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!

Arduino color picker

Arduino color picker

Andrew Rapp made this neat application to help you quickly find appropriate colors to use for your LED project. He hooked up an RGB LED (that is, a single LED module that has red, green, and blue LEDs built into it) to a color picker dialog box on his computer, allowing him to change the […]

Sleepy Arduino saves power

Sleepy Arduino saves power

Got a nice Arduino project that needs to be battery-powered, but you want it to keep running for a long time? Well, the fine folks at Lab 3 might have just the solution for you. They hooked up a photoresistor and a buzzer to an Atmega 168 microcontroller running Arduino to make a digital nightingale. […]

Humanthesizer – live dancing synth

Conductive body paint and Arduinos… Nilay @ Engadget writes – And you thought conductive paint was boring. Say hello to the Humanthesizer, a joint creation between electronic musician Calvin Harris, Sony Music UK, and Bare conductive body ink, which turned 15 bikini-clad ladies into a giant Arduino-powered synth capable of playing Harris’s track “Ready For […]