is an explanation and set of building plans for a USB-powered sourcemeter with a personal computer interface. The
sourcemeter uses an open-source Arduino microprocessor and the user interface uses the open-source Processing environment. The sourcemeter was
designed as a homemade current-voltage (IV) tester to measure the IV…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
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734. Build a Controllable Coffee Roaster from an Air Popcorn Popper
I have a passion for coffee. I also have a passion for electrical engineering. Why not combine
them? This Instructable describes how I transformed a hot air popcorn popper into a completely controllable coffee roaster! Follow these instructions to re-
purpose and hack your West Bend…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
735. Xtreme Buzzwire-4-2 Arduino Jam project
This project is part of the Arduino Jam 2012. First of all we would like to thank the organization and especially the main
sponsor, Capgemini, which made all of this possible. At the Arduino Jam, during the brainstormsession, we came with the idea to make a classic…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
736. ESM – ExternalSerialMonitor
Sometimes I needed an external serial monitor like the Serial Monitor in the Arduino Editor, to see what is going on. So I made one.
The first picture shows an example how could be it designed. For the ESM I used an Atmel Atmega328 (based…... Listed under: LCD Projects
737. Arduino USB
LOG: Made a correction/modification Step 3 and added a picture step 5. So many Arduino users have RBBBs(Really Bare Bones Board (Arduino))
or Anarduinos or Boarduinos that could use a USB interface to program and power them but don’t want to spend $15-20 for a…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB
– RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
738. Control TV functions using Analog input and Arduino
Have you ever wanted to use a good old knob to control your TV volume instead of repeated button
pushing? Or make it controlled by light? Do you want your remote to be replaced by an awesome arduino and let it do the hard work…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Projects, Radio Projects
739. DC Motor Control Using an H-Bridge using arduino
Overview In this tutorial, you'll learn how to control a DC motor's direction using an H-bridge. To reverse a
DC motor, you need to be able to reverse the direction of the current in the motor. The easiest way to do this is using an…... Listed under: Motor Projects
740. Digital Clock
Introduction This design project utilizes an Arduino MEGA2560 with an ATMEGA1280-16AU microcontroller to create a digital clock. The clock will
be able to save time when disconnected from power, and it can be powered from a USB connection or from the wall outlet. The clock…... Listed under: Clock –
Timer Projects
741. AVR Programming Tutorial
This tutorial introduces programming for AVR microcontrollers. It uses the ATmega328p found on Arduino boards, but works with
straight AVR C and a bare microcontroller. It covers the basic information you need to get started, whether or not you've used Arduino or other microcontrollers
previously.…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
742. Sound Reactive LED Strip
THERE MAY BE 9 STEPS BUT I PROMISE THIS ONE IS QUICK AND EASY! In this Instructable I will be showing you how to create a light
reactive LED system. In this clip, I used a single color LED strip, but you you can use…... Listed under: LED Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
743. Power your Arduino with a Hand-Cranked Battery
If you've ever wanted to power your Arduino or AVR from a battery for development testing (batteries have
different power delivery qualities than, say, transformed AC or even a regulated wall wart in DC) testing but were tired of going through batteries (Hey, I
admit…... Listed under: Battery Projects, Projects
744. Heat-Seeking Desk Fan (using Arduino)
Summary: The following is a step by step guide on how to make a Heat-Seeking Desk Fan from an Arduino
microcontroller, a computer fan, a servo, and an infrared temperature sensor. The device scans the room periodically, automatically pointing itself in the hottest
direction (ideally towards…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
745. Proximity sensing mouse wheel scroller using Arduino
List of tools: 1. Exacto 2. Arduino Nano / USB chord (Mini-B) 3. Dremel / Drill 4. Paper & Pencil 5. Sharp IR
Sensor (2Y0A21 F) 6. Hot glue gun 7. Solder gun / Solder 8. A small mirror Ok so you might ask, why…... Listed under: Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
746. Make a Desktop Tamagotchi
One day I was sitting behind my desk at work and I got that weird need to build something, after looking around for a bit I got my
eye on an LED matrix and that sparked an idea in my head : "I WANNA MAKE…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, LED Projects
747. Twitter Enabled Text to Speech using an Arduino
Let the world know what you're eating for breakfast with an 80's style vocal synthesizer! This project uses an
Arduino to send your Twitter stream to a voice generator chip called the SpeakJet. The setup that I use here can also be extended to other…... Listed under:
Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
748. Microcontrollers: The Basics
Different kinds of computers are designed for different purposes. The computer at the heart of your laptop is optimized for
different puprposes than the one in your phone or the one in your mouse. The simplest computers are those that are designed to take inout…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Projects
749. Raspberry Pirate Radio
This simple hack turns your Raspberry Pi into a powerful FM transmitter! It has enough range to cover your home, DIY drive-in movie, a
high school ball game, or even a bike parade (depending on the stragglers). PiFM software not only boldly enhances the capability of…... Listed under: Radio
Project Ideas
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750. Arduino Lilypad Slipper Automatic Foot Massager
I made a little automatic slipper foot massager with the Lilypad Arduino and some of the Lilypad Vibe Boards
for the actual massager. The sensor it uses is a Lilypad Accelerometer that I'm only using as a basic tilt sensor. Essentially it detects when the…... Listed under:
Home Automation Projects, Medical – Health based Projects
751. Holiday Dreidel Light Display for Roof using Arduino
This Instructable details how to build a holiday dreidel display for your roof. It uses coat hanger wire, rope
light, and an Arduino controller to control a fading demo mode and a "spin" mode. In the demo mode, the symbols fade in and out, going…... Listed under:
Home Automation Projects, Projects
752. LEGO + Arduino = Brickduino (1. the LED)
I know LEGO has the Mindstorms-set that probably is great, but wouldn't it be even better (and cheaper) to hack your
regular bricks into your own micro controller controlled LEGO? Well I think so! I had this idea for a long time, but to many…... Listed under: Arduino LED Project
Ideas
753. John Doherty’s Lab Notebook
January 9, 2013 (1 hour): Met as a team after class to discuss preliminary project proposal. January 10, 2013 (2 hours): Met as a
team after class to finish writing preliminary project proposal. WEEK 01 SUMMARY Accomplishments: Submitted preliminary project proposal. Weekly Work
Total: 3…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
754. Arduino Robot V2 (Fast) Also Voice Controlled
This is my second version of my arduino robot after "Build your first robot". My Second version is slightly
complicated as compared to my first one but offers better features. In this instructable I'm going to show you how to build a fast robot which…... Listed under:
755. Breathalyzer Microphone using an Arduino
The breathalyzer microphone is a system for the inconscpicuous collection of blood-alcohol content level data sets.
In other words, you can measure a person's sobriety with a device, that for all intents and purposes, looks no different than a standard microphone. This tool
adds new…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
756. PowerBox: The Safe AC Power Meter
Introduction We designed a device that measures and graphs various aspects of AC power and acts as a computer-
controlled remote switch. With the recent push for green energy and environmental friendliness, more and more people are concerned about their personal
daily power usage. We developed…... Listed under: Motor Projects
757. Make an Oscilloscope Using the SainSmart Mega2560 with the TFT LCD shield and the 3.5 “color touch screen
This instructable will show you how to build a
portable Touch Screen Oscilloscope for less than 40 U$! The oscilloscope is one of the most powerful electronic instruments that is available to electronics
hobbyist, experimenters, and engineers. It is mainly used to measue time-varying signals.…... Listed under: LCD Projects, Medical – Health based Projects
758. Talking Darth Vader Binary Clock
In this instructable I am going to show you, how to paint a black and white image of Darth Vader and bring it to life by adding a
binary clock and making it talk. If you are not a big Star Wars fan, don’t worry…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project Ideas
759. Robot shield for Arduino Board
The idea behind this post is to bring together some robot designs and trasform them in a new device with new hardware and
standard software (arduino of course) and so easier to use. These robots have three things in common: a mechanical structure, the hardware…... Listed under:
Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
760. Small DC Motor Pwm Speed Controller
The photo depicts a speed controller, wired on a breadboard which allows you to vary the resistance in the
potentiometer in order to, in effect, control the speed of the small DC motor. The big picture problem is creating an efficient PWM motor controller that…...
Listed under: Motor Projects
761. Capacitive Sensing + Open Frameworks + SPACEBREW
This is a step-by-step on how to connect Arduino to OpenFrameworks using Spacebrew. More specifically
our project focuses on the awesomeness of Capacitive Sensing to alter OF projections to create an awesome tactile experience! What the process will involve:
Arduino -> Processing -> SpaceBrew ->…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
762. Arduino Personal Soundtrack Hoodie
This was inspired by Raj's personal soundtrack shirt in Big Bang Theory S3, E16, "The Excelsior Acquisition". You can now
buy them online but it's much more fun to make your own and it's possible now that buttons designed for use in electronic clothing are…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
763. Programming an ATtiny w/ Arduino 1.0
This tutorial shows you how to program an ATtiny45, ATtiny85, ATtiny44 or ATtiny84 microcontroller using the Arduino
software. These are small, cheap ($2-3) microcontrollers that are convenient for running simple programs. The ATtiny45 and ATtiny85 have eight legs and are
almost identical, except that the…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
764. Charliexplexed LED Clock – Arduino
One of my clocks stopped working – and it happened to be a clock my wife likes a lot. Went to the repair shop and the guy
said that he didn’t have the spare parts and could not repair this. So – I thought –…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, LED Projects
765. Star Jar Geiger counter triggered LED decoration using Arduino
This instructable builds on top of the Geiger counter triggered LED decorations I made last year.
This version powers the Geiger counter from the Arduino (itself now powered from a mains adaptor, so I no longer need to keep feeding them batteries) and
the LEDs…... Listed under: Calculator Projects, Game – Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects, LED Projects, Projects
766. Arduino Cat Detector SD Card Logger
I used: an Arduino Uno a Parallax PIR Motion Sensor and a Seeed Studio SD Card Shield Arduino, shield, sd card, logging
shield, storage, logger Check out This instructable on PIRs in case you didn't know what it is: http://www.instructables.com/id/PIR-Motion-Sensor-Tutorial/ Step
1: Connect your PIR…... Listed under: Memory – Storage Projects, Security – Safety Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
767. Physical Computing with Arduino
Digital pins 1-7 are generally used as input pins and Digital pins 8-13 are used as output pins. Digital pins 9-11 can be used as
analog output pins. That is, they can send they can send signal of variable voltage. 5/15/2012 Getting started with Arduino.…... Listed under: Calculator Projects
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768. Pi…In A Single Digit using an Arduino
Ah yes. It has been a long time since I posted an Instructable...well here goes: It has been a while since I have been
otivated to write an 'ible. During this idle time I have been writing, rewriting and editing code as well as designing…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
769. Printer to vinyl cutter hack
Vinyl cutters are used in the sign writing industry, and are great for making stickers, signs and graphics. I would like to thank
Instructable members silverjimmy and Groover for their fantastic laser cutter instructables, without which I would not of been able to complete this…... Listed
under: CNC Machines Projects
770. Auto reset stuff with Arduino
Have a problem with my wireless bridge. It works for a some time then, despite it saying everything it fine, refuses to connect
wirelessly. All it needs is to be turned off and on again and it works again (for a while!). I decided that…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects,
Projects
771. Automatically water your small indoor plant using Arduino + pump
Have you ever wanted a little plant to brighten up your desk or home, but you're afraid that
you'll forget to water it? Fear no longer! Using an Arduino, a scavenged wall-wart, and a peristaltic pump, you can set up your plant to be watered…... Listed
under: Home Automation Projects, Motor Projects
772. Solar Module
This page maintains the necessary documentation (hardware & software) for recreating the Solar Hardware Module ("Solar Module") using either
Arduino UNO or TI Launchpad. Prior to creating the solar module, we performed several experiments using a custom built solar panel fixture. For more
information on…... Listed under: Solar energy projects
773. Arduino Vocal Effects Box
This Arduino-powered vocal effects box pitch shifts and distorts incoming audio signals to produce a wide variety of vocal effects.
This project is my first experiment with real-time digital signal processing using Arduino. It samples an incoming microphone signal at a rate of about 40kHz,
manipulates…... Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
774. Momentary Switch as Digital Sensor
In 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…... Listed
under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
775. Simple and reasonably accurate pedometer system
Our final project for ECE 4760 provides a simple but effective exercise monitoring system of the user's walk
or run. With an increase of the number of health conscious individuals hoping to remain fit, we designed a system that allows the user to keep track…... Listed
under: Metering – Instrument Projects
776. Smart Thermal + Arduino
Many times we are faced with a heat containing coffee and don't know if the fluid is at the proper temperature and it is impossible
to know just by looking at the bottle ended up losing time with a coffee that is cold and we…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
777. Bacon Alarm Clock – Arduino
This is a project I came up with that was inspired by my love for bacon! This is an alarm clock that is designed to wake you up with
the smell of bacon. With the help of an arduino the alarm clock will already have…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Home Automation Projects
778. Arduino-Controlled Chemical Foam Spewing Pumpkin
If the thought of dozens of tricker-or-treaters in gross-out costumes knocking down your door makes you
want to spew, have we got the pumpkin for you! Every time the Arduino-Controlled Chemical Foam Spewing Pumpkin encounters a trick-or-treater at your
doorstep, it spews burning chemical foam…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
779. Arduino controlled webcam panner
This is an instructable to show how to mount a webcam on a servo in a meccano frame and controlling it via an Arduino
board. For a while now I was looking to do something more than blinking LEDs with my Arduino. This idea came…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN
Projects, Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
780. Robotic Arm Trifecta (Science Olympiad)
In the fall of 2012, we set out to construct a robotic arm for the Science Olympiad competition that would be capable of
performing the required set of tasks efficiently and to perfection. This instructable will attempt to guide you through the thought processes used…... Listed
781. Interactive Magic Mirror with Candy Dispenser
For Halloween 2012 I created an interactive Magic Mirror. The Magic Mirror has a sonar (PING)))) sensor that
detects when kids are are close. Then the mirror says a few random phrases and automatically drops candy to the bucket. I repurposed my Automatic Candy
Dispenser from…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
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782. Arduino FIO Tutorial
Overview The Arduino Fio is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328P (datasheet) runs at 3.3V and 8 MHz. It has 14 digital
input/output pins (of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs), 8 analog inputs, an on-board resonator, a reset button, and holes…... Listed under: Battery Projects
783. The Motivational Moody Workout T-Shirt using an Arduino
I call this project "The Motivational Moody Workout T-Shirt" . Basically what I wanted to do was a t-
shirt that makes you want to get out in the open and work out. To make that work, I sewed a LilyPad arduino onto a t-shirt and…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects, Projects
784. Self-Balancing Robot
First of all I want to apologize for my English, if you don't understand something, please, ask. I know that a self-balancing robot is not new,
but when i started this project i found a lot of information, but never in the same site, i…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
785. Interface and Application Programming
My sensors have not been functioning too well with my computer, as every time I try to connect the hello.light or
hello.mic boards and run python through my terminal, I either get the error "resource busy", or my computer completely freezes! Therefore, I decided to…...
Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
786. Artemis & Apollo: Dancing with Arduino and light detection
According to Ancient Greek mythology, Artemis and Apollo were immortal twins born ages ago on a
rocky island in the Aegean Sea. Artemis, her hunting bow poised and fleet feet padding the forest floor, reigned as Goddess of the Moon. Her twin brother,
Apollo, strummed…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
787. Arduino+Stepper Motor Camera Slider
This is a trial and error / design and development process which I followed in developing a camera slider for creating
time-lapse video clips on my DSLR camera. The idea came from using standard Aluminium extrusions I have available at hardware stores, and create a…... Listed
under: Motor Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
788. Urban Sensing Networks using Arduino
Often government data sets available to us online are taken from major nearby metropolitan areas or infrastructural
centers. With an easy to follow introduction to new softwares and technologies the "urban sensor kit" allows anyone to obtain location specific information and
share that information with…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
789. FINAL Touch sensor with arduino
The tutorials we used. http://www.instructables.com/id/Touche-for-Arduino-Advanced-touch-sensing/?ALLSTEPS
http://www.instructables.com/id/Calm-Relaxed-Interaction-Plant-Plus-1/?ALLSTEPS Download arduino software and the processing software. From their
respective websites. Processing.org arduino.cc All of the supplies we used: (we didn't include the water bottle as a sensing object, and used an inductor instead
of a coil) Arduino…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
790. Arduino powered Lucky Cat as physical Webcounter
Everybody wants to know how many pageviews your own website has. But see what's happening you need
some analytics code and stuff like this. I wanted to be connected to the wold when I'm sitting on my couch so I connected my Lucky Cat to…... Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
791. RFID touch screen Automated Bar – Barduino v2.0 with Facebook Integration!
Got an Arduino? Like parties / alcohol? Can't be bothered to make your own bar
quality cocktails? Make a Barduino! Its back, with new features in v2.0: Facebook integration - Facebook registration Page to track and graph drink consumption
Touchscreen with gesture support RFID user…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, RFID - NFC projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
792. Stripboard Arduino shield for programming ATtiny45 and ATtiny85
This instructable (entered in the Arduino Challenge contest - you can vote for it above) shows
how to make a stripboard Arduino shield for programming either ATtiny45 or ATtiny85 microcontrollers with an Arduino, as per these tutorials from the High-
Low Tech group at MIT: Arduino…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects
793. Schematic Entry and PCB layout
In this lab you will be using a program to enter a schematic and lay out a printed circuit board (PCB) that will then be
manufactured. At this point of the semester you don't know enough to design your own circuit, so I am giving…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
794. IMP-ERSONATOR: Electric Imp + Arduino + Wave Shield = Remote Sound File Player
This Instructable will demonstrate how to make a remotely activated sound
file player. It uses an Electric Imp, an Adafruit Wave shield and an Arduino Uno The Electric Imp enables you to quickly connect devices (including arduinos) to
the internet through your Wifi network. The…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Project Ideas
795. Binguino: An Arduino-based Bingo Number Generator
Bingo! My granddaughter enjoys playing Bingo, so I went out and bought her a cheap set at a local
discount store. The cards and the markers are fine, but the spinner disk for selecting the numbers is a piece of garbage. It flew apart about…... Listed under:
Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
796. Intuitive Vibrotactile Feedback Educational Feedback Devices
The goal of the project is to come up with an affordable yet generic vibrotactile feedback device to
be used for educational purposes. A chemistry learning environment is developed to demonstrate a specific application of our device, in which users can
manipulate ions and feel…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
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797. Bird Proof Squirrel Feeder & Solar Powered Camera using Arduino
The Solar Powered-Bird Proof Squirrel Feeder w Camera will allow squirrels to retrieve seeds,
nuts, and corn kernels without worrying about those pesky birds stealing all their food. While your squirrel enjoys the spoils of your feeder, you'll enjoy lovely
digital photos to entertain and…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
798. Arduino mood lighting
This instructable will show you who to build a rgb lighting system with an arduino. You can also control it with an ipod/iphone/ipad using
touchOSC. In my previous instructable I showed how to control one rgb led in this you can control heaps with a single chip…... Listed under: LED Projects,
Projects
799. Combination Circuit for Digital and Analog
Goals Understand the Analog Signals and use your knowledge to program your Arduino and let it play music Get
known of the Seven-segment display and use your Arduino Board together with the Shift Register to control the number. In the Second Week you will be…...
Listed under: CNC Machines Projects
800. Animatronic Tentacles with Arduino
***Disclaimer***This instructable is documentation for a work in progress. Although the project is not yet complete, it has
reached a place where I believe it can begin to be beneficial to other makers. The concept for this project was spawned when a friend suggested I…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
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