Arduino Project List Arduino Projects Arduino Glossary Privacy Policy Arduino Board Selector Arduino Tutorials Sitemap

als Sitemap Arduino Projects RSS Feeds

Search here ...

HOME ARDUINO PROJECTS PDF ARDUINO PROJECTS ARDUINO ONLINE COURSES TUTORIALS BLOG NEWS & UPDATES CONTACT US

API managed IO on the Cloud » HC-12 433MHz wireless serial communication module con guration » Save 98% on the Mastering Internet of Things Bundle »

Advanced View Arduino Projects List

List of Projects using arduino with advance view:

1. 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 di cult to make, nor are the parts overly expensive or hard to nd. For the most part they do a rather
good…… Listed under: Battery Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Phone Projects

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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: Robotics – Automation Projects

6. “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 nal projects. The Arduino is not very expensive
at roughly $30 per, but they…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects

7. 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

8. 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 gured…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

9. 4x4x4 LED Cube Arduino

After seeing all the di erent instructables for Led cubes i was still left with a lot of unanswered questions.  So after
reading everything i could nd 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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 nd 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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
16. 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 rst Processing sketch to test control of the
arm –…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

17. Clusterbot

What is Clusterbot?  He is a small, a ordable, autonomous Arduino-powered robot.  He can move, see, avoid
obstacles, and makes a melodic chirping sound sometimes. Clusterbot was my rst Arduino project, and I think he
makes a great project for a beginner.  While building Clusterbot you…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

18. 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 nally 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

19. 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 under: Arduino Programmer Projects

20. 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 di erent 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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 nder. I started by rigging 2
servos, one…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

24. 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

25. 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
aw…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects

26. 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

27. 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 nder 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 nder…… Listed
under: LCD Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects

28. Using the Sparkfun Motor Driver 1A Dual TB6612FNG using Arduino

As a beginner myself, I struggled to nd 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 e ort to get…… Listed under: Motor Projects, Projects

29. 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

30. 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 tra c light
project similar to this, but it…… Listed under: Car Projects, LED Projects, Projects

31. Controlling a clock with an Arduino

Update: The Arduino system is ne; 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

32. RGB flashing iPod dock from an old speaker

Using an Apple Pro speaker, I made a ashing 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
33. 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

34. 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 o the Arduino and into other integrated circuits in order to free up pins on the Arduino.
While…… Listed under: Other Projects, Projects

35. 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 exible foam. Instead of pulsing signal to a speaker, signal is pulsed to a motor varying
how fast it…… Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects

36. Arduino + Processing – Make a Radar Screen to Visualise Sensor Data from SRF-05 – Part 1

First things rst, 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

37. 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 ash patterns -Renamed variables As…… Listed under: Car Projects, LED Projects, Projects

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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 sni er 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

41. 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
42. 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

43. 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 nd it here. Bored of your favorite Twitter client ? No
problem,…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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 stu (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

47. 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 at…… Listed under: Motor Projects, Projects

48. 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

49. 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, Robotics –
Automation Projects

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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 Projects, Phone Projects, Projects

55. 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 under: Robotics – Automation Projects

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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
59. 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

60. 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 les can later be viewed in 3D software (GLC Player, Sketchup, Rhino, or sites such as
http://3d le.io) and…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects

61. 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 gure that
part out later. I thought…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

62. 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 retruck.
We don’t have…… Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects

63. 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

64. Pachube Client using Strings with Arduino

This example shows you how to answer a HTTP request using an Ethernet shield. Speci cally, 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. Accelerometer Table using Arduino Esplora

This example simpli es 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
68. 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

69. 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

70. 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……
Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects

71. 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

72. 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

73. 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

74. 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 of day. We propose a knocking platform through which these fundamental needs are met. This is
illustrated with the Knock Block KUI and…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects

75. 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=”# bb00 ”
font=”verdana” fontsize=”14″ radius=”20 ” border=”#000″…… Listed under: Projects, PWM Projects

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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 co ee mug, or a bat man
gurine.  This project is based…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects, Security – Safety Projects

79. 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 sur ng
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 Automation Projects, Projects

80. 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

81. Control a DC motor with Arduino and L293D chip

This is a quick guide with a bit of extra info (pin con gurations 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

82. Reaction Timer using an Arduino

I am new to Arduino and wanted a project which would teach me di erent 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 nd here
http://www.instructables.com/id/After-Dinner-Reaction-Time-Tester/ .  While…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects,
Projects

83. Buzz Wire Alarm Clock

Does it happen to you to slide your nger across your phone’s screen and turn the alarm o … 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

84. 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
85. 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: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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 form 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

89. 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

90. 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

91. Use your android phone sensors on the arduino

Hello, this is my very rst 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

92. 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

93. 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 re ll soon. Designed speci cally for…… Listed under: Home
Automation Projects

94. 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

95. 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

96. 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…… Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging
Projects

97. 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 ora-board. The…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects

98. 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

99. Low cost digital microscope with automated slide movement using arduino

This is an easy-to-implement product modi cation 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

100. Obstacle avoidance Arduino robot – build your own larryBot

So after 5 previous versions that had various aws, I now have an Arduino robot that actually works and although basic is very
cheap – although there a probably a few more aws so please point them out to me but this is a good…… Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Projects

101. 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 by
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

102. 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 out t in
time, but I will continue working…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

103. 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

104. 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: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

105. Geoweaver: A Walking 3D Printer Hexapod using arduino

Geoweaver is a student designed (team members Jia Wu, Mary Sek, and Je 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

106. Programmable auto filter interface for C64 using Arduino

Overview A software / hardware combo that allows for control of the analog lter inside a Commodore 64 that is
running Cynthcart from a host computer (eg, Macbok, PC). Software • 16-step lter sequencer • Set the speed of the
lter sequence (with intervals between…… Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 –
I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects

107. 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……
Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

108. 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
109. 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

110. Polar Plotter on Arduino and MakerBeams

The project A polar plotter is a plotter with a rotating, extendable arm. Its characteristics di er 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

111. 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 nally found…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

112. 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

113. 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

114. 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 nish with you having a
working dmd, that…… Listed under: LED Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

115. 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 nished making this clock months ago but did not bring it with me
to school so I…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, LED Projects

116. 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

117. 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
118. 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

119. Arduino Beer Pong Arcade

We are going to be making a ashy 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

120. 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

121. 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 con gurable tra c lights whilst also teaching you the basics of Arduino. Some
knowledge is needed and I highly recommend reading and…… Listed under: Car Projects, Projects

122. 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 les 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

123. 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 o – creating the illusion of oating text in the air. This combination of simple components
with…… Listed under: LED Projects

124. UnDecima Audio Output from Arduino

I already have one project where arduino outputs audio signal to USB speakers via software 10-bits PWM.  In rst, I
was not satis ed 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: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

125. Security / Automation Sensors using Arduino

Security system sensors such as motion detectors, reed switches, pressure mats, glass-break detectors, infra-red
beams, and conductive lm 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

126. 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

127. Lego Technic Car with Arduino + XBee Wireless Control

I was perusing Instructables one ne winter Saturday, when my 8 yo son came in and peered over my shoulder and
saw 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

128. 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.  Modi cation was made in
geometry.  Two lasers were set for “far eld”…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas, Projects, Robotics
– Automation Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

129. 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

130. 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

131. Tears of Rainbow using an Arduino

It’s time to release new updates for my rst (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

132. 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

133. 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 nger. It can also sense distance from physical objects or obstructions and
indicate direction and distance…… Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects

134. 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
135. 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

136. 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

137. 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 Projects

138. 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

139. 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

140. 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, speci cally 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

141. 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

142. 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
143. 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

144. Arduino Solar Cell Tester

When I’m building Solar Shrubs and other solar-powered creations, I often scavenge cells from various o -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 o to my bread-boarding station. First, I put each cell under…… Listed under: Battery Projects,
Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects, Solar energy projects

145. 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 a cher sa valeur
sur un lecteur LCD en choisissant si on veut l’a cher en°C ou °F grâce à une télécommande infrarouge. Dans ce tuto
j’utilise: -Une carte SainSmart (similaire à Arduino…… Listed under: LCD Projects

146. 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-speci c languages. Too often our automated
integration tests rely on coding and intimate technical knowledge of our systems,…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet
– LAN Projects, Projects

147. 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 o from school or work tomorrow? Put this snow globe next to your bed when you go to…… Listed
under: Radio Projects

148. 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 rst 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

149. 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

150. 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

151. Open Bitcoin ATM using arduino

The world’s rst 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
under: Robotics – Automation Projects

152. 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 rst
problem that I found was how to connect the control without an adapter, I was planning to make one, but when I……
Listed under: LED Projects

153. 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

154. 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

155. 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

156. Stripboard Arduino

In this, my rst 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

157. 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

158. 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 speci c 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
159. 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

160. 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

161. Make Your Own GRBL CNC Pendant

So you just nished your DIY CNC machine, set up GRBL and even cut your rst 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

162. 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

163. 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 a ect work with our project, but it can de nitely
work with your…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

164. 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 Speci cation: Support for the
Arduino IDE…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, How To – DIY – Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects, Projects

165. 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

166. Light Clapper using arduino

This is a project that I quickly made one night because I wanted to ‘clap’ to turn o 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
167. 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

168. 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

169. 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” e ect
of CMOS camera. Here this “negative” e ect was put to…… Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects,
Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

170. 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

171. 2 player Pong using Arduino

I started with the Instructable from Kyle Brinckerho ; 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

172. 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

173. 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

174. 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: Robotics – Automation Projects

175. 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

176. 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 les…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment
Projects, Home Automation Projects

177. Wex, the One Eyed Watcher using an Arduino

Wex detects your location with ultrasonic sensors then follows you with his one ashing 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

178. 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 witty messages, political statements or beautiful drawings, and for less than 20$. The idea is to drop a
trail of…… Listed under: Car Projects

179. 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

180. 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

181. 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

182. Forget Me Not- Remote Flower Watering

Hi everyone, Lucy Matchett, Nicole Yi Messier, and Joselyn McDonald (Snax_and_Macs) made a remote ower-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

183. How to build an Arduino synth

 This is a super simple and easily customizable little synthesizer. This is my rst time using the Arduino and also with
acrylic, both I found very fun to work with though.  This is also my rst Instructables so hopefully I have explained this
well enough.…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Projects

184. 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

185. 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

186. 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 di erent papercubes that switch places in each frame. That technique is commonly known as
replacement stopmotion. Problem: It only…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

187. 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

188. 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

189. 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 shu es 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

190. 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 rst drawings on right side. Disadvantage: there is no ampli er, and consequently sensitivity
would be low, hardly enough to…… Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

191. 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

192. 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 nd one
like this. In fact,…… Listed under: LED Projects

193. 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

194. 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

195. 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,
rmware, electronics or HVAC? Well, now’s…… Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects

196. 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

197. 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

198. 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

199. 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

200. Playing Wave file using arduino

 This is a simple circuit to play wav les using arduino Nano V3.0 ,it consist from 4 buttons ,each one play speci c wav
le 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

201. 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, owing patterns of paint directly on the surface of water
which you can capture on the surface of paper. Expert…… Listed under: Other Projects

202. 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

203. 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

204. 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

205. How to make a multi-layered acrylic and LED sculpture with variable lighting levels using Arduino

Here you can nd out how to make you very own n as made for the exhibition www.laplandscape.co.uk curated by
art/design group Lapland. More images can be seen at ickr This exhibition runs from Wednesday 26 November –
Friday 12 December 2008 inclusive, and had…… Listed under: LED Projects, Projects

206. Remote control via GPRS/GSM SMS(Arduino)

Remote control, especially when this no ethernet or Wi 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

207. 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

208. LilyPad Arduino Totoro Plush with Umbrella

Materials: For Totoro: Felt:  1 black, 3 grey, 1 white, 1 beige Needle Black Thread Poly- l stu ng Cardstock Scissors Pins Pen or chalk
DIY Totoro Plush Tutorial HERE Totoro Pattern HERE For Umbrella: 3 or 4 di erent types of fabric Felt: 1 grey, 1 black…… Listed under:
 Game – Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects

209. 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

210. Compact 3-in-1 Stripboard DIYduino with Integrated Sensor and L298N Motor Shield

I am presenting a compact design of a stripboard Arduino board (DIYduino) that includes a 2A motor driver and has
additionally the functionality of a sensor shield. The 2-channel version cost approximately $29.43 and is more
a ordable compared to $39.00 for a commercially available system…… Listed under: Motor Projects, Sensor –
Transducer – Detector Projects

211. Dogduino:The Automatic Dog Feeder using Arduino

Tired of having to nd 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

212. 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 replace. It’s been a cold
winter so we’ve had a fair number of res, but there is just something wrong about a blank brick wall. Well in this……
Listed under: Home Automation Projects

213. 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

214. 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

215. 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. Stu you need:
Arduino USB Cable Computer running Arduino software…… Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects

216. 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
217. 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

218. 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

219. 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

220. 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

221. Perfboard Hackduino Arduino-compatible circuit

Never again will you have to dismantle a nished 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

222. 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

223. Flashlight tag using an Arduino board

You probably know the game of ashlight-tag. You just run around in the dark on a campsite. You hold your ashlight
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

224. 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  ascoes with Arduino and computers, I was…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

225. 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 ve LED lights and one pushbutton switch. The LEDs ash in a sequence and the player
must press the button when the middle…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, LED Projects

226. 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

227. 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

228. 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

229. 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 stu when you move the thumbstick around. This
instructable…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, LCD Projects, Projects

230. 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
stu ed animal that sings “Jesus Loves Me” while lights ash with the notes. I made a fox, but the pattern to…… Listed
under: Home Automation Projects

231. PCB on a Box using Arduino Board

Sorry, but I hate cleaning windows, is one of my un nished 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

232. 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

233. 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
234. 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

235. 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

236. 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 con gurations, so you must be aware of the best
battery choice…… Listed under: Motor Projects, Projects

237. 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 bene ts (ease of use,
common availability) and drawbacks (two stopwatches needed…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects

238. 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

239. 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

240. 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

241. 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

242. 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 – Projects, Phone Projects, Projects

243. 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

244. 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: Home Automation Projects

245. 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

246. 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

247. 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 di erent components. In this case we are going to use the switch to turn on and…… Listed
under: LED Projects

248. 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 rst time I have used the Lilypad Arduino or any kind of soft circuit technology, so my
coding…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects

249. 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

250. 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 – Camera – Imaging Projects

251. 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

252. 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

253. 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 stu from it. . This project started out as just a small robot so I could learn more about……
Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

254. 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

255. 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 ve-color photometry, and the other using 24 2048 x 400 chips
for astrometry and…… Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects

256. 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

257. 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: How To – DIY – Projects

258. Interactive Logo using an Arduino

 rst 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 rst belgian Arduino Jam (2012). During the Arduino Jam 2012, me and
two other colleagues put our heads together…… Listed under: LED Projects, Projects

259. 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

260. 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

261. [Arduino] Linefollower with photoresistors

I built a linefollower robot that could be used in many di erent 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

262. 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

263. 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 ip 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

264. 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 – Entertainment Projects

265. 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

266. 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
267. 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 Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

268. 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

269. 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
Modi able-If…… Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

270. 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: Temperature Measurement Projects

271. 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 o 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

272. Touch Sensitive Audio Desk Trays- Arduino

After having completed my rst 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 – Transducer – Detector Projects

273. 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

274. Homemade Magic Lamp Card Box using an Arduino

A robot is a virtual or mechanical arti cial 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

275. 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 – Camera – Imaging Projects

276. 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

277. 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

278. 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

279. 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

280. 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

281. 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

282. 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 at. We don’t have a land line. Calling……
Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

283. Simple Arduino Book clock

This book clock was inspired by orinc and the impresive selection of clocks like the wise clock3 etc
http://www.instructables.com/member/ orinc/ 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
284. 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
e ects 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

285. 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
electronics 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, How To – DIY – Projects

286. 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 e ect, a…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

287. 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

288. 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 ex sensors and use the buttons and d pad and add anything you want. In…… Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

289. Chur-Robot

Electrical Components The electrical components are the ve 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 nal circuit diagram looks like this:…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

290. 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

291. 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

292. 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
293. 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 Board – Kits Projects, Projects

294. 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

295. 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

296. 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, Robotics – Automation Projects

297. 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

298. 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
exible platform for lots of creative projects. Some…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects

299. 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

300. Arduino WiFi Garage Door Opener

Ever come home in the rain to nd 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

301. 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- 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
302. Ambient Etch-a-Sketch

We built a pseudo Etch-A-Sketch emulator that modi es 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 under: Game – Entertainment Projects

303. 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 re ect
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

304. Using a laser pointer and a matrix LED as a two-dimensional input device

Laser Command is a game which I build using a 8×8 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

305. 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 – Entertainment Projects

306. 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: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

307. 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 – Entertainment Projects

308. 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 under: How To – DIY – Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects

309. 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

310. 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 identi er and once it receives the
correct one, it uses the Arduino Leonardo’s…… Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects, RFID – NFC projects

311. 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

312. 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 under: Arduino Programmer Projects

313. 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

314. 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

315. 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

316. 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

317. 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

318. 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

319. 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 e ort to
develop dynamic computer controlled surfaces, I began exploring…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects

320. 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

321. 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

322. 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

323. 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

324. Build a Controllable Coffee Roaster from an Air Popcorn Popper

I have a passion for co ee.  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 co ee roaster!  Follow these
instructions to re-purpose and hack your West Bend…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects

325. 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

326. 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 rst picture shows an example how could be it designed. For the ESM I used an Atmel Atmega328
(based…… Listed under: LCD Projects

327. Arduino USB

LOG: Made a correction/modi cation 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
328. 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

329. 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

330. 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

331. 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

332. 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

333. 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 di erent
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

334. 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

335. 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

336. 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

337. 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

338. Microcontrollers: The Basics

Di erent kinds of computers are designed for di erent purposes. The computer at the heart of your laptop is optimized for
di erent 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

339. 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

340. 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

341. 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 nish writing preliminary project proposal. WEEK 01 SUMMARY Accomplishments:
Submitted preliminary project proposal. Weekly Work Total: 3…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

342. Arduino Robot V2 (Fast) Also Voice Controlled

This is my second version of my arduino robot after “Build your rst robot”. My Second version is slightly complicated
as compared to my rst one but o ers better features. In this instructable I’m going to show you how to build a fast
robot which…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

343. 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 di erent
than a standard microphone. This tool adds new…… Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects, Projects, Sound –
Audio Projects

344. 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
345. 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

346. 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

347. 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 e ect, control the speed of the small DC motor. The big picture problem is creating an
e cient PWM motor controller that…… Listed under: Motor Projects

348. Capacitive Sensing + Open Frameworks + SPACEBREW

This is a step-by-step on how to connect Arduino to OpenFrameworks using Spacebrew. More speci cally 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

349. 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

350. 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

351. 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

352. 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

353. 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

354. 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

355. 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

356. 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

357. Auto reset stuff with Arduino

Have a problem with my wireless bridge. It works for a some time then, despite it saying everything it ne, refuses to
connect wirelessly. All it needs is to be turned o and on again and it works again (for a while!). I decided that……
Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects

358. 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

359. 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 xture. For more information on…… Listed under: Solar energy projects

360. Arduino Vocal Effects Box

This Arduino-powered vocal e ects box pitch shifts and distorts incoming audio signals to produce a wide variety of
vocal e ects.  This project is my rst 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

361. Momentary Switch as Digital Sensor

In many cases switches are just switches. They directly control the ow of electricity to an appliance, ashlight 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
362. Simple and reasonably accurate pedometer system

Our nal project for ECE 4760 provides a simple but e ective exercise monitoring system of the user’s walk or run.
With an increase of the number of health conscious individuals hoping to remain t, we designed a system that allows
the user to keep track…… Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects

363. Smart Thermal + Arduino

Many times we are  faced with a heat containing co ee and don’t  know if the uid is at  the proper temperature and it
is impossible to know just by looking at  the bottle ended up losing time with a co ee that is cold and we…… Listed
under: Temperature Measurement Projects

364. 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

365. 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

366. 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 e ciently and to perfection. This instructable will attempt to guide you
through the thought processes used…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

367. 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

368. 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

369. 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
370. 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

371. 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

372. 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 speci c information and share that information with…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects

373. 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

374. 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

375. 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

376. 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

377. 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 ne, but the spinner disk for selecting the numbers is a piece of garbage. It ew apart about…… Listed under: Clock –
Timer Projects, Projects
378. Intuitive Vibrotactile Feedback Educational Feedback Devices

The goal of the project is to come up with an a ordable yet generic vibrotactile feedback device to be used for
educational purposes. A chemistry learning environment is developed to demonstrate a speci c application of our
device, in which users can manipulate ions and feel…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

379. 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

380. 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

381. 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

382. LilyPad Arduino Sensor Demo Mat

This tutorial shows you how to create a sensor demo mat for the LilyPad Arduino. I wanted a place where I could
experiment with the di erent sensors, but also something that I could use to show examples of what can be done
without constantly uploading…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

383. Build Your Own BARBOT using Arduino

Ever wanted a robotic liquor server? I purchased a Lynxmotion robotic arm last year and an Arduino (deci) to play
around with. I had it serial controlled with a joystick and it was a great way to start in robotics. More recently I wanted
to…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

384. Highly maneuverable search and rescue robot

Finalized Prototype Shown below is the nalized prototype. The purpose of the prototype was to demonstrate the
feasibility of a small, highly maneuverable search and rescue robot. As such, the completed prototype was successful.
Capabilities include a ground speed of 10 inches per second, battery…… Listed under: Medical – Health based
Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects

385. How to make and use the arduino as an Isp for an ATtiny85

In this instructable I will show you how you can make your own Atting programming shield for the arduino and then use the arduino as
a programmer. Usually If you don’t have a shield you can do a breadboard version to program the ATtiny. (Step1)…… Listed under:
 Arduino Programmer Projects, Projects

386. DIY Super Bright LED Skate Lights

You might remember my rst set of lights that I put on my dad’s skates. Well those weren’t bright enough and they
were a lot of work because I didn’t know how to make PCBs. In this i’ble I’ll cover how to make your own…… Listed
under: LED Projects

387. Interactive LED box

Project Goal The goal of this project is to create a low resolution display of graphical art that interacts with people who
are handling it. My basic idea is to create such a “magic box” with a LED matrix on one side. It should be…… Listed
under: LED Projects

388. Brushless Gimbal with Arduino

This is a Spring 2014 Electronics project at Pomona College created by Andreas Biekert and Jonah Grubb. Thanks to
Professor Dwight Whitaker, Tony Grigsby and the Pomona Physics Department. Our goal with this project was to
create a 2 axis brushless gimbal controlled solely by…… Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects

389. Biometric Sensing Computer Mouse

In the past ve weeks, we have considered and built three projects, ranging from: optical sensing, electromyography
(EMG), and galvanic skin response detection. Initially, our project was using an optical sensor and EMG to detect nger
movement for applications, such as: playing piano and Morse…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects

390. BabyTrackr

I found a pressure sensor matrix that we could adapt to a pressure sensor patch on the stomach of the women in
labor on this webpage (see below). It gives instructions how to build a pressure sensor by using two pieces of cloth
and conductive…… Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects

391. Custom Arduino Shield and Sensors

Overview: This instructable will construct a series of custom sensor modules and an Arduino shield. Such modules are
available from many di erent sources, but fans of the Instructables website would probably nd satisfaction in
making their own. Each module will be a set size of…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

392. How To Make The Easiest Breadboard Arduino-Compatible Sanguino-Equivalent

Okay so the Title is indeed a bit of a mouthful lol ! Ive been needing to mess around with a desire for MORE
Input/Output pins than the Arduino UNO and nowadays the UNO uses an Atmega328 microcontroller, & its limited to
only about 20…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects

393. Head Mouse – Game controller or disability aid using Arduino

My kids wanted to have a head controlled mouse for playing Minecraft – they wanted to move their heads and have
the eld of view move. I decided that was a challenge I couldn’t resist, so I decided to build a movement controlled
 mouse using…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Medical – Health based Projects

394. Build Your Own Arduino Web server

The Arduino Ethernet Shield is a sweet toy!!!  Everybody, from the beginner who got their Arduino yesterday and
hasn’t slept since, to the hard core pro who learned c as a second language, can learn how to use the Ethernet Shield
and have lots of…… Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects

395. Connect 4 Binary Clock using an Arduino

Welcome ladies and gents! As an entrepreneur, I’m always looking for great projects to share.  Myself and two other
classmates recently put together a project for our Master’s of Engineering program in Technical Entrepreneurship, and
we’re thrilled to share our vision with you.  Remember that…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects

396. Speech-controlled Game Boy Advance using arduino

This is a project I worked on for my electronics class at Pomona College. Thanks to Professor Dwight Whitaker and
Tony Grigsby for their help and guidance throughout this project, and credit to Jonathan Wong for the idea for this
project! Also, here’s a list…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

397. Sign Language Translator using Arduino

First of all, this project is not nished. We’re still trying to improve and x some problems. Right now, we’re only able
to translate letters from “A” to “E”. The program still have problems while identi cating those letters, the values for
each of them match…… Listed under: Other Projects, Projects

398. AC Dimmer Circuit: 46

Green wire is zero_cross signal, goes to Arduino digital pin 2 in. Yellow wire is light dimming signal, comes from Arduino digital pin
11. The LED on board should dim or fade along with the AC light source. Fading will not work until AC power…… Listed under:
Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects

399. Extra inputs for Arduino with a keyboard

The Arduino is perhaps the coolest thing on earth. There are many types, the Uno, the Mega, the Pro, the Pro Mini,
etc. etc. But one thing that often can be a problem is that you only have a limited number of inputs and outputs.……
Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects

400. Motion Sensing Digital Camera & Alarm using Arduino

Welcome to my instructable on how to make an Arduino-controlled motion sensing camera and alarm! The motivation
behind this project, which I worked on in my electronics class at Pomona College, was the need to keep away varmints
(particularly raccoons) that were digging up my…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects, Video –
Camera – Imaging Projects

401. Easy Electronics Organization using Arduino

Like many other electronic enthusiasts I need to have a constant supply of materials in order for us to keep building,
hacking, or just playing around with electronics. However as probably any of us have come to realize we need a lot of
space and…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects
402. A Planar 2-DOF Haptic Device for Exploring Gravitational Fields

For our project, we built a planar, 2 degree-of-freedom haptic device for educational use. The design is based on a 5-
bar mechanism. We wanted to build a device that would have the versatility to teach various concepts, but would still
be relatively a ordable (as the…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

403. Make a Musical Bench using Arduino

The Musical Bench is an exhibit which makes music when people touch, kiss, or hold hands. It uses a micro-controller
to detect changes in resistance, via the copper armrests, and plays high or low notes depending on how much current
ows through you and a…… Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects

404. Portable Haptics System Hardware

Mobile Phone There is a wide selection of mobile phones on the market. For our development, we chose Nokia 6210
Navigator due to its ability to run Java, accompanied by Bluetooth communication, and its small form factor. The
phone mainly acts as a remote control…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

405. Robo-Mobile – A Homemade Bluetooth Robot using arduino

Background This robot is one I built to learn. Before this project I did get my feet wet with a few small scale Arduino
projects like an ultrasonic robot, (that would move backwards until it was a certain distance away from the wall,) and
I…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

406. Knockdown Warning Indicator (Redux)

This week I continued developing a device that warns of the potential of a knockdown – the process by which an over-
canvassed sailing ship is lain over on her beam-ends during a squall.  The potential for sinking at this point is high,
especially if there…… Listed under: Security – Safety Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

407. Smartphone controlled Arduino tank using Annikken Andee

Hi guys, I am Robin, one of the developers of Annikken Andee. Just a few weeks back we were invited to be a part of
Arduino Day Singapore 2014. On the day of the event, we showcased a missile- ring lego-crushing smartphone
controlled Tank built using…… Listed under: Phone Projects

408. Bitcoin Price Ticker (almost) from scratch using Arduino as ISP

Hello everyone! I decided to create this tutorial on how to make a Bitcoin Price Ticker. Well, this is only a prototype
and I will make a smaller edition with a more pleasant design and some other features at a later time. However, this
serves…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

409. Machine Design

The assignmente for this week is to automate the machine assembled two weeks ago. For this Roxanna milled the
Arduino’s shield for controlling the steppers, but Alejandro found that we haven’t all the components for stu ng,
specially the A3982 – stepper motor driver, so as…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects

410. Tracking Cat Eyes via Kinect using Arduino

This instructable was made as part of the CS graduate course “Tangible Interactive Computing” at the University of Maryland, College
Park taught by Professor Jon Froehlich. The course focused on exploring the materiality of interactive computing and, in the words of
 MIT Professor Hiroshii Ishii,…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

411. Simon Game

High Level Description: For part 3 of the lab, our group decided to build a “Simon” game. Our game setup uses 3
buttons and 4 LEDs. Each button corresponds to one LED and the 4th LED is used to indicate an error. The game
starts…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

412. Musical Exercise: Workout Shirt MP3 Player Powered by Exercise using Arduino

People love listening to music while exercising. Music provides the motivation needed for individuals to keep exerting
energy and get in shape. So, because people enjoy listening to music while exercising, what if an MP3 player only
played an individual’s music while they are active?…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Sound – Audio
Projects

413. ANDROID BASED ROBOTICS

While the eld of robotics is continuously expanding at a remarkable rate and better performing robots are created
every year, robotics still remains out of reach for many students and researchers. The main reasons for this di culty
are the high complexity of the hardware and…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

414. Bird Feeder Monitor using Arduino

This is a project to monitor the number of birds that visit my bird feeder, as well as record the amount of time spent
feeding. I used an Arduino Yún and a capacitive touch sensor, Adafruit CAP1188, to detect and record the birds
feeding. On…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects

415. 5x5x5 LED Cube – Orientation Independent 3D Display

Introduction   Our project, in one sentence, is an orientation independent 3D LED display. We were inspired by various
videos on youtube of similar cubes but also by the idea of creating an interactive 3-dimensional display. We built a
5x5x5 LED cube display and controller…… Listed under: LED Projects

416. Talking Arduino Heart Rate Monitor

My partner and I wanted to make heart rate monitor that does more than simply measure a user’s heart rate. Our
heart rate monitor talks! Each button gives a verbal description of its functionality and makes the measurements
visible on the screen. This monitor will…… Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects

417. SoundBox

Group #1 Avneesh Sarwate (asarwate@) John Subosits (subosits@) Joe Turchiano (jturchia@) Kuni Nagakura
(nagakura@) Yaared Al-Mehairi (kyal@) Ideas and Sketches   Squat Coach – Detects the depth of your squats and
assesses your form. Flex sensor is positioned to run up the back of knee…… Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects

418. Digital I/O with Arduino Boards

Readings in Physical Computing Ch 6. pgs 87-136 (this week and next week) Ch 7: Serial Communication [137-143; 149-
150; 153-161] Before the lab You should have already successfully installed the Arduino environment on your laptop,
built the LED circuit, and successfully load/run the “blink” program to…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits
Projects
419. The Creepy Doll using Arduino

Here at Mikamai, we often organise events and hackathons. After the last hackathon, someone left an old doll, and it
was kinda creepy… so why not make it even creepier? I decided to put two red LEDs instead of the eyes, and a
vibration sensor…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

420. Capture the image of a falling object

The aim of this project is to create a setup to capture the image of a falling object or any object in motion at a precise
time using a DSLR and Arduino microcontroller. It can be done in many di erent ways, but the method I…… Listed
under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects

421. Catchin’ time using Arduino

This tutorial will show you how to build an interactive toy for children. This toy wants to give a boost to children to
move and play with friends at home or in a park, instead of watching TV and playing videogames. Catchin’ time is a……
Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

422. Sleep n’ Tweet

Step 1: The Sleep n’ Tweet Now I am lucky enough to work at the greatest company in the world as a University of
Waterloo, co-op student. It might not even be a company you’ve heard of yet. They’re named Upverter and we are
trying…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

423. Password access with arduino

~~ The complete kit for this tutorial is now for sale at www.razvantech.com   Get one! ~~ This instructable will show
you how to make a pass-code lock system using the Arduino Mega board. Whenyou type the right code, an LED lights
up an the servo…… Listed under: Security – Safety Projects

424. Make your pet dishes tweet

You give your pets everything: Food, water, a home, toys, and love. Why not give them a twitter account? This project
allows you to monitor your pets’ eating habits and receive alerts when their supplies are low. It’s also a cute, fun way
to learn…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

425. Animatronic Green-Winged Macaw Papercraft

Hello everybody! This macaw was part of a work of biology at the college of my daughter, who was attempting to
educate people not to buy wild animals. This beautiful animal, natural tropical forests of South America, is highly
coveted by smugglers. In captivity, unlikely…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

426. AlarmingTweet

This project will add tweeting capabilities to the GE 45142 Choice-Alert Wireless Control Center Alarm system. The
alarm system allows you to connect up to 16 di erent sensors across 4 zones and with the addition of the Arduino
powered AlarmingTweet you can enable it to…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects

427. Maze Solving Robot

 In this instructable I will be showing you how to build a maze solving robot. This is actually my 3rd attempt at making
one. The rst was a complete failure. The second was alright at nding the end of the maze, but it could not…… Listed
under: Robotics – Automation Projects

428. USB Mouse Made Out Of A Wii Nunchuck

This instructable will describe how to convert a Nintendo Wii Nunchuck controller into a USB 2-button mouse using a
Teensy USB.  The Teensy USB is a very user-friendly development board that can be programmed in an Arduino
environment. The Teensy USB development board and necessary…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -
ISP) Projects

429. Reddit Controller, USB Upvote/Downvote button

Not too long ago I saw the “Awesome Button” video on the Make Magazine podcast. In the video Matt Richardson
shows how you can take a Teensy development board and turn it into a simple USB keyboard. In his example
everytime a button is pressed…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects

430. Electric Turtle Robot

Be sure to check out my new instructable , the ‘little Tank’! Really nice tracked design complete with cut les! update:
I’ve had so much response on this instructable, thanks to all. If you end up making one, please let me know! I’d love
to…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

431. LED Microcontroller Debug Module

When it comes to debugging a microcontroller circuit, there aren’t a lot of simple options.  Since a microcontroller
circuit might have multiple things going on at the same time, measuring voltages with a DMM isn’t an option.  Using an
computerized In-Circuit-Debugger solution is expensive and…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, LED
Projects

432. Wise Clock 3 – Arduino-based geeky alarm clock

Wise Clock 3 is an open-source, highly hackable geeky clock that shows a lot more than the time. Its main function is
to display user-editable quotations retrieved from an SD card (like those used in photo cameras). In addition, Wise
Clock 3 can show the…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects

433. Giant Leaf Planetarium

Have you ever wanted a mini-planetarium for your room? Well now you can! This instructable will help you create a
fairly portable planetarium leaf that you can put over a bed, a couch, or anywhere else in your house. All you need is
an IKEA…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

434. Universal Gripper – Syringe Powered

The “universal gripper” developed by researchers from Cornell University, the University of Chicago, and iRobot
inspired me to create my own version. The YouTube video is quite impressive. The gripper can form around very
asymmetrical and smooth shapes and still pick up the object. I…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

435. Arduino Project Board

The Arduino Project Board is basically a board to transer your ATMEGA168/328 to when you have completed your
project and no longer need to use the Arduino as a development board. Simply transfer the programmed chip from
the Arduino board to the Arduino project board…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
436. Turn your Arduino Uno into an USB-HID-Mididevice

While building an Arduino Uno based Midi-Controller for Ableton Live, I came across the HIDUINO project (
http://code.google.com/p/hiduino/ ). It allows you to turn your Arduino Uno (or any other device using an AVR-USB
chipset like the 8u2) into a driverless HID/Midi device. It’s much…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

437. Rave Rover – Mobile Dance Stage

Rave Rover was designed and built to be a portable dance platform for parties, raves, and any other trouble we can
get into! I will go into as much detail as I can explaining the entire build process, and where to nd parts and other……
Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

438. How to hack EEG toys with arduino

i had heard a few years back about the ability of hooking up toy EEGs so you can interface them with your computer. I
was reminded of this for a project i wanted to do for a class (instructable coming soon ;-)), and i also…… Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Projects

439. Building a Portal Turret with motion controlled audio and lighting

In this Instructable I’m going to show you how I went about building my very own life size talking Portal Turret from
start to nish. This is a fairly in depth project that will cover every stage of construction and all the techniques I
used…… Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects

440. Pan/Tilt Motion System for Control Education

Pan/Tilt Motion System for Control Education Ricardo G. Sanfelice, University of Arizona Project supported by
Mathworks Website developed by Colin Lasharr, University of Arizona   Contents Introduction Instructions for Building
the System Installation Instructions The Arduino Board Simulink Initial Parameter Identi cation System Identi cation
for Zenith…… Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects

441. Hack the Nabaztag using Arduino

This is a Nabaztag – Armenian, apparently, for “hare”. It’s an adorable bunny rabbit packed with sensors and
communication devices…. and it’s completely unusable. There’s people who wrote some interesting software to hack
it, and I applaud them: however, I could never actually get my…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects,
Robotics – Automation Projects

442. DIY Parking Sonsor using Arduino

The last time I was home visiting my parents I noticed bumper imprints caused by my mother suburban on the stairs
leading up from the garage. Their garage it turns out is just barely long enough to t their gigantic vehicles. So I
decided it…… Listed under: Car Projects, How To – DIY – Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

443. Using Mozzi Library with 5 potentiometers using arduino

Getting Started The goal of this project was to create lters and controls to that can manipulate sound that is being generated through
an Arduino. Normally Arduino can only generate simple tones that are not useful if you are trying to achieve complex sounds and……
Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
444. Arduino Quilting Machine

The Arduino Quilting Machine combines the mechanics of a sewing machine, CNC technology and Arduino as an
operating system. The project is designed to translate a vector le from a computer into G-code and subsequently
into Arduino language which then moves the machine. The project…… Listed under: CNC Machines Projects

445. Diy Xbox wireless controller adapter for Pc

This instructable will go over the steps to connect a RF module from an RROD xbox to your computer so you can use a
wireless controller with your computer. ******DISCLAIMER******* DONT TRY THIS IF YOU DONT HAVE ANY
EXPERIENCE WITH ELECTRONICS/SOLDERING OR COMPUTERS IM NOT…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects,
Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

446. Make a digital “meow” from analog clock using arduino

Is your analog clock just not doing enough stu ? Want to do digital things with an analog clock? This tutorial will show
you how to make a Kit Cat Clock play a “meow” sound clip, at precise time intervals, using the Atmega 328P-PU via
the…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Home Automation Projects

447. DIY Telepresence Documentation

This is the documentation page for the Spring 2012 DIY Telepresence project. Here you will nd schematics, software,
and guides for the robot. The goal of the project was to design a low-cost, easy to build telepresence robot. Some of
the features include: Segway based…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

448. Total Recall- Arduino Simon Says on steroids

Total Recall is a Simon based game for the Arduino. Your basic Arduino Simon Game consists of 4 buttons, 4 LEDs, an
Arduino, some code and maybe a speaker and sound e ects. Total Recall takes things a step further by adding an LCD
display and…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

449. Voice Activated LED Lighting with Arduino

This project is an extension to the Speech Recognition with Arduino by leandro4b

(http://www.instructables.com/id/Speech-Recognition…). However, instead of using 3 separate colored LEDs, I used a
multicolor 4-channel RGBW LED Emitter. I had the opportunity of working at LED Engin last summer, which is why I……
Listed under: LED Projects

450. The Wondrous Weather Cube

We created an Internet-enabled companion cube for your computer, which displays di erent kinds of information by
glowing red or green. Depending on its orientation, and which labeled face is oriented upwards, our companion cube
displays either stock readings of the NASDAQ or the outside temperature…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects

451. Laser Pointer Switch using arduino

 This instructable will detail how to make a switch that uses an arduino to sample light. When the light sample reaches
a threshold it will trigger a relay that can be used to turn on/o a small appliance (light, radio, fan, etc…) The parts
for…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects

452. FabECG: a simple electrocardiogram board

Technologies for rudimentary physiological sensing are getting cheaper and easier to implement. Consider, for
instance, these non-contact sensors from UCSD which can be used to take an EEG through hair or an ECG through a T-
shirt! One can even make a simple oscilloscope to digitize,…… Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects

453. Arduino controlled Rotary Stewart Platform

This instructable is about building a Rotary Stewart Platform. It allows to position its moving platform in six degrees of
freedom. This speci c platform is designed to be able to position a DSLR or any other digital camera. This version of
Stewart Platform uses instead…… Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects

454. DC motors Relays

Let’s get the math over right o the bat. There are a LOT of attempts to describe how Ohm’s Law works, each one nerdier than the
last. Here’ one I like. Warning: SFWBN (safe for work but nerdy). V = voltage measured in volts -…… Listed under: Motor Projects

455. ATtiny85 POV Display using arduino

The rst time I saw a POV (Persistence Of Vision) display was on a show called FAQ on TV. The POV display consisted of
an oscillating shaft with 6 LED’s mounted on the end of the shaft. Since then I have always wanted to make…… Listed
under: LED Projects

456. making art interactive

Unfortunately, due to my need to reclaim my arduino and breadboards, we don’t have photographic documentation
of our circuit. However, the structure of it was rather self-evident. Although we arranged the circuit in a such a way
that we could program other functions, but we…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Phone
Projects

457. Control Keyboard & Mouse Android app via Arduino

This instructable will show you how to control your computer’s keyboard and mouse with an Android app via
bluetooth to an Arduino BACKGROUND Ever wanted to control your computer’s mouse/keyboard functionality
without having to actually sit in front of it? I do all the time.…… Listed under: Arduino Android, Internet – Ethernet –
LAN Projects, Projects

458. Augmented Water using arduino

The Augmented Water device helps you save water by turning red after one Liter. The device, built by @tamberg
during a water hackathon, is made from an Arduino, a ow sensor and coloured LED pixels. Video
https://www. ickr.com/photos/tamberg/14346321456/ (thanks kiilo) In case you want to build…… Listed under: Home
Automation Projects

459. Blind Maze Navigation using 2-DOF Haptic Joystick

The domain of haptics has immense potential as a technology to assist visually-impaired individuals with their navigation of the
physical world. In this project, we sought to develop a 2-DOF haptic joystick to provide force-feedback to a user as she attempts to
 navigate a maze…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

460. Temperature Displayed on 4 Digit 7 segment using Arduino

In this project I’ll display the temperature in a 4 digit 7 segment display (common anode). The sensor is the cheapest
you can nd so actually the temperature changes pretty easily which makes the display to show always di erent
temperatures. But the idea is to…… Listed under: Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects

461. A compact, Arduino altimeter for RC Planes

Please vote for this Instructable if you think it deserves it! Thanks! The Ultimate Altimeter is a super-compact, Arduino
controlled altimeter capable of measuring the altitude with an accuracy of 0.3 meters, and saving the highest and
lowest values it has measured. It is powered…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects

462. Wiring Harness for the LCD Panel

Assembly of the Female Connector Block The wiring harness has a male and female end. The gender of electrical and
mechanical parts is described on this Wikipedia page. The header pins that are soldered into the circuit board for the
LCD panel are plugged into…… Listed under: LCD Projects

463. Android Accessories Made Easy With Arduino

The Android Open Accessory Protocol makes it possible for you to create custom Arduino-based accessories for your
Android phone or tablet. Attend this session to learn how to get started, the hardware &amp; software required and
how Handbag makes development easier. Content will be useful…… Listed under: Arduino Android, Internet –
Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects

464. Huge Arduino Animatronic LED Eyeball using arduino

I’m currently in the process of making a Halloween contraption that has a few components that are worth
documenting. The Huge Arduino Animatronic LED Eyeball is one of them. Background Most animatronic eyeball
projects that I found were more or less life-size. They were usually…… Listed under: LED Projects

465. Brain-Computer Interface

Introduction Our goal was to build a brain-computer interface using an AVR microcontroller. We decided that the least
invasive way of measuring brain waves would be using electroencephalography (EEG) to record microvolt-range
potential di erences across locations on the user’s scalp. In order to accomplish this,…… Listed under: Medical –
Health based Projects

466. Happy Androids with Arduino Video instructions

Arduino + Android Normally smartphone events are tightly coupled to your phone device itself. When your cell phone
is ringing, your phone speaker plays a ringtone. When you get a new text message, your phone displays it on its
screen. Wouldn’t it be thrilling to…… Listed under: Arduino Android, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects

467. Hack an old iPod using an Android and an Arduino

This tutorial shows you how to use an Arduino to turn that old dusty music player into a Bluetooth controlled docking station. Even if it
has a cracked screen or a dead battery it can still be used. The following instructions will show you how…… Listed under: Arduino
Android
468. Finalized Prototype

Shown below is the nalized prototype. The purpose of the prototype was to demonstrate the feasibility of a small,
highly maneuverable search and rescue robot. As such, the completed prototype was successful. Capabilities include a
ground speed of 10 inches per second, battery life of…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects

469. Line Following Robot using arduino

This is a Line Following Robot. It follows a black line that is drawn. It is able to detect the black line through one
photocell and one analog light sensor. There is an LED in between the two sensors that gives o red light when……
Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

470. AC Dimmer Circuit

Overview Simple AC Dimmer circuit for incandescent bulbs. 128 levels of brightness. Parts are relatively cheap! How it
Works This is an AC Chopping Circuit. The dim level sets where the AC waveform gets chopped on. More of the cycle
makes the bulb brighter, less…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects

471. Traffic Signal Wiring with Arduino Controller

I always wanted an old tra c signal and nally got one recently.  However, it was very simply wired so that all the
lights were xed on.  What fun is that?  I also wanted to try out an Arduino controller and thought this would be a……
Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Other Projects, Projects

472. Make a High-Altitude Balloon Tracker (Arduino)

One of the coolest projects I have done so-far with my kids is a “near-space” balloon. That’s not quite into space itself
(100Km+) but so high that the sky looks black and you can start to see the curvature of the earth below you. The……
Listed under: Other Projects

473. Zigbee Wireless Relay Control and Power Monitoring System

Introduction We designed a system for wirelessly controlling relays and monitoring current.  This is used for a home
load simulation.  By wirelessly turning relays on and o by sending commands from a PC to a microcontroller we can
change the total load (current) to our…… Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects

474. Balancing Instructable Robot using arduino

In this Instructable I wanted to show to you how to make a self balancing robot. What makes it unique is that its
exterior is made to look like the Instructables Robot. Internally it works in the principle of PID, it is a very popular……
Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

475. Bidirectional motor control

 One of the simplest ways to get a motor to turn in both directions is by using a double-pole, double-throw (DPDT)
relay. Along with the relay, this hookup requires two transistors and two Stamp pins, one for on/o control and the
other for direction control.…… Listed under: Motor Projects

476. Fab Lab Barcelona SuperNode

[assigment] Add an output device to a microcontroller board and program it to do something. Class syllabus::
http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/output_devices/index.html [what i learned /am learning] _ Relearned Arduino
installation. _ Work with DC motors and H-Bridge IC with Arduino; and its general concepts. _ About the various……
Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects

477. LED Matrix Bike Safety Backpack using arduino

Biking around cars can be a frightening thing, and staying visible at night is crucial for your safety. This tutorial will
teach you how to make a custom LED Matrix Backpack that is much larger and brighter than traditional rear bike
lights. Parts You’ll Need:…… Listed under: LED Projects

478. An FTIR Touchscreen Device

The DJ Touch is a portable turntable touchscreen and interactive LED display. Our end goal was to produce a low cost
touchscreen device, and demonstrate its application in a common consumer application. Out of an interest in
electronic music, and with the knowledge of deejaying’s…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

479. Arduino Scouting Robot

Summer Project: Arduino Scouting Robot [video id="P6PVLhjQ5FY" type="youtube"] Arduino Scouting Robot Part 1 *
12,9,5 volt power supply recharge it with a 12-volt charger keep power switch on to charge * 2 DC motors operate at
7.2V with a maximum current draw of 3 amps…… Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects

480. Rubik’s Cube Solver using arduino

This robot that can solve a Rubik’s cube using Arduino. I learned how to solve a Rubiks cube last year, and I was also
into Arduino, so eventually I ended up with an idea to make my own Rubik’s cube solver. Like many people
searching…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

481. Connecting an IR Sensor

Schematic Since the IR Sensor uses a light sensor, the schematic is very similar to that of the light sensor. The only
di erence is the addition of an IR LED and that the IR detector requires connection to 5V and ground. Breadboard
Setup To setup…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

482. Learn how to use 7-Segment LED Display using Arduino

7-Segment LED Display is a very useful component, but also a very confusing and di cult piece to use for beginners. It
won’t be di cult once you get it working for the rst time. This is what you will get at the end of the tutorial (part……
Listed under: LED Projects, Projects

483. Bass Master 3000 Carnival Game using arduino

The Bass Master 3000 is a game that I built for a work carnival along with a small and very talented team of co-workers. I’ve seen this
type of game on the net, but I wanted to kick it up a notch with some Arduino…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
484. L293 Motor Driver and H-Bridges

The most common method to drive DC motors in two directions under control of a computer is with an H-bridge
motor driver. H-bridges can be built from scratch with bi-polar junction transistors (BJT) or with eld e ect transistors
(FET), or can be purchased as an…… Listed under: Motor Projects

485. How to connect a servo to the Arduino

Servo Cable The continuous rotation servos that come with the BOE Shield-Bot have a 3-wire cable for connecting it to
the power and controller. The black wire is the ground, the red wire is the power (positive) and the white wire
(sometimes yellow, depending on…… Listed under: Motor Projects

486. Conversational Gloves using arduino

This is what came out of my attempt at combining some of my favorite tools and themes…Grasshopper, 3D printing,
kinetic motion, and linguistics. I put these gloves on my friends, asked them to tell me a story, and used Grasshopper
to record the data from…… Listed under: Radio Projects

487. Pneumatic Inverted Pendulum

Construction Mechanical structure Compressed air comes from air compressor and goes in the proportional valve.
Coming out from the proportional valve, there are two branches of air ow (one is compressor air, the other one is
exhausted air) which connect to the air cylinder (pneumatic…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects

488. Make your own TV ambilight using Arduino

This is a very easy project. Here is the result I won’t go into too much detail how each part works, because I have
written some information on my blog. But you should be able to make it work with the information given on this……
Listed under: LED Projects

489. Step Sequencer Drum Machine

Overview [top] As avid audiophiles, we wanted to apply our newly acquired knowledge of microcontrollers to build a
fun consumer electronic device. Our project is a step sequencer drum machine. The user is able to program a 16-step
percussion pattern using one of a wide…… Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects

490. Build your own 4x4x4 RGB LED Cube using arduino

LED Cubes are awesome. The rst one I created was a 8x8x8 blue led cube. It still works like a charm. But being able to
display every colour in the spectrum is much more spectacular. Let’s start with a small and simple 4x4x4 RGB LED……
Listed under: LED Projects

491. Programming an ATTiny13A using Arduino & servo interpreter

So there I was, browsing eBay, looking for some cheap deals on Atmel chips when i came across a pair of ATTiny13
chips for £2.50. I just had to have them! After all, how hard can it be? I needed a small chip to read…… Listed under:
Arduino Programmer Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Motor Projects, Projects
492. Retablillo de las Maravillas v1.0

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, actually as on-o switches. While standing in its…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

493. How to control a Servo using Arduino

In this one, servo is programmed to be controlled by two buttons, one turns servo to the left and the other one turns
it to the right. When the servo is turning, corresponding LED will be switched on to indicate the operation. Result:
Because Arduino…… Listed under: Motor Projects, Projects

494. Desktop Fist Bumper using arudino

This simple device sits on your desk at work, ready to give you st bumps throughout the day as you need them. A 3D
printed “ st” is moved by a servo attached to a rack and pinion mechanism. An ultrasonic range nder detects when
you…… Listed under: Battery Projects

495. Arduino Basic Wifi Project using ESP8266 wifi module

Overview ESP8266 is a highly integrated chip designed for the needs of a new connected world. It o ers a complete
and self-contained Wi-Fi networking solution, allowing it to either host the application or to o oad all Wi-Fi
networking functions from another application processor. ESP8266 has…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN
Projects

496. $1.50 Arduino TV Annoyer

Hey Arduino fans! Here is an ‘ible for making a device that turns TVs on when you want them o , and o then you
want them on! If you hide it in something inconspicuous, it would make a great April Fools joke or gag gift.…… Listed
under: Home Automation Projects, Projects

497. Katrina And Maya

bOunce is a haptics-based learning game system that teaches the concepts behind wave dynamics, and in particular,
resonance. The bOunce device (an adaptation of the Haptic Paddle) allows a user to “bounce” a ball in a virtual
environment. By feeling the haptic force feedback from…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

498. Stereo Audio with an Arduino

Recently I’ve been posting a lot of projects that use an 8 bit resistor ladder digital to analog converter(DAC) and an
Arduino to make sound.  (see the Arduino vocal e ects box, the Arduino drum sampler, and my audio output
tutorial).  The technique I’ve been using to make these DACs is…… Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

499. Arduino All-In-One Remote

Now you can have all the remotes of your house in a device that ts in your hand with Arduino, never ght for who
has the TV remote again! To make it you will need: Arduino (I used a cheap copy of the arduino UNO).…… Listed under:
Robotics – Automation Projects

500. Just Veggin with an Arduino Beetbox

 Bring Touch Control to the Arduino. Use interesting touch sensors like Carrots or Beets to make a “Beetbox”. In this
instructable you will learn: * How to use the Cap Sense library to make Arduino responsive to touch * How adding a
Wave Shield (and…… Listed under: Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

501. MOTOR SWITCH LED

Here is how to connect a motor, a swtich and an LED to your Arduino and how to do some checking to make sure that
everything works The strategy is to get the circuit going in stages, testing each part as you go. Once everything……
Listed under: LED Projects, Motor Projects

502. Arduino Controlled Lighthouse

Overview: I’ve often thought that a lighthouse would make a great project for an Arduino, and so I decided to give it a
try using one of the local lighthouses here in Erie, Pennsylvania as inspiration. I chose the North Pierhead Lighthouse
that guards the…… Listed under: LED Projects

503. LittleGoal: World Cup Match Notifier using Arduino

[ This Instructable was made at the Taipei Hackerspace littleBits Instructables Build Night. ] Can’t watch the World Cup
football games, but want to know when important game events (ie. goals) happen? Then littleGoal is for you! The
littleGoal setup will monitor the game’s progress,…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

504. Pololu Dual MC33926 Motor Driver Shield for Arduino

This shield makes it easy to control two brushed DC motors with your Arduino or Arduino-compatible board. Its dual
MC33926 motor drivers operate from 5 to 28 V and can deliver a continuous 3 A per motor. These great drivers also
o er current-sense feedback and accept ultrasonic…… Listed under: Motor Projects

505. Stepper Motors

Stepper motors are not smooth – they move in “steps”. Di erent motors have a di erent number of steps to make
one complete rotation. You use software to step the motor forward or backward at di erent speeds. There are two
kinds of stepper motor bipolar and…… Listed under: Motor Projects

506. DIY FPV RC Tank V2 [2km RANGE upgrade!] using Arduino

Lets build An FPV tank that could be controlled within 2 kilometers! With the help of my best friend ASCAS I was able
to borrow his old parts for this updated version. Ok So Roverbot version 2 is a highly educational Arduino based ATV-
drone. It’s…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

507. Sweep

Sweeps the shaft of a RC servo motor back and forth across 180 degrees. This example makes use of the Arduino
servo library. Hardware Required Arduino Board (1) Servo Motor hook-up wire Circuit Servo motors have three wires:
power, ground, and signal. The power wire…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Motor Projects

508. DIY GPS Tracked Bike Lock using Arduino

Having just purchased a half decent bicycle, and living in a city with a bike theft rate almost as high as New York, I
wanted to have some peace of mind that if a thief with an angle grinder were to cut through my U-lock…… Listed
under: Car Projects, GPS Based Projects, Security – Safety Projects
509. Critter Twitter Trap using Arduino

Havahart traps are really nice if you have pests to rid your home of but you don’t feel the need to do this through
means of killing the animal. The problem we are faced with is constant monitoring of the trap. If you forget to……
Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

510. Capture the image of a falling object using Arduino

The aim of this project is to create a setup to capture the image of a falling object or any object in motion at a precise
time using a DSLR and Arduino microcontroller. It can be done in many di erent ways, but the method I…… Listed
under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects

511. LED Binary Clock using an Arduino

A Binary Clock! I was recently looking at some binary clocks and I felt like Why not? I have everything to make one and
I don’t have a clock in my room. So I decided to build one and here it is. Hope you Like…… Listed under: Clock – Timer
Projects, Projects

512. Wiring of the Solenoid Valves

Overview of Wiring for the Salinity Sensor Other pages describing sh tank wiring: Connect electrical power to the
pump and the breadboard Connect the salinity sensor to the breadboard and Arduino Connect the solenoids to the
cascade control circuit (this page) Return to the main…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects

513. Cheap wireless transmission between two Arduinos with Infrared

Hi all, For a project, I was looking for a cheap solution to send data from an Arduino to an other one. The serial port
was already taken, and my transmission (unidirectional) needed to be wireless. My researches has brought me to
discover these kinds…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

514. Bug-Catching Spider in Web using Arduino Part 2

This project is a collaboration between  idesigner4 and bhasudha(me), students in the Fall 2012 course Things That
Think (CSCI 7000) at The University of Colorado – Boulder. The story of our bug-catching spider automaton goes like
this: A giant evil spider resides in a big…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects, Security –
Safety Projects

515. Hack a TowerPro Micro Servo to Spin 360 / Continuous Rotation

Hey guys! Since I’ve got my servos, I’ve had two that I set aside for hacking. So, coming to my favorite website for help,
I was sorely disappointed when I couldn’t seem to nd any instructables on how to mod a micro servo. After
viewing…… Listed under: Motor Projects

516. Arduino R/C Lawnmower

What this is: This instructable will show you how to make your Arduino into an R/C interface that you can use for just
about anything requiring remote control. I will also show you how I built an R/C lawnmower using my Arduino, a
cheap R/C transmitter and…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects

517. RGB LED Tutorial (using an Arduino) (RGBL) using arduino

LEDs are great. But with any project there comes a point where ashing is simply not enough. For these cases an RGB
(Red, Green, BLue) LED is the answer. With an RGB LED you’ll be able to produce any colour glow your heart desires.
At…… Listed under: LED Projects
518. Darkness Map Data Collection Device

The Darkness Map encompasses both data collection and visualization of nighttime light levels. You can add to the
map by downloading the app for iPhone or Android, but you can also contribute data by creating your own data
collection device. This tutorial will cover how…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

519. Arduino-based line follower robot using Pololu QTR-8RC line sensor

UPDATE FEB 2012: This guide is featured on Adafruit’s blog http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/02/14/arduino-based-

line-follower-robot/ This is Faz3a II, my rst line-following robot, which I also hope to use for maze-solving. I used the
Arduino Uno, Adafruit motor shield, Pololu’s QTR-8RC line sensors and motors. You can build a…… Listed under:
Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

520. RGB LED Rainbow Fader using an Arduino

Introducing the RainBoard: A simple RGB LED Rainbow fader using an Arduino Uno and a few simple components.
Believe it or not, we will control 45-channels of RGB LEDs at 32 brightness levels using only 3 digital pins from the
Arduino! How is this possible…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects, Projects

521. Window Painting Robot (arduino, processing, accelerometer)

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: Home Automation Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects

522. Kaleiduino: A Battery Powered Arduino LED Kaleidoscope

Hello everyone, and welcome to my Instructable! This instructable will show you how I made the rst ever DIY Arduino
controlled “LED Kaleidoscope”! What is an LED kaleidoscope? Well, our traditional kaleidoscopes used 3 mirrors joined
as a triangle with stu like sequins and stolen…… Listed under: Battery Projects, LED Projects

523. Using The PCF8575 i2c i/o Expander To Read Inputs With Arduino

This Instructable will show you just how easy it is to add extra inputs to your Arduino. You can use this technique to
add hundreds of extra inputs to your Arduino with only two wires by using a fancy communication protocol called i2c
(eye-squared-see). Step…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

524. Robotic Spider V8

I needed a project that would use all my servos, so I decided to make the do-nothing, worthless spider. If you have
schertechnik and servos to waste, this is the project for you! Really, this opping spider makes for a great learning
project. The main…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

525. Laser Cut Sphere-O-Bot using Arduino

The Sphere-O-Bot is a simple 2 axis CNC machine that can draw on most spherical surfaces. You can use it to decorate
ping pong balls or eggs.This design is based on the 3D printable Sphere-O-Bot. By building your Sphere-O-Bot using a
laser cutter, you can…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

526. Arduino controls cheap RC car transmitter

 OBJECTIVE Cheap Chinese RC toy cars can be had for about 5 Euros in the local market. The wireless brains behind the
majority of these cheap RC toys is a pair of very cheap ICs the TX2 and the RX2. Yup, that’s what they are called. So
this…… Listed under: Car Projects, Projects, Radio Projects

527. Arduino Ping Ultrasonic Range Finder Code

The Ping))) is an ultrasonic range nder from Parallax. It detects the distance of the closest object in front of the
sensor (from 2 cm up to 3m). It works by sending out a burst of ultrasound and listening for the echo when it
bounces…… Listed under: Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

528. Internet Devices for Home Automation

This instructable shows the principles involved in making devices to control home automation over the internet. We’re
going to construct a device (or several of them), that talk to each other over the internet to control lights, motors for
curtains/blinds, power sockets etc. In contrast…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232
– I2c -ISP) Projects

529. Arduino based Bi-color LED Matrix Audio Spectrum Visualizer

After we came up with the Bi-color LED Matrix Driver Module kit, we have been looking around for interesting projects
to work with it. You may be interested in some of the projects we have put up at instructables using this LED Matrix
kit. Instructable…… Listed under: LED Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

530. Breathalyzer using an Arduino

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, Projects

531. Magic Light Capacitance Sensor using an Arduino

This was my very rst arduino project.  Its great for beginners. Fade the color or the lights my moving your hands near
it.  It fades from a pretty purple blue to a rey red-orange. Its was SUPER easy to build, not to hard to write…… Listed
under: LED Projects, Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

532. LED Flipbookit: full color and brightness control with an Arduino

Step 1: Gather the materials Materials: – addressable RGB LED strip : I used a new variety of three conductor WS2811
strips. – an Arduino : I used a Arduino Leonardo. Any 5vdc Arduino should be adequate. – 4 AA batteries and a battery
holder…… Listed under: LED Projects

533. Infinity Mirror Clock using Arduino

Ever since my addressable RGB LED strips (WS2812B) came from Aliexpress, I’ve been fascinated with LED projects.
Following up on my success with my Charlieplexed LED clock, I wanted to create something with more Jazz.. While
browsing google images, I came across an instructable for…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects

534. How to Make a PIP-Boy using an Arduino

So what exactly is a PIP-Boy, you ask? For those unfamiliar, a PIP-Boy is a device used by the protagonist in the popular Fallout series of
video games for navigation, radiation detection, data storage/playback, and inventory management. Being a major fan of the franchise,
 I…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

535. Experimenters Guide for Arduino as Performed at OIT

Resources Adafruit ARDX – v1.3 Experimentation Kit for Arduino Experimenters Guide for Arduino (PDF) Bread Board
Layouts (PDF) Arduino Tutorial Bundle (Instructable) This Arduino Tutorial is going to be very similar to the Arduino
Tutorial Bundle Instructable but because we are working on this in…… Listed under: Other Projects, Projects

536. ZAPpelin, or how to train your blimp with an Arduino and IR remote

Is it ying seal? A apping alien? No it’s a ZAPpelin, an Arduino controlled indoor blimp, setup to learn in the signals
from an IR remote to command it. This project came to life at the third Arduino Jam Februari 15th to17th 2013, at
Timelab,…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Radio Projects

537. Digital Zoetrope using Arduino

A zoetrope is a mechanical device that animates a series of pictures by spinning them fast enough that the images
appear to merge together and move, My digital zoetrope works on a similar principal, by ashing the LEDs while they
are spinning it is possible…… Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects

538. The machine of answers

Should you ask your boss for a raise? Call that cute guy you met at a party? Sell your stock?  Wouldn’t it be nice to have
a handy method of handling some of life’s more pressing dilemmas? This machine give you the answer to all…… Listed
under: How To – DIY – Projects

539. ABC 123 Toddler Trainer using Arduino

Here is a kid tested and teacher approved trainer for the kids in your family and / or extended family that are learning
their ABCs and their 123s. It was kid tested on my granddaughter, who really loves it, and was approved by my wife,
…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects

540. Aergia: Android controlled TV Remote(with Speech Recognition) using Arduino

Have you ever faced this situation while sitting on your favorite spot on the couch or recliner, comfortably watching
your favorite TV program? You’re snugly tucked under the blanket, the air conditioning is pleasantly cool, the sun
outside is shining it’s delicate warm golden rays…… Listed under: Arduino Android

541. The Arduino AA Undershield

I recently bought an Arduino Diecimila board. It’s awesome and the applications, you can use it for or with is almost
unlimited. However there’s a problem when you want to use it in portable applications. You can use the Liquidware
lithium backpack, which is a…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, Projects

542. Bluetooth RGB Shelf Lighting using Arduino

Being the giant fan of LED’s that I am i’m always trying to come up with new ways I can put them throughout my house. Today i’m going
to show you how to create a simple, yet extremely eye catching, RGB Bluetooth controlled Shelf lighting…… Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, LED Projects
543. L.O.G. $10 Arduino

There are probably thousands of articles on making an Arduino. So who needs another Arduino? Well, this Lazy Old
Geek(L.O.G.) needs one. Here’s the features I would like: Features: Low cost More permanent than a breadboard Not a
custom PCB More prototyping area than a…… Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects, Projects

544. Love Gauge

I’m working together with my wife. But sometimes one of us has an external appointment. So, if one of us is thinking
about the other, we want to show it together. For this, I have made an Love Gauge for us. It stands on our…… Listed
under: Other Projects

545. Arduino Powered Autonomous Vehicle

A few months back I started playing around with Arduino micro controllers as a learning exercise (and for fun); this
project is the culmination of that. The goal of the project was to create a vehicle that can autonomously navigate
through a series of waypoints…… Listed under: Car Projects

546. Emotidora: Hats with Emotions using Arduino

This project, Emotidora, will help a user express his/her emotions about events in day-to-day life. Weve all been in
situations where something very exciting or unfortunate has happened to us and we want to share it with other
people. This usually involves the expression of…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Home Automation
Projects, Projects

547. Traffic Signal / Stop Light Wiring with Arduino Controller

I always wanted an old tra c signal and nally got one recently.  However, it was very simply wired so that all the
lights were xed on.  What fun is that?  I also wanted to try out an Arduino controller and thought this would be a……
Listed under: Other Projects

548. WAVEbuoy using Arduino

The WAVEbuoy is a arduino lamp connected to the internet that displays the current wave height of any of the
National Data Buoy Centre’s wave buoys. This lamp is currently connected to the Sevenstones Lightship buoy that
gives an indication of swell approaching Cornwall in…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects

549. Arduino Keyboard and Mouse Control Code

This example illustrates the use of the Mouse and keyboard libraries together. Five momentary switches act as
directional buttons for your cursor. When a button is pressed, the cursor on your screen will move, and a keypress will
be sent to the computer. Once you…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects

550. Arduino ADK LED Lighting

Have you ever wanted to control electronics with your smartphone?  The Arduino ADK (Android Development Kit) is
the Arduino Mega with a built in USB host device, ready for your smartphone to be plugged in!  We’ll make a simple
introductory project with a few LED…… Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
551. Pixel Drop Ceiling using Arduino

In our living room we have a small patch of drop ceiling right in the middle of the room, basically a giant piece of duct
tape to cover up bad carpentry. It was constantly getting water damage from what looks like a giant hole in…… Listed
under: Home Automation Projects

552. Arduino Leonardo Pinout Diagram

Arduino Leonardo Introduction: The Arduino Leonardo is a microcontroller board based on

the ATmega32u4 (datasheet). It has 20 digital input/output pins (of which 7 can be used as PWM outputs and 12 as
analog inputs), a 16 MHz crystal oscillator, a micro USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP…… Listed under: Pinouts

553. Push-button using an Arduino

Pushbuttons or switches connect two points in a circuit when you press them. This example turns on the built-in LED
on pin 13 when you press the button. image developed using Fritzing. For more circuit examples, see the Fritzing
project page Connect three wires to the Arduino…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Projects

554. Create an internet controlled robot using Livebots

Here you will learn how to create an internet controlled robot or other installation using Livebots. Livebots is a project
I’m working on which consists of an easy to use website for all the robots that people can interact with through the
internet. As an example I…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

555. Model Airplane Autopilot using Arduino

Hi All! I am twenty years old. I picked up my arduino for the rst 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……
Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

556. Using the Arduino Uno to program ATTINY84-20PU

Using the Arduino Uno to program ATTINY84-20PU (Newark item # 68T3783). This Instructable shows how to use the
Arduino platform to work with physically smaller processors, such as the ATtiny84 (84/44/24), ATtiny85 (85/45/25), and
ATtiny2313. This example is speci cally for the ATtiny84-20PU processor (Newark item…… Listed under: Arduino
Programmer Projects, Projects

557. Home Made Bezel / Window for LCD, LED, TFT Displays.

I’ve been working on a project that used a 16×2 LCD display and wanted a nice nish that also allowed me to seal
against water and other liquids. I also needed impact resistance, low cost and the ability to be changed easily if worn
or…… Listed under: LCD Projects, LED Projects

558. MaKey MaKey Monome using Arduino

Objective: build a monome – a complex electronic music instrument – using easy-to-learn, inexpensive components
and a process that’s so easy a kid could do it. Gist: This touchscreen music instrument is essentially 4 parts: MaKey
MaKey (or Arduino) Neopixels copper tape cardboard Sound is…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects, Sound – Audio Project Ideas

559. Arduino and Xbee wireless setup

 The Arduino Wireless shield allows your Arduino board to communicate wirelessly using Zigbee. This documentation
describes the use of the shield with the XBee 802.15.4 module (sometimes called “Series 1” to distinguish them from
the Series 2 modules, although “Series 1” doesn’t appear in the o cial name…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB –
RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects

560. Arduino or Twitter Mets Apple

Whenever I go to Citi Field with my kids to see the Mets, they go crazy for the Home Run Apple.To me, the Apple is
part of what makes baseball exciting for kids. Even though my kids may not watch most of the games, I…… Listed
under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

561. Control Fluorescent Lights with a Laser Pointer and an Arduino

A few members of the Alpha One Labs Hackerspace do not like the harsh light given out by uorescent xtures.  They
wanted a way to be able to easily control the individual xtures, perhaps with a laser pointer? I got right on it.  I dug
out a…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

562. How to make your own Arduino board

If your are like me which I am guessing you are, then ever since you got into doing stu with arduino you have wanted
to make your own arduino board. You may be surprised to nd out that making the prototyping board is actually
very…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, How To – DIY – Projects, Projects

563. Polydexter: Arduino Robotic Translation Arm

Polydexter was the introductory project in the Creative Architecture Machines (CAM) advanced options architecture
studio at the California College of the Arts (CCA), taught by Jason Kelly Johnson (co-founder of Future Cities Lab) and
Michael Shiloh. Parts developed for this robot would go on to…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

564. Boot Bot Arduino Bootload Shield

The Boot Bot Shield lets you burn the arduino boootloader onto a blank Atmega 328 chip. The bootloader is that
magic piece of software that turns a mundane chip into the open source programmable miracle known as the
arduino. Blank chips cost a few dollars…… Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects

565. Arduino Power outlet with exposed pins

I found my self often trying to plug stu at home with Arduino. So I thought it would be good to have a system that
you can just plug your sensor, plug the appliance and code something to see how it goes. I never liked…… Listed
under: Home Automation Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

566. Arduino Orb Build Warden

An Arduino based Ambient Orb designed explicitly for monitoring Source Code Autobuild systems. This orb can easy
be repurposed for monitoring really anything that can have alerts from time to time. Step 1: Purpose Some time ago a
co-worker passed me an article about “Extreme…… Listed under: Other Projects, Projects

567. Spinning Tardis with blinking LED (Powered by littleBits) using Arduino

Construct a Tardis that spins and blinks! Total Build Time: 30 mins · Coding: 5 mins · Construction of the Tardis: 20
mins · littleBits LED and motor assembly: 5 mins Tardis.wmv(320×240) 10 KB Step 1: Gather all needed parts. LittleBits:
· (2) Wires ·…… Listed under: LED Projects
568. 4x4x4 RGB LED Cube using Arduino

A while ago, when I rst started using Arduino, my rst project was a 4x4x4 LED cube, I built it from a Guide I found
here in Instructables, I didn’t know anything about programming, and little about electronics, yet I was able to build
it…… Listed under: LED Projects, Projects

569. Simple Basement Security System using Arduino

In this project I will show you how to build a very simple security system for all kinds of rooms. It might be simple but
still e ective. It is based around an Attiny85 and uses a reed switch and a key switch as inputs to…… Listed under:
Security – Safety Projects

570. Monitor – Thinking Skins using Arduino

This project was part of Multimodal Media Madness 2014, hosted by the chair for Computer Aided Architectural
Design (CAAD) and the Media Computing Group of RWTH Aachen University. For more Thinking Skins, please check
this page: http://hci.rwth-aachen.de/m3_ss14 Given were small shared space containers for 6/8…… Listed under: LED
Projects

571. Make Voice Call using Arduino

This sketch connects a voice call from your GSM shield and Arduino to a remote phone number entered through the
serial monitor. You’ll need to attach a speaker and microphone to hear the connected phone and send your voice.  
First, import the GSM library…… Listed under: Phone Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

572. Arduino Peak Power Tracker Solar Charger

This project is an update of my original Peak Power Tracker Battery Charger Project. It is designed to control a 12V
solar panel charging a 12V lead acid battery. The updated version of this project uses the Arduino Duemilanove
development board (from www.sparkfun.com) as the…… Listed under: Battery Projects, Projects

573. Ping Organ using an Arduino

I was trying to think of a quick toy I could build for my kids.  I came up with this idea of an ultrasonic range nder, an
Arduino, and a speaker.  Basically the Arduino plays a tone out of the speaker based on the distance…… Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

574. Papercraft Automata Race Game littleBits Circuit using Arduino

This instructable will show you how to create a game using littleBits. The game will start with a sound trigger. Each
player will have to press a button repeatedly. The rst person to press their button 25 times wins. A buzzer will sound
to end…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

575. Arduino decision box (Attiny85)

So I was a bit bored this weekend (actually I wrote this some months ago) and since I had ordered a bunch of Attiny85
chips the week after I decided to make a quite random project with them. This is a decision box, it takes…… Listed
under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects

576. RGB LED with Arduino 101

To Learn about the basic LED usage practice, read here. What is a RGB LED? With an RGB (Red Green Blue) LED you’ll be able to
produce any colour that is ashing everyone’s eyes. At rst glance, RGB LEDs look just like regular LEDs, however, inside the usual……
Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
577. SmartMesh – Arduino and Android Controlled Pneumatic Facade

This project was part of Multimodal Media Madness 2014, hosted by the chair for Computer Aided Architectural
Design (CAAD) and the Media Computing Group of RWTH Aachen University. For more Smart Skins, please check this
page: http://hci.rwth-aachen.de/m3_ss14 During this project, the students were asked to…… Listed under: Arduino
Android

578. LED Pattern Hat using an Arduino

This is a (moderately) simple Arduino project that is a spectacular display from LEDs – that you can wear on your head!
It also uses a program that is not intricate at all, so you can modify it for di erent patterns and cycles. It’s also……
Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

579. DIY Android Home Automation Box

Here’s a little show and tell of my Android controlled home automation box. It’s a small extension box that’s controlled
by an Android smartphone. You can turn the individual outlets on by tapping a button from the app or use the speech
recognition app, found…… Listed under: Arduino Android, Home Automation Projects

580. Use foot switch to open Linux terminal using an Arduino

So here is how i made my foot pedal used to start Linux terminal using an Arduino. It’s made because I am board of
pressing the terminal icon with my mouse. P.S. Sorry for my English. I am from Croatia. Tools needed: -Soldering iron
and…… Listed under: Projects, RTOS – OS Projects

581. Musical Table using Arduino

  The Musical Table is a toy table that allows kids to play musical phrases by moving toys around the surface. Each of
seven switches can play di erent musical phrases in four bases, making 27 di erent musical phrases in total.  Some of
the phrases are…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

582. ARDUINO WIRELESS HOME SECURITY SYSTEM

In this project I will discuss how you can make a cheap wireless home security system.Though during starting of this
project the main objective was only for security alarm but later I found this device can be used to solve several
problems.These are the few…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Security – Safety Projects

583. Assembling the ZIFduino USB 1.2

The ZIFduino, for all intents and purposes, is an Arduino with a ZIF socket. It’s geared toward those that want to do
prototyping on the platform, but then move the ATMega chip to a stand-alone environment. The pin layouts are
exactly the same, so it…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects

584. Using Servo Motors with Arduino

In this instructable, I am going to show you what a servo motor is, how to use it, and ideas for starting projects using
it. I used arduino to control my servo, I added how to use a 555 in some of the later steps.…… Listed under:
Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Motor Projects, Projects

585. How to build a whole home energy monitor using Arduino

 This page and linked pages detailed below document how to build whole house energy monitor that has a display for
easy, quick access to current energy use information, usb datalogging for detailed long term data storage and Internet
connectivity for online graphing. First a quick…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, How To – DIY – Projects,
Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects

586. Internet-Controlled RC Car using Arduino

The Internet Controlled RC Car allows you to remotely drive around a small rc car from wherever you may be and see
where it is going. This is fun because you can remote explore whatever space you leave it in, or hand over the keys……
Listed under: Car Projects, Game – Entertainment Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

587. Arudino- No Blinky

So you just bought this Arduino kit or Arduino-clone kit. You spent hours inserting parts and soldering components.
You connect everything up and turn it on and stare at the little LED. You wait a second and nothing happens. You wait
a minute and still…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, Projects

588. Arduino Seismic Activity Monitor – Ethernet Shield

Have you ever wanted to impress your friends by saying something crazy like, “I think there’s going to be an
earthquake soon” moments before an earthquake hits? Or do you just want some warning, a few seconds that could
save your life. This project will…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects,
Projects

589. Arduino Traffic Light Controller with Remote Control

I had a tra c light that I was re nishing.  The only thing left to do was to build the controller for the light’s signal
patterns.  To give it a twist I incorporated a remote control.  This was also the perfect opportunity for me to try……
Listed under: Car Projects, Projects, Radio Projects

590. Light-Up Disco Table using Arduino

Every apartment needs awesome furniture, so why not make your own? This co ee table contains LED strips that light
up into various customizable patterns and colors. The lights are controlled by an Arduino and a hidden button, and
the entire thing is battery powered so…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

591. DIY Arduino FM Radio (Part 2)

If you have read my rst blog on the topic, than you already know what I’m experimenting with. Low price FM Radio,
build with TDA7088 / YD 9088. It was obvious, that technology from the early 90-x is outdated. I mean, simple “search
and hold” function of…… Listed under: Projects, Radio Projects

592. Theremin Toy using Arduino

I wanted to make a little toy for my granddaughter to play with when she visits. I know like most kids, she enjoys
things that make sounds and have di erent colored lights on them and if she does something, the toy does
something. I thought…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

593. Using Servos with Arduino made easy !

Servomotors or simply servos are essential components of a robot which convert electrical energy into mechanical energy.They are
widely used in the eld of RC hobby and robotics. But unlike simple geared motors , these servos are made by integrating a geared
 motor with a…… Listed under: Motor Projects

594. Face detection and tracking with Arduino and OpenCV

UPDATES Feb 20, 2013: In response to a question by student Hala Abuhasna if you wish to use the .NET Serial class,
use the naming convention “\\\\.\\COMn” and replace n with a number > 9 to de ne your com port for COM ports
above 9…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

595. Teensy MIDI USB foot controller for controlling Mobius Looper using Arduino

Motivation: Playing in a 2 piece band, with the drums and lots of other samples being played back as backing tracks,
there was a need to use a looper to add in more elements to the tracks. A hardware based looper fails in this respect,
…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects

596. Under $8 Arduino Serial Data Logger – Record to SD Card

Disclosure: This project operates the ATmega328-P-PU outside the published ATmel speci cations: According to
ATmel, the 328P requires slightly over 3.3V to reliably start the oscillator at 16MHz and to otherwise perform
acceptably.  Lab testing here at SofKinetics has shown that the ‘board-duino’ 328P-PU can withstand…… Listed under:
Memory – Storage Projects, Projects

597. DIY Solar Tracker using Arduino

Introduction We aim to introduce young students to engineering and teach them about solar energy; by having them
build a Helios as part of their curriculum. There is an e ort in engineering to push energy generation away from the
use of fossil fuels and towards…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects,
Solar energy projects

598. iAndroidRemote – Control Android mobile using an Apple Remote

I love to integrate devices which are not supposed to be integrated and this guide shows you how you can control an
Android mobile using Apple’s Remote. (Who said Apple devices work only with Apple products 😉 ) Also this is my entry
to the…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

599. Arduino Digital Switch Code

This is basic for your arduino projects, input switch read from digital input. When ever switch pressed, LED will turn
on.   [caption id="attachment_4235" align="aligncenter" width="600"] PushButton_arduino_code[/caption]  
Instruction; 1) Connect cathode lead of LED (shorter lead) to ground pin and anode lead of LED…… Listed under: How
To – DIY – Projects, Projects

600. Hacking my RC Car using Arduino and Android Smart Phone

Have an old toy car? I hacked mine using Arduino and an H bridge circuit to control the motors, used my Sony Z1
Android phone to control it with the recent 1Sheeld I got from Kickstarter. I thought to use the Gyroscope sensor in
to…… Listed under: Arduino Android, Car Projects, Phone Projects

601. Analog reading box using an Arduino

I made this box for my music project to our school. This is only tutorial for the box, no for playing melody. It´s based
on serial connected switches. You will need: Some wire 6x switch 1x LED 1x 330 ohm resistor 5x 2000 ohm resistor……
Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects
602. Washing machine countdown timer using Arduino

Hello, and welcome to my instructable for a washing machine countdown timer. The timer is operated with the very
popular Arduino micro controller. See here for more information. Arduino Home Page Aim The aim of this project is to
be able to delay the start…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Home Automation Projects

603. Nintendo Keyless Entry System using an Arduino

Use a Classic Nintendo controller to lock and unlock your door! The output from the Controller is read by an arduino
and it looks for a particular combination of buttons, once the combination is entered it sends a signal to eject a Cd-
Rom Drive which…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects, Security – Safety Projects

604. DIY Infrared Sensor Module using Arduino

Have you ever wanted to make a line following robot but the infrared sensors were too expensive for you? Do you
want to upgrade the robot in my other instructable? Well this instructable comes in two stages, Stage 1 is the
prototyping stage, where you…… Listed under: Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

605. Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard using Arduino

Introduction: Okay, I cheated. Any similarities between previous Instructables uploaded by me and the graphics,
pictures, text and / or programming code is purely intentional. It certainly made putting this one together a whole lot
easier. This Instructable is my Arduino version of the Rock…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

606. ADXL3xx Accelerometer using an Arduino

This tutorial shows you how to read an Analog Devices ADXL3xx series (e.g. ADXL320, ADXL321, ADXL322, ADXL330)
accelerometer and communicate the acceleration to the a personal computer. This tutorial was built using the
breakout boards from Sparkfun. The adafruit accelerometer breakout board also works, though…… Listed under:
Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects

607. Make your plant smile using Arduino

This is a funny project that makes our plants “talk” to us. It’s very simple and you can create it in few hours. We use a
sensor to read the soil moisture of our plant and a led matrix to dislay how the plant “feel”.…… Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects

608. Auto Fish Feeder using Arduino

How often do you ever forget to feed your sh? Well, for me I don’t forget that much. I just couldn’t go out town for a
couple of days and also be ridiculous if I should bring my tank along. When I won a Sparkfun…… Listed under: Home
Automation Projects

609. PS/2 Keyboard Or Mouse using Arduino

Arduino isn’t limited to taking input from sensors: you can even connect up a full-size PS/2 keyboard just as if it were a
“real” computer and type away! Connecting a keyboard to an Arduino may sound a bit odd (after all, it’s just a little……
Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
610. Laser-guided Ghost Climber using an Arduino

Almost inevitably, when I try to climb the same route I’ll forget exactly what sequence of holds they used and end up
following a slightly di erent path. Even when I remember exactly which course to follow, I’ll still wonder whether I’m
doing it as quickly…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

611. The Jack’O Lantern Early Warning System using Arduino

This was originally going to be a tutorial on how to hook up a pumpkin to the internet so that the lights inside it could be
controlled via twitter, text message, motion or more. To get started I carved a pumpkin for the rst time…… Listed under: Security
– Safety Projects

612. Homemade Dual H-Bridge – L298 Breakout Board using Arduino

This is my homemade Dual H-Bridge using the IC L298N. For control DC motors or step Motors ao other purposes just
like you need. Breakout L298N.ppt1 MB Step 1: Hardware and Materials COMPONENTS: 1 x perf  board 13×26 holes
(3,5 x 7,0 cm) 2 x…… Listed under: Arduino Android, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects

613. Make your own 1×1 22 IO pin Ardunio Compatible

Tested ExtraCore boards and kits are now available for sale from Rugged Circuits. What is it? This Instructable will give
you all the les and information you need to make your own Arduino Compatible in small surface mount package. It
requires a board manufactured to…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Projects

614. Led Star with Arduino and WS2811 Neopixels

Description This little project makes a great ornament to hang in your window at Christmas time. It is a 20″ wide star
with 50 “neopixel” leds around the perimeter. Each led is individually addressable and it is controlled by an arduino
device which can be…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, LED Projects

615. 4x4x4 LED-cube based Arduino and Flower protoboard

This instructable will teach you how to build your 4x4x4 LED cube with Flower ProtoBoard and control by Arduino.
Why is Flower ProtoBoard ? not ProtoBoard ? Because of I often use protoboards to test out if a new idea works in
practice. I do not use…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects, LED Projects,
Projects

616. Arduino The 5$ Karduinoss pad

So, looking at these Kaoss pads and alike hardware, I found that there is hardly any point in this device being so
expensive, when you just want to use it as MIDI controller. Going through my parts bin, I found a Synaptics touchpad
from an old…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

617. Arduino Joystick Mouse Control Code

Using the Mouse library, you can controls a computer’s onscreen cursor with an Arduino Leonardo, Micro, or Due. This
particular example uses a pushbutton to turn on and o mouse control with a joystick. Cursor movement from the
Arduino is always relative. So every time…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects

618. Arduino Modules – Flame Sensor

Quick and simple start guide for using and exploring the Flame Sensor module with an Arduino. The model in the
example I am using is from Deal Extreme [DX] and can be found HERE. (The instructable for the Rain Sensor is now
available!) Materials needed:…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
619. Arduino Row-column Scanning to control an 8×8 LED Matrix Code

LED displays are often packaged as matrixes of LEDs arranged in rows of common anodes and columns of common
cathodes, or the reverse. Here’s a typical example, and its schematic: These can be very useful displays. To control a
matrix, you connect both its rows…… Listed under: LED Projects, Projects

620. Read ASCII String using Arduino

This sketch uses the Serial.parseInt() function to locate values separated by a non-alphanumeric character. Often
people use a comma to indicate di erent pieces of information (this format is commonly referred to as comma-
separated-values), but other characters like a space or a period will work too. The values…… Listed under: LED
Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects

621. Arduino Controlled Lego Lighthouse

Lighthouses have been guiding boats to safety for thousands of years. One of the earliest and most notable of these
was the Pharos of Alexandria. This huge structure stood for nearly two thousand years. When deciding on a lego
project, I wanted to build something…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

622. 4x4x4 LED Cube (Arduino Uno)

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make a 4x4x4 LED cube for around $15.00. The cube has 64 green LEDs which
make up it’s 4 layers(positives) and 16 columns(negatives). These are all wired to a Arduino Uno. An Arduino is a
single-board microcontroller,…… Listed under: LED Projects

623. Arduino Chicken Coop Controller

Over the last few years my family has been keeping ex-battery hens – they are about 18 months old and have had a
horrendous life kept cooped up in small cages in large warehouses.  As much as we love these little bundles of joys
and…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects

624. Debounce an input using Arduino

This example demonstrates how to debounce an input, which means checking twice in a short period of time to make
sure it’s de nitely pressed. Without debouncing, pressing the button once can appear to the code as multiple presses.
Makes use of the millis() function to keep track…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Projects

625. Arduino Calculator

In this Instructable I will show you how to make an Arduino calculator that is just as good as any other calculator
(well… sort of). Even though it’s probably not practical due to it’s size, repetitive use of the equals button (due to the
lack…… Listed under: Calculator Projects

626. DIY AM Radio with Arduino

After I nished my last project,  I coudn’t stop thinking how to build an AM receiver, that would also operate in
conjunction with my little friend Arduino. To minimize a workload and complexity, especially with RF part of the
circuitry, I come up to conclusion,…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Projects, Radio Projects

627. Blink Without Delay using Arduino

 Sometimes you need to do two things at once. For example you might want to blink an LED (or some other time-
sensitive function) while reading a button press or other input. In this case, you can’t use delay(), or you’d stop
everything else the program while…… Listed under: LED Projects, Projects

628. DIY navigation device for blind people using Arduino and Android smart phone

In this project you can cover your eyes and let your smartphone navigate you to avoid obstacles, the application is
mainly a DIY navigation device for blind people. I knew that 1Sheeld is about to launch a new text to speech shield,
and so I…… Listed under: Arduino Android, Home Automation Projects, How To – DIY – Projects, Medical – Health
based Projects, Phone Projects

629. Arduino Timer Interrupts

Timer interrupts allow you to perform a task at very speci cally timed intervals regardless of what else is going on in
your code.  In this instructable I’ll explain how to setup and execute an interrupt in Clear Timer on Compare Match or
CTC Mode.  Jump…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects

630. Quiz Game Show Buzzer using Arduino

A good friend of mine who’s a teacher was doing quizzes in her class making students compete to answer questions…
resulting in them complaining they raised their hands before the others. I decided to give her this quiz show type
buzzer for Christmas to solve…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

631. Make an Arduino LCD shield

In this short tutorial we make an Arduino LCD shield. Updated 18/03/2013 Today we are going to make an Arduino
shield with an LCD module. More often than not I have needed to use an LCD shield in one of my projects, or with
the…… Listed under: LCD Projects, Projects

632. Web Client using Arduino

This example shows you how to make a HTTP request using an Ethernet shield. It returns a Google search for the term
“Arduino”. The results of this search are viewable as HTML through your Arduino’s serial window. Circuit The Ethernet
shield allows you to connect…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects

633. LED Head Arduino TED

LED HEAD TED meet the world. I have always been interested in a bare-bones Arduino but never really saw the point if
it was not practically useful, This is my entry into Little Bits contest, I tried to stay true to the ” little bits”…… Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Projects

634. Arduino Esplora Remote

This example is designed to be used with a Processing sketch. Processing is an open source programming
environment. The application on the computer reads the sensors on the Esplora board and controls the buzzer and
the RGB LED through a graphical interface. The image in…… Listed under: Projects, Radio Projects

635. Access control with Arduino plus Keypad 4×4 plus Servo

Hi guys, I bring a new instructable for arduino, the control access with password, 4×4 keypad and a servo. We will use
the Password and Keypad librarie for arduino, besides using the servo library, but this project can also be modi ed by
 changing the servo,…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Motor Projects, Projects

636. Animatronic Eyes and Wii Nunchuck Part 2 using Arduino

After I built the animatronic eyes in PART 1, I wanted to complete the face with a voice and possibly moving eyebrows.
If you look back at my PART 1, you’ll see that for the base I used a model from Thingiverse. Once you have…… Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Projects

637. iPod Information Screen using Arduino

My girlfriend, a music bu , asked me to come up with a better way for her to look at the track information of the
current song playing on her iPod touch while she was using it in the car. Those of you that have or…… Listed under:
Phone Projects, Projects

638. Autonomous Race Car using Arduino

Build this autonomous driving robot car based on a old RC toy car. I removed the radio control board from the car and
replaced it with a brain in the form of an Arduino UNO board (plus a motor driver board) and gave it an…… Listed
under: Car Projects

639. Arduino powered GLCD (Graphic LCD)

Displays are always nice. So far I’ve just been demonstrating how to use 7-segmented displays to display numbers
using very few resources. But what if you want to display text? Or pictures? Or both? Well in order to do that, you’re
going to need a…… Listed under: LCD Projects

640. ATTiny powered Arduino Projects

Arduino is a great platform. No question. But what if I told you that you could take your entire board and compact it
into tiny package. And I mean really small. The chip in the picture is an ATTiny84, and that is the big version.…… Listed
under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects

641. Irrigation logic controller/project log using Arduino

Hello, I am going to explain my project in just a minute, but rst I wanted to explain how I became involved in this
project. I like to save money were I can, so it is not hard to understand why I carpool to work.…… Listed under: Home
Automation Projects

642. Keyless Entry / Arduino

Keyless Entry System Enter the correct code into the keypad and the servo will unlock the door. Enter the incorrect
code and Sorry you stay out. There was a couple of stipulations i wanted in my Keyless Entry system: Helper Light. A
light that would…… Listed under: Calculator Projects

643. An Arduino real time clock shield

Today we are going to make a real time clock Arduino shield. Doing so will give you a simple way of adding … real time
capability to your projects such as time, date, alarms and so on. We will use the inexpensive Maxim DS1307 real-
time…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects

644. Qtechknow Robot Obstacle Course using Arduino

 Have you ever thought of controlling your FuzzBot wirelessly? Do you want to make a real – life video game? Do you
want to learn about the tech behind NFC and RFID? – the Qtechknow Robot Obstacle Course How – To Guide is for
you!…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

645. Twitter Physical Client

In this project I’m building a physical Twitter client using Arduino and a ag, basically an arduino powered retweet
indicator, whenever any of my tweets is retweeted some physical action will happen to notify me of that. You’ll need:
1. Flag. 2. Arduino. 3. Laptop…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

646. Simple RFID access system using Arduino

In this tutorial you can make an RFID access system. It’s very simple and can be used with a wide variety of end-uses.
Updated 18/03/2013 The purpose of this project is to prototype a basic RFID access system. Although it is not that
complicated, this…… Listed under: Projects, RFID – NFC projects, Security – Safety Projects

647. Clock Four – Scrolling text clock using Arduino

Introduction Time for another instalment in my highly-irregular series of irregular clock projects.  In this we have
“Clock Four” – a scrolling text clock. After examining some Freetronics Dot Matrix Displays in the stock, it occurred to
me that it would be neat to display…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects

648. The Pill Reminder using Arduino

Back in January 2014 I was at a meetup of Baby Boomer Makers at TechShop in San Carlos, California. We were going
around the table, each taking a turn to talk about projects we’d like to do. Bob spoke up to describe a problem his……
Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects

649. Bear With Me

This instructable teaches how to make our Bear With Me system, a prototype that allows two users to tangibly send
and receive hugs (as well as motion) in near real-time. The bears will be able to send tweets when physically hugged. 
Their hearts will glow…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

650. Using switch to control Piezo speaker with Arduino

In this project, we will learn how to use a speaker (peizo sounder) and use switch button to change the pitch of the
sound. Sorry about this one, you might nd it a bit di cult to digest at rst, and I didn’t realise it’s actually…… Listed
under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

651. DIY Arduino FM Radio Shield

I’ve been visiting local convenience store (Dollarama, here in Montreal, Canada) and notice nice looking FM Radio, just
for only $3. Why not to try to interface it to my lovely Arduino? Idea looks quite challenging, the same time what is the
point in interfacing…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Projects, Radio Projects

652. Word Clock in German using Arduino

While in Germany last year, I saw a world clock in a store similar to this one in a store that was priced at 900€. I read
several instructables online on how to create a World Clock so I decided to give it a shot.…… Listed under: Clock –
Timer Projects, Home Automation Projects

653. How to set up a Public Window

 Public Window (http://www.publicwindow.net) is an open source project which allows artists to display their creations
in a window and have people from all around the world interact with it. This is a step-by-step guide on how to set up a
Public Window of your own. A…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects

654. Sonar For The Blind using Arduino

This is a project I’m calling Tacit. No, I didn’t bother making an awkward backronym for it, it just seemed like
an appropriate name that’s a lot shorter (though less descriptive) than “Hand-Mounted Haptic Feedback
Sonar Obstacle Avoidance Asstance Device”.  It measures the distance to things and translates that into pressure……
Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects, Projects

655. Backpack Anti-Theft Alarm using Arduino

If you’re a student, like me, then you have heard of all the theft that occurs on campuses today. I can’t even leave my
backpack alone for ve minutes without worrying about it getting stolen. To ease my mind and to help fellow
students, I’ve…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Security – Safety Projects

656. Arduino Breadboard Shield

Are you tired of having a hard time trying up a circuit on a breadboard because your arduino takes up a lot of space?
This shield can be a solution to your problem! The Arduino breadboard shield is again, an accessory for your arduino
board…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects

657. Arduino Serial Communication Code

Arduino can send output through serial communication to your computer over USB. The output can be anything such
as status, text, sensor reading, value, number etc. You can view the status output by clicking Serial Monitor button at
Arduino Environment software. Instruction; 1) Connect your…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects, Projects

658. Connect several digital inputs to one analog input using Arduino

I often run out of digital pins on my Arduino. Anything as complicated as, say, a video game controller, was near
impossible with the amount of pins I had available. Multiplexing buttons works, but it requires lots of connections and
soldering. So, I put together…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects

659. RC tank with a moving FPV camera using Arduino

In this instructable I show you how to build remote control tank with FPV camera. At the beginning I build only RC tank
without FPV camera but when I was driving it in the house I have not seen where it is. So I came…… Listed under:
Video – Camera – Imaging Projects

660. Arduino home energy monitor shield

Although products are becoming more and more available for monitoring your home power usage, I’m one of those
idiots who can’t leave well enough alone and who would rather shell out $100 and hours of my time in order to save
$20 and learn something…… Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects

661. Quiz Game Controller using “Lights and Sounds Buzzers” and Arduino

Jeopardy style quiz games are favorites for creating excitement and educational instruction at the same time. 
Teachers, summer camp counselors, and even industry educators nd this type of game to help generate interest and
 involvement from the participants. The idea behind the game is simple,…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, LED
Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

662. Arduino Phone Book

Ever wanted to have a Phone Book, controlled using a microcontroller, which is very easy to use, and you can use it
while talking on phone, and is saving data on SD Card? then this instructable is for you. In this instructable you will
learn…… Listed under: Phone Projects

663. Soundgraffiti with arduino mega

So we haven been working on the new soundgra ti board. This is an installation wich creates sounds using sprayed
water. The connection is made with water. We used copper plates as our sensor. the plates had a cutout line in the
middle of 0,1 mm.…… Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects

664. Arduino: Electrical Engineering Basics

  In this week’s arduino tutorial, we take a bit of a detour and focus on some key elements of electrical engineering
design that we’ll be using in future episodes. [box type="note" color=" #202020 " bg="# bb00 " font="verdana"
fontsize="14" radius="20 " border="#000" oat="right" head="Attributes"]Thanks to…… Listed under: Other Projects,
Projects

665. Temperature Sensor for Shower using Arduino

With this device you diminish the use of water in your house or work. Instead of waiting to see vapor in the shower to
get in, this device help you to know when the water its at the temperature you want and you can instantly…… Listed
under: Home Automation Projects, Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects

666. Fifty Dollar Box Bot

The objective is to construct a programmable hobby bot that is a ordable and simple to make. The parts will be
purchased from places such as Wal-Mart, Radio-Shack, any Hobby Store, or online store that is accessible to the
public. The price range is 50 dollars…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

667. Motion Controlled Ultrasonic Lamp using Arduino

Recently I’ve been learning about Ultrasonic waves and how to harness their power. It’s simple enough to make some
type of sonar device, but I wanted to take at a step cooler and see if I could use Ultrasonic waves to not only detect
movement,…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

668. Arduino Interrupts and Debouncing

Interrupts are an extremely useful, yet often feared element of microprocessors. Interrupts allow you to run a
program, while still being able to react to asynchronous input from the outside world. [box type="note" color="
#202020 " bg="# bb00 " font="verdana" fontsize="14" radius="20 " border="#000" oat="right"
head="Attributes"]Thanks to…… Listed under: Other Projects, Projects

669. Chat Server using Arduino

A simple server that distributes any incoming messages to all connected clients. To use, open a terminal window,
telnet to your devices IP address, and type away. Any incoming text will be sent to all connected clients (including the
one typing). Additionally, you will be…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects
670. Monkey Automatons!

This instructable will guide you through the process of building a set of automaton monkeys in the style of “Hear No
Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil.” Our design ends with two monkeys reacting at the push of a button located in the
Speak…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

671. SOLAR POWERED ARDUINO WEATHER STATION

In country like India most of the people are dependent on agriculture.For e ective planning in agriculture weather
forecast is of utmost importance.So farmers are always interested in the Weather Forecasts.As farmers stay in remote
areas, they have to wait for the news updates in tv,…… Listed under: Solar energy projects

672. Arduino Controlled Motion Sensor

In this Instructable, I’ll be explaining how to build a motion activated alarm! It uses an Arduino microcontroller, a PIR
(passive infrared) sensor, and a type of alarm. You can use an LED indicator, a buzzer, or a piezo. That’s the easy part. I
will…… Listed under: Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

673. MaKey MaKey Shield for Arduino

MaKey Makey is a project created by Eric Rosenbaum und Jay Silver. It’s an Arduino based keyboard. A very special
keyboard, because you can use apples, bananas or Play Doh as keyboard keys. Sounds strange, but it works very well.
How it works: The trick is…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, Projects

674. Classic Joystick to USB Adaptor using Arduino

If you grew up in the early 1980’s and were into video games, you probably had an Atari 2600, ColecoVision, or similar
game console. The controllers or joysticks for each of these systems had a distinct feel that is di erent from today’s
game consoles or…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects

675. LEGO T-Intersection LED Traffic Light using Arduino

Video not playing? See it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0tiiWwC6Zo Background Every Christmas

we set up a large LEGO train layout in a section of the living room. This year, I ended up winning an eBay auction for a
number of older-model LEGO road plates, one of…… Listed under: Car Projects, Game – Entertainment Projects, LED
Projects, Projects

676. Six wheeled All Terrain Vehicle (6WD) using Arduino

Hello, In this post we”ll be making a Six wheel drive all terrain vehicle (ATV). These are rare and hence expensive
robots (at least in India). I made this ATV as my summer project. Dagu manufactures a similar 6WD chassis but its way
too expensive…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

677. The CoaTracker

Has this ever happened to you? You wake up in the morning and realize that you’re terribly late for work/class/your
weekly pedicure/whatever. You throw on a t-shirt and ip ops, sprint around your warm, heated house grabbing
your belongings, and race out the door…where you…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

678. Model Police Car using an Arduino

We wanted to build a model police car with working lights and sirens. Then we decided to add a motor and instead of using a switch to
turn everything and o we used a photodiode. For our car the photodiode signal is a simple on o …… Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects, Projects
679. Open a box with the flick of a switch!

Have you ever given something to someone and wished that the box you gave it in opened automatically? No? Well
neither have I (well, maybe) :D. However if you have, this is the guide for you! With just a ick of a switch the box……
Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

680. How to turn inkjet printer to print on Coffee using Arduino

The aim of this project is to make latte printer, I used 1 printers and 1 scanner , it prints one line a time, all what I have
done is hacking the sensors of the printer and I used Arduino Uno to send di erent values…… Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects

681. Arduino + fischertechnik TX-C – Connecting I2C True Colour Sensor

Colour reading is a real issue for industrial models. I’ve been working on it for more than 12 months now, since
December 2009. After many months of hard work, • starting with the standard colour reader (season 1 ) with features
a red LED, •…… Listed under: Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

682. The 4x4x4 LED cube using an Arduino

In this instructable I will show you how to make a 4x4x4 LED cube that will be controlled by an Arduino Demulionove.
now yes you might say” that Arduino has only 14 I/O pins well also the 6 analog pins can be used as pins…… Listed
under: LED Projects, Projects

683. Froggy World 3 The Seesaw

Froggy put on a little eye makeup before heading out for the new ride, “The Seesaw.”  The Seesaw is the third ride in
the amusement park for adventurous plastic frogs. This ride received Froggy from “The Boot” and slides him over to a
waiting rail…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

684. Arduino DIY SD Card Logging Shield

Ready-made SD card logging shields for the Arduino typically cost in the range of $15 – $25. This is quite reasonable,
but we might save a couple of bucks if we make our own. Not to mention all the fun in building it. Forget about……
Listed under: Other Projects, Projects

685. Virtual USB Keyboard Using Arduino

Communicating with a host computer can allow a simple Arduino-based system to gain access to a wide variety of
devices and information. Most people link an Arduino to a host using serial communications across a USB connection
with custom code running on the host to…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects

686. Smart Homer Web-enabled TV remote using Arduino

Smart Homer, a Web-enabled TV remote puppet Smart Homer is a Web-enabled puppet that turns on your TV when
Simpsons is on. As Homer is too lazy to browse the Web himself, a script in the cloud checks the online TV program for
him. If…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
687. The Musical FootBall

This project is to construct a musical football. The reason for my project is that I was inspired by a little kid with austim
who love sports and music. So what better way to have fun then have a ball that you can play with…… Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Projects

688. Simple Arduino L.E.D Police Lights

This was one of the rst programs i wrote for the arduino after having it a few days we will be making l.e.d police
lights with minimal materials Step 1: You will need. You will need Arduino (or suitable clone) Breadboard 2x 240ohm
resistors…… Listed under: Car Projects, LED Projects, Projects

689. Lightning Shutter Trigger for a Camera using Arduino

I knew there were devices that could trigger a camera to re during a lightning strike, but their circuits were more
complicated than I wanted to make. I’m a software guy not a hardware guy so I decided to use an Arduino and that
allowed me to write a…… Listed under: Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects

690. Dr Blinkenlights… (or how I learned to afford the BlinkM)

I love the idea of the BlinkM (individually addressed RGB leds controlled with 2 pins), but not so much the price (nearly
15 quid each!). Luckily, the hardware is open source and somebody has brought out an alternative rmware (although
if you know where to…… Listed under: LED Projects

691. Arduino wall avoiding robot

This instructable assumes very little with respect to prior knowledge. If there are any areas you feel could be improved
or clari ed, please feel free to message or comment and I will update. Here are all the details you need to produce a
simple wall…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

692. Power Quality Meter ( PQ Monitor) using Arduino

Arduino UNO project, Power Quality Meter, someone would call it’s PQ Monitor or PQ Analyzer. I had already
published one  blog  devoted RMS voltage measurements on full band  20 – 20 000 Hz  audio signals. ( Following my
own style, I’d refer to already published…… Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects

693. Audio VU meter with Extra wide Dynamic Range 69 dB using Arduino

O’K, after having some fun with stereo version of the VU meter I described in my previous blog-post, now it’s time to
do a serious stu . Studio grade VU meter !!! 24 steps, equally spaced every 3 dB, covering Extra wide Dynamic Range
from -63  up to…… Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

694. Light Suit

Why build a light suit? Probably because I’ve watched tron a few too many times (the 1984 version of course). I’d just
discovered arduino and was very excited, I’d made LED’s ash and buzzers sound but now I wanted to make
something new and interesting,…… Listed under: LED Projects

695. Dot Matrix Printer from a CD/DVD Reader with Arduino

Hey! Some time ago while going through the pages here in Instructables, something catch my attention, a printer
made of a CD reader, and i was amazed. I thought: “This is incredible, I have to make one!” I know that these kind of
projects don’t…… Listed under: CNC Machines Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
696. Arduino powered hangman giftbox/lockbox

A medium sized box that requires the user to succeed in a game of hang man in order to gain access to the contents
of the box.  Great gift Idea!!! my Arduino sketch will be included in this instructible sorry for the poor quality
pictures!…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

697. Measure RPM – Optical Tachometer using Arduino

This Instructable will show you how to make a Portable Digital Optical Tachometer using an Arduino Uno. This project
is inspired from This instructable and is an enhanced version of it with an LCD display and a modi ed code. Instead of
a slotted sensor ,…… Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects

698. How to build an Arduino WiFi 4×4 with Android Controller

RC cars can be WiFi Cars…? RC cars are cool, but cheap RC cars have limited range and can only be controlled with the
particular controller that was included with the car. I purchased a RC jeep, complete with 4 wheel drive, exible
suspension, and…… Listed under: Arduino Android, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects

699. Autonomous Control of RC Car Using Arduino

This instructable shows how to modify an inexpensive RC car so it can be controlled by an on-board microcontroller. 
You can program the controller to make the car do any number of driving patterns and stunts.  Once you have the car
being controlled from the…… Listed under: Car Projects, Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

700. How to make a robotic dart shooting sentry

Tools: Hot Glue Gun Laptop with Arduino software 22 awg hookup wire (black, red, yellow) wire strippers usb cable
drill 1/16th drillbit exacto knife Parts: 2 tongue depressors 1 clothespin 1 rubber-band 1 dart 1 cup (paper or plastic) 1
arduino 1 breadboard 1 led 1 momentary button…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

701. Controlling Hand Drill with Roboduino using Arduino

This will explain how we re-purposed a hand drill to re-spool solder using a roboduino (arduino compatible), two
servos, and a DIY encoder.  While one could use TRIACs to play with the AC power going into the drill, just using a
servo to control the throttle…… Listed under: Motor Projects, Projects

702. Adding CV inputs to the Auduino granular synth

When I rst got into the Arduino I went looking for audio projects. One of the rst things I built was TobaTobias’
Auduino granular synth. I was so impressed I built a permanent unit in a heavy duty enclosure and incorporated it into
my occasional…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects

703. GoFly – paragliding/hangliding/gliding altimeter-variometer from Your car navigation using Arduino

GoFly is a project based on PNA (car navigation devices with Windows CE), LK8000 tactical igh computer software and
variometer (altimeter) external input based on Arduino board and pressure sensor. Why? -You can build this for about
150$, -Your ordinary PNA (Personal Navigation Assistant) changes…… Listed under: Car Projects, Metering –
Instrument Projects, Projects

704. Quick and Easy Arduino Nightlight

Honestly, how many people have been in this scenario (leave a yes or no in the comments) : It is 2:30 in the morning and you wake up
with a need to do something whatever that may be (bathroom, forgotten homework assignment, project due in…… Listed under: LED
 Projects

705. Using an Arduino to Control an Infrared Helicopter

In this Instructable we will explain how infrared signals are used by a remote to control a toy or device, then show how
a simple circuit can be added to an Arduino to operate the same device through free, Open Source software. This
document is part of…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects

706. USA Flag made with diffused LED using Arduino

USA ag constructed using a total of 2,301 di used red, white and blue LEDs completed with Arduino sketch
animations, I hope this instructions helps anyone who wants to try this out. This ag can be displayed during the 4th
of July, memorial day or during…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, How To – DIY – Projects, LCD Projects

707. Arduino Skateboard Speedometer

Using an Arduino, it is easy to make a speedometer/tachometer for virtually any man-powered vehicle. I made one for
my skateboard that used a small magnet to count revolutions and utilized an LCD display screen.  This Instructable will
show you how you can do the…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects,
Projects

708. Automate Your Garage Opening Times

1. Background My 1st project with Apduino Online was about to solve a simple problem, close the garage door after
sunset, when it has been left open. We have a garage in the basement, which is used not only for car parking, but
gardening tools…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects

709. How to control arduino board using an android phone and a bluetooth module

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to use a bluetooth module and MIT’s app inventor to create a wireless serial link
between an android phone and an arduino board. Here is a short video showing an example app I created. I’ll
describe how to do…… Listed under: Arduino Android, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects

710. Quantifying Access to your Mind using Arduino

So, I manage a creative technology lab at California College of the Arts. It’s essentially an educational hackerspace for
art and design students. Pretty awesome, right? After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a degree in
mechanical engineering, I was desperately trying to nd…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects

711. Control Servo with Light using Arduino

Hello! In this Instructable i will teach you how to control a servo using a Photocell. This is very simple and good for
beginners. Step 1: Materials 1 x Photocell 1 x 10k Resistor 1 x Arduino 1x Breadboard 1x Servo and some jumpers
Step…… Listed under: Motor Projects, Projects

712. Arduino Wireless Animatronic Hand

BTW!!!!! This instructable is awsomeeeeeeThis is a very simple but at the same time a very hard project depending on
your skill level. Lets get to building! What this is, is a wireless animatronic hand that doesn’t need a computer to
operate. The user wears…… Listed under: Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

713. Binary/ Analog Clock

 I was inspired by the digital/ analog clock to make my own special clock as my second instructable. I browsed the
internet and found that servo clocks are rare and binary are common. So i decided to combine the two and this is
what I…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects

714. Control anything remotely with Infrared signals using Arduino

Who would have thought that just about every Arduino attachment can be controlled in some way with a TV remote?
Now its time to nd out how. Arduino.skp141 KB Step 1: Setup and Materials The setup for this is quite basic. The real
challenge is…… Listed under: Projects, Radio Projects

715. How to make an Arduino from scratch

Frugal Engineering is the best way forward for science. If you’re interested in making some arduino’s from scratch ,
you’ve come to the right place. You can see a video tutorial of this instructable : here It will supplement any loopholes
or doubts you may…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects

716. Arduino Bluetooth Serial Connections

This is an introduction on how to setup, make a basic connection, and send data to and from an Arduino using
Bluetooth! Bluetooth is great for transmitting data over medium distances and what’s more, Arduino just treats it like
a serial data connection. This means…… Listed under: Other Projects, Projects

717. To blink LED from mobile phone or iPod or another computer via WiFi

Hello Everyone, I like this site too much, the site really played very important role in awakening my enthusiasm and
creativity. This is my rst project and its really for the rst timers project. I got this project from Instructible site ,
modi ed to access…… Listed under: LED Projects

718. RGB LED Strip Circuit with Arduino

This Instructable covers the assembly of a circuit capable of PWM-ing (pulse width modulating) a high-power RGB LED
strip and programming an Arduino to cycle through a range of colors. In this context, “high power” is 9-12 volts. I will
discuss how to mount a…… Listed under: LED Projects

719. Arduino – Control LEDs with a Remote Control

Step 1: IR library First you need to go to this page and download the IR library. You just need to follow the read me le
to install. I think that any IR remote control can do this, I’ll be using a Philips Universal one.…… Listed under: LED
Projects

720. ‘Knock Back’ – A Knock Echoing Arduino

This is a simple Arduino sketch that was originally designed to experiment with arrays and the built-in timing
functionality. I based it on the tutorial sample code http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Knock The system consists of a
piezo sensor connected to an analog pin that listens for a knock from…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects

721. How to Build a Robotic Hand with Haptic Feedback using Arduino

For science fair this year, I felt like building something instead of doing an experiment. All I needed to do was look
around Instructables for a project idea. I was inspired by njkl44’s robotic hand since it reminds me so much of stu
out of…… Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
722. Arduino Tutorial: Capacitive Touch Sensors

Hello everyone! This instructable is a tutorial that will guide you on using the Capacitive touch sensors with Arduino. A
Capacitive sensor is a kind of touch sensor, that requires little or no force to activate. In this Instructable about
capacitive touch sensing, I’ll show…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects

723. Make Wired Robotic Arm Edge to “Wireless” with DIY Arduino and XBee

UPDATE: Added Schematic, Top Layer PCB, Bottom Layer PCB, and both Top, Bottom PCB images When I nished the
 “RevIO” – an Arduino Clone that has the di erent way of exposing pins usage. I decided to go further to the next
project. To test my…… Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects

724. 7-Key Slider/Wheel Tutorial with Synthesizer

This is a tutorial for using the 7-Key Slider/Wheel Breakout from Rachel’s Electronics. I’ll show you how to solder up the
header pins for maximum usability. Rachel’s has the QT1106 datasheet on their site, and a great arduino library for
this breakout. The kit from…… Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects, Tutorials

725. Arduino Watch with Nokia 3110 screen

My goal for this project is to make a watch with selectable dials, stopwatch and millidays. This idea started with an
Aprils fools prank about metric-time. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K35xG1buyFA) First I wanted to make a
metric clock but soon this idea evolved from a metric watch into…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Phone
Projects, Projects

726. Uber Home Automation w/ Arduino & Pi

A few years ago, I became a dog owner for the rst time. I didn’t like leaving Cody in the kennel alone all day. I had a
webcam on him, but I couldn’t watch it all day long. What if he was in some kind…… Listed under: Home Automation
Projects

727. Come Home! Connecting Distant Spaces EASILY over Web using Arduino

Can you believe that we live in an age where you can touch an object (any object – if it has metal on it) and a light will
turn on in your loved-one’s space – even if they live in a di erent city, state, or…… Listed under: Home Automation
Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

728. Simple 2-way motor control for the arduino

When I say simple, I don’t mean use a speed control. But control the motor directly without any external circuitry.
Here’s how: How this came about: I recently was working on an instructable about charlieplexing with an arduino. And
I was wondering if the same principle…… Listed under: Motor Projects, Projects

729. Assembling the 8×8 LED Board Kit

These are step by step instructions for assembling the 8×8 LED Board kit from moderndevice.com. I had never played
with LED displays before using this kit. I suggest reading through all the assembly steps BEFORE starting to solder
because assembly order DOES matter with this…… Listed under: LED Projects
730. CatGenie: A smart, resettable SaniSolution cartridge

The project This project follows on from the excellent work by ScotSEA and his Arduino reset program (see
http://www.instructables.com/id/CatGenie-Resetting-a-SaniSolution-Cartridge/ ).  I had never taken my Catgenie apart
as Scott did, but had built a small contact board instead.  I had previous updated Scott’s program to…… Listed under:
Security – Safety Projects

731. My Ninth Project: Robot Arm with Joystick Shield using Arduino

Although it is great controlling the robot arm with computer or mobile phone, I think using joystick is also cool, so I’ve
bought a joystick shield and make a new project. This joystick shield is compatible with Arduino. It also support Nokia
5110 LCD module,…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

732. Beat Sync using an Arduino

Beat Sync is a single frequency audio spectrum volume meter.  It can isolate around a certain frequency ( I choose the
bass ) and display it on a creative 8 segment LED bar graph.  This is meant to be quite simple, yet allowing room for……
Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

733. Laser Tag Stuffed Animals

Ever feel like there aren’t enough toys at the intersection of cuddly and terrifying? Wish your stu ed animals could
double as weapons? Then I’ve got the toy for you. These Laser Tag Stu ed Animals easily transform from being a
cuddly night light to the world’s…… Listed under: LED Projects

734. Arduino and L293D Robot ( Part 1 )

Here is part 1 of the Arduino and L293D Robot.This is part of a series of instructables leading to a Line follower Robot.
This is a basic Robot made by controlling two motors via the L293D chip through an Arduino Board. I have done this
project in…… Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects

735. Mini BillBoard using Arduino

Designing a Mini BillBoard using LED Lights(di erent colors) , Arduino and Bread Board. Thought of creating a mini
billboard, that could display my name (“Josh”) . This is for one of the build nights (required us to use LED lights). This
billboard would blink in…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, LED Projects

736. D-Led Shield v1.0 (for monitoring)

Good day fellow enthusiast! Here is one of my latest and simplest shield designs for an arduino board. The thing here
is, sometimes we have a hard time checking out which I/O pins are LOW or HIGH, especially when we are dealing with
LED, motors,…… Listed under: LED Projects

737. How to Make Musical Floppy Drives using an Arduino

My brother posted a video about this on facebook almost a year ago. Some old oppy drives playing Bach’s
masterpiece Toccata & Fugue and it got me really interested. So I read about it when the author posted a how-to on
his blog and did a couple of tweaking…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio
Projects

738. Pimp My Zoomobil using Arduino

 I recently put together the Playmobil Zoomobil for my kids. As I was busy snapping all the pieces together, I became
more and more convinced that this cart had been made to have lights. It’s hard for me to believe the original product
designers at…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

739. Using a Dot Matrix LED with an Arduino and Shift Register

The Siemens DLO7135 Dot matrix LED is one amazing piece of optoelectronics. It’s billed as a 5×7 Dot Matrix
Intelligent Display (r) with Memory/Decoder/Driver. Along with that memory, it’s got a 96-character ASCII display set
with upper and lower case characters, a built-in character generator…… Listed under: LED Projects, Projects

740. SYNTHDUINO

The synthduino is a fun arduino project to do and as a beginner it is a great way to learn new things about arduino’s
many features. With only using household items to build the synthduino you will be satis ed with the nishing project
and feel…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

741. Arduino Controlled ATX Power Supply

Can a microcontroller control its own power?  Well nearly! An ATX power supply, either new or from an old PC, is a
great way to power Arduino and other microcontroller projects.  That is covered in several ‘ibles such as this one. 
However, because of some…… Listed under: Other Projects, Projects

742. Reading Digital Callipers with an Arduino

How to use an Arduino to read the signal from a set of digital callipers and send the reading over USB. Why? This
might be useful for accurate position sensing in home made / hacked computer aided manufacture systems. Adds
USB functionality to your callipers.…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects

743. Personalised Word Clock using Arduino

Build a unique personalised gift that’s cool and re ects the character of the recipient. What’s di erent about this Word
Clock is that it is small enough to sit on a bedside desk, displays the recipients name and has personalised messages
that appear at di erent times…… Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects

744. Arduino String Instrument

Sure you can use LDR’s, potentiometers and buttons to generate sounds, but what about strings? When I began
thinking about an Arduino string instrument, I realized what I wanted to create was a soft potentiometer.  I found my
inspiration from Hannah Perner-Wilson’s Fabric Potentiometer http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=543. Step…… Listed
under: Metering – Instrument Projects

745. Autonomous Paintball Sentry Gun using Arduino

Make your own, custom AUTONOMOUS SENTRY GUN! A Microcontroller Contest Finalist and Runner Up Winner. This
instructable is out-of-date. For the most recent version of the tutorial, see the website . Cheers! This sentry gun
autonomously tracks, aims, and shoots at targets, using: -An airsoft or…… Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects,
Projects

746. BUGBot – Light Follower Robot using Arduino

The gures above shows the basic idea of any robot, where we have some inputs and output devices connected to the
brain and some outputs controlled by the brain. In our case we will have the Arduino like the brain. The central Brain,
controls all…… Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
747. The “all in one box” aquarium feeder using Arduino

Step 1: Things you will need the images show you what you need. you will also need (but is not shown in picture
soldering iron shrink tubes lighter 5 volt power supply usb cable (to program you’re arduino)   info on the foamed pvc
sheet…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects

748. Dirt cheap Arduino LED light bar

This instructable was designed for beginners in mind, but advanced users can easily adapt it to t their needs and
wants. It only uses a few common components, so you shouldn’t have much trouble putting this together. It’s a good
waste of 5 minutes with…… Listed under: LED Projects, Projects

749. Intelligent Solar Garden Light using an Arduino- Part 1

I bought a solar powered garden light. The solar panel charges the batteries and when it gets dark the lights (3x LEDs)
turn on until it either gets lights again or the batteries run out. It has a small amount of intelligence (turns on when……
Listed under: Battery Projects, Home Automation Projects, Projects

750. Kickstarter Backer Alert with Stats Scroller, using Arduino Yun

The Arduino Yún is a curious addition to the Arduino family. There is a fairly widespread community surrounding the
Arduino concept, platform and software. There’s another popular community dedicated to hacking and improving
inexpensive wireless routers, which often run Linux. The Yún combines the two…it’s…… Listed under: Car Projects

751. Interactive Stereoscopic Installations: visual rupture with the Diplopiascope

What is it? This is an ongoing project that i’ve been working on to see the potential of interactive stereoscopic
installations in examining the perceptual process. I use a setup that i’ve called a Diplopiascope to investigate this. The
Diplopiascope has gone through a few…… Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects

752. Make a 24X6 LED matrix using an Arduino

After making a 8X10 matrix a lot of people asked me about expanding the matrix to some thing bigger, and some
wanted to write stu to the matrix via a PC, so one day I looked at a pile of LEDs that I had leftover…… Listed under:
LED Projects, Projects

753. 8×8 LED Matrix Animations using an Arduino

For a party we were about to have I wanted a cool light display to use with my new Xmas present  – an Arduino Uno.
Having looked at the LED matrix’s here I wanted a bigger one that  I could hang on the balcony. I also wanted……
Listed under: LED Projects, Projects

754. Arduino-Based Blue Box (Phone Phreaking)

History and Story In the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and even up into the 1990s phone phreaking was an amazingly
cool way to explore an unknown world of phone switching networks. To “phreak” a telephone switch, can be done by
using frequencies, or tones to…… Listed under: Phone Projects

755. Serial Servo Controller with Arduino

I’m going to show you how to use your Arduino to control up to 12 servos at once with minimal jitter.  Using a simple
serial interface you can control the position of up to 12 servo channels.  Up to 10 snapshot positions can be saved……
Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Motor Projects, Projects
756. LED Watch using an Arduino

This instructable will show you how to make your own arduino based watch that tells time using a matrix of LEDs. This
is my rst instructable, so if something is unclear leave me a comment or send a message! I was inspired by all the……
Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, LED Projects, Projects

757. DIY a Spelling Game with an Interactive Robot using Arduino

Did you hear before about Social Robot? Did you you see the Pepper Robot or Jibo robot? These kinds of robots that
can hear you, understand you and make a social contact with you via sound, facial expressions and body gestures.
Social robots have various…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects

758. DinoCalc Version 1.0

(Arduino Pro Mini Protoboard Version) Latest Release:  http://code.google.com/p/dinocalc/ Development:     

https://github.com/WeaselJones/DinoCalc This is a calculator without a LCD that tells you if your math answer is right
or wrong, without giving you the answer.  This instructable will show you how to make this simple math checking……
Listed under: Calculator Projects

759. MP3 Interface for Arduino

I have added a follow-on to this Instructable: http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-and-Easy-MP3-Shield-for-

Arduino/ The follow-on shows you how to design, etch and build a PCB shield to connect the MP3 to the Arduino.
Replaces the analog switches with a 74HC244. SIngle layer board with large surface mount component design.
Only…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

760. Ethernet Switching – with Arduino

Aim: Switch relays from the ethernet or the internet, using your mobile, tablet or computer with a nice graphical user
interface. Update V4.06 Please read the below steps to Step 2 if you are viewing this article for the rst time. Please go
to step…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects

761. Virtual Etch A Sketch

The Etch A Sketch: famous, creative, and unique. Unfortunately I have no clue where the one from my childhood is, so
I decided to make my own virtual one! Check it out (and my awful drawing skills) below. This Etch A Sketch is quite
like…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects

762. ATtiny programmer using Arduino ISP

Thanks to: http://jeonlab.wordpress.com/ For relatively small (less number of pins than ATmega328) projects, ATtiny
series, ATtiny45 or Attiny85 are good choice in terms of its physical size (8-DIP or 8-SOIC)  and low power
consumption. There are many ways to program it. One of the popular…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 –
I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects

763. TurtleDuino Object Avoidance Robot using Arduino

Hello, in this instructable I’ll be showing you step by step how to build the TurtleDuino, an object avoidance robot, with
an Arduino UNO microcrontroller on board. I designed the TurtleDuino using material from the hardware store (Home
Depot) and all the electronics from sparkfun.com…… Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
764. Home Automation: Drapes using Arduino

Hate having to manually open and close your drapes? Hate getting back from work/school and your room is dark and
dreary? Do you want curtains that open and close themselves? Then you need Dr. Drape! Dr. Drape is an easy DIY
project using an Arduino…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects

765. Convert a toy piano to work as a midi device and use it with Synthesia

Goal of this project: Convert a cheap toy piano to work as a midi device and use it with Synthesia
(http://www.synthesiagame.com/) Other programs that use midi inputs can also be used. Approach: The pushbuttons
of the piano are used to make a simple pull-down circuit…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

766. Tankbot – Internet Controlled Tank Robot using Arduino

Do you remember a game called Tank Wars? This is an attempt to make a physical version of that classic arcade game.
You, the player drive an Arduino powered tank and re a laser at a target. This project uses an Arduino to control a
tank…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects

767. Guitar Tuner for the Blind (using an Arduino)

How to modify a guitar tuner so it can be used by a blind person This build uses an Arduino Pro mini microcontroller,
(all code is provided). This project was undertaken for the charity Remap, which provides custom-made equipment for
people with disabilities. Summary Begin with…… Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects

768. An FM Stereo Broadcaster PLL using Arduino

I have two good AM transmitters – one I’d built using a single 6888 Tube plus an old KnightKit Broadcaster that I’d
refurbished, as well as a high-quality solid state transmitter from SSTRAN that I use to play music over the several
antique AM radios I’ve repaired…… Listed under: Projects, Radio Projects

769. AC Arduino dimming circuit

THANKS TO CONCERNED VIEWERS, I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS NOT SAFE AND SHOULD NOT BE REPLICATED. SO
PLEASE DONT TRY THIS THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO COMMENTED, I LEARNED A LOT I am not an engineer, just an
experimenter and hacker and prototyper etc,…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects

770. Tiny Altoid Tin Robot With Personality

I love robots. Normally the ones I build are quite large and wouldn’t t in your pocket, but for a change of pace I
decided I would try something small and fun! This robot is exactly that, and in fact ts inside of an altoids…… Listed
under: Robotics – Automation Projects

771. 5×5 LED Cube using Arduino Uno

This is a step by step explanation of how to build a 5×5 LED cube using an arduino.  I did this project for my
undergraduate electronics class and it took me about 2 weeks to complete. Note: Apparently, some of the links for the
supplies…… Listed under: LED Projects, Projects

772. Self-Watering Plant using an Arduino

Plants liven up any space by adding a sense of airiness and life. That is – of course – when you don’t forget to water them, and they
shrivel up and die. I am very bad at remembering to water plants. That is why I…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects
773. Froggy World 5 The Coffee Gripper

In Froggy World, the amusement park for adventurous plastic frogs, it became necessary to to move the frog from a
train car back to the catapult.  Because I couldn’t know whether the frog would be upright or sideways–and in what
orientation–the gripper was a challenge.…… Listed under: Home Automation Projects

774. Dual H-Bridge – Arduino L298 Breakout Board

This is my homemade Dual H-Bridge using the IC L298N. For control DC motors or step Motors ao other purposes just
like you need. Breakout L298N.ppt1 MB Step 1: Hardware and Materials This is the basic schematic. It works perfectly.
A more advanced schematic and…… Listed under: Arduino Android

775. Interfacing a Digital Micrometer to a Microcontroller

We had a project that required connection to a digital micrometer with a data output jack. The idea was to connect a
microcontroller to the micrometer, to read the measurements and make decisions based on the readings. The
micrometers that we used are made by…… Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects

776. Bubble Wall | Interactive, Inflatable Panel

Bubble Wall | Breathing Wall Panel System Interactive, In atable, Playable Wall Brief Project Description This was an
artistic piece installed for a digital fabrication show at the University of South Florida School of Architecture and
Community Design. While this brief is speci c to this panel,…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, LED
Projects

777. Big Spectrum Analyzer with Arduino

Let’s put together a pixel strip with an HL1606, an Arduino UNO and the Spectrum Shield to build a seven bands
“large” Spectrum Analyzer of simple construction. The Strip used uses the HL1606 controller to allow direct
management of each of the LEDs. The chip…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Home Automation
Projects, Projects

778. Wii Nunchuk Controlled Model Train using Arduino

Using an Arduino microcontroller, an Adafruit motor shield, and a Wii Nunchuk, you can create a intuitive,
programmable, model train controller to run your layout.  Amaze your friends.  Entertain your kids.  Not quite DC, not
quite DCC.  You’re headed for the hacker lands of PWM…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

779. A Facebook-Connected, Arduino-Powered Music Party

Music party is a new way to listen to music with others. By tapping an RFID/NFC device that is synced to a Facebook
account on an Arduino RFID reader shield and sending that unique ID to Music Party server using the Arduino WiFly
shield, we…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Sound – Audio Projects

780. DIY Arduino Board Water Meter

Working with the interaction design team, a bunch of us at Teague have been tinkering with measuring
water, analyzing usage data in realtime to a ect behaviors, and storing it to see patterns over time. At the heart of the
exploration was a need to cheaply measure water…… Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Metering – Instrument
Projects, Projects
781. Arduino LCD Metronome

Connecting the LCD The rst step is to wire up the LCD. The HD44780 has 16 pins: Pin 1 – Vss Pin 2 – Vdd Pin 3 – Vo
Pin 4 – RS Pin 5 – R/W Pin 6 – E Pin 7 – DB0…… Listed under: LED Projects

782. 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
16×2 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, Projects

783. Garduino-Automated Gardening System using Arduino

This instructable is a guide for setting up an automated gardening system using an arduino and other cheap
electronic parts.  It allows sustainable gardening by using sensors to determine soil moisture, as well as a webscraper
to determine future weather.  It uses this information to save water by only…… Listed under: Home Automation
Projects, Projects

784. Self-Contained 7x7x7 LED Cube

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

785. Burning the Bootloader on ATMega328 using Arduino UNO as ISP

I had one remote controlled project that needed an Arduino running 24/7 but I didn’t want to leave my $32 Arduino
UNO, so I decided to buy some pieces and created my own Arduino. The most important part was buying the
microcontroller. These were my…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects

786. How To Make A Board Game Using Arduino

In this Instructable, we’ll teach you how to create your own “Would you rather… ” board game using conductive paint,
an Arduino microcontroller, and some electronics components. Players take turns moving along the game path as
directed by an electronic dice roll. Along the way,…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

787. FuzzBot

The FuzzBot is an awesome, fast, fully autonomous small Arduino robot that everyone loves!!!  It uses the compact
Pololu ZumoBot Chassis kit for a great drive system, and uses a Parallax Ping sensor to sense proximity, to make the
FuzzBot fully autonomous.  I like to…… Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects

788. Arduino camera Lens Controller

My Lumix GH2 Micro Four Thirds camera not only shoots fantastic high de nition 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: Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects

789. Capacitive touch Mood light using Arduino

 This instructable is a quick write-up of my experience creating a multifunctional moodlight. Some basic knowledge of
electronic circuits is expected. The project has not yet nished, some adding functionality  and tweaking has to be
done but it is already functional. If you guys are…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Home Automation
Projects, LED Projects, Projects

790. Arduino-plex 2.0: Modular Plexiglas Arduino Work Surface

Last year I needed a board that I could stick my breadboards to, that would also securely hold my Arduino. I used
some Plexiglas I picked up at Skycraft in Orlando and I glued everything together with Crazy Glue. This worked well,
but it didn’t…… Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects

791. The morse code generator by a PS\2 keyboard using Arduino

Hi, all! Today I’ m trying to explain you my last project: “The morse code generator by a PS\2 keyboard” I’ ve used an
PS/2 keyboard to send input to my Arduino board (like described in here) and transform it in morse code that
activate…… Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects, Projects

792. Nokia LCD & Sensors using an Arduino

Arduino: Nokia LCD & Sensors PROBLEM: Making my Arduino, a Temperature-Relative Humidity sensor and a
Nokia3310LCD screen work together. Now, I’m a Lazy Old Geek, so what I wanted was an Arduino kit that would take
shields. This Freeduino was the cheapest that I could…… Listed under: LCD Projects, Phone Projects, Projects, Sensor
– Transducer – Detector Projects

793. Program an ATtiny with Arduino

Follows are directions for programming the ATtiny microcontrollers using the Arduino IDE. In plain English, this is how
to program 8-pin Atmel chips as you would normally an Arduino. This is cool because the ATtiny is tiny, and – well –
this allows you to…… Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects

794. Stupid Simple Arduino LF RFID Tag Spoofer

RFID tags are all over the place.  They’re used in building access control systems, passports, inventory tracking . . .  
This instructable will show how you can use an Arduino and a few simple components (wire coil, transistor, capacitor,
resistor) to make a device…… Listed under: Projects, RFID – NFC projects

795. Ultrasonic Tape Measure using Arduino

Have you ever wanted an ultrasonic tape measure, like this Stanley? (See picture). Well, I have but then I am a Lazy Old
Geek. I don’t really need one but I thought I’d try to make one. And naturally, I thought of an Arduino. August…… Listed
under: Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects

796. Interface Arduino to MySQL using Python

Here’s a brief tutorial that should get you up and running interfacing your Adruino with a MySQL database. For the
sake of this tutorial, I am assuming you know how to set up and use MySQL. This tutorial does not require much
Python experience, but…… Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN
Projects

797. LDR Robot using an Arduino

LDR Robot with IR and a Servo The LDR/IR Robot is designed to seek out light and avoid obstacles. The robot uses the Light Dependent
Resistor to seek out light and the Infrared Sensor to detect and avoid objects in its path. The following are…… Listed under: Projects,
 Robotics – Automation Projects

798. Jeopardy Ring-in Buttons with Built-in Rules using Arduino

There are several good Jeopardy/Game Show lockout buttons/buzzers, but none incorporate the timing rules of
Jeopardy. I am learning about the Arduino and I thought that this would be a great project to practice with. The rules
include a question reading period with no timeout…… Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects

799. Frankenstein Laser Engraver

This Frankenstein Laser Cutter was built out of an old scanner and printer. The whole thing evolved around the
instructable of Groover and his ‘Pocket Laser Engraver’. This is a Making-Of. Although a lot, if not everything, of the
mechnical construction requires ingenuity I tried…… Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects

800. Low cost Ethernet shield with ENC28J60 using Arduino

Economical alternative to original Arduino ethernet shields, allows data rates up to 10 Mbps and is achieved with a
traditional assembly components. One of the most interesting shield that you can mount on the Arduino platform is
certainly the ethernet shield, because enable numerous networking…… Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN
Projects, Projects

Previous 1 2 3 4 Next

Share this:

This Post / Project can also be found using search terms:

arduino x/y alphabet scriber

mega 2560 r d master kit motor servo lcd module for arduino learner instructions

USEFUL RESOURCES FACEBOOK ADVANCE SEARCH LAST VISITED:

Arduino Complete Projects List Select Category: Using an Arduino as a

Arduino Project…
Arduino UNO Projects List 32K likes Latching Relay
Select a Category
Arduino O ine Projects PDF
Green Light: Fashion
Arduino Mega 2560 projects Liked Enter Search Terms:
Arduino Tutorial Courses Videos Search for...
You and 4 other friends like this
Arduino Weather Station
Esp8266 Arduino Projects List
Web Server
Arduino Zero Projects List Search

Arduino Nano Projects List

ESP32 Arduino Projects List

Arduino Tutorial Online Courses Video

Training
© 2013 Powered By Wise Technologies, Use Arduino for Projects | Sitemap | Privacy Policy