In the Maker Shed: Advanced Arduino Starter Kit
Bridging the gap between the “real world” and your computer, the Advanced Arduino Starter Kit from the Maker Shed takes you further into the world of physical computing.
Arduino
As the preeminent tool for makers, Arduino is a versatile platform that covers almost every type of creative making. With its simple-to-use coding language and fun programming concepts, Arduino enables users to create modern electronics with ease. From beginner level projects like flashing LED lights to more advanced builds such as interactive robots, there are an endless number of possibilities when it comes to building projects with Arduino. Whether you are new or an experienced builder in search of fresh ideas, these posts will provide interesting Arduino tutorials and unique ideas that may spark your creativity and motivate you take on any type of maker project!
How-to: Connecting a 7-segment LED to the Arduino
Jeff posted this nice how-to about wiring up a 7-Segment LED to an Arduino. His code uses the ‘map()’ function to scale the sensor data and display it’s relative value on the 7-Segment display.
Solarbotics Ardweeny
Our finely-wired friends at Solarbotics have released their latest Arduino kit, the Ardweeny, “the smallest Arduino you can build yourself with through-hole components.” I love the backpack PCB concept which puts the support electronics for the ATmega328 chip on a board that stacks on top of the chip and is soldered to the chip’s pins. […]
DIY elevator control panel with Arduino
From the MAKE Flickr pool Swinz built a rather convincing elevator-style control panel just for the heck of it – I’ve recently completed a device that I’ve been idly threatening to make for years. This is a device that has no purpose other than entertainment, and it’s fairly limited in that regard too. It was […]
Inflation alarm clock pretty much rules out snoozing
Jeff’s “Princess and the Pea” alarm clock takes a cue from a classic fairy tale to provide a not-so-subtle wake-up call – No ordinary alarm clock: the Princess and the Pea Alarm Clock (“PPAC”) leaves no room for snoozing, inflating a green “pea” between the mattress and box spring, making it impossible to stay in […]
Eye shield gives your Arduino an eye
David Chatting built this Arduino Eye Shield so that he could hook up an analog video camera to his Arduino. It sounds pretty crazy, however by utilizing an LM1881 video sync separator chip and some comparators, he was able to use the Arduino to capture at least 8 1-bit monochrome values from each line of video data.
New in the Maker Shed: Voice Shield kit
The Voice Shield is an analog audio shield for the Arduino. It allows you to easily add audio sound bytes to your next project.
