New in the Maker Shed: Arduino Leonardo
The Arduino Leonardo is now available in the Maker Shed! It features all the capabilities of the Arduino Uno plus additional funcationality that will open up a whole new range of projects!
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Homemade Satellites are Just Around the Corner
As a child, I always looked up at the stars and wondered how I could make it into space. Hopefully, I will live to see that day, but for now, a homemade satellite will have to do. The Nanosatisfi team has made it their mission “to provide affordable space exploration for everyone!,” and with […]
An Introduction to the Arduino
This video is a vey basic introduction to the Arduino. So if you have a friend or relative who has been asking “what’s an Arduino?” You can point them here. They’ll get an overview of what it is and what’s possible with it.
SMS Text Scroller Powered by Android and Arduino
follower posted a new project up on Labradoc: an LED matrix display connected to an Arduino Mega ADK and an Android phone: I was working to get things working for the evening of Sat 19th (NZ time) but noticed an issue during the afternoon that stopped much in the way of new feature development. Once […]
Free Webcast from Arduino Cookbook Author Michael Margolis
On Tuesday, June 19, 2012, the author of the Arduino Cookbook is offering a free webcast, Expanding the Capabilities of your Arduino Projects: Michael Margolis is the author of Arduino Cookbook 2nd Edition, a collection of projects utilizing the physical computing platform of Arduino, the open source electronics prototyping platform. In this webcast Michael will […]
3D Printed Mintronics: Menta Case on Thingiverse
ThingM’s TodBot wasn’t content in keeping his Mintronics: Menta (available in the Maker Shed) in the included tin so he 3D printed his own!
Arduino GRANDE at Maker Faire
Honey, I Shrunk the Maker I built this 6x larger than real life, fully functional Arduino GRANDE. Why? There was talk among the MAKE: editors about how Arduino is really big at Maker Faire, and I thought, why not make it even bigger? Literally. After modeling it in 3D software, drafting it for laser cutting, […]
