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1. The Zambroombi: Roomba’s Next Ultrasonic Competitor The Zambroombi is the Explore All Categories
next step up from your neighbor's fancy Roomba. Set it and forget it! "It changed
my life. I don't know where I'd be today without it. I used to just have to clean
everything once, but thanks to The Zambroombi, I…... Listed under: Other Projects
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3. Interfacing Arduino with DS1307 real time clock This topic shows how to interface
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4. How To Simulate Arduino With Proteus Some Arduino boards can added to the
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speaker, and some dancing shoes. BOM: Arduino Uno CUI 8 ohm speaker x8
pushbuttons x8 10k resistors x1 220 ohm resistor Jumper wire Breadboard Arduino Android
Foamboard or cardboard…... Listed under: Other Project Ideas Arduino Tutorial Online Courses Video Training
6. Arduino Real Time Clock Using DS1307 This topic shows how to interface Arduino Huge List of tutorials & Components based
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7. Arduino 4-Digit 7-Segment LED Display 7 Segment LED displays are used in many
applications as front panel number indicators. The most common applications are
calculators, microwave ovens, electronic lab equipment like function generators
and frequency counters. A 7 segment LED display consists of 7 LEDs arranged in such a way…...
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8. Remote Controlled Robot Using Arduino and T.V. Remote This remote controlled
car can be moved around using practically any kind of remote such as TV,AC etc. It
makes use of the fact that the remote emits IR(infrared). This property is made use
of by using an IR receiver,which is a very cheap sensor.…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation
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9. Build A Cheapest Possible Arduino-Robot The aim is to build cheapest possible

Arduino-robot Step 1: Components Arduino UNO R3 x1 USB cable x1 Mini
solderless breadboard x1 IR sensor x1 Continuous rotation servo x2 Battery holder
x1 AA battery x4 Bunch of color wires Step 2: Getting Started With Arduino…...
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10. Make Your Own GPS Transmitter with the HC-12 Transceiver The first article in this
two-part series, Understanding and Implementing the HC-12 Wireless Transceiver
Module, uses the HC-12 to create long-distance data transmission between two
Arduino Unos. This article uses a pair of HC-12 transceivers, a GPS module, an
Arduino, and Google Maps to create…... Listed under: GPS Based Projects
11. Flash Freeze Photography with an Arduino Freeze moments in time to easily
produce extraordinary close-up pictures with your digital camera, an Arduino, and
these simple circuits. I have always been impressed by high-speed photography.
The photographic capture of what normally goes unseen, or at least unnoticed, is
intriguing and oftentimes beautiful.…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment
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12. Create a Motion-Sensing Alarm with an Arduino and IR Sensors Infrared (IR)
sensors are normally used to measure distances, but they can also be used to
detect objects. By connecting a couple of IR sensors to an Arduino, you can make
an intruder alarm. Overview Infrared (IR) sensors are normally used to estimate the
distance of an…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
13. Controlling a Stepper Motor with an SIRC TV Remote and a PICAXE: Infrared Capabilities This is part
one of a two-part project. For part one, we will focus on IR remotes and signaling,
as well as IR reception and decoding. Using IR (InfraRed) radiation to control
electronic devices is widely accepted and implemented. IR devices are routinely
used in…... Listed under: Other Projects
14. Quark D2000 I2C Interfacing Add a Color Sensor and Asynchronous Mode We
finish up our project using I2C on the Quark D2000 development board with the
addition of a color sensor and an object color identifier program. Finally, we revisit
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interfacing the BH1750FVI ambient light sensor using asynchronous mode I2C. Before continuing in
this article, consider…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
15. Quark D2000 I2C Interfacing: Add a Light Sensor and an LCD Get acquainted with
using I2C with the Quark D2000 development board by interfacing an ambient
light sensor and an LCD. Previously, we presented a general overview of the Quark
D2000 development board. Subsequently, we explored the use of the board’s GPIO and PWM. In
this…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
16. The Santa Cam! An Arduino PIR Motion-Activated Camera System The Santa Cam is
sure to catch who is stealing your milk and cookies this holiday season! You can
even use it for a photo booth this New Year's Eve! BOM: Arduino Uno DSLR camera
with remote shutter jack 2.5mm TRS cable Rectifier diode Milk…... Listed under:
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17. Building a simple digital light meter using Arduino and BH1750FVI sensor A light
meter is a device that measures the intensity of light. It finds applications in
schools, hospitals, production areas, passageways and more to measure and
maintain proper lighting levels. It is often used by photographers to determine the proper exposure
for a photograph. Today…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
18. MCP9802 temperature sensor and Arduino MCP9802 is a digital temperature

sensor from Microchip that measures temperatures between -55°C and +125°C to
a digital word. It provides an accuracy of ±1°C (maximum) from -10°C to +85°C.
The MCP9802 sensor comes with user-programmable registers that provide
flexibility for temperature sensing applications. The…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector
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19. Step-by-step guide for making a very simple temperature and humidity meter with 7-segment LED
displays In this blog post, I am providing you step by step instructions to build a
very simple temperature and relative humidity meter for indoor use. All you need
to build this project are an Arduino Uno or compatible board, a DHT11 sensor, and
a MAX7219…... Listed under: LED Projects
20. High-voltage seven segment LED display driver with SPI interface Seven segment
LED displays are known to be resource and power hungry. But because they are
visually so charming and readable from a far viewing distance and at a much wider
viewing angle as compared to any other electronic displays, they are still hugely popular.…... Listed
under: LCD Projects
21. PC-based heart rate monitor using Arduino and Easy Pulse sensor The heart rate,
also referred to as pulse rate, has been recognized as a vital sign since the
beginning of medicine, and it is directly related to a person’s cadiovascular health.
Today, we are going to make a PC-based heart rate monitor system using an…... Listed under:
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22. Arduino measures heart beat rate from fingertip The PIC16F628A based heart rate
meter is one of the most popular projects published on Embedded Lab. In this
article, I am going to show how to replicate the same project using a simpler
platform like Arduino. The Arduino heart rate meter will use Arduino…... Listed under: Medical –
Health based Projects
23. Using BMP180 for temperature, pressure and altitude measurements

The BMP180 is a new generation digital barometric pressure and temperature
sensor from Bosch Sensortec. In this tutorial, we will briefly review this device and
describe how to interface it with an Arduino Uno board for measuring the surrounding temperature
and pressure. We will also discuss about…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
24. Arduino Crowtail and Easy Pulse Plugin Arduino Crowtail is a modular and ready-
to-use building block set from Elecrow for rapid prototyping with Arduino. It
consists of a base Arduino Uno shield to which various sensor and I/O modules can
be conveniently interfaced through standardized connectors. In this example, I am
going to illustrate…... Listed under: Other Projects
25. Controlling relay switches with an infrared remote The infrared (IR) communication
technology, which existed long before WiFi and Bluetooth, is still a key
component in implementing major components of a typical home automation
system. For example, IR technology is still used in cordless headphones, for
intrusion detection in home security systems, and in handheld…... Listed under:
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26. Serial seven segment LED display shield Seven segment LED displays are brighter,
more attractive, and provide a far viewing distance as well as a wider viewing angle
compared to LCD displays. This project describes a serial seven segment LED
display shield for Arduino Uno or compatible boards. The shield consists of…...
27. Wireless Serial using nRF24L01 This project is very useful in many application where
wireless reliable serial communication is required. It give bidirectional
communication, You need to have same code in both arduino, no need
of separate configuration for receiver or transmitter. It is more advantageous and cost saving than
using Xbee,…... Listed under: Other Projects
28. GSM Based Home Security System With SMS Alert This project has GSM
technology and anti-theft system using PIR motion detection. Whenever Motion is
detected it sends the SMS on predefined mobile number. We have connected PIR
Motion sensor with this project. GSM based home security system with SMS alert, it
uses PIR Motion Sensor,…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
29. pH sensor arduino In this project, step by step tutorial we are discussing about how
to interface pH sensor with Arduino. In chemistry, pH is the negative log of the
activity of the hydrogen ion in an aqueous solution. Solutions with a pH less than 7
are said…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
30. Low cost continuous pricision liquid level measurement using arduino The purpose
of this turorial is to demonstrate an innovative approach for low cost continuous
liquid level monitoring based on MPX5010DP differential pressure sensor. Most of
the traditional measuring systems were designed and implemented by complicated
hardware circuitry. It made the product expensive, with low functionality…... Listed
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31. LCD interfacing with arduino In this tutorial we’ll be looking at how to connect
interface parallel LCD to an Arduino. We are using 16 char x 2 Line LCD known as
16x2 LCD, you can usually identify this display by the 16-pin interface. You only
need to solder 10 of…... Listed under: LCD Projects
32. How to Make Your Own Arduino Clone Board Want to save money by making your
own Arduino clone boards? Or want to make a custom board specifically for your
needs, then this project is for you! Make Arduino board from cheap electronic
components available at your local store. Just follow these simple step…... Listed under: Other
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33. Create an Android Controlled Robot Using the Arduino Platform Ever wanted to
make an Android controlled robot or car? Control your RC car with a smartphone?
Or wanted a tutorial about connected devices and getting started with it? Now you
can do that with this simple DIY hack that even provides you with a…... Listed
under: Robotics – Automation Projects
34. DIY Android Home Automation With Free Smartphone Application Ever wanted to
make your home automated? Wanted to control the lights, fan, and other
appliances from your smartphone? Or wanted a tutorial about connected devices
and getting started with them? Our DIY Android Home Automation project will
show you how to make your home…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
35. A Simple Guide to Using a Hall Effect Sensor With Arduino Have you ever wanted
to make a project that involved contact-less sensing? For example: to detect a door
closing, to count the number of revolutions of a wheel, or make a speedometer?
Then this Arduino Hall Effect sensor tutorial is for you! This project uses…... Listed
under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
36. IMU Interfacing Tutorial Get started with Arduino and the MPU 6050 Sensor In this
post, I will be reviewing a few basic IMU (Inertia Measurement Unit) sensors that
are compatible Arduino. I will also give a short tutorial for interfacing an Arduino
with the best IMU sensor available. IMU sensors like the MPU 6050 are used in…... Listed under:
37. An Easy Way to Build an Arduino Powered Motion Sensor Alarm Have you ever
wanted to build a project that had could detect the presence of a person in a
room? If so, then you can do this very easily using the PIR (Passive Infra Red)
Motion sensor. This Arduino motion sensor can detect the presence of a…... Listed
38. DIY Music Keyboard: How to Make Sounds With Arduino Making cool things
with an Arduino is something, but making musical instruments out of an Arduino is
something else! So behold, here comes the Musical-duino, an Arduino keyboard.
To see what this does, check out the demo video at the bottom of this page. They say…... Listed
under: Sound – Audio Projects
39. How to Make an Arduino Powered Lamp Dimmer Ever wondered how to bring an
Arduino board into your daily life? We often adjust the display brightness of our
mobile phones to suit to our need. With this project, you can do that for your
bedside lamps or any other lighting at home. We…... Listed under: Other Projects
40. How to Make Your First Robot Using Arduino One of the simplest projects you can
make for your first time using an Arduino is an obstacle avoiding robot. If you are a
beginner to Arduino and want to learn more about it, this Arduino robot tutorial
will teach you the basics while you…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
41. How to Shrink Your Arduino Projects: Making a Permanent Circuit Board When
you make a project using Arduino, it usually contains a lot of jumper connections
on the breadboard and the project will not be a permanent one. If you want to
make any other project using that Arduino, you will have to remove all the connections made on
it and to…... Listed under: Other Projects
42. How to Make a POV Display Using LEDs and Arduino Here is a simple project using
an Arduino and some LEDs. What we are going to learn here today is how to make
a POV display or Persistence-Of-Vision display. It is made out of just 6$ worth of
components. This tutorial gives will teach you…... Listed under: LED Projects
43. How to Build an Arduino Speaker That Plays Music in Minutes The main thing
which makes this project super simple is that this project requires only one extra
component. If you are new to Arduino, this tutorial will help you get familiar with
Arduino and learn the basics of Arduino programming. This musical project has
a…... Listed under: Other Projects
44. How to Make a 8bit Dot Matrix Display Using Arduino A simple project to display
cool 8bit art and animation on your backpack! This is a quick and easy project you
could finish off in minutes and show off to your friends. What it does is, when you
move your backpack, a dot matrix display turns…... Listed under: LED Projects
45. Interfacing: How to Make an Arduino Uno UltraSonic Range Finder! A range finder
is a device used to find the distance from a point to the nearest obstacle. This
device uses ultrasonic technology to measure the distance. You can consider it like
an electronic, hassle-free version of a measuring tape with a measuring range of…... Listed under:
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46. How to Make an Audio Player with Speaker Using the Arduino Uno! This Arduino
project is a simple and fun project you can build in 10-15 minutes. The result of this
make will be an Arduino audio player that plays “.wav” files. It consists of a speaker,
a simple transistor acting as an amplifier, and a micro-SD card…... Listed under:
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47. Bluetooth Basics: How to Control an LED Using a SmartPhone and Arduino Ever
thought of controlling any of your electronic devices with your smart phone? How
about a robot or any other device? Wouldn’t it be cool to control them with your
smartphone? Here is a simple tutorial for interfacing an Android Smartphone with Arduino via
Bluetooth! Required…... Listed under: LED Projects
48. ESP8266 Tutorial: Programming the Onboard GPIO Pins The ESP8266 is a great tool
for enabling your project to access the internet. You can plug it into an Arduino
easily as shown and allow your project to communicate through the internet. Or even more exciting,
to control it from anywhere in the world!…... Listed under: Other Projects
49. Audio Amplifier Circuit on PCB Using LM386 In this project, we tend to area unit
getting to create a Headphone/Audio electronic equipment by exploitation self-
designed PCB. This project is especially designed for amplifying the audio signal
from the headphones however we will additionally use it for amplifying the
subwoofer or speaker output,…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
50. Arduino Weather Station How cool would it be to have your own Arduino weather
station right in your backyard? Sounds fun? Geeky? Having your own weather
station means that you don’t need any more inaccurate results from the weather
channel! You can even log the data and play…... Listed under: Other Project Ideas
51. How to Make a Water Level Indicator with Arduino 6 11 Knowing the amount of
water in an overhead tank can be one tedious task. Usually, you’ll end up climbing
up the stairs to the tank and checking the level manually or you’ll you hear the
water overflowing from the top. But these days electronic water level indicators…... Listed under:
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52. How to make a Smart Cane for the Visually Impaired with Arduino I wanted to
make something for them to help the visually impaired become independent, so I
created an open source Arduino project for a Smart Cane. This Arduino smart cane
can assist with walking alone in new environments by taking inputs through an obstacle sensor…...
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53. How to Make a Programmable Guitar Pedal With Arduino! This DIY Guitar Pedal
project is for guitarists, hackers, and programmers that want to learn about digital
signal processing, effects, synthesizers, and experiment without deep knowledge of
DSP, electronics, or hardcore programming. pedalSHIELD UNO is a lo-fi, programmable guitar pedal
that works with the Arduino…... Listed under: Other Projects
54. ESP8266 Tutorial: How to Control Anything From the Internet! In this ESP8266
tutorial, we are using an ESP-01 module to control an LED over the internet. The
ESP8266 is a very cheap yet really effective platform for communicating over the
internet. It is also easy to use with an Arduino. After going through this ESP8266
tutorial,…... Listed under: Other Projects
55. DIY Arduino Tutorial: How to Automate a Lamp for Ceremonial Inaugurations
“Knowledge removes ignorance, just as light removes darkness”, as it is wisely said.
In India, the ancient tradition of lighting oil lamps has a special significance. Almost
all auspicious ceremonies are commenced by lighting a lamp. Hence came the idea
to merge our traditional culture…... Listed under: Other Projects
56. DIY Arduino Tutorial: How to Automate Your Curtains This Arduino Curtain
Automation project will let you automate your curtain blinds using just an Arduino
and a stepper motor. I just moved to America pursuing my higher studies. Because
my dorm is very dark, I wanted to brighten up my room when I wanted…... Listed under: Other
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57. Create a Christmas Light Show with Arduino The Christmas light show with Arduino
is a project that controls a number of lights according to a song in sync with the
music. It can be used to control stage lights and fog machines (that don’t have
DMX) with a computer to achieve wonderful…... Listed under: Other Project Ideas
58. Arduino Servo Catapult: DIY Catapult using Arduino Use an Arduino and a servo to
shoot food to your cat! (Also works with other animals). Check out the video below
to see how this Arduino Servo Catapult works. While maybe not the most practical
application, this project will teach you the basics of servo motors…... Listed under: Other Projects
59. DIY Soil Testing with Arduino and FC-28 Moisture Sensor In this article, we are
going to interface an FC-28 Soil moisture sensor with an Arduino. This sensor
measures the volumetric content of water in soil and gives us the moisture level.
The sensor gives us both analog and digital output, so it can be used…... Listed
60. Arduino Wheelchair Project: Motorized Controller Mount This was an Arduino
wheelchair project we developed for Principles and Practices of Assistive
Technology (PPAT) in Fall 2016 at MIT. We made an Arduino-based motorized
wheelchair controller mount for our client, Lisa. She lives at the Boston Home, a center for people
with progressive…... Listed under: Motor Projects
61. LazyMax 1000: Arduino Phototransistor and Haptics Project The idea for this
Arduino phototransistor project came to me based on an idea that was shared by
one of my friends at the FabLab. He talked about how his lab only has stools for
people to sit on. Being very uncomfortable, the person succumbs…... Listed under:
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62. Arduino and Processing IDE Communication Tutorial In this tutorial, we will make
the communication between the Arduino and Processing. We will make the
communication in both the ways, from the Arduino to Processing and from
Processing to the Arduino. We will change the color of the serial window in the
Processing…... Listed under: Other Projects
63. How to Make an Arduino Temperature Data Logger In this project, we are going to
make an Arduino Temperature logger that will get the temperature value from the
LM35 temperature sensor and the time from the DS3231 Real Time Clock module.
Then we will store these values in the SD card file using…... Listed under:
Temperature Measurement Projects
64. Revive Old Drive-In Speakers with a Modern LED Twist When I was a kid we went to
the drive-in theater to see movies like The Legend of Boggy Creek and Evel Knievel.
I loved those movies but I remember just as vividly those retro-cool metal speakers
that entered into our car for these campy…... Listed under: LED Projects
65. Build a Simple Cocktail Drinkbot with Arduino Big parties need a conversation
piece, and what’s better than a drink-making robot? Not only is it a good
conversation starter, it also frees up the party host who would normally be the
bartender. It turned out that the drink robot was a really good idea. The…... Listed under: Other
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66. Extract DNA at Home with a 3D Printed Centrifuge Biotechnology is powerful, but
only for those with the tools to experiment with and utilize it. The DIYbio
movement seeks to put the tools and techniques used in well-funded laboratories
around the world into the hands of ordinary people who have an interest but
not…... Listed under: Other Project Ideas
67. A Simple Arduino LCD Min/Max Thermometer As a simple first Arduino experiment
I interfaced a two line LCD (a Displaytech 162B) and an LM35DZ to make a simple
Min/Max thermometer. Step 1 - Interfacing the Temperature Sensor This is really
very simple. The LM35DZ has three pins, +5V, ground and a…... Listed under: LCD Projects
68. Digital Door Lock using Arduino As thefts are increasing day by day security is
becoming a major concern nowadays. In this project we will make a digital door
lock system with keypad using Arduino Uno. It will open your door only when the
right password is entered and it will start…... Listed under: Other Projects
69. Home Automation using Arduino and ESP8266 Module In this project we are going
to make a home automation system using ESP8266 WiFi module and Arduino Uno.
Using this we will be able to control lights, electric fan and other home appliances
through a web browser using your PC or mobile. These AC…... Listed under: Home Automation
Projects
70. IoT Data Logger using Arduino and ESP8266 Today we are going to make an IoT
WiFi data logger using Arduino, ESP8266 WiFi module and DHT22 temperature
humidity sensor. Arduino is reading temperature and humidity sensed by DHT22
and sending it to an internet server using the ESP8266 WiFi module. Here we are using
ThingSpeak as…... Listed under: Other Projects
71. Arduino Weather Station Web Server In this tutorial we are going to make a
weather station that will tell us temperature, humidity and heat index of a particular
location. It will show these values in a web browser. You can monitor these data by
entering the IP address in a mobile, computer or…... Listed under: Sensor –
Transducer – Detector Projects
72. Temperature Controlled Fan using Arduino Here we are going to make a
temperature controlled DC fan. DHT22 sensor is used to sense the room
temperature and then we adjust speed of a DC fan/motor accordingly using PWM
(Pulse Width Modulation). Arduino Uno is the heart of this project and a L293D…...
73. Simple Android Bluetooth Application with Arduino Example This article will detail
how to make a simple bluetooth application using Android Studio and demo it
using an Arduino to toggle an LED and send data back-and-forth. No prior
knowledge of Android development is needed, however it will help to know some basics of…...
Listed under: Arduino Android
74. Arduino DC-DC Boost Converter Design Circuit with Control Loop This post will
cover how to use an Arduino Uno to easily control a 10W+ boost converter. A
discrete boost converter can be built by using just a few parts, namely an inductor,
capacitor, diode, and a FET. Please see the Wikipedia page for how…... Listed under:
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75. Arduino Line Tracking Robot Car This line tracking robot car was built base on the
prototype mentioned in the previous knowledge item. You can find the details for
the prototype: http://www.rs-online.com/designspark/electronics/eng/knowledge-
item/arduino-line-tracking-robot-car-prototype Bills of Materials: PCB Geared Motor OSRAM Opto
Semiconductors Photodiode (RS stock number: 654-8902) Nichia LED (RS stock number: 713-
3996)…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
76. Johnny 6 is Alive! Designing a custom plate for the Arduino Robot, adding jumbo
LEDs and displaying readings from an ultrasonic distance sensor to the LCD. My
previous post on the Arduino Robot described how I took the Runaway Robot
sketch and modified it work with the PING ultrasonic…... Listed under: LED Projects
77. The Evolution of a Light Theremin I started out a little over two years ago on work
experience, before going on to become a trainee engineer, having decided that I
would like to pursue a career in electronic engineering. At work I get to do a wide
variety of things, such…... Listed under: Other Projects
78. Developing your own Flowcode 7 controlled weather station This project details a
Flowcode and E-blocks based weather station capable of reading local temperature
and humidity with 2 remote thermo-hygrometer sensors. The local board also
incorporates a real time clock. This article has been contributed by Flowcode user
John Crow. Flowcode can be downloaded…... Listed under: Other Projects
79. Designing and building a coffee table For a number of years, my colleague Andrew
has had an old IBM mainframe CPU kept in storage, waiting to be transformed into
something new. Hailing from a long-lost era of computing (the system in which this
module was used was the 4381, first announced…... Listed under: Other Projects
80. How to build an Arduino Robocar Part 1 I've been meaning to put some content on
here for a while and recently I got around to getting an Uno and motor shield.
Given I also have access to a 3d printer and have a shedload of microswitches,
semis and other goodies knocking around…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation
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81. Old Sole Old Sole interrupts normal youthful days to force young people to
interact with their environment in a different way. If the young shoe-wearer takes
significantly more steps than the elderly individual with the walker, the shoes light
up and vibrate uncomfortably, reminding the young person…... Listed under: Other
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82. Flip Flip Intro There is something kind of magical about swimming when you are a
child. Do you remember growing up and watching your shadow as you swam in
the pool, trying to mimic a perfect dolphin kick and imagining you were a mermaid
rather than…... Listed under: Other Projects
83. Connected coffee Machine Quite a lot of coffee is consumed at work but real statistics are missing.
For the coffee machines with a can it can be interesting to have a visualization with coffee left in
can, water in machine, time left until machine is finished, estimated time…... Listed
under: CNC Machines Projects
84. Wireless Motor Speed Control System with Arduino ICStation team introduce you
the NRF24L01 Wireless Motor Speed Control System.This system works under DC
5V voltage. It uses the NRF24L01 Wireless Module to transmit speed control data
and the Hall Sensor to detect the real rotate speed. This design uses the PWM duty cycle…... Listed
under: Motor Projects
85. Dish Shamer Project Description DishShamer solves the age-old problem of getting
your roommates to wash their dishes. The kitchen is a communal space. When
one individual fails to keep this shared environment clean, there can be two
outcomes: conflict and socially awkward confrontations, or placing unfair cleaning
burdens…... Listed under: Other Projects
86. Chatty Coasters Chatty Coasters are interactive coasters that listen for silences and
insert provocative conversation starters into them. Chatty Coasters are interactive
drink holders that listen for silences in conversation and insert provocative
questions into them. In order to encourage healthy, thought-
provoking conversation in kitchens, Chatty Coaster waits…... Listed under: Other Projects
87. A Smart Shop Window Experiment with Arduino Smart Shop Window A
SmartLiving Experiment where using a QR code to control a light in a shop window.
For this experiment we use a Grove LED (representing the shop's light) and a Smart
phone to access the control switch. It’s an ideal starter project…... Listed under: LED
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88. Track and Control Your Car Remotely Actually, many of us may suffer or afraid from
being his car stolen. In this project, I will try to help you to protect your cars and
even control them remotely. Basically, you have to leave a mobile phone in your car
and when the…... Listed under: Car Projects
89. Build a smart “Clapper” with SmartThings and Arduino When my colleague
@thegibertchan first set up his homemade "Clapper" in our office, I knew
immediately that I had to learn how it was made. The way it works is simple. A
small microphone listens to two claps (within four seconds of each other) and…... Listed under:
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90. Hot Water Solar Boiler Project A solar boiler is great because it gives you hot water
using free-sun-energy, but what if there is not enough sun or someone already
used all the hot water ? This project helps you take the right decision. It warns you
when you run out…... Listed under: Solar energy project Ideas
91. DIY Temperature & Humidity & Smoke Detector Alarm System The working voltage
of this system is DC5V. It can measure the current temperature, humidity and
smoke. It can display real-time data by the 1602 LCD and can realize the sound and
light alarm when in the dangerous temperature and humidity. It is a simply…... Listed under: How To
– DIY – Projects
92. Fast Counter Every once in a while there is a question in the Arduino forum on how
fast you can toggle an IO pin. The answer to this question depends on your line of
thinking / what you will allow as an answer. So here is my…... Listed under: Clock –
Timer Projects
93. Control a Parrot AR Drone with Linino Performing the control of the AR.Drone with
the iOS or Android apps is really difficult. The controls are very unstable because
the app virtual joystick hasn’t a good sensitivity response. The idea was to use a
real joystick instead of the Parrot application itself: So,…... Listed under: Drone
94. Universal Remote Control The transmitter in the remote control handset sends out
a stream of pulses of infrared light when the user presses a button on the handset.
A transmitter is often a light emitting diode (LED) which is built into the pointing
end of the remote control…... Listed under: Other Projects
95. Arduino / Raspberry Pi Internet Radio This is a project for Arduino and Raspberry Pi
to make an Internet Radio, aimed at intermediate skill level. Some familiarity with
Linux usage will be beneficial (or access to someone who can help out if required).
Raspberry Pi runs mpd music player daemon to…... Listed under: Other Projects
96. Useless Box Story Fascinated by this humorous anthropomorphic idea on

instructable that left me philosophizing deeply about the essence of art, I decided
to make this a project after witnessing many ruthless battles between human and
robot on YouTube. How does it work? The Arduino "listens" to…... Listed under:
Other Projects
97. Psychic Arduino If life has been too serious for you lately, this weekend project will
take some of the stress out of your life and create a really neat toy in the process; a
delight for a child or for those children who gather around your desk…... Listed
under: Arduino Android
98. Provocation: Urban Encounters Description Urban Encounters is our imagination

of the future of interactive surfaces within our 5x5x5 site. The crosswalk "island" we
chose at the corner of Shattuck and Center in downtown Berkeley promotes an
interesting combination of isolation, stuck-ness and loneliness. To bring out these
themes into the physical world,…... Listed under: Other Projects
99. Kroebe Lights Brainstorming Process After selecting Kroeber Fountain as our
location of interest, we began to notice that it was a place at which people would
congregate without interacting with one another. The fountain’s shape - most
notably, its tiered steps - affords it the ability to…... Listed under: Other Projects
100. Paper Instruments What are the paper instruments made of? Using Conductive
Paint, we were able to create a paper piano & guitar that plays notes and changes
graphics on a screen. Paper Piano Arduino Code Step by step - Paper Instrument
Development Software needed Processing: https://processing.org/ Capacitive
Arduino…... Listed under: Other Projects
101. Zeitfluss – Flow of Time About this project Reasoning about time by printing onto
the surface of a river Maybe you know situations when time's running up. In
German there is a metaphor for that and translated it would be something like
"time trickles away“. Having this saying in mind…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
102. Raspberry Pi teams up with an Arduino The principal behind ArduinoPi First a little
clarification, the ArduinoPi isn’t really a library or a command set or an out of the
box controller, its more a proof of concept using already know programming
languages. If you want to use it be ready for…... Listed under: Other Projects
103. Cracking an electronic safe using brute force Preface There's nothing nefarious
here, nor is the information contained herein particularly helpful to thieves or the
dishonest. A thief would just cut the dang thing open and be done with it. The
story So I bought a fire safe to protect some documents that…... Listed under:
Security – Safety Projects
104. Drawing with a Laser – Hack-a-Day Logo Reading Hack a Day I found an interesting
challenge: drawing their logo somewhere. And the fact that was even more
interesting: “preference will be given to the largest and smallest submissions“. I
started figuring out how to do something like that with the things I had around,
and…... Listed under: Other Projects
105. Arduino Astronomical Clock This product allows you to set separate turn-on and
turn-off times and those repeat every day. The disadvantage of this product is that,
as the seasons change, you need to constantly adjust the turn-on and turn-off
times. As illustrated in Figure 1, the variation over…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
106. Bike Across the Country While in Your Basement About this project This is a very
simple and easy-to-build project that provides a sensor on the pedal crank of any
exercise bike and generates keyboard output triggering Google Maps Street
View to advance via the up arrow key. In my design, you pedal the crank five…...
Listed under: Car Projects
107. DeCart Description DeCart is an attachment to a shopping cart that uses social
pressure to make the shopping a more productive, connected experience for
society as a whole. List of Materials Although the entire premise of the project is
simple, the implementation, however, is not and…... Listed under: Other Projects
108. Arduino stick Description Mystick is an innovative hiking stick that promote
exploration and allows you to share your hiking experiences and special findings
with other users. When picked up by a user, the Mystick already has a
predetermined location to which it directs using a compass and…... Listed under:
Other Project Ideas
109. Arduino Weight Measurement using Load Cell and HX711 Module Today we are
going to Measure the Weight by interfacing Load Cell and HX711 Weight Sensor
with Arduino. We have seen weight machines at many shops, where machine
displays the weight just by placing any item on the weighing platform. So here we
are building…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
110. Arduino Based Distance Measurement using Ultrasonic Sensor Ultrasonic sensors
are great tools to measure distance without actual contact and used at several
places like water level measurement, distance measurement etc. This is an efficient
way to measure small distances precisely. In this project we have used an Ultrasonic
Sensor to determine the distance of an obstacle from…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
111. LPG Leakage Detector using Arduino While LPG is an essential need of every
household, its leakage could lead to a disaster. To alert on LPG leakage and prevent
any mishappening there are various products to detect the leakage. Here we have
developed an Arduino based LPG gas detector alarm. If gas…... Listed under: Other Projects
112. Live Temperature and Humidity Monitoring over Internet using Arduino and ThingSpeak Humidity
and Temperature are very common parameters for measuring at many places like
farm, green house, medical, industries home and offices. We have already covered
Humidity and Temperature Measurement using Arduino and displayed the data on
LCD. In this IoT project we are going to…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
113. Arduino Based Digital Thermometer Thermometers are useful apparatus being
used since long time for temperature measurement. In this project we have made
an Arduino based digital thermometer to display the current ambient temperature
and temperature changes on a LCD unit in real time . It can be deployed in houses,
offices, industries etc.…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
114. Frequency Counter using Arduino Almost every electronic hobbyist must have
faced a scenario where he or she must measure the frequency of signal generated
by a clock or a counter or a timer. We can use oscilloscope to do the job, but not
all of us can afford an…... Listed under: Calculator Projects
115. Interfacing Arduino with Raspberry Pi using Serial Communication Raspberry Pi and
Arduino are the two most popular open source boards in Electronics Community.
They are not only popular among Electronics Engineers but also among school
students and hobbyists, because of their Easiness and Simplicity. Even some people just started
liking Electronics because of Raspberry…... Listed under: Other Projects
116. Interfacing TFT LCD with Arduino Today, we are going to Interface 2.4 inch TFT LCD
Shield with Arduino. By using this color TFT LCD shield we can show characters,
strings, blocks, images etc on the color TFT LCD. And we can use this TFT Shield in
many applications like: Security…... Listed under: LCD Projects
117. How to Send Data from Arduino to Webpage using WiFi Wireless communication
between Electronic devices and modules is very important, to make them ‘Fit’ in the
World of Internet of Things. HTTP protocol and HTML language have made it
possible to transfer the Data anywhere in the world, over the web. We have already
covered…... Listed under: Other Projects
118. Sending Email using Arduino and ESP8266 WiFi Module We are moving towards
the World of Internet of Things (IoT). This technology plays a very important role in
the Electronics and Embedded system. Sending an Email from any Microcontroller
or Embedded system is very basic thing, which is required in IoT. So in this
article,…... Listed under: Other Projects
119. Wireless Notice Board using GSM and Arduino Wireless notice board is very
selective term for this project, as it has a very wide scope rather than just being a
simple notice board. First we should understand the purpose of this project, in this
system we can display a message or notice to…... Listed under: Other Projects
120. Pressure Sensor BMP180 Interfacing with Arduino Uno In this tutorial we are going
to design a Barometric Pressure Measuring System using BMP180 and
ARDUINO. First of all for interfacing BMP180 to ARDUINO, we need to download a
library specifically designed for BMP180. This library is available at:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-BMP085-Library After attaching that library, we…... Listed
121. Arduino-based Ultrasonic Radar System via IOT Abstract RADAR is an object-
detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude,
direction, or speed of objects. Radar systems come in a variety of sizes and have
different performance specifications. Some radar systems are used for air-traffic
control at airports, and others…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects
122. Arduino 101 Curie iOS Pulse Sensor I want use the Genuino 101 by Intel and
Arduino for a project that regards health, but I want to use all the characteristics of
the Arduino 101. One of most important characteristics of this board, I think, is the
BLE connection. Then I want…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
123. Build A Arduino Bluetooth Vehicle Before I even began to think about how my final
chassis was going to look like I became obsessed with the idea of eliminating all of
the useless space that plagued my previous designs. I wanted to reduced the car to
its most essential components.…... Listed under: Car Projects
124. Control Door Lock Remotely Using Smartphone Introduction Hi, friends. I came to
this idea of controlling a door latch/lock remotely using a smartphone when I saw
many people many times forget to carry latch/lock keys when they leave the house
for a short trip, or the door gets latched accidentally while…... Listed under: Security
– Safety Projects
125. Quizmo This project is related to developing a handy gadget to help kids practice
basic arithmetic operations. I decided to make it as my kids were very lazy to look
into the books and come back very soon saying that they have done it (specially
multiplication…... Listed under: Calculator Projects
126. Plan your Holiday with Smart Power Planner Introduction Holiday times! It's the
time we get a vacation to have fun and be relaxed. Everyone loves to make their
holiday, an unforgettable one. But there will always be somethings that can bother
you and spoil the holiday fun. As an example, while you…... Listed under: Wireless
Projects
127. Arduino HackHD Time-Lapse Dolly Story This project was inspired by someone else
who made an Arduino time-lapse dolly (suprise surprise). However that project was
published some years back and I have lost the link to it. Of course time-lapse is not
that exciting anymore but 5 years ago it…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
128. IoT Controlled Snow Machine The most homemade snow machine you've ever
seen. Made from a hairdryer, polystyrene and MKR1000. Controllable from
anywhere in the world* Things used in this project Hardware components Arduino
MKR1000 × 1 USB-A to Micro-USB Cable × 1 Apple USB Powe Adapter × 1
Jumper…... Listed under: Other Projects, Projects
129. Build A Grill & Deck-Door Monitor Using Arduino Story We use our barbecue grill
and our deck frequently. After once leaving the grill on all night, I wanted an easy
way to check to make sure the grill is off before going to bed. This is especially
important since our grill is tapped…... Listed under: Other Projects
130. Give Your BLEBot a New Name At the Hackster Hardware Meetup Seattle, we had a
bunch of BLE Bot 9000 robots. The problem was that all of the bots exposed the
same services and names, so you can't choose the robot you want to control. The
solution to controlling your bot…... Listed under: Other Projects
131. Tertiarm – 3d Printed Robot Arm This is first version of my low cost 3d printed
robot arm. It is based on Ikea Tertial lamp. I choose it because it has very good
kinematic with using springs to unload servos. So you can use different number of
springs to achive diffrent…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
132. Knock To Open Treasure Chest Preface My daughter asked me to build her a
treasure chest that she could use to store her most valuable things. Obviously she
demanded it to have some kind of a locking mechanism so only she could open
the box. First thought was to use…... Listed under: Security – Safety Projects
133. Arduino Bluetooth-controlled Mini-Lift Story We love our workshop, but it has one
downside (or maybe upside) - a large flight of stairs to the gallery. We constantly
need to move parts and components between one floor and the other, so we’ve
been plotting different ideas: drones, dogs, carrier…... Listed under: Other Projects
134. Build A Voice-Controlled Robot Using Arduino Story Voice-controlled Robot Voice-
controlled robot is both hardware and cloud solution in one piece. The main
components are: 1. Alexa Skill - to interpret voice commands and translate them to
Google Cloud Messaging messages - deployed to Heroku cloud 2. Android
application - to receive…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
135. Humidity Display of Date, Time and Temperature Story Have you ever wanted to
make your own interface that can display the time, date, along with the
temperature and the humidity? Well it's a lot easier than you'd think. A few
important components are needed, as shown below. Arduino Uno/Nano Firstly we will…... Listed
under: Temperature Measurement Projects
136. Serial Basic Hookup Guide Introduction The Serial Basic is an easy to use USB to
Serial adapter based on the CH340G IC from WCH. It works with 5V and 3.3V
systems and should auto install on most operating systems without the need for
additional drivers. It’s a great lower…... Listed under: Other Projects
137. Arduino-Powered Water Bottle Introduction: Drinking enough water is very

important for our health. Drinking more water can lead to clearer skin, better
overall health, improved productivity and brain function, increased energy levels,
and even weight loss. In our busy lives, it is really hard to remember to drink…... Listed under: Other
Projects
138. Complete Digital Clock including Alarm and Motion Sensor I have done several
designs of digital clocks for Arduino using LEDs and LCD displays, but this one is
more special because I added other features like alarm and motion sensor (PIR).
Main features PIR (Presence Infrared Sensor) RTC (real-time clock) Alarm Temperature Humidity
Water…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
139. Amazon Kitchen DRS The Project This project is a combination of the many smart
fridges and pantry's of the past. The idea is to combine all of them while also
introducing Amazon's DRS system through Alexa and the Echo products as a bonus
feature. The process will be…... Listed under: Other Projects
140. Build A Wake Up Alarm Clock Using Arduino Story After designing the "Clock Set
Date Time" and hearing the suggestion of ArduPic , I thought it would be a good
idea and also useful, add a "wake-up alarm." A small change to the code and
adding a few components: Here's "the Alarm Clock".…... Listed under: Clock – Timer
Projects
141. Digital Dice using Arduino We all are familiar with dice and often played LUDO or
SANP SIDI (Snake & Ladders) game by using dice. Dice is a squire type solid box
which contains 6 different numbers on all of its sides. We throw dice on a surface to
get…... Listed under: Other Projects
142. Automatic Door Opener using Arduino You must have seen automatic door
openers in shopping malls and other commercial buildings. They open the door
when someone comes near the entrance and close it after sometime. A number of
technologies are available to make such kinds of systems like PIR sensors, Radar
sensors, Laser…... Listed under: Other Projects
143. Computer Controlled Robot using Arduino After designing this line follower robot
using arduino uno, I have developed this computer controlled robot. It can be
controlled via the computer and we can use specific keyboard keys to move it. It
runs over serial communication which we have already discussed in our previous…...
Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
144. DTMF Controlled Robot using Arduino In present time almost all the people are
familiar with robots. Robots play a very important role in human life. Robots are a
machine which reduces the human efforts in heavy works in industries, building etc.
and makes life easy. We are here with our next robot…... Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Projects
145. DC Motor Control using Arduino Here we are going to interface a DC motor to
Arduino UNO and its speed is controlled. This is done by PWM (Pulse Width
Modulation). This feature is enabled in UNO to get variable voltage over constant
voltage. The method of PWM is explained here;…... Listed under: Motor Projects
146. Arduino Based LED Dimmer using PWM This LED DIMMER is an Arduino Uno based
PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) circuit developed to get variable voltage over
constant voltage. The method of PWM is explained below. Before we get start
building a 1 Watt LED Dimmer circuit, first consider a simple circuit as shown in
figure below. Now…... Listed under: PWM Projects
147. How to Use Shift Register 74HC595 with Arduino Uno? In ARDUINO we have 20 I/O
pins, so we can program 20 pins of UNO to be used as either input or output.
Although there are more pins on ATMEGA328P controller than on UNO, this is
because while designing the board some pins are defaulted. Now…... Listed under:
Memory – Storage Projects
148. Arduino Temperature Control – Adjust Fan Speed based on Temperature In this
Arduino based project, we are going to control DC fan speed according to the
room temperature and show these parameter changes on a 16x2 LCD display. It is
accomplished by the data communications between Arduino, LCD, DHT11 sensor
Module and DC fan that…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
149. Interfacing 16×2 LCD with Arduino To establish a good communication between
human world and machine world, display units play an important role. And so they
are an important part of embedded systems. Display units - big or small, work on
the same basic principle. Besides complex display units like graphic displays…...
Listed under: LCD Projects
150. 7 Segment Display Interfacing with Arduino In this tutorial we are going to
interface a seven segment display to ARDUINO UNO. The display counts from 0-9
and resets itself to zero. Before going further, let us first discuss about seven
segment displays. A seven segment display got its name from the very…... Listed
under: LED Projects
151. Accelerometer Based Hand Gesture Controlled Robot using Arduino Robots are
playing an important role in automation across all the sectors like construction,
military, medical, manufacturing, etc. After making some basic robots like line
follower robot, computer controlled robot, etc, we have developed this
accelerometer based gesture controlled robot by using arduino uno. In this project…... Listed under:
Robotics – Automation Projects
152. How to Use ADC in Arduino Uno? In this tutorial we are introducing concept of
ADC (Analog to Digital Conversion) in ARDUINO UNO. Arduino board has six ADC
channels, as show in figure below. Among those any one or all of them can be used
as inputs for analog voltage. The Arduino Uno…... Listed under: Other Projects
153. Humidity and Temperature Measurement using Arduino Humidity and temperature
are common parameters to measure environmental conditions. In this Arduino
based project we are going to measure ambient temperature and humidity and
display it on a 16x2 LCD screen. A combined te mperature and himidity sensor
DHT11 is used with Arduino uno…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
154. Color Detector using Arduino Uno In this project we are going to interface TCS3200
color sensor with Arduino UNO. TCS3200 is a color sensor which can detect any
number of colors with right programming. TCS3200 contains RGB (Red Green Blue)
arrays. As shown in figure on microscopic level one can see…... Listed under: Other
Projects
155. Automatic Room Light Controller with Bidirectional Visitor Counter Often we see
visitor counters at stadium, mall, offices, class rooms etc. How they count the
people and turn ON or OFF the light when nobody is inside? Today we are here
with automatic room light controller project with bidirectional visitor counter by
using Arduino Uno. It is very…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
156. Electronic Voting Machine using Arduino We all are quite familiar with voting
machines, even we have covered few other electronic voting machine projects
previously here and here using RFID and AVR microcontroller. In this project, we
have used the arduino controller to create an electronic voting machine.
Components Arduino Uno 16x2…... Listed under: Other Projects
157. Arduino Based Heartbeat Monitor Heart rate, body temperature and blood
pressure monitoring are very important parameters of human body. Doctors use
various kind of medical apparatus like thermometer for checking fever or body
temperature, BP monitor for blood pressure measurement and heart rate monitor
for heart rate measurement. In…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects
158. Arduino Based LED Chaser using Rotary Encoder In this project we are going to
interface a ROTARY ENCODER with ARDUINO. ARDUINO UNO is an ATMEGA
controller based development board designed for electronic engineers and
hobbyists. In ARDUINO we have 20 I/O pins, so we can program 20 pins of UNO to
be…... Listed under: LED Projects
159. Keypad Interfacing with Arduino Uno In this tutorial we are going to interface a 4x4
(16 key) keypad with ARDUINO UNO. We all know keypad is one of the most
important input devices used in electronics engineering. Keypad is the easiest and
the cheapest way to give commands or instructions to…... Listed under: Other
Projects
160. Servo Motor Control using MATLAB In this tutorial you will learn to make direct
connection between your Arduino and Matlab, so that you can program your
Arduino directly through Matlab. It is very useful when you are working on complex
robotics like Robotic Hand, Humanoid etc. as you can process your…... Listed under: PWM Projects
161. Magnetic Field Strength Measurement using Arduino In this project we are using
the concept of ADC (Analog to Digital Conversion) in ARDUINO UNO. We are
going to use a Hall Effect sensor and Arduino uno to measure the field strength of
a magnet. The sensor which we have used here is UGN3503U. This…... Listed under:
Other Projects
162. RFID Interfacing with Arduino In this tutorial we are going to design a system to
read the ID of RFID cards. RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. Each card
has a unique ID embedded in it. These systems have many applications, like in
offices, shopping malls and in many other…... Listed under: Other Projects
163. Servo Motor Control using Arduino In this tutorial we are going to control a servo
motor by ARDUINO UNO. Servo Motors are used where there is a need for
accurate shaft movement or position. These are not proposed for high speed
applications. These are proposed for low speed, medium torque…... Listed under:
Motor Projects
164. Automatic Water Level Indicator and Controller using Arduino In this Arduino
based automatic water level indicator and controller project we are going to
measure the water level by using ultrasonic sensors. Basic principal of ultrasonic
distance measurement is based on ECHO. When sound waves are transmitted in
environment then they return back to the origin as…... Listed under: Other Projects
165. Working of Force Sensor with Arduino In this project we will be developing a fun
circuit using Force sensor and Arduino Uno. This circuit generates sound linearly
related to force applied on the sensor. For that we are going to interface FORCE
sensor with Arduino Uno. In UNO, we are going use…... Listed under: Sensor –
166. 8×8 LED Matrix using Arduino In this project we are going to design an 8x8 LED
matrix display, for that we are going to interface an 8x8 LED matrix module with
Arduino Uno. An 8x8 LED matrix contains 64 LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) which are
arranged in the form of a matrix, hence…... Listed under: LED Projects
167. RGB LED with Arduino In this project we are going to interface 5 RGB (Red Green
Blue) LEDs to Arduino Uno. These LEDs are connected in parallel for reducing PIN
usage of Uno. The RGB LED will have four pins as shown in figure. PIN1: Color 1
negative terminal…... Listed under: LED Projects
168. Servo Motor Control by Flex Sensor In this tutorial we are going to develop a circuit
using FLEX sensor, Arduino Uno and a Servo motor. This project is a servo control
system where the servo shaft position is determined by the flex or bent or
deviation of the FLEX sensor. Lets first…... Listed under: Motor Projects, Sensor –
169. Variable Power Supply By Arduino Uno In this tutorial we will develop a 5V variable
voltage source from Arduino Uno. For that we are going use ADC (Analog to Digital
Conversion) and PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) feature. Some digital electronic
modules like accelerometer work on voltage 3.3V and some work on…... Listed
170. PC Controlled Home Automation using Arduino This project explains designing a
home automation system which is controlled by a computer to switch On and
switch Off various electrical and electronics devices. For demonstration we have
used 3 zero watt bulbs which indicates LIGHT, FAN and TV. It uses Arduino Uno
board as a…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
171. Arduino Based Tone Generator In this project we will develop a tone generator
using Arduino Uno. We will have buttons interfaced with the UNO and each one of
them generates different intensity of tone. The frequency of tone generated by the
UNO is same at every internal. It’s the intensity of the…... Listed under: Other
Projects
172. Snake Game on 8×8 Matrix using Arduino Snake Game has been very popular since
the beginning of the Mobile phones. Initially it was come in Black and white cell
phones, and soon became very famous. Then with the advancement of the
Cellphones, this game has also changed a lot, and now many…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects
173. Digital Code Lock using Arduino Security is a major concern in our day to day life,
and digital locks have became an important part of these security systems. One
such digital code lock is imitated in this project using arduino board and a matrix
keypad. Components Arduino Keypad Module Buzzer…... Listed under: Other
Projects
174. GSM Based Home Automation using Arduino Mobile phone is a revolutionary
invention of the century. It was primarily designed for making and receiving calls &
text messages, but it has become the whole world after the Smart phone comes
into the picture. In this project we are building a home automation…... Listed under:
Home Automation Projects
175. Prepaid Energy Meter using GSM and Arduino Prepaid Electricity Energy Meter is a
good concept in which you can recharge its balance, like we do in our mobile
phones. In this project we are building a automated system by using Arduino and
GSM module. You can recharge the electricity balance through this…... Listed under:
Metering – Instrument Projects
176. Clap Switch using Arduino In this project we are going to make Clapper circuit
using the concept of ADC (Analog to Digital Conversion) in ARDUINO UNO. We are
going to use a MIC and Uno to sense the sound and trigger a response. This Clap
ON Clap OFF switch basically turns…... Listed under: Other Projects
177. IR Remote Controlled Home Automation using Arduino Previously we have covered
many types of Home automations using different technologies like DTMF Based
Home Automation, PC Controlled Home Automation using Arduino, Bluetooth
Controlled Home Automation. In this project, we are using IR based wireless
communication for controlling home appliances. In this project, Arduino…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects
178. Bluetooth Controlled Toy Car using Arduino After developing few popular robotic
projects like line follower robot, edge avoiding robot, DTMF robot, gesture
controlled robot, etc. in this project we are going to develop a bluetooth controlled
robo car. Here we used a Bluetooth module to control the car, and it is also…...
Listed under: Car Projects
179. Servo Position Control with Weight (Force Sensor) In this tutorial we will develop a
circuit using Force sensor, Arduino Uno and a servo motor. It will be a servo control
system where the servo shaft position is determined by the weight present on the
force sensor. Before going any further let’s talk…... Listed under: Sensor –
180. How to establish UART communication between ATmega8 and Arduino Uno? Here
we are going to establish a communication between an ATmega8
microcontroller and Arduino Uno. The communication established here is UART
(Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) type. It’s serial communication. By this serial
communication data can be shared between two controllers, which is a required in
various embedded system…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
181. WiFi Controlled Robot using Arduino There are many types of Robots, from the
simple ones like a Toy car to the advanced ones like industrial Robots. We have
already covered many types of Robots using different technologies, have a look at
them: Line Follower Robot using 8051 Microcontroller Line Follower…... Listed
182. Arduino Solar Day Night Controller Introduction This is an Arduino controlled light
sensing switching unit. Its main use is to control solar lights to turn on when it is
dark outside, but it can work in many more applications. This guide will walk you
through every aspect of the building…... Listed under: Solar energy projects
183. Capacitance Meter using Arduino When we come across circuit boards which are
previously designed or we take out one from old TV or computer, in attempt to
repair it. And sometimes we need to know the capacitance of particular capacitor in
the board to eliminate the fault. Then we…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument
Projects
184. GUI Based Home Automation System using Arduino and MATLAB We all are
familiar with the word ‘Automation’, where the human interaction is minimal and
things can be controlled automatically or remotely. Home automation is very
popular and demanding concept in the field of Electronics, and we are also making
our best efforts to make…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
185. Arduino GPS Clock There are many GPS satellites around the Earth which are used
to provide the exact location of any place. Along with the location coordinates
(Latitude and Longitude), it also provide other data like time, date, altitude,
direction tracking angle etc. We have already learned to…... Listed under: Clock –
Timer Projects, GPS Based Projects
186. How to Use GPS With Arduino GPS is a very useful device which is used in many
electronics projects and applications like vehicle tracking system, GPS
Clock, Accident Detection Alert System, traffic navigation and surveillance system
etc. But question is how to use the GPS and read the data from GPS? We can…...
187. Arduino Propeller LED Display You have seen Propellers in Aircrafts or in marine
ships, if not in real then in movies for sure. In this session we are going to design a
Propeller Display with Arduino, LEDs and a DC motor. In this Propeller Display, text
will appear to…... Listed under: LED Projects
188. DIY LED VU Meter as Arduino Shield VU Meter or Volume Meter is very popular
and fun project in Electronics. We can consider the Volume Meter as an Equalizer,
which is present in the Music systems. In which we can see the dancing of LEDs
according to the music, if music is loud then equalizer…... Listed under: How To –
DIY – Projects, LED Projects
189. Call and Message using Arduino and GSM Module Sometimes people find it
difficult to use the GSM Module for its basic functions like calling, texting etc.,
specifically with the Microcontrollers. So here we are going to build a Simple
Mobile Phone using Arduino, in which GSM Module is used to Make the Call,…... Listed under:
Phone Projects
190. DIY Smart Vacuum Cleaning Robot using Arduino Hi guys, are you a newbie to the
world of Robotics or Electronic? OR Are you looking for a simple yet powerful
project to make your friends and teachers impressed? Then this is the place. In this
project we will use the power of Embedded…... Listed under: How To – DIY –
Projects
191. Track A Vehicle on Google Maps using Arduino, ESP8266 & GPS Vehicle Tracking
System becomes very important now days, especially in case of stolen vehicles. If
you have GPS system installed in your vehicle, you can track you Vehicle Location,
and its helps police to track the Stolen Vehicles. Previously we have built similar
project in…... Listed under: Other Projects
192. Make Your Own Homemade Arduino Board with ATmega328 Chip Arduino is an
open-source development platform for engineers and hobbyists to develop
electronics projects in an easy way. It consists of both a physical programmable
development board (based on AVR series of microcontrollers) and a piece of
software or IDE which runs on your computer and used to write and upload…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects
193. Frequency Counter using Arduino Almost every electronic hobbyist must have
faced a scenario where he or she must measure the frequency of signal generated
by a clock or a counter or a timer. We can use oscilloscope to do the job, but not
all of us can afford an…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
194. Arduino Solar Tracker using LDR and Servo Motor In this article we are going to
make a Solar Panel Tracker using Arduino, in which we will use two LDRs (Light
dependent resistor) to sense the light and a servo motor to automatically rotate
the solar panel in the direction of the sun light.…... Listed under: Solar energy
projects
195. Smoke Detector using MQ2 Gas Sensor and Arduino Smoke Detectors are very
useful in detecting smoke or fire in buildings, and so are the important safety
parameters. In this DIY session, we are going to build a Smoke Detector Circuit
which not only sense the smoke in the air but also reads and displays the level…...
Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
196. Heart Beat Monitoring over Internet using Arduino and ThingSpeak In this project
we are going to make a Heart Beat Detection and Monitoring System using
Arduino that will detect the heart beat using the Pulse Sensor and will show the
readings in BPM (Beats Per Minute) on the LCD connected to it. It will…... Listed
under: Medical – Health based Projects
197. Using the Android Platform to control Robots The popularity of android devices is
attributed to their powerful capabilities which include internet connectivity, open
architecture, and several other kinds of built-in sensors. Students and other
software developers are increasingly using the android platform since it utilizes
Java programming language which can easily be…... Listed under: Phone Projects, Robotics –
Automation Projects
198. Arduino based Automatic Plant Irrigation System with Message Alert Whenever we
go out of town for few days, we always used to worry about our plants as they
need water on regular basis. So here we are making Automatic Plant Irrigation
System using Arduino, which automatically provides water to your plants and keep
you updated…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
199. IOT based Air Pollution Monitoring System using Arduino In this project we are
going to make an IOT Based Air Pollution Monitoring System in which we will
monitor the Air Quality over a webserver using internet and will trigger a alarm
when the air quality goes down beyond a certain level, means when…... Listed
200. Scrolling Text Display on 8×8 LED Matrix using Arduino In this tutorial we are going
to design an 8x8 LED Matrix Scrolling Display using Arduino Uno, which will show
scrolling alphabets. 8x8 LED Matrix contains 64 LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) which
are arranged in the form of a matrix, hence the name is LED…... Listed under: LED
Projects
201. IOT Based Dumpster Monitoring using Arduino & ESP8266 In this DIY, we are
going to make an IOT based dumpster/garbage Monitoring System which will tell
us that whether the trash can is empty or full through the webserver and you can
know the status of your ‘Trash Can’ or 'Dumpsters' from anywhere in the…... Listed
202. The Big Easy Stepper Motor Driver Stepper (or step) motors are really cool. They
are perfect for automation or any time you need a motor to turn to a specific point,
at a specific speed, in a specific direction. And, unlike typical motors, steppers are
able to do all of this,…... Listed under: Motor Projects
203. Sensing Humidity With The SHT15 The SHT15 is a digital humidity sensor that
outputs a fully calibrated humidity reading. And… because what we are measuring
is actually relative humidity, and relative humidity being relative to temperature,
the SHT15 has a builtin digital thermometer. This makes things much easier to work…... Listed
204. MQ-3 Alcohol Sensor, Breakout Board + Arduino lot has happened since our last
article was published and to celebrate the continuance of bildr we’ll be playing with
the MQ-3 Alcohol Gas Sensor. Coupled with the SparkFun Gas Sensor Breakout
Board, connecting the MQ-3 to your Arduino is a breeze. The MQ-3 is…... Listed under: Sensor –
205. Arduino + MLX90614 IR Thermometer Being able to sense temperature is cool…

But being able to read the temperature of an object without even touching it is
simply awesome. The MLX90614 is a sensor that can do just that. By reading the infrared light
coming off an object, this guy…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
206. DIY 3X3X3 LED Cube with Arduino In this project we are going to design a 3x3x3 LED CUBE and
connect it to Arduino UNO to get different patterns. For a beginner we will start with a simple
pattern. A typical 3*3*3 LED cube connected to UNO is shown in the image
above,…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
207. Art-duino We built a mini-crawler robot that draws a path behind it to make
interesting designs. We chose this design for a variety of reasons. First and
foremost, we experimented with attaching our other materials to the motors, and
most of them were too heavy for…... Listed under: Other Projects
208. Mobile Phone Controlled Robot Car using G-Sensor and Arduino In this article, we
are going to Control the Robot Car through the G sensor of our mobile phone and
you will be able to move the Robot just by tilting the Phone. We will also use
Arduino and RemoteXY app for this G-Sensor Controlled…... Listed under: Car
Projects
209. Interfacing MQ2 to Arduino- Gas Sensor for Smoke-Butane-CH4 and LPG In this
article, we are going to learn how to interface MQ2 Gas Sensor with Arduino. MQ2
is basically a general purpose gas sensor (similar to MQ5) which can sense a broad
range of gases like LPG, Butane, Methane(CH4), Hydrogen and in addition to these…... Listed under:
210. Interfacing PIR Sensor to Arduino – Connect Motion Sensor/Detector to Arduino In

this article, we are going to learn how to interface/connect PIR Sensor or Passive
Infrared Sensor to Arduino. We have written a tutorial on how to interface PIR
sensor to 8051 previously in CircuitsToday! So a PIR sensor which is also known as
Pyroelectric…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
211. Arduino and 7 Segment Display – Interfacing Tutorial In this article, we are
publishing a tutorial on how to interface seven segment LED display to
Arduino. Seven segment displays are used in many embedded system and
industrial applications where the range of outputs to be shown is known
beforehand. Basic 1 digit seven segment…... Listed under: LED Projects
212. LM35 and Arduino – Temperature Measurement and Display on LCD In this article,
we are presenting a tutorial on how to interface LM35 and Arduino along with its
program. Once we successfully interface arduino and lm35, we will go on to build a
temperature display using arduino and a 16×2 LCD module which constantly
monitors…... Listed under: LCD Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects
213. Interfacing 8×8 LED Matrix with Arduino LED matrix displays can be used to display
almost anything. Most modern LED sign boards uses various types of matrix boards
with controllers. In this tutorial we are going to interface a single color 8×8 LED
matrix with Arduino and display a few characters in…... Listed under: LED Projects
214. How to Make an LED Scrollbar In this tutorial, we are going to build an LED Scroll
Bar as shown in the image given below. The project is designed to flash Ten LED
strips ( by giving different lighting patterns for each strip) with the help of a control
board. We…... Listed under: LED Projects
215. Interfacing MQ5 LPG Sensor to Arduino In this guide, we learn how to interface
MQ5 Gas sensor (which is a generic Gas Sensor more suited to detect and
determine LPG concentrations) with Arduino. In this tutorial, we are using the MQ5
Gas sensor module (which is widely available in market) .…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
216. Tachometer using arduino Tachometer is a device used for measuring the number
of revolutions of an object in a given interval of time. Usually it is expressed in
revolutions per minute or RPM. Earlier tachometers purely mechanical where the revolution is
transferred to the tachometer through mechanical coupling…... Listed under: Other Projects
217. Programming an ATtiny w/ Arduino 1.6 (or 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: Other Projects
218. Temperature logger using arduino Simple temperature logger using arduino (°C
& °F). This project is about a simple USB temperature logging system using arduino
uno and the serial monitor function in the arduino IDE. The system monitors the
temperature every 2 seconds and shows it on the arduino serial monitor.…... Listed under:
219. Open source EEG/ECG/EMG Introduction Electrodes on the skin can be used to
measure muscle (electromyography, EMG) brain (electroencephalography, EEG) and
heart (electrocardiogram, ECG/EKG) activity. These electrophysiological measures
are popular for clinical, research and hobbyist applications (such as brain computer interfaces). Most
commercial systems are “medical grade” – these…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects
220. Gas Leakage Detector using Arduino and GSM Module with SMS Alert and Sound Alarm We have
published lots of interesting arduino projects like GSM based Fire Alarm System ,
Line Following Robot, RFID Based Access Control System and many other useful
projects. This time, we are publishing a highly useful home application – Gas
Leakage Detector using Arduino and…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
221. Arduino and Python Talking to Arduino over a serial interface is pretty trivial in
Python. On Unix-like systems you can read and write to the serial device as if it
were a file, but there is also a wrapper library called pySerial that works well across
all operating…... Listed under: Other Projects
222. Calibration This example demonstrates one techinque for calibrating sensor input.
The board takes sensor readings for five seconds during the startup, and tracks the
highest and lowest values it gets. These sensor readings during the first five
seconds of the sketch execution define the minimum and…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
223. Arduino Resistance Data Logger I was working on a project were I needed a cheap and efficient way
to log the changing resistance of a sensor while simultaneously logging the temperature. This
project is similar in many respects to the other data loggers on my site. Three
prototypes have…... Listed under: Memory – Storage Projects
224. DS1631 – Arduino Code and Temperature Validation Basic information The DS1631
is a low cost, I2C interface digital thermometer popular in the maker community.
Capable of providing 12-bit temperature readings over a -55°C to +125°C range. I
have need for a digital thermometer in many of my projects and thought it
would…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
225. Live Action MATLAB – Arduino data logger. Background I was in need of an
affordable data logger for a project. I have access to MATLAB on all of my
machines so it was an easy choice to build an Arduino based data logger that
would easily interface with MATLAB R2014a. MATLAB is…... Listed under: Memory –
Storage Projects
226. Dented Joystick Goals:The project goals are: Adjustable number of detents
Adjustable foce threshold Software controlled damping Implementation: A brief
overview: The team's design utilizes several components: Arduino Leonardo Firgelli
L16-50-35-12-P actuators (2x) FSRs (4x) TI L293D H bridge MSU Eagle custom PCB
print The…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects
227. Staircase Meets Piano In November 2014, we displayed our first completed project
as a club, the Staircase Piano. The idea for the project was given to us by Professor
Barry Brown before the club was even formed. Throughout the semester we worked towards putting
the piano together for…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
228. LTD SMRT Project (Safe Monitored Rider Transit) The proposed new LTD public
transportation system uses people counters on the bus system to get an accurate
measure of rider tendencies across different routes at specific times. Each bus will
be equipped with two sensors which will generate numeric data no larger than 4…...
Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
229. Nodemcu arduino interfacing project A guide to getting started with the ESP8266
with the Arduino IDE This assumes that yo have a NodeMCU type board with the
Silicon Labs CP2102 USB to UART Bridge. These boards are convenient because
they can be connected directly to your computer for progamming…... Listed under:
Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
230. Using an Arduino as a Latching Relay I wrote this one hot week in July 2010. I've
been leaving my front door ajar, to get some air through the house. Probably not a
very good idea. So I thought I'd hook up an Arduino to ensure that no one takes
advantage of…... Listed under: LED Projects
231. Arduino-based Graphical Heart Rate Monitor Introduction: Like many out there, I
enjoy a good exercise session, whether it be indoors or outdoors. As part of that I
purchased a Polar branded heart rate monitor, which came with a "Wearlink" chest
strap and RS300Xsd receiver watch. The watch is able to…... Listed under: Medical –
232. High-Power Control: Arduino + TIP120 Transistor Up until now, we have talked
about working with a lot of low-power devices. Sensors, LEDs, ICs, and the like are
all capable of being powered directly from your Arduino, but as many awesome 5 and 3.3v
components as there are, eventually you will find…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
233. SunAir Solar Power Controller for Raspberry Pi and Arduino Ever wanted to build
your own Solar Powered Raspberry Pi or Arduino system? SunAir and SunAirPlus
are 3rd Generation Solar Charging and Sun Tracking Boards designed by Dr. John
C. Shovic at SwitchDoc Labs. You can use this board to power your projects and
add…... Listed under: Solar energy projects
234. Using Arduino and Pd for musical live performance Connecting an Arduino
microcontroller to Pd is no big problem: You can just put Firmata on your Arduino
and use the Pduino library for communication on the Pd side. But sometimes
Firmata is not the answer to every problem: You may want to turn on…... Listed
235. Lab 8: Shift Register and Binary Topics: First Build The Circuit The Code Hardware
Theory Overview-"Rollover Rollover" What is a Shift Register How the Arduino
Controls the Shift Register Software Theory The shiftOut Function Binary Numbers
Other Functions in the Code Exercise References 1. First Build It would be a
really…... Listed under: LED Projects
236. Knock Detector Introduction For the third assignment, we decided to make a
'knock-detector' that is capable of informing the user/owner of specific events. We
designed our system such that it can detect both casual knocks and knock patterns.
Casual knocks could be used to inform the owner/user…... Listed under: Sensor –
237. Arduino Yun SBC adds Wifi and Linux to Leonardo features [Updated Sep 30] —
Arduino announced the first open source Arduino hacker board with built-in WiFi,
and also the first to run Linux. The $69 Arduino Yun integrates the functions of an
Arduino Leonardo, featuring an Atmel ATmega32U4 microcontroller and 14 GPIO
pins, with an…... Listed under: Wifi - WLan Projects
238. Internet Datalogging With Arduino and XBee WiFi Introduction Are you looking to
get your data gathering project hooked into the “Internet-of-Things”? Then check
out data.sparkfun.com! It makes posting data to the web as easy as constructing a
URL and POSTing it to a server. I wanted to create a quick project to…... Listed
under: Wifi - WLan Projects
239. Weather Monitor This Instructable shows you how to build a micro-controller
based weather monitoring device. Built on the Arduino Uno board it can easily be
extended and modified should you have additional sensors at hand. Main
requirements: - Measure temperature (accuracy +/- 0,5 degree Kelvin) -
Measure…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects, Sensor –
Transducer – Detector Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects
240. Clear polycarbonate enclosures using Arduino So about a year ago I decided that I wanted to get
into AVR microcontrollers. After ordering an AVR pocket programmer from Sparkfun , I soon
realized that it was too delicate to be sitting on a workbench full of wire clippings. I
knew I…... Listed under: Ideas, Other Project Ideas
241. Tutorial 15: Arduino Serial Thermometer The Arduino reads temperature from a
MCP9700 temperature sensor IC and displays the temperature in the Arduino IDE
serial monitor window. Also see the Arduino LCD thermometer tutorial (tutorial 14).
Prerequisites Complete Tutorial 9: Using the Arduino Serial Port before attempting
this tutorial. Components Besides…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
242. Easy Bluetooth Enabled Door Lock With Arduino plus Android Thanks to everyone
who supported this project and voted for it in the Arduino Challenge! I was
awarded second prize and hope to participate in more Arduino contests in the near
future. This tutorial will explain a simple way to make a password protected bluetooth…... Listed
under: Home Automation Project Ideas, Ideas, Phone Project Ideas
243. Build A Speech Controlled Quadropod Using Arduino This is my first post on
Instructable and I am super excited to share my knowledge! My original robot post
is here: Spryo SpoonTail which is just my robot showing some tricks but with a
tethered control. In this Instructable I am going to show…... Listed under: Bluetooth
Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
244. Solar-Oriented, Arduino-Powered Clock This is a clock designed to keep accurate

time (independent of atomic or GPS), display local sunrise, sunset and solar noon,
and also adjust itself for daylight savings time. I wanted the clock to be easy to use
and be flexible. The setting functions are…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project
Ideas, Ideas
245. DIY Low Cost Arduino Mobile Development Platform I have wanted to build my
own robot for awhile now. But after many tried and failed attempts, I was losing
hope that may ever happen. I discovered that there wasn't a small, robust, super
easy to add-on to, robot that was within my budget to…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Projects, How To – DIY – Projects, Phone Projects
246. APR9600 Voice Recording and Playback System with JRC286D Chip ICStation Mega 2560
Compatible Arduino ICStation team introduce you this APR9600 voice recording
and playback system used in elevator based on the ICStation Mega2560
compatible with Arduino. It uses DC5V voltage to work. When you press the
different keys, the loudspeaker will sound that which floor you arrive. This
design…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
247. Making the TFF: a dress that gets excited when tweeted The idea of this dress
comes from a series of tweets with online friends @shineslike and @arduinogirl.
@shineslike and I had taken a half day Arduino workshop given by @arduinogirl at
the MCN 2011 conference. I was immediately inspired creatively by the sensory and
interactive opportunities.…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Home Automation
Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Project Ideas, Sound – Audio Projects
248. Magical Colour Copying Chameleon Lamp using Arduino In this Instructable, I will
show you how to make an Arduino powered lamp that detects the colour under it
and then attempts to emulate that colour. All using easy to find parts (most can be
found in the Dollar store with the exception of…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Project Ideas, Ideas
249. Ultrasonic Dimmer (Without Humming Or Buzzing Noise) I have been working on
this project for a while and whilst it is still under development I decided to write a
short guide after several requests to do so. The dimmer uses an interrupt driven
XL-Maxsonar EZ1 ultrasound range finder to measure the distance…... Listed under:
250. Rotary Emotiphone using Arduino Introduction The Rotary Emotiphone is a vintage
rotary phone that tweets mood emoticons. It has a predefined list of 10 emoticons,
each assigned to a digit, so that when you are happy / sad / drunk / etc., you pick
up the handset and dial…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas, Ideas,
Phone Project Ideas
251. High Speed Photo Arduino : HighSpeeduino Today is High Speed Photography day
! The concept is to take a 'long' exposure photograph, 4 seconds say, in a (very)
dark room (a bathroom in our case). You end up with a completely black picture,
right ? If you burst a flash (about…... Listed under: Arduino Video – Camera –
Imaging Project Ideas, Ideas
252. Control Two LEDS with an Arduino and bitVoicer So what I want to do here is do
several things with two LEDs with speech recognition I'm using bitvoicer you can
get it here Step 1: Part List So I'm doing this with as little parts as I can, here's the
list: Green LED…... Listed under: LED Projects
253. DIY Guide for Amblone LED Light In this section we will explain exactly how you
can create your own Amblone setup, consisting of 3 RGB LED strips and an Arduino
Mega. What do I need? To create the Amblone setup described in this guide, you
will need the following: Amblone software…... Listed under: LED Projects
254. Earfingers: Hear with your hands using Arduino First and foremost, I must
acknowledge that I am standing on the shoulders of giants, and that every giant is
standing on the shoulders of giants (such as all contributors to instructables). If it
weren't for the unknowably many people who had the mindfulness to…... Listed under: How To –
DIY – Project Ideas, Ideas, Sound – Audio Project Ideas
255. Talking Pumpkin So my boss came to me one last week and said he wanted to
scare the trick-or-treaters who came to his home, and the kids who would come to
work during a special Halloween Walk the community does. Thus was born the
talking pumpkin. In…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Home
Automation Projects, PWM Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects, Sound – Audio
Projects
256. Basics of Turning your Remote Controll Vehicle into an Autonomous System (Drone) Using an
Arduino I began this project with the objective of cheaply turning my RC helicopter
into something of a UAV or at least to fit some sensors to reduce collisions and
other "mis-haps." Now unfortunately at the beginning of the project i miscalculated
my little helicopter's lift…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
257. Super Amazing Button using Arduino Hello Everyone. This is my very first
Instructable so please go easy on me. This was more or less a test project to see if
my new arduino board worked. Any friendly advice will be greatly appreciated so
my future posts can be even better.…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment
Projects, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects
258. Connect A 16×2 LCD Display To An Arduino Welcome to my FIRST instructable, i

will show you how to connect a 16x2 lcd display to an arduino, follow these simple
step by step instructions and you will have it done in no time Tools Needed :
Soldering Iron Wire Strippers Pliers…... Listed under: LCD Projects, Projects
259. How to tweet from an Arduino using the wifi sheild Hey, I am a big fan of
Instructables. I have consistently used it for the past 3 years and now its time for
me to write one myself.Here we go. This instructable is for those who want to make
some inanimate object tweet automatically. Like say for…... Listed under: Wireless
Projects
260. Interactive Child’s Mobile using Arduino What can you make with fluorescent
acrylic as the inspiration? We chose to make a glow-in-the-dark baby mobile, with
an accompanying toy. This project was completed as a part of the Computing and
Craft class at Olin College of Engineering. Materials: - Craft Materials: -…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas, Home Automation Project Ideas, Ideas
261. Webserver for home appliances control This instructable describes how a simple
but powerful webserver used for controlling of home appliances can be done. The
hart of the circuit is the ATmega328 microcontroller. I have chose this because I
wanted to use all available Arduino libraries compatible with them. The Ethernet…...
Listed under: Home Automation Projects
262. Learning Arduino basics the easy way – Part 01 “Blink” or “The Internet” You've
bought your first Arduino or you're planning to get this great little device? Obi Wan
would say: "That's good. You have taken your first step into a larger world." Same
thing for me! Congratulations! You'll see, as soon as you master the basics,
you'll…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
263. Datura 6 home automation – 2015 improvements News: In this latest months I've
made some important fixes and improvements to the code and to the webserver of
the project. See datura_mega_v19.ino for the latest code. The most functional
project over internet – Use it as a complete irrigation system for your garden,…... Listed under:
Home Automation Projects
264. Analog Read Voltage using Arduino This example shows you how to read an
analog input on Pin 0, convert the values from analogRead() into voltage, and print
it out to the serial monitor. Circuit: image developed using Fritzing. For more
circuit examples, see the Fritzing project page Connect the three wires from…... Listed under:
Metering – Instrument Projects, PWM Projects
265. Build A Firefighting Robot Using Arduino For my project I created a robot with an
attached water cannon. My mentor and I built it in a budget of around $300 (not
including the necessary equipment), and it functions quite well. For the motors we
used drill motors, powered by the 18…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation
Projects
266. An animation inside a water drop by Physalia 2000 pictures compose this piece-
that is, 2000 perfect different water drops into which we mapped an animation.
Droplets that behave and look strangely similar at the stage of less entropy, and
become more disorderly as they splash. The final result of the piece you…... Listed under: Video –
Camera – Imaging Projects
267. PuttDuino putt-putt hole with Arduino My company has annual events where we
all get together for fun - to blow off steam and have a little competition. In the past
we have had softball and bowling competitions. This year someone had an
inspiration: each department would build a putt-putt 'hole'…... Listed under: Game
– Entertainment Project Ideas, Ideas
268. Temperature Wand using Arduino Most of you have heard the expression ‘Hot Air
Rises’. Well, it’s true. So in your typical house, it’s going to be hotter near the
ceiling than near the floor. How much hotter? Well, being a Lazy Old Geek, I
wanted to know how much.…... Listed under: Ideas, Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
269. Arduino Alphabet This project is very interesting because it shows the sequence of
all letters of our English alphabet. That is, the project generates capital letters from
the A to the Z based on Arduino code and showed by an alphanumeric display. I'm
using a common cathode…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, LCD Projects
270. Arduino based Tic Tac Toe with TV Remote This was my first time attending the
Internet of Things Pune Group. It was such a fun learning experience! At today's
meetup, Dhiraj and Nishant started out by introducing the InduinoX and Arduino
Uno boards along with the Processing IDE that is used to write…... Listed under:
Wireless Projects
271. Arduino-powered A-10 stick grip remote w/Emergency Party Button I came across
Plama2002's "Emergency Party Button" build a while back and wanted something
similar for my bar. I also had an old USAF B-8 stick grip from an A-10A that I picked
up in my previous life. I figured instead of just being a…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Project Ideas, Ideas, Radio Project Ideas
272. RaspiDuinoRover – (Yet another) iPhone driven moving Raspberry Pi and Arduino rover Architecture
RaspiDuinoRover is made of three main parts: A Raspberry Pi which receives
commands from a remote device through a TCP connection, and sends these
commands to an Arduino Uno through an I2C connection. The same TCP channel is
used to send back the remote…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
273. Hear your plant make music! – Ethernet version This walk-through will show you
how to build a sensor to monitor your plant's environment and use Stats in Sound's
ERC-20 app to turn this data into music, allowing you to listen to your plant's
reaction to it's environment. For more information on this project,…... Listed under: Internet –
Ethernet – LAN Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
274. Twitter garage door using the GE Choice ALERT system & Arduino You know that
feeling of driving away from your house almost getting to work and saying "Now
Did close the garage door?" . I hate that feeling and seeked out to resolve it in the
smiplest/cheapest way I could. The starting point was of course…... Listed under:
Home Automation Project Ideas, Ideas, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Project Ideas, Security – Safety
Project Ideas
275. Autonomous drone that you already have in your pocket! In this tutorial i want to
learn you something, maybe change your mind. And make autonomous drones
available for everyone. Simple question is: What do you need to make your drone
autonomous? . Answer: - GPS - Accelerometer - Gyroscope - Telemetry wireless
system -…... Listed under: Phone Projects
276. Temperature Recording Arduino Robot My son and myself made a little arduino
robot that records temperature. He wanted me to draw a robot, I wanted to
experiment with blinking LEDs relaying data so a plan was hatched. The way the
LEDs work is as follows: Green = lowest temperature…... Listed under: Ideas,
Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
277. TiltKey- Write by Tilting The TiltKey is a keyboard input device based on tilting.
Based on the angle that it is tilted at, and the direction it is tilted in, you can write
every letter of the alphabet, every number, and every symbol found on a standard
US keyboard.…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
278. Gesture controlled robot using Arduino This gesture controlled robot uses
Arduino,ADXL335 accelerometer and RF transmitter-receiver pair. We will divide the
entire robot into 3 parts the transmitter,the receiver and the robot. The different
gestures that have been mapped to the direction of the bot are- Hand parallel to
the ground-stationary…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
279. Fading an LED off and on using Arduino Demonstrates the use of
the analogWrite() function in fading an LED off and on. AnalogWrite uses pulse
width modulation (PWM), turning a digital pin on and off very quickly, to create a
fading effect. Circuit Connect the anode (the longer, positive leg) of your LED to digital output pin 9
on your…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
280. Computer controlled RC car with two Arduinos Required Parts: This project requires
two Arduino boards which can be bought from
http://www.adafruit.com/category/17 This project uses two Arduino Uno
compatible boards. An L293D or other Dual H-Bridge Motor Driver chip will be
needed to drive the motors of the RC car. This can be…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment
Projects
281. Wing Tip Extensions for Arduino Greetings, One late night of web surfing I came
across some 45 Degree Extension boards. Thinking to myself “Wow!” that’s cool
and then I looked at the price…$27.00 before S&H. “Yikes!” I’ve been looking for an
excuse to learn Eagle PCB layout software and this…... Listed under: Ideas, Interfacing(USB – RS232 –
I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
282. RC MOOD LYTE RC MOOD LYTE is a commercial quality flameless light engine for
heavy, everyday use in the home, restaurant, catering and hospitality industry ,a
great improvement over the traditional wax candles in terms of safety and
reliability features . LED Candles have No wax, No smoke,…... Listed under: LED
Projects
283. Arduino Lilypad powered shooes for the visually impaired Anirudh Sharma, an IT
Engineer from Rajasthan Technical University has developed a system that offers
non-obtrusive navigation for the visually impaired . Calling it Le Chal (Hindi for
‘Take me there’), Sharma conceptualized and demonstrated the system at MIT (Massachusetts
Institute of Technology) Media Lab…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
284. Using an Arduino Uno R3 as a Game Controller Naturally, the Uno does not
natively support keyboard strokes, unlike it's Leonardo brother. Most of Google will
tell you you need to do some firmware workarounds and ATMEGA reprogramming
just to get it working and the entire ordeal is a mess. If you're like me,…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Projects
285. Arduino Sew Easy Wearable Shield Wearable computing, e-textiles, soft circuits or
whatever you want to call it, is a growing field of applying technology to garments
or accessories like bags, shoes or backpacks. It is a fun and creative challenge
which goes beyond just adding LED lights to fabric. For…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Project Ideas, Ideas
286. Binary metric clock using Arduino This is a very odd kind of clock, which can easily
be made with simple supplies. To begin the explanation, I would like to say that I
have always wanted time to be metric. 5 o'clock would be mid-day, 7:5 would be
three quarters (6:00…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project Ideas, Ideas
287. Hard Disk Clock (HDD Clock with Arduino Uno) This is a fun project that can be
done easily and also cheaply. In this instructable we will explain step by step how
to make this beautiful POV clock. Used material: Arduino Uno, RTC modul, ULN
2003, IR diode and IR transistor (used like a…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
288. Home Automation Using Arduino & Autohotkey Its been awhile since i last posted
something here. Was kinda busy with my university exams & all! Idea for this
project was in my mind for very long & i don’t think anyone would’ve done this
project with Autohotkey! Anyway, this is a necessity…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
289. Volcom RGB Desktop Light Box Greetings! I'm Russell Petersen. I'm an engineer,
inventor, designer, fabricator, and dreamer. I'm a junior Electrical Engineer by trade,
located and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. I love playing with Solid State
Lighting, and came up with this idea one night. Simply stated,…... Listed under: LED
Projects
290. Twist Shield for the Arduino This little ‘Add-on’ board allows you to 'Twist' an
existing Arduino Shield 90 degree from its original footprint Twist Shield.brd42 KB
Step 1: The Problem... Have you ever finished a project and then realized you
stopped one step too soon? While plugging in various shields I…... Listed under:
291. FTDI Vinco USB Host/Device Development Platform – also for Android & Arduino
FTDI has announced its commitment to supporting the Android Open Accessories
initiative, thus allowing engineers to realize exciting new system designs that are
compatible with tablets and smartphones utilising the highly popular Android
operating system. "FTDI is very excited about the new Android Open Accessories…... Listed under:
Phone Projects
292. Microcontrolled Farm Equipment Modified BaleScoop(for picking hay bales out of
the field) from manual levers to arduino controlled functions. This eliminates the
need for 3 sets of hydraulic hoses to only one set and operator can focus more on
where they are going rather then controling the implement. This is set…... Listed under: Other
Projects
293. Arduino PID Motor Controller INTRODUCTION : The development of high

performance motor drives is very important in industrial as well as other purpose
applications. Generally all high performance motor drives use quadrature encoders
and PID control because of its simplicity and precise control. The quadrature
encoder acts as a…... Listed under: Motor Projects
294. Arduino Ultrasonic Parking Spotter For my first instructable, I'd like to present The
Parking Spotter. This is not a new concept, I know. However, this build was done
specifically to suit my needs/wants/materials already in my possession. Typically, a
project begins with an idea, parts are then gathered, and…... Listed under: Arduino
Car Project Ideas, Ideas, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
295. ZIF socket Arduino-compatible board In this tutorial we make an Arduino-

compatible board that holds the microcontroller in a ZIF socket. Updated
18/03/2013 Today we are going to make a different type of Arduino-compatible
board, one that has a ZIF (“zero insertion force”) socket. Our reason for making this is…... Listed
under: Development Board – Kits Projects, Projects
296. Bootload an ATmega Microcontroller & Build Your Own Arduino – 2 Since you
lacked the USB interface in your own Arduino board, it becomes necessary to use a
homemade/ready-made USB to Serial Converter Module as an efficient and
economical solution. Inexpensive and easy-to-use USB to Serial Converter modules
are now widely available, such as one shown…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB –
RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
297. Simple Remote Data Plotting using Android / Arduino / pfodApp Simple Remote
Data Plotting using Android / Arduino / pfodApp This Instructable shows you how
to plot Arduino sensor data on your Android mobile and capture it for later
downloading to your computer. These instructions are also avaliable at
www.pfod.com.au No Android programming is required…... Listed under: Arduino
Android, Arduino Programmer Projects, Phone Projects
298. How To Make a Simple Variable Frequency Generator Using Arduino A frequency
generator is a very handy device in electronic design, development, testing and
trouble shooting. It is such a kind of device which can generate the required
frequencies which can be then applied directly to the target device for testing it.
There are frequency…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
299. Build A Fun Hackable Speaker Timer Using Arduino This is a fun speaker timer I
made for some upcoming conferences. It uses a 4-digit charlieplexed LED (pseudo
7-segment) display and is driven by a AVR ATMega328 or an Arduino. It allows a
default time to be set, can be paused, and will put…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
300. How to Build a Vibration Detector Circuit In this project, we will go over how to
build a vibration detector circuit.This is a circuit which can detect and measure flex,
touch, vibration, and shock.The sensor we will use to detect these movements is a
piezo vibration sensor from Measuremenet Specialists (MEAS). The…... Listed under:
301. Control an iPod with the Arduino This tutorial will describe a way of controlling an
iPod remote, and thus, an easy way of getting some music and sound out of your
Arduino project. The remote we used was an unofficial remote I found on the
worldwide auction site for around 10…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects,
Phone Projects, Projects
302. DIY: Arduino Based Ohmmeter This is a project based on Arduino board which can
measure the unknown resistance values and perform diode test and continuity
testing. When we connect the unknown resistor on the breadboard circuit, the 16x2
LCD displays the resistor value and when we connect a diode…... Listed under: LED
Projects
303. Arduino Powered Four Letter Word Generator Build an Arduino-powered version of
the "Four Letter Word Generator" (FLW). This version generates "words" on the fly -
it does not use a list. The "original" version from the 1970's used B7971 nixie
alphanumeric tubes. These tubes are getting hard to find and they're…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Projects, LED Projects, Projects
304. HSM-20G Interface with Arduino Uno The HSM-20G is an analog humidity and
temperature sensor that outputs analog voltage respects to relative humidity and
temperature. However from this sensor relative humidity is found along with
temperature. Relative humidity is the percentage of moistures of airs for a
particular temperature [1]. Feature:…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -
ISP) Projects
305. Real-time room temperature on your Website using Arduino This is how to push
high resolution real-time data from Arduino-based temperature sensor to your
web page without any server-side coding. Arduino is a great device for collecting,
storing and transferring data from various sensors but there are times you need to
make your data…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Internet – Ethernet –
LAN Projects, Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects, Temperature
Measurement Projects
306. How To Make a PC Control Robot Do you ever tried to control your robot using
your PC or laptop? Controlling a robot using PC or laptop is often being a fun for
the student or hobbyist. Thus during this article you will be tend to learn how to control your
robot…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
307. Arduino Controlled Nerf Vulcan Yes, this is exactly what the title says it is. This
instructable will teach you how to control any Nerf Vulcan, with your Arduino. The
provided tutorial will just shoot for 2.5 seconds, stop for 2.5 seconds, and so on. It
is like a "hello…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas, Ideas
308. PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit Community Project#042 – Hangman Game Hello! It has been
our Friday tradition for the past few weeks to end with a game. This week we have
the Hangman game. In this game the user will be using two Pmod boards, an LCD
and Button board to display outputs and generate…... Listed under: Game –
309. Build a big crane game using Arduino How to build a whole room crane game.
Based on the arcade style 'Crane Game' or 'Claw Machine'. This is a continuation
of a previus instructable titled CRANE GAME in which we built a 2-axis crane game
in a door frame. We have now added a third axis and…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects, Projects
310. Battery powered device hardware design tips I'm working on a prototype
product(Wifi motion sensor) that will be powered from a battery source, it has a
mega328(arduino bootloader, with sleep mode on and wake on interrupt,and WDT
in case it hangs up), a PIR motion sensor , and a CC3000 break out…... Listed under:
Wireless Projects
311. Accelerometer powered LED dress Let's be honest for a moment, doesn't everyone
want a dress that lights up at your very whim? No? Alright, well I do. It's pretty
straightforward, though the programming gets a wee bit tricky. So pick up your
pencil, sketch out a design and then we'll…... Listed under: LED Projects, Metering –
Instrument Projects
312. Beacon In this tutorial you will learn how to turn any conductive surface into a
capacitive touch sensor. This project illustrates how to use capacitive touch to turn
on a motor (fan) and neopixel. In this example, all of the components were custom
designed and built…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
313. Digital thermometer using arduino Digital thermometer using arduino and LM35.
This article is about a simple three digit digital thermometer using arduino. Range
of this thermometer is from 0°C to 99.9°C. There is also a provision for displaying
the temperature in °F scale. Three terminal analog temperature sensor LM35…...
Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
314. Making sound (noise) machines using Arduino As a part of being an artist in
residence at Instructables, I took it upon myself to build of couple of noise
machines / music boxes. My interest lies in designing objects that would enable
people to explore the world of sound synthesis and for…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects, Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
315. Arduino powered voltmeter and temp gauge For a while I have been looking for a
way of getting a reading of main and leisure battery voltage, and inside and
outside temperature in the van. I spent ages on researching and found some bits
here and there that might help, but nothing…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
316. Play Music using Arduino Esplora This example shows how to play notes on the
buzzer mounted on the Arduino Esplora. Buzzers can generate different audio
signals in audible frequency ranges. A note is an audio signal at a specific
frequency. If you know the frequency of the notes you want…... Listed under: Projects, Sound –
Audio Projects
317. Servo Feedback Hack (free) This Instructable brought to you by the kind folks a
Rachel's Electronics Visit www.rachelselectronics.com for cool electronics kits and
breadouts! This hobby servo hack will add shaft position feedback by tapping into
the servo's own internal potentiometer. The only parts that need are wire and…...
318. Make A Simple Object Tracking Robot Using Arduino In this tutorial I am going to
post the step-by-step procedure to make a simple Object Tracking Bot. The main
aim of this Bot is to follow the objects which are shown to it in 3D space i.e., x, y
and z – axis (horizontal,…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
319. How to Send Message from GSM Module using Arduino The GSM stands for
Global System for Mobile communications. This is a global standard which is
followed by the GSM modules inside the cellular phones which enables them to be
connected with any mobile network around the globe. In certain applications the
microcontroller based systems…... Listed under: Phone Projects
320. RFIDuino – Using an Arduino & RFID Reader to make a puzzle GeoCache I enjoy
both Geocaching and electronics and have made a couple of electronic puzzle
caches using an Arduino. My latest creation (with the help of a fellow cacher for the
code) is using an Arduino and RFID reader to make a puzzle geocache we call…...
Listed under: Ideas, Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
321. Servo Motor Simulation via Arduino UNO Hey everyone. I hope you will be fine. As
you know that last time, we had started Arduino UNO course and given you a brief
introduction how to simulate the LED blinking via Arduino UNO and its
implementation in proteus ISIS. Now, today we are…... Listed under: Motor Projects
322. Web Client Repeating using Arduino This example shows you how to make
repeated HTTP requests using an Ethernet shield. This example uses DNS, by
assigning the Ethernet client with a MAC address, IP address, and DNS address. It
connects to http://www.arduino.cc/latest.txt. The conent of the page is viewable through your…...
Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects, Projects
323. Poor Man’s Robot Base I've been wanting to get into robotics for awhile now, but it
can cost at the very least 20 dollars to build a decent motor base, and I wasn't
willing to invest that much money into it, so I made a robot base using parts…...
Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
324. Temperature Display Using LCD Here is a Simple Temperature Display Circuit using
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). For Heat Sensor we have used IC LM35 (Precision
Centigrade Temperature Sensors) whose Output voltage is linearly proportional to
the Celsius (Centigrade) temperature. Output of LM35 IC is 10mv/degree centigrade for eg if…...
Listed under: LCD Projects
325. Arduino Based Lie Detector We have previously posted the the project lie detector,
now here is is also a lie detector using arduino. Here is a simple tutorial to build a
simple lie detector which will give visual indication through LED arrangement
whether the person speaks lie or truth. The project uses a…... Listed under: LED
Projects
326. Build A Easy Home Surveillance Gadget Using Arduino Everyone wants to keep
their home secure. If zombies have swarmed your house, you want to know it's not
safe to return, RIGHT? What better way to do this than to set up a surveillance
system? Now it's easier than ever to have. And, you don't…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Security – Safety Project Ideas, Video – Camera – Imaging
Projects
327. Lambda Calculus in a Can using Arduino You can get soup in a can. You can get
bread in a can (*). Now the long wait is over! You can finally get Lambda Calculus in
a can. Project LambdaCan is an amusing exercise in absurdity. It implements a
reducer (interpreter) for the…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, Projects
328. Fritzing – The Ultimate Tool For Sketching Out Electronics Projects [Cross Platform]
Despite sounding like an alcopop, Fritzing is actually an incredible bit of free
software you can use to create circuit and component diagrams for use with rapid-
protoyping electronics boards such as the fantastic open-source Arduino. As such,
it’s open source too, entirely cross platform and…... Listed under: Development
Board – Kits Projects
329. Make A LCD Shifter for Arduino The original idea was to create a library that
simplify the use of IC 74HC595 between Arduino and other hardware. In this
Instructable I will share this to you using as example the control of a 16x2 LCD. The
example will show on the LCD…... Listed under: LCD Projects
330. Arduino 7 Segment LED Display and Counter – Tutorial #8 This is a simple 0 to 9
counter circuit constructed using Arduino! Here, a common cathode 7-segment
LED display is connected to Arduino for displaying the digits. The code (Arduino
sketch) allows push button increment of the counter from 0 to 9. The whole
circuit…... Listed under: LED Projects
331. Temperature Sensor DS18B20 Electronic Brick, Waterproof and other Versions
NOTE: There are different-appearing versions but they work the same. This is an
electronic thermometer which has high accuracy over a wide range (accurate to
±0.5°C over the range of -10°C to +85°C) (Workable from -55°C to +125°C). You…...
332. Playfield :: Hardware :: Flippers If you are contemplating building your own
machine, then you probably already know a good bit about how pinball machines
work. It’s basically series of electro-mechanical events where a steel ball activates a
switch, which in turn fires a solenoid that drives a mechanism, sending the ball off
in some other…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
333. StrobeDuino – Computer-controlled RGB strobe/lamp After experimenting with

Arduino and Processing serial communication i wanted to do something cool. I had
some RGB LEDs lying around so i thought about making something with them. I
ended up with a strobe/lamp controlled by a Processing sketch that receives the
commands from…... Listed under: LED Projects
334. Arduino – Theremin with 7 Segment LED Display In this instructable, I will show you
how to make a simple toy that combination of the LEDs flash and Theremin. We're
gonna using some basic electronics built on top of an Arduino. The basic idea of 7
Segment LED Display was from Enjoying Electronics.…... Listed under: LED Projects
335. Make A Air Cap-Sense Piano Using Arduino I recently got my shipment of 10
buzzers I ordered about a month ago, so as soon as I got them I was eager to
make something fun with them, so I looked around a bit and searched for what to
do with them, and…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects, Sound
– Audio Project Ideas
336. Arduino multi-mode lamp with soft touch switch In this Arduino-based project, we
will build a lamp with multiple light displays: color sequencer, dimming light, color
chaser, firelight - all selected by a touch bar on the circuit board. All the functions
are done in software, including the touch sensor, which is a…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, LED Projects, Projects
337. The Transistor Menace – Questions regarding an Arduino rgb LED project I've been
browsing this forum and the internet now for a couple of days and what I thought
would be an easy side project turned into a (for me) quite complicated matter. I'm
planning to build a mood light that consists of 12 common cathode…... Listed
under: LED Projects
338. HSM-20G temperature & humidity analog sensor + Nokia5110 LCD Temperature
and humidity measurement are always a nice addition to hobbyist projects. In my
previous post, I’ve discussed the DHT11 sensor, which is capable of measuring both
temperature and humidity. They are digital sensor and provide calibrated outputs
with temperature and relative humidity. I’ve also…... Listed under: LED Projects, Phone Projects
339. Arduino Binary Clock (hours, minutes and seconds) Hello everyone; I was looking
for this project for a long time. Finally I it it together with a lot of effort. For this
project you will need: [box color="#985D00" bg="#FFF8CB" font="verdana"
fontsize="14 " radius="20 " border="#985D12" float="right" head="Major
Components in Project" headbg="#FFEB70" headcolor="#985D00"] 1- …... Listed under: Clock –
Timer Projects, Home Automation Projects
340. Remote Controlled lunaring with Arduino Nothing puts the fun back into coding
like watching your very own creations come to life in the physical world. Luckily,
with the current glut of high-tech toys and electronic gadgets on the market, it's
never been easier to experience the thrill of designing your…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
341. Quick and Easy Arduino Compatible H-bridge Shield In this instructable I will detail
how I went about making a quick and easy, Arduino compatible, H-bridge shield.
But first, a brief intro into what got me motivated to make it. A couple of years ago,
I started wanting to learn more about micro-controllers.…... Listed under:
342. PC-350: Arduino Synthesiser Contents Aim To create a device that takes a users
input and based upon that input play sounds. I want this 'synthesiser' to be simple
to play, requiring little or no skill. Therefore, allowing the user to experiment with
the sounds they are producing instantly…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 –
I2c -ISP) Projects
343. Compact Protoboard Arduino type thing yea This ible is for the building of my
small, almost matchbox size, arduino compatable board. As seen in this ible..
http://www.instructables.com/id/Pocket-Ardiuno-kit/ I experemented with the one
in this ible to see how it can be impreoved, but the consept is the same and so
is…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
344. Solar powered wireless Arduino based Geiger counter porject. Hello, I have plans to
build myself a solar powered wireless Geiger counter using a RH Electronics
Arduino IDE Geiger counter connected via a serial connection through a logic level
converter to a 3.3V ATmega328P-AU Pro MCU with an ESP8266 serial WiFi
tranceiver to send…... Listed under: Solar energy projects, Wireless Projects
345. Diverting surplus PV Power As mentioned on the Contents page, two different
hardware platforms have been successfully used to support Mk2 PV Routers.
[Update at 7/3/14: Since writing this article, I have developed a new hardware
platform which has been specifically designed for this product. The main board
has…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
346. Pimp Your Chocolates with Arduino IDE and ATtiny13 The idea for this project came
to me on the way to the trash. I was tasked with throwing away a box that has just
been emptied of its original Ferrero Rocher sweetness content by my dear wife.
This was shortly after the Valentine's Day.…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment
Project Ideas, Ideas
347. RS-232 In this tutorial you will learn how to communicate with a computer using a
MAX3323 single channel RS-232 driver/receiver and a software serial connection
on the Arduino. A general purpose software serial tutorial can be found here.
Materials needed: Computer with a terminal program installed…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Projects
348. Arduino (Optic Fibre) I just brought a new lamp and after a week, I'm tired of
looking at it randomly change colours between red, blue, green. What can you
expect from a cheap lamp brought at 5$ . Looking at the lamp I realized that I
could make…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, LED Projects
349. Arduino 2.4 GHz Spectrum Analyser This article describes a simple spectrum
analyser for the 2.4 to 2.5 GHz Wi-Fi band. It's based on the Cypress CYWM6935
Wireless Radio Module. Although the manufacturer doesn't recommend it for new
commercial projects, it is still widely available from eBay suppliers and Farnell
here…... Listed under: LCD Projects
350. Arduino Laser Show (adapted from NothingLabs’ Instructable) This project uses an
Arduino, a pair of speakers, and a laser pointer to create a laser projector able to
trace out designs in a dark room. To power it, I've cannibalized a PC ATX power
supply capable of delivering plenty of current for the…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects, LED Projects
351. Daox’s diy arduino thermal differential controller We have a great thread that
contains lots of info on thermal differential controllers here. However, I wanted to
start a thread dedicated to my own development of a thermal differential controller
that I'll be using for my attic heat reclamation project. Tonight I setup…... Listed
352. How to Deal with Noisy Neighbors with Arduino device My next door neighbors
have recently been playing their music really loud so that I can hear it through the
walls. I've gotten tired of having to bang on the walls each time to get them to
quiet down, so I decided to automate some…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas, Ideas
353. Build a cat litter box fan with Arduino A hideaway cat litter box is a great way to
make your apartment look like a residence for adults instead of crazy cat ladies. A
hidden litter box in a cabinet, under a sink, or built in to some other furniture does
a lot for…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas, Ideas
354. A Simple Bat Detector based shield for the Arduino Uno I've built a number of
projects that have interfaced the output of the Simple Bat Detector with a
microprocessor. The most recent was the BatLogger II. But I hadn't come up with
an easy way for others to experiment with this idea ... until now.…... Listed under:
355. How to make (and connect) a soft potentiometer This instructable will tell you how
to make and connect a soft potentiometer to a microcontroller, in particular we will
connect it to a Lilypad Arduino. In our case soft potentiometer means a
potentiometer made of a textile conductive ribbon. What you need: 1. soft…...
356. Arduino UNO Tutorial 8 – NightLight In this Arduino UNO tutorial, we are going to
use a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) to create a simple childrens bedroom
nightlight which turns on automatically when it gets dark and turns off when it gets
light. An LDR's resistance changes depending upon the amount…... Listed under:
357. 1 LED Game with Arduino Uno and an RGB LED Sometimes I just have those days
where I really want to make something neat with the Arduino I have lying around,
but I know I don't have the patience for a more involved project that'll take more
than a day or so. This is for…... Listed under: LED Projects
358. LED aquarium lighting with an Arduino based PWM timer I bought a small aquarium (54l) as an
impulse buy and I needed some lights for it, so naturally I wanted to use LEDs. I also needed a timer
for the lights. I also wanted the lights to fade in and out when they were…... Listed
under: LED Projects
359. Ground Tracking LED Longboard Mod This mod uses a custom designed encoder
on one of the wheels to track where the longboard is on the ground and light up
the LEDs so that the light pattern remains stationary on the ground as the board
moves over it. To make doing…... Listed under: LED Projects, Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
360. Arduino Clock using Standard Clock Display This is a relatively simple clock to
build, in terms of the hardware required and in terms of hooking up all the wires.
The complexity lies in the software, which I've conveniently included as part of this
instructable This instructable illustrates a few things:…... Listed under: Clock –
Timer Projects, Projects
361. Getting Things to Talk: Arduino + LCDs I spent the better part of the day on
Saturday doing some more basic research into connecting an Arduino and LCD for
this ongoing project. For the most part, it’s pretty basic and following the wiring
diagrams and tutorials online is fine. I ran into…... Listed under: LCD Projects
362. TV Volume Loudness Guard using Arduino UPDATES Mar 05, 2013 Featured
on WonderHowTo http://goo.gl/fpeVC Feb 14, 2013 Featured on LifeHacker
http://goo.gl/tx4QG Feb 13, 2013 I have updated the Arduino program in step 4
to support additional remote controls. Feb 13, 2013 Featured on Dangerous
Prototypes http://goo.gl/DJcwe Feb 12, 2013 Featured on Semageek http://goo.gl/EH58K Feb 12,
2013 Featured on…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas, Ideas, Sound – Audio Project
Ideas
363. Arduino ISP – Lazy Old Geek (LOG) Arduino ISP - LOG So this Lazy Old Geek (LOG)
has had a lot of trouble getting Arduino bootload on Atmega chips. I couldn’t get
either of these to work with Arduino UNO Rev3.
http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ArduinoISP http://letsmakerobots.com/node/35649
So I developed a couple that worked for me:…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
364. Home Automation with Android and Arduino Yún The Arduino Yún is a WLAN
capable development board featuring an ATMega microcontroller, as well as a
separate chip running a small Linux distribution, making it a perfect candidate for
home automation projects like in the picture below! This basic tutorial will show
you how…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
365. Make an Atom Synchronised Clock from a 1950’s Slave Dial using Arduino One day
while exploring the bric-a-brac at the markets, I stumbled across an old, Bakelite
slave dial from the 1950's. Slave Dials are clock movements without the actual time
keeping circuit. All they contain is the mechanism to drive the hour and minute
hands, which…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Projects
366. Make Electronic Dice using Arduino In this project we make electronic dice.
Updated 18/03/2013 In this article you can learn how to make an electronic die
(die is the singular of dice), using an ATmega328 with Arduino bootloader and a
few inexpensive components. The reason for doing this is to introduce another…...
Listed under: Other Projects, Projects
367. Arduino Knob Control the position of a RC (hobby) servo motor with your Arduino
and a potentiometer. This example makes use of the Arduino servo library.
Hardware Required Arduino Board (1) Servo Motor (1) Potentiometer hook-up wire
Circuit Servo motors have three wires: power, ground, and signal.…... Listed under:
Motor Projects
368. Prototyping shield for Arduino Mega This is a down and dirty prototyping shield
that will work for Arduino Mega's and there pin compatible clones. This is the first
time i have made this board, but i have other projects i think this would be handy
for. [box color="#985D00" bg="#FFF8CB" font="verdana"…... Listed under:
369. LED Sun rise/set Arduino Proj I've been slowly working on this project for the past
month or so. I finally have some time to share and post-up what I'm working on. I
know there are commercial products available, but then what's the fun in that!
What I want is a…... Listed under: LED Projects
370. Orange mePod Firstly, why would I make a music player when one can be
purchased for so little and Apple iPods are so great? Well, I'll tell you. After several
cheap MP3 clones have died due to their Lipo batteries and my cracked, inoperable
screen on my…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
371. Remotely Controlled VGA Camera – Overview The idea behind this project was very
straightforward: design an inexpensive remotely controlled system capable of
taking still pictures and uploading them to a remote file storage with a camera to
be activated by either remote commands or sensor events. And after numerous
brain storms…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
372. Introduction: T.A.B.U. A Robot using Arduino To all other teens (I'm 16) who have
begun to pick up an intrest in robotics and electronics the following project will
give you a great user-system to get started with. This is not for complete beginers,
but after only 6 months of teaching myself…... Listed under: Projects, Robotics –
Automation Projects
373. DIY Thermal Differential Controller – Part 4: Building Your Own In our last episode, I
explained how I redesigned the controller from what I first thought I was going to
do. Now, I am going to explain how to make your own thermal differential
controller based on mine. As it is, this setup will only…... Listed under: How To – DIY
– Projects
374. CustomKeys using an Arduino CustomKeys is a customizable, Arduino-based,

polyphonic synthesizer. The CustomKeys keyboard uses capacitive touch sensing -
each key is made of a conductive material which, when touched, signals the
synthesizer to emit a tone from the speaker. The CustomKeys library allows the
user to choose an…... Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
375. Nerd++: Controlling Dioder RGB LED Strips with Arduino, Pt. 1 – Getting Started A few weeks ago, it
came to my attention that IKEA do a set of colour-changeable LED strips. I’ve been looking for a
decent way of providing some lighting behind my computer to reduce eye-strain
for a long time, and these seemed perfect: I was…... Listed under: LED Projects
376. DIY- G-force measurement system So this time around, it’s another fun and
functional microcontroller based DIY, a g-force measurement system with data
logging to SD card. HARDWARE USED: 1) Arduino UNO w/ATmega328P 2) 3-axis
accelerometer breakout 3) SD card 4) SD card breakout w/level shifting circuit 5)
LED HOW…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, How To – DIY – Projects
377. Autonomous Robot Part 3: Ghosty Introduction Ghosty is an autonomous little

robot who is adventurous and loves to explore his surroundings. However, unlike a
normal ghost, he doesn’t like to scare people. Instead they actually scare him! In
our most current version of Ghosty, his vision line is based on…... Listed under: Motor Projects
378. Animatronic Stargate helmet using Arduino I love the movie Stargate and when I
first saw it I immediately knew I wanted to make one of the super cool Horus guard
helmets. I had sketched multiple designs over the years and figured out several
different methods for building it but rejected…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Projects, Home Automation Projects, Projects
379. Arduino BICMOS Curve Tracer Draw curve traces for both Bipolar and CMOS
transistors using this hardware and free online software. Step 1: Upload and Plot
Curve for NPN, PNP, NMOS, and PMOS The data for the transistor curves gets
uploaded into any computer and can be plotted using SciLab…... Listed under:
380. Arduino Laser Security Shield *** I AM THIRTEEN. I REALLY ENJOY PUTTING
TOGETHER THESE INSTRUCTABLES. PLEASE SHOW SUPPORT BY VOTING FOR ME
IN THE LASER CUTTER CONTEST -
http://www.instructables.com/contest/epilog3/*** I started thinking about this
project a couple of months ago now. A laser tripwire that can log when the…... Listed under:
Projects, Security – Safety Projects
381. Arduino-based AVR High Voltage Programmer Update 01/02/09: A PCB version of
this circuit is in the design stages – some preliminary information is here. Update
03/11/09: Kits based on this design are now for sale! Update 12/14/10: The original
AVR HV Rescue Shield kit has been replaced by the new…... Listed under: Arduino
Programmer Projects
382. SP0256-AL2 Speech With Arduino Here's the Arduino version of a project to use
the General Instruments (GI) SP0256-AL2 vintage speech synthesis chip to say
"hello world". I'd previously shown how to do this with a Basic Stamp 2. Here's what
it sounds like saying, "hello world" 20101215_164333.mp3 How it…... Listed under:
383. Si4707 Hookup Guide Introduction Weather-band radio is an awesome public

service provided in the US, Canada, and Bermuda. With hundreds of transmitting
stations dotting the country, weather radio acts as the “voice of NOAA” (National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). In addition to spouting out weather
forecasts, weather radio…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
384. Arduino UNO Tutorial 6 – Rotary Encoder We have written a tutorial for Rotary
Encoders using a Microchip microcontroller but now would be a good time to
make an Arduino UNO version. With a rotary encoder we have two square wave
outputs (A and B) which are 90 degrees out of phase…... Listed under: Other
Projects
385. Arduino LEDs Description In this tutorial you will set up and turn on a single LED.
Note that this code can actually be executed with just the Arduino and no other
components as in Figure 5. If you notice, next to pin 13 is a tiny LED…... Listed
under: LED Projects
386. Arduino Leonardo AVR Development Board Arduino Leonardo AVR Development
Board is a microcontroller board based on the Atmel ATmega32u4. It offers 20
digital IOs (of which 7 can be used as PWM outputs and 12 as analog inputs), a
16MHz crystal oscillator, a micro USB connection, a power jack, an…... Listed under:
387. Android Phone Controlled Robot using Arduino The Android phone that stays in
your hand most of the time is useful in many other applications apart from
Whatsapp, Facebook; appliances; monitor your health parameters. How it would be
if it can control a Robot, which can assist in your daily work. With…... Listed under:
Phone Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
388. Sending MIDI Messages Introduction If you completed any of the buzzer projects,
you will know by now that there is much fun to be had in making the Arduino
create noises. The only issue you might have had is with the quality of the sound.
Since MIDI is…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
389. Servo powered peristaltic pump controlled by Arduino This instructable shows you
how to make a pump using a servo motor and an Arduino Uno to transfer small
amounts of liquids. The pump is a peristaltic pump which consists mainly of a
motor, flexible tubing and a circular pump casing. Two rollers attached…... Listed
390. Use A Simple Cheap Webcam To Make DIY Microscope This Project Is A Part Of The
Afrimakers Event http://www.afrimakers.org/ Introduction We used a simple cheap
webcam to make a microscope. In short, a small hack to the optics of a standard
webcam with an adjustable focus-lens, allows to create video data, with a
magnification…... Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
391. Temperature Sensor v2.0 Overview This board allows you to use a thermistor to
measure the temperature of something. It is designed to be used to measure
things in the range of 100C - 300C, but with the proper calibration and resistors, it
can be adapted to any temperature…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement
Projects
392. PhysComp: Mid-term Project – Instagram TUI – prototyping the interactive elements using Arduino
The physical interface will consist of a 3×3 grid of push buttons that will correspond to a 3×3 grid of
images in the Processing program. Instead of a creating a 2D array of variables to
correspond to the buttons’ postions in the grid, each location…... Listed under:
Other Projects
393. Brushless DC (BLDC) motor with Arduino – Part 2. Circuit and Software In this post I
will describe the hardware and the software part of a project involving the use of
BLDC (Brushless DC) motor salvaged from a broken XBox 360. This is a second
installment in the series of posts related to Arduino and brushless DC…... Listed
394. Digital to Analogue Converter (DAC) DAC Theory A digital to analogue converter
takes a series of digital inputs (a string of 1s and 0s, in our case there will be 8 of
them like 10011001) and converts it into an analogue output. You see DACs in
every digital audio device (MP3 players,…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
395. The DIY Arduino Telescope GOTO control project Why make your own Arduino
control system? After completing my homemade telescope mount it was powered
by a Meade DS motor kit. This system was extremely slow, underpowered and
unreliable. It was also impossible for me to change the programming or maintain
the system. I…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
396. Remote Controlled Switching Vision The aim of our project is to be able to control
a electrical switching process using a remote. The idea is to come up with an
alternative to the conventional electric switch boards, using a wireless control
mechanism, in an economic way. In other…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
397. Make An Motor Shield For Arduino We are not the first to make an Motor Shield
for Arduino. But could be that we are the first that make a Motor Shield with a
minimum of flexibility. We are studing a WiFi robot with camera controlled by
Arduino. The robot will be…... Listed under: Motor Projects
398. Mobile Controlled Automation Using Arduino By this mobile controlled automation
using Arduino you can perform switching operation of any load or device which is
connected with the circuit. Before some days i posted about DTMF tone in mobile
communication. Here i am using DTMF tone in this project. Visit following…... Listed under: Phone
Projects
399. Toaster Oven Reflow Technique Introduction This page describes how to reflow
solder surface mount printed circuits using a cheap toaster oven. It owes a great
deal to Nophead's Cooking with Hydraraptor blog post. The picture shows Sally
Bowyer (Director, RepRapPro Ltd) preparing components for soldering in the oven. For…... Listed
400. Small Arduino DMX controller In this post we show you how to make a small and
useful Arduino DMX512 controller, which can use by example to handle a smoke
machine with DMX, or as test equipment, etc… We can use Arduino Mega, Arduino
UNO, and other with small changes.…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
401. Control a Furby with Arduino (or other microcontroller) The Million Dollar Furby:
We can rebuild him. We have the technology. Continued from the previous
Instructable where we excised Furby's primitive brain , it's now time to replace it
with something greater. This Instructable will detail how to install a new
microcontroller in place…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
402. Arduino Tri-colour LED Flasher Circuit This simple tri-colour LED flasher circuit is
great for beginners. The three pin tri-colour LED is controller by an Arduino Uno
and changed between three colours. This video shows the Arduino running a
sketch that controls the tri-colour LED. Circuit Diagram for the Arduino Tri-
colour…... Listed under: LED Projects
403. Tutorial 19: Arduino Dice Circuit And Sketch Using A 7-Segment Display In this
tutorial you will build a dice that is shaken by holding the button in and thrown by
releasing the button. The shake, throw and number thrown are animated and
displayed on a seven segment display. A 74HC595 IC is used to interface the…... Listed under:
404. Blink An LED Using Arduino This example shows the simplest thing you can do with
an Arduino to see physical output: it blinks an LED. Hardware Required Arduino
Board LED Resistor, anything between 220 ohm to 1K ohm Circuit To build the
circuit, connect one end of the resistor to…... Listed under: LED Projects
405. Tutorial 16: Arduino Clock In this tutorial, the Arduino displays the time and date
on a LCD (optional) and in the Arduino IDE serial monitor window. A PCF8563 real
time clock (RTC) IC is used to generate the time and date. The time and date can be
set using…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
406. The Arduino Microprocessor Miniterm Project Pages: keattsd Navigation

LCD_driver.c LCD_driver.h LCD_driver.h.out ball12d.php bojia.c bojia.c.out
chenb.php doyler.php ellwangerk.php foo.txt frickd.php gamblec.php hurleyg.php
keattsd.php littletonj.php panuskip.php parsonstc.php schrodere.php Here is
keattsd Bluetooth SNES Controller Supplies I used the following supplies for my mini-term project:
Arduino Uno microcontroller RN-42 bluetooth module USB A to B…... Listed under: Bluetooth
Projects, LED Projects
407. Magic Light (Capacitance Sensor, First Arduino Project) This was my very first
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 firey red-orange. Its was
SUPER easy to build, not to hard to write…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
408. Temperature Sensing using DS18B20 Digital Sensors Note: When referring to
Arduino below, this works in the same way on the emonTx which is arduino-based.
The DS18B20 is a small thermometer with a built in 12bit ADC; it can be easily
connected to Arduino digital input. The sensor communicates over a one-wire…...
409. Arduino Tiny Relay Shield Project In this Arduino project, you will build a small relay
shield from stripboard. The shield can have one or two relays fitted to it. Connect
the Arduino and relay shield to your PC via a USB cable. Download the PC software
and use it to…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
410. Arduino Platform – Interrupts Introduction Introduction This is my second article

relating to the Arduino Microprocessor Platform. The first one was a simple
implementation of the SIMON game using the Arduino. The article can be found
here. For an introduction to the Arduino Hardware, see jeffb42's excellent articles,
as there…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
411. Open Source Home Automation Project using Arduino UNO + Ethernet Shield This
is Open Source Home Automation Project based on Arduino Uno and Arduino
Wiznet based Ethernet shield. How Does it Work The main brain for this project is
Arduino UNO Board along with Arduino Ethernet Shield to give it a wireless
connectivity.Arduino runs a code…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
412. How To Connect A Buzzer To An Arduino This article and circuit diagram show how
to connect a buzzer to an Arduino when the buzzer operates at a different voltage
to the Arduino. The buzzer may operate at 9V, 12V or some other voltage.
Arduinos such as the Arduino Uno operate from 5V.…... Listed under: Arduino
Programmer Projects
413. Thermal Camera: Arduino UNO + MLX90614 IR Thermometer I did the following
steps: 1) Hardware: Connect the MLX90614 (refer to the datasheet) as follows: Pin 1
on MLX (SCL) connect to ANALOG pin 5 on Arduino Pin 2 on MLX (SDA) connect to
ANALOG pin 4 on Arduino Pin 3 on MLX (VDD)…... Listed under: Video – Camera –
Imaging Projects
414. Arduino MicroBot Project Steps On the breadboard, build two bi-directional motor
control circuits (also known as "H-bridge") circuits. These circuits will control the
two DC motors that drive the wheels. Each circuit will have two wires from the
Arduino (one for forward, one for backward) to control the…... Listed under:
415. Blinkenlights Topics: Overview Hardware A Basic Schematic Diagram Resistors

Reading Resistor Values Putting it Together Trying it out! More on Resistors and
LEDs Software Comments Variables Procedures References Project 1.Overview As
mentioned earlier, Arduino consists of two major parts: the hardware (the Arduino
board) and the…... Listed under: LED Projects
416. GPS and GSM based Vehicle Tracking System Using Arduino This circuit is designed
for tracking the location of vehicles. Most oftracking systems are made by using
GPS. This is very simple and cheap. Tracking systems are mostly used by fleet
operators for tracking a vehicle location, routing and others. This is a very good…... Listed under:
GPS Based Projects
417. Real Time GPS Tracker with Integrated Google Maps This project describes how you
can build a mobile real time GPS tracker with integrated Google Maps. I began this
project mainly to see if I can integrate all the different pieces of hardware and
software to make a workable solution, and it took some…... Listed under: GPS Based
Projects
418. ArduDroid: A Simple 2-Way Bluetooth-based Android Controller for Arduino

UPDATES October 30, 2013 - 7PM (GMT+2) The new official name for this app is
ArduDroid and it can be installed from Google Play. I changed the name to avoid a
naming conflict with another app. September 15, 2013: I Have won a Nexus…... Listed under:
Bluetooth Projects
419. Build An Audible Memory Chest [Instructables How-To] If you’re a fan of the Harry
Potter series then we also bet you were pretty taken with Hogwarts headmaster
Dumbledore’s pensive—the magical object that could not only store memories, but
actually let people fall into and re-experience the events. This week’s Instructables
How-To from…... Listed under: LED Projects
420. General Purpose Input Output Arduino Shield This example shows technique for
calibrating sensor input and shows the sensor outputs by controlling LEDs and SSD,
also shows how to monitor the state of a switch. Hardware Required 8 LEDS 2 push
button switches 2 sliding switches 4-SSD with MAX7221/7219 LM35 Speaker
Circuit…... Listed under: LED Projects
421. Stage 4: Complete Beginner’s Guide For Arduino Hardware Platform For DIY
Contents 1. Background 2. Setting up Arduino Development Environment 3.
Arduino Power Management 3.1 Powering Up Arduino Board 3.2 Output Power of
Arduino 4. Indicators And Switches 4.1 LED 4.1.1 Working With Onboard LED 4.1.2 Connecting and
Controlling External LED 4.2 Buzzer 4.3 Switches 5.…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
422. Arduino project: USB foot-operated mouse switch This foot pedal plugs into the
Arduino case which plugs into your PC via microUSB cable. Arduino
microcontrollers can easily be used to power fun projects like robots and even
sending tweets to Twitter but they’re versatile enough to turn up in the strangest of…... Listed under:
423. Stream support for the Arduino MQTT library MQTT is a lightweight messaging
protocol for the Internet of Things. This post details the use of Stream support for
large payload storage in the Arduino MQTT library. MQTT is a lightweight protocol,
but that doesn't mean that the payloads have to be small. The…... Listed under:
Other Projects
424. Technical Details of Logging Seawater Temperature Block Diagram This diagram
shows the basic components required for collecting temperature readings from
seawater and transmitting the data to a base station where it can be collated into a
database for analysis. To the left is a schematic of 10 temperature sensors, spaced
1…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
425. Modifying an Arduino Mega and chipKIT Max32 for 5V Operation Max's Arduino
Mega and chipKIT Max32 both require 9V external supplies, but he really wishes to
power them from a single 5V supply. Well, nothing is simple, is it? I ran into a minor
"gotcha" with regard to my Bodacious Acoustic Diagnostic Astoundingly Superior Spectromatic…...
426. Arduino Projects: Wireless Arduino Long-time readers will know I’m not one to
promote trendy marketing phrases and certainly ‘Internet of Things’ or ‘IoT’ is right
up there with the best (worst) of them. But the concept behind the phrase is worth
understanding as it drives the next generation of…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
427. Making a RFID Card Reader with Arduino Yún Surya Mattu is a creative technologist
who loves to make things. He’s based in NYC and working at ITP, a two-year
graduate program exploring the imaginative use of communications technologies.
Today he’s sharing with us how feasible it could be to build an RFID-controlled
entry…... Listed under: RFID - NFC projects
428. Arduino Project 6: Web-controlled music player Our NetPlay project is built on a
standard breadboard. In our previous Arduino masterclass we briefly introduced
the Ethernet Shield an Arduino expansion board that adds Ethernet connectivity
plus microSD card storage. We used that storage as the basis of a simple one-
button digital audio…... Listed under: Other Projects
429. Simulating and controlling GE Color Effects Lights with Arduino Overview This
project builds a Christmas lights controller for the GE Color Effects lights allowing
programmed control of up to 8 sets of Christmas lights. Furthermore, it provides a
function specific language for programming patterns for these lights and an emulation environment
for testing the…... Listed under: LED Projects
430. Arduino Project 8: Stompy the robot (part 1) Our first Arduino robot called Rolly in
our February issue proved to be a popular project. Powered by an Arduino Uno
board it was easy to put together and cost very little. In this project we upped the
ante again with our first walking robot…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation
Projects
431. Tutorial: Arduino Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield – Part 1: Servos This post starts a
small (or larger?) series of tutorials using the Arduino Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield
with the FRDM-KL25Z board. That motor shield is probably one of the most
versatile on the market, and features 2 servo and 4 motor connectors for DC or
stepper motors.…... Listed under: Motor Projects
432. Communication between a USB/serial device and an AVR (atmega/Arduino) microcontroller I have a
device which provides a USB port. If I attach it to a Windows PC it is recognized as
a "CP2103 USB to UART Bridge Controller". According to the device
documentation, it should communicate in serial format at 38400bps.I have to talk
to…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
433. Store Arduino data to Firebase database [Howto] The last few weeks I was playing
with Firebase mostly because I wanted to get familiar with this technology. So at
some point I thought that it will be a great idea to connect Arduino with Firebase.
Imagine that you have a simple temperature sensor…... Listed under: Temperature
434. New Arduino Project: Spectrum Analyzer? I've been reading a lot about receivers,
and it sounds like one important thing is filtering. It makes sense too - simple
receivers can suffer from front end overload due to a strong signal. And when on
the ham bands, you never know where that…... Listed under: Development Board –
Kits Projects
435. Arduino Projects: Digital Audio Recorder Being able to capture sound, store it and
play it over and over again never fails to leave me in awe of its pioneers, from
Thomas Edison to Alan Blumlein, the British electrical engineer who, in 1931,
invented ‘binaural recording’ – what we now call…... Listed under: Sound – Audio
Projects
436. Indoor Weather Station using Arduino Introduction In my first article using the
Arduino 2009 board, I described a simple temperature sensor interfaced using
Visual Basic. I have developed the board and Visual Basic code to give a fairly
usable indoor weather station. Overall Operation The Arduino 2009 acts as a…...
437. Develop A Arduino Weatherstation At University, Alexander Zenger and I decided

to realize a weatherstation with an Arduino Microcontroller. We wanted to measure
temperature, pressure and humidity. It should be also possible to get every 5 min a
value update on an external server. Our basic idea was to…... Listed under:
438. Arduino and Android Projects for the Evil Genius Since this book was written,
Arduino 1.0 was released and Google has changed the Open Accessory standard a
lot. At the start of December 2011 Arduino 1.0 was released. This changed a few
things, requiring all third-party libraries to be updated. This hasn’t happened yet…...
Listed under: Phone Projects
439. 1B – Arduino Project – Perry the Predator Pillow The Team Kaitlin Schaer as scribe;
Bryan Gardiner as tutor; Ruben Markowitz as designer; Anna Failla as integrator
Introduction In a time where the logistics of sleep can be all too much to handle,
there is a solution! There is a smarter pillow, a pillow that…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects
440. Add a TFT Display to your Arduino projects (1.8 TFT SPI 128×160) In all my arduino
projects I was using cheap 1602 LCDs mostly because… they are cheap but also of
the libraries flexibility. Recently I found a nice TFT 1.8 inch 128×160 in a very
competitive price and i thought to give it a go. Just…... Listed under: LCD Projects
441. The E-Taster Assistance System with Lab-on-Spoon and Lab-on Fork as ‘Electronic Tongues’ Subject:
Daily life activities of food preparation can be challenging for consumers due to
restricted skills and experience, loss of perceptive abilities (accident/aging) or due
to product fraud and contaminations, commonly summarized under the term of
food adulteration, which are exceeding human perceptive abilities in…... Listed under: Wireless
Projects
442. Interfacing an Arduino with LCDs Introduction This is the second article in a three
part series I am writing on the Arduino hardware platform. This article focuses on
wiring an Arduino to a character LCD and a graphic LCD, and includes static and
animated demos to show off the capabilities…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects, LCD Projects
443. Midi VU meter, LM3914, Arduino, PWM Hello everybody, I've been working on a
midi controller for some time now, Midi OUT hasn't been a problem, but for Midi
IN i had to take some more time. i've used this circuit for midi input but i've used a
4n25: original thread @…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
444. Arduino Event-Driven Universal AV Remote TL;DR - I wanted all of my AV

components to turn on and change inputs as soon as I started Airplaying music to
my Apple TV from my iPhone, so I popped open the Apple TV, wired up a
photocell sensor to an Arduino Uno,…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
445. Android Arduino Communication through Modbus and Rs485 In this post I’d like to
describe you a project I’m working on that consists of connecting an Android
development board to one (or more) Arduino slave(s) using modbus protocol and
rs485. Even though the idea of this project could be applied in many fields,…...
446. Safe and simple AC PWM Dimmer for arduino / Raspberry pi Dimmer With
MOSFET This circuit shows that dimmers intended for use at mains voltage do not
always have to contain a triac. Here, a MOSFET (BUZ41A, 500 V/4.5A) in a diode
bridge is used to control the voltage across an incandescent bulb with pulse-width
modulation…... Listed under: PWM Projects
447. Ultrasonic sensor arduino mega with code This is a simple guide on how to make a
Ultrasonic sensor arduino mega with code, an HC-SRO4 Ultrasonic Sensor, a
Buzzer, and some leds. The ultimate goal of this tutorial is to use the buzzer and
LEDs to display how far the object is…... Listed under: LED Projects
448. Displaying Arduino data Arduino temperature display I’ve had an Arduino-based
weather station since June 2009, but one problem with it has been that there hasn’t
been any easy way to display the data in real time without going to the database
(or the raw import files) to see…... Listed under: LCD Projects
449. Arduino – Cannot get ECG readings from heart, but I do when I poke at the leads
down vote favorite I have a minor issue with my ECG. When I poke at the leads, I
get a reading. But when I hold the leads or place it near my heart, I don't get
anything. I'm pretty sure this is hardware related, but…... Listed under: Medical –
450. Pololu Wixel Shield for Arduino User’s Guide 1. Overview The Wixel shield
seamlessly enables a wireless link (with a typical range of ~50 feet) to replace your
Arduino’s USB interface, which means you can use the standard Arduino computer
software to: wirelessly program the Arduino (this feature is not available with the
Arduino…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
451. Stepper Motor Control System Based On Arduino With ULN2003 Chip Project
Summary: This project uses ULN2003 chip to drive. The working voltage is DC5V. It
is widely used on ATM machine, inkjet printer,cutting plotter, fax machine,spraying
equipment, medical instruments and equipments, PC peripheral, and USB Mass
Storage ,precise instrument,industrial control system,office automation,robot areas,etc. Bill of…...
Listed under: Motor Projects
452. How to make a Arduino LED Scroll Bar Today I want to make a LED Scroll Bar as the
above picture showed. Ten LED strips can flash in different effects by using a
control board. Required Components LED strip, Arduino Nano, Dupont line and a
control board. So, how to make a LED…... Listed under: LED Projects
453. Traffic light and pedestrian crossing implemented with an Arduino This video
shows the Traffic light and pedestrian crossing I’ve implemented with an Arduino.
It’s a reproduction of the crossing near my home, timings taken from a video of it.
Incidentally, I produced the diagrams for this using a product called Fritzing. It’s a
nifty piece of…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
454. Build A Rain Alarm Project Using Arduino Water is basic need in every one’s life.
Saving and proper usage of water is very important. Here is an easy project which
will give the alarm when there is rain, so that we can make some actions and save
the rain water. As a…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
455. RC Quadrotor Helicopter This project is a RC quadrotor helicopter (quadrocopter,

quadcopter, quadricopter, etc). It's a RC helicopter that uses 4 rotors. You need
some pre-requisite skills: How to use Arduino, enough to get started Soldering,
wiring, basic electronic skills Basic hand tool operation A quadrotor helicopter
flies…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
456. [FTC] Open Feathercoin ATM Open Fethercoin ATM is an open-source automated
teller machine for education and experimentation. Based on John Mayo Smith’s
OpenBitcoinATM which can be seen in action here A “voucher” is printed
containing a private key QR Code that has been pre-loaded with the correct value
of…... Listed under: Other Projects
457. Scooterputer I spend a fair amount of time zipping around town on my scooter,
and thought it would be cool to add a voltage monitor to warn when the battery
might need recharging. Waiting until the electric starter no longer works is
somehow lacking. So after…... Listed under: LED Projects
458. Arduino Tutorial – Chapter 2.3: Schematic and Breadboard Diagrams Schematic
Diagram You may remember, if you studied electronics as part of your science
course at school, that there is a specific way of drawing circuit diagrams. Each
component has a particular symbol (which may vary slightly depending where in the world you live)
that…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects, LED Projects
459. The LCDuino-1 I/O processor News - April 25, 2010: All future announcements and
updates for the LCDuino-1 and related app modules (δ1 relay-based attenuator, δ2
relay-based input/output selector, and others) have moved to the new AMB DIY
audio forum. We have an entire forum category dedicated to the LCDuino…... Listed under: LCD
Projects
460. Web Server with Two Temperature Gauges This project consists of two
temperatures that are measured by the Arduino using two MCP9700 temperature
sensors An Arduino Uno and Ethernet shield are set up as a web server that hosts a
web page to display the two temperatures on two gauges. The web…... Listed under: Temperature
461. How to Text Yourself when your DSC PC1550 Home Security System Alarms I have a
home security system that was installed when my home was built in the early
1990’s. It is, or was until I modified it, a wired perimeter system with a single wired
motion detector. The system is a DSC PC1550 and originally was…... Listed under:
Security – Safety Projects
462. A lightning flash counter Many years ago, I think it was in 1997, I stepped into an
interesting circuit on a book about high voltage [1]. It was the diagram of a simple
"lightning flash counter" intended to help in designing lightning protections on
power lines. The description was…... Listed under: Other Projects
463. Using an Arduino as a garage car parking sensor “M-my lord, it-it’s impossible to
locate the ship. It’s out of our range.” – Nute Gunray We recently moved into a new
house and as always the first problem to address was finding the optimal place to
park cars in the garage. Ideally, we wanted…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
464. Gesture control car(robot) with Arduino and Android(bluetooth) Hi folks, Here's an
interesting project for all you creative minds out there. We are going to build an
android phone controlled RC car. Nothing could be more fascinating than remote
controlled cars. This one uses Bluetooth for communication and accelerometer of
the mobile device…... Listed under: Bluetooth Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
465. GSM Home Security Alarm System with Arduino This project deals with the design
& development of a theft control system for home, which is being used to
prevent/control any theft attempt. The developed system makes use of an
embedded system (comprises an open hardware microcontroller and a gsm
modem) based on Global…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Security – Safety Projects
466. Arduino RFID Reader RC522 + Access Control System I just received my RC522
RFID reader and made this simple Arduino access control system that uses the
reader, a buzzer for the alarm and a relay shield for the security system. The relay
can be used to open a door lock and if you…... Listed under: RFID - NFC projects
467. Fun With The Arduino Esplora: A Digital Picture Frame With this article I kick off my
series on the Arduino Esplora board. Today's project is a nice (and cheap!) little
digital picture frame that uses the Esplora's TFT Screen add-on. Materials Needed
In this section you will find the materials that you need to…... Listed under: LED
Projects
468. Rotary Encoder & Arduino I am not sure, but it was in year 1999, a non-stop (360
degree rotation) potentiometer found in a stereo music system confused me a lot.
At that time, I failed to keyed out the strange potentiometer manufactured by
ALPS. Later, I learned that it’s…... Listed under: Other Projects
469. Arduino based Bi-color LED Matrix Flappy Bird Game We have built quite a few
projects using the Bi-color (Red and Green) LED Matrix Driver Module kits from
jolliFactory and have published them as instructables here. Each of these modules
uses two MAX7219 Display Driver ICs to drive a Bi-color LED Matrix. These ICs…...
470. Arduino based Electronic Queuing System This is a Queuing System project
requested by a clinic asistant which allows the doctor enter number from a
keyboard and display it on a 32x16 LED panel. This project uses two Arduino, the
first Arduino functioned as a SENDER which included a PS2 keyboard…... Listed under: LED Projects
471. Digital Arduino Voltmeter with Temperature Step 1: The case I dug out an
appropriate case from the dumpster, milled out a rectangular hole for the lcd, and
drilled holes to mount the LCD and the Arduino. I used brass standoffs and fiber
washers to prevent shorts. Then I gave the…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument
Projects
472. Learning Sequential Logic Design for a Digital Clock This instructable is for two
purposes 1) to understand and learn the fundamentals of sequential logic 2) use
that knowledge to create a digital clock. Digital clocks have been built by countless
electronics hobbyists over the world. So why have I chosen to implement that?…...
Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
473. Homebrew Arduino Pulse Monitor (Visualize Your Heartbeat) Movies look cool with
those EKG (electrocardiogram), the one that beeps and detects heart activities. A
few months ago, we had to shoot a hospital scene for our school project. We
needed an EKG instrument. To keep the movie authentic, we didn't want to fake…...
Listed under: Medical – Health based Projects
474. How to Build a (Piezo) Knock Sensor Circuit In this article, we go over how to build
a piezo knock sensor circuit. A knock sensor is a sensor which produces a voltage in
response to some type of physical stress such as a knock or vibration. This is why
it's called a knock…... Listed under: LED Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
475. Simulating Logic Gates Introduction This project is a simple way of using the
Arduino to simulate the behaviour of logic gates. Logic gates are explained on this
page. The project does not actually carry out the function of the logic gate, just
turns a light on or off…... Listed under: LED Projects
476. Tri-State Logic Introduction So far we have sent one of two values to any Arduino
output pin, either HIGH or LOW. This project shows how we can exploit a third state
of the Arduino pins to reduce the number of pins needed to control LEDs. In the…...
477. Make A Coin slot detector Using Arduino When your coin slot is exposed, this wearable hip-pack
vibrates that area to make you aware of it. You decide to cover up, or let it all hang out. The coin
slot detector is a simple way to tackle the complicated modern problem low-rise
jeans…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
478. Polargraph Drawing Machine This machine, a variation on the hanging-pen plotter
is a conspicuous and wilfully naive attempt to break out of the pristine, pixel
perfect, colour-corrected space that exists inside our computers. It's a drawing
machine, that takes a pen (a human tool) and uses it to…... Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Projects
479. Turn your Arduino into a Magnetic Card Reader! Everyone has used a magnetic
card reader, I believe. I mean, who carries cash these days? They're not difficult to
get your hands on, either, and during a trip to my favorite local electronics shop, I
found a bin full of these guys. So....of course,…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB –
RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
480. Arduino Sous-Vide Cooker Sous-vide cooking allows you to precisely control the
temperature of cooked food (how "doneness" is measured) by immersing it in a
carefully controlled water bath. It's possible, but seriously difficult, to do this just
with a thermometer and a pot on the stove... but if…... Listed under: Temperature
481. Basic Projects using chipKIT Uno32 Happy Tuesday, everyone! I tend to get excited
about products that enable beginners to be really creative, and today’s product
highlight is one I think is worth getting excited about! [video width="380"
height="285" id="_63Mq6QMxxM&" type="youtube"] A few things that I really like
about the shield:…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
482. Arduino Laser Tag – Duino Tag Duino tagger- General introduction Duino tag is a
laser tag system based around the arduino. Finally a laser tag system that can be
tweaked modded and hacked until you have the perfect laser tag system for office
ordnance, woodland wars and suburban skirmishes. Laser tag…... Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Projects
483. Wii Nunchuck Adapter This tutorial is for all those people who have an Arduino and
want to use there Wii nunchuck as an input device, but don't really feel like cutting
open the cord and ruining the nunchuck FOREVER!!!!!!!!well you've come to the
right place! Step 1: Supplies…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects
484. Flamethrowing Jack-O’-Lantern A flamethrowing jack-o'-lantern keeps the trick-or-

treaters a safe distance from your house and is a fine addition to any anti-
Halloween arsenal. At the first sign of any sugar-obsessed imp, simply press the
trigger button and wirelessly shoot a one-second burst of flames out of the…...
485. Make a swimming Robo-Snake Using Arduino Sneel is the name of my snake / eel
swimming robot. This is documentation of hardware, software and mechanical
design of Sneel_003. urethane flex tubing, microcontrollers, Zigbee wireless radio,
hose clamps, wires, servo motors, titanium servo brackets, silicon, marine grease,
epoxy, pond pump Sneel is…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
486. The EyeWriter 2.0 The EyeWriter is a low-cost eye-tracking apparatus + custom
software that allows graffiti writers and artists with paralysis resulting from
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis to draw using only their eyes. The original design, as
shown here, featured a pair of glasses as the basis for the…... Listed under:
487. N: how to make a multi-layered acrylic and LED sculpture with variable lighting levels Here you can
find 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 flickr This exhibition runs from Wednesday 26 November - Friday 12
December 2008 inclusive, and had a…... Listed under: LED Projects
488. Arduino-Controlled Robotic Drum For years I have been telling anyone who listens
that I was going to build a robotic drum. Most people kind of shrugged
indifferently. Even as I built it, most people kind of glanced over at it and conveyed
doubtfulness. It seemed like no one…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation
Projects
489. SITWAY You are never to old to learn and try new things. I think one of the best
days in my life was the day I discovered the Instructables web site. It opened up a
whole new world to me. This is my third instructable .…... Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Projects
490. Power Laces- the Auto lacing shoe Also, check out Power Laces: Version 2.0 Why
wait until 2015? Inspired by 'Back to The Future II', this project is less 'Practical' than
'Proof of Concept', but hopefully it'll tide you over until Nike comes out with
something more polished. This was also the…... Listed under: Other Projects
491. Sigh Collector Sigh v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sighed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sighing}.] 1. To inhale
a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single
audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue,
exhaustion,…... Listed under: Other Projects, Phone Projects
492. On The Fly – Prototype II Final Report: Home Automation Framework Introduction:
The Home Automation Framework project is a web application that can remotely
control the electronic devices in one’s home using a web interface on a
smartphone, tablet or desktop computer. The project facilitates ease of access and
remote control of electronic devices for those…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
493. LED Cube 8x8x8 Create your own 8x8x8 LED Cube 3-dimensional display! We
believe this Instructable is the most comprehensive step-by-step guide to build an
8x8x8 LED Cube ever published on the intertubes. It will teach you everything from
theory of operation, how to build the cube, to the…... Listed under: LED Projects
494. Cloud Sensor Base-Station What I want to do I want to create a platform with the capacity to
control a large number of sensors and actuators necessary for the hydronponics system outlined in
this wiki, and to serve as the central gateway to a cloud-enabled dashboard. The
basis…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
495. Drawing on a 7×5 LED matrix with Arduino in C In my component drawers I have
a LTP-7357AG, which is a matrix of 35 green LEDs conveniently packaged in a 12-
pin display. I wanted to play with it so I began to hook it with my Arduino Uno. This
post is part of a series about programming Arduino…... Listed under: LED Projects
496. DIY wattmeter with an Arduino DIY wattmeter with an Arduino It is difficult or
sometimes even impossible to measure power and energy with ordinary
multimeters. To carry out such a measurement reliable and accurate, a special
wattmeter is required. Because these meters are very expensive, a cheaper solution
is presented…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Metering – Instrument
Projects
497. The Viciously Simple Clap-ON Clap-OFF Circuit For Arduino Hi Everyone! I've had a
few people ask about creating a simple clap-on/clap-off circuit using Arduino. Well
those who are interested are now in luck. The software in this instructable is simple
and well commented. The schematic is simple, and the components are easy
and…... Listed under: LED Projects
498. Arduino car LCD display Here is a project I made a couple of years ago for my
father’s car. The original dashboard’s info-panel which displayed current time, date
and temperature was working only partly – and that only after a good cleaning and
connector fastening. In other words –…... Listed under: Car Projects, LCD Projects
499. Automatic Home surveillance system using arduino(simple and cheap) The goal of
my project is to achieve Automatic home surveillance system without any manual
interference. In general other surveillance system it is necessary to power ON TV
and camera receiver every time. And also it needs to any user input to view who
is…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
500. GESTURE VOCALIZER FOR DUMB PEOPLE INTERACTIn ION To establish a

communication or interaction with Deaf and Mute people is of utter importance
nowadays. These people interact through hand gestures or signs. Gestures are
basically the physical action form performed by a person to convey some
meaningful information. Gestures are a powerful means…... Listed under: Other Projects
501. Solar Panel Battery Charge Controller Using Arduino This is an updated version of
Solar Panel Charge Controller Using Arduino. Solar Panel Battery Charge Controller
Using Arduino Pictures of Power box and Arduino solar charge regulator: Charge
Regulator with Power Box Connections to Regulator Inside the Box The output voltage of the
ACS712…... Listed under: Solar energy projects
502. Make A LED firefly Jars Using Arduino There's a nice charm to fireflies in a jar—
except for, you know, all the dead bugs afterwards. I decided to make a bunch of
fake fireflies in real jars for decoration at an outdoor event. The fireflies are yellow
LEDs controlled by a small ATtiny45…... Listed under: LED Projects
503. Accelerometer Controlled Robot Most of industrial robots are still programmed
using the typical teaching process, through the use of the robot teach pendant. In
this paper is proposed an accelerometer-based system to control an industrial
robot using two low-cost and small 3-axis wireless accelerometers. These accelerometers are
attached…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
504. Construct A Bluetooth Controlled Robot Using Arduino In this proposed system we
going to construct a basic DC motored robot which we are going to control with
android app easily available on google play store named bluecontrol. With Basic
mobility of robot like forward, Reverse, left, right we try to implement four…...
Listed under: Bluetooth Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
505. Arduino Project: Intervalometer for Fuji cameras This post is about an arduino-
based intervalometer I built for my camera, a Fuji S9600 dSLR. I decided to go for a
very simple interface: a rotary switch in the middle of a plastic box which would
allow me to select 12 pre-defined intervals. I…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB –
RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
506. Automatic Garden Watering Device – Arduino As part of the Content Creation
course for my MLIS degree (Our class blog: http://scumakers.wordpress.com/ ), I
needed to come up with a final project and wanted to learn to use an Arduino. In
the end I came up with this device to automatically sense…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects
507. Build An Hygrometer Using Arduino I am building an automated irrigation system

for my vegetable patch. This will be a system that monitors the soil moisture level
and then turns on a pump to send water to my garden according to the detected moisture level.
The water is coming from…... Listed under: LED Projects
508. Make a Web Connected Robot (for about $500) (using an Arduino and Netbook)
This Instructable will show you how to build your own Web Connected Robot
(using an Arduino micro-controller and Asus eee pc). Why would you want a Web
Connected Robot? To play with of course. Drive your robot from across the room or
across the country,…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
509. How To Throw An Arduino Motor Party In this instructable I will show you how to
throw an Arduino motor party. I will also be giving away an Arduino Mega, Arduino
Uno, and an Arduino Pro Mini. (Details at the end) Step 1: Assembly + Code You'll
need a handful of motors…... Listed under: Motor Projects
510. Send SMS from Arduino over the Internet using ENC28J60 and Thingspeak This
Instructable explains how to send an SMS from an Arduino using the Internet.
There are many ways to approach this and I will explain one of the different
methods used to accomplish this task. Some major points needed for my project: I
have a…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
511. Washer Dryer Laundry Alarm using Arudino & SMS Text Messaging Alerts Have you ever wished
there was a better way to be notified when your laundry was done? Have you ever forgotten a load
in the washer because you couldn't hear the buzzer and your clothes became
smelly and moldy from sitting there for too long?…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Wireless Projects
512. Converting infrared to RF signals with Arduino In this project we will show you how
to switch on and off the power sockets box with an IR remote. Not only the power
sockets box, but other RF receivers can be switched on and off with the same IR
remote as well. We…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
513. How to Make a Wireless Path Tracking System Using Mouse, XBee and Arduino The
applications of microcontroller are not limited to control simple electrical or
electronic device but they are widely used in robotics and automotive industries
nowadays. From simple rear view mirror control to complex engine control
functions are done by the microcontroller. The microcontroller can even…... Listed under: Wireless
Projects
514. How to Transmit Mouse Data Using Xbee with Arduino The PS2 mouse is an input
device which can communicate with a host device using the PS2 protocol. It can be
connected to a host device using the 6 pin mini DIN connector. The mouse will
continuously give output which can be decoded to get…... Listed under:
515. How To Save a Text In The EEPROM of The Arduino A microcontroller might need
to store its data like sensor value, or a particular count or image data for a long
period of time. The most common type of memory used with the microcontroller
based systems is EEPROM. The EEPROM stands for Electrically Erasable
Programmable…... Listed under: LED Projects
516. Drawing an Arduino Circuit Diagram I've had an Arduino Duemilanove now for a
couple of weeks. If you're not familiar with the Arduino, it is "an open-source
electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and
software". It has a small microcontroller, a USB port to connect to your
computer…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
517. Generate Random Number using Arduino A random number generation is very
important in computing devices which helps them to do task in random manner.
The applications of random number generation can be found in shuffling the audio
files in an audio player, in almost all kind of digital games, generating…... Listed
under: Development Board – Kits Projects
518. Augment a Moog Etherwave Theremin I'm going to go through my process of

hacking a Moog Etherwave Theremin. I created a new acrylic top, partially sanded
to be translucent in certain areas, and created my own circuit around an
ATMega168 Arduino Bootloaded microcontroller which is stealing a control voltage from…... Listed
under: LED Projects
519. Project Suite Bros: Voice Activated LED Friendship Photoset (Arduino, Bluetooth, Crafts) (and
partner-in-crime, Abbie). Now, I'm off to the next stage of my life, so I decided to
build this friendship photoset for Kevin and Briton to remember our golden era. We
called ourselves: "The Suite Bros". This project is actually an extension of the
"Voice…... Listed under: LED Projects
520. Arduino Garage Controller Although there are many garage door projects on
Instructable using Arduinos, I needed/wanted something different. Last year, we
had a warm summer and when I would come home after work, I would leave the
garage door open about 1 foot so it could cool off.…... Listed under:
521. Arduino based Drone Quadricopter [gallery

ids="19920,19921,19922,19923,19924,19925,19926,19927"] arduino based Drone
Quadricopter It's a tiny quadrotor helicopter! Update Feb 25 2012: Warning, I may
have discovered a bug inside the CadSoft EAGLE 6.1.0 software that may make the
PCB look slightly different. My design files are meant for 5.11 so use…... Listed under: Drone
522. Project: Cleaner robot using Magician Chassis, Arduino, distance sensor and hand sweeper This is a
cleaner robot so you can give to your mommy or just use to clean your bedroom
=P. Material List: 1x Arduino UNO R3 1x Magician Chassis 1x Shield Motor Driver
(Shield 4Power) 1x Distance Sensor 1x Servomotor 1x Hand Sweeper 1x Battery
1.…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
523. Arduino-Based Shadow Alarm Arduino-Based Shadow alarms are usually used for
protection against theft. A shadow alarm is a device that sounds an alarm when a
shadow falls on it. Described here is a simple circuit of an Arduino based shadow
alarm. This compact shadow alarm unit is capable…... Listed under: Security – Safety
Projects
524. Arduino Bicycle Alarm and Lights This alarm is a good way to alert you if somebody
messes with your bike. I had a bicycle stolen a while back and decided there had to
be a better way to keep my bike secure. When I searched for bicycle alarms, all I…...
Listed under: Security – Safety Projects
525. How to Use IR Remotes with Arduino (Current and Updated) I'm tired of these
complicated tutorials on how to use certain things. I like simple, easy to
understand, step by step instructions. My biggest problem was with IR and POV*.
I've finally mastered how to control my project with any TV remote in a few…...
Listed under: Wireless Projects
526. ARDUINO Burglar Alarm Using Infrared Emitter-Detector pair In this tutorial i will
show you , how to make a simple Inexpensive Intrusion Detection(Burglar alarm)
using an Arduino Uno board . This project uses the Infrared Emitter-Detector pair
to detect intrusion and triggers an alarm as soon as the object crosses the
infrared…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
527. Arduino for Photographers: Building a Universal Intervalometer Practicing the art of
time-lapse photography without an intervalometer is doable, but not particularly
efficient. And while any decent photo equipment store will be happy to sell you
one, you can go the DIY way and build your own intervalometer based on the
excellent Arduino platform. Theoretically, building…... Listed under: LED Projects
528. Connecting the ADXL337 to the Arduino Today I’ll write about the ADXL337 accelerometer.
The ADXL337 measures the acceleration of the x, y and z axis. This means it measures the force
acting on any of the axes at a specific moment in time. Because it’s an analog
device the measurement intervals are as short…... Listed under: Other Projects
529. Arduino Accelerometer mma7361 Hey guys, I am a teaching assistant for an

introduction to engineering class for biomedical engineering majors at Vanderbilt
University this semester. I created this video to explain analog-to-digital conversion
to them because time ran out during class and I did not get to this…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB
– RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
530. Arduino Automatic Watering System INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: I is a simple

system, using Arduino to automate the irrigation and watering of small potted
plants or crops. This system does the control of soil moisture, doing indications via
LEDs and in case of dry soil emitting a alarm beep. In…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects,
Projects
531. Arduino Compatible apc220 Wireless rf Module with Graphics LCD 16 node mesh,
up to 1000m between nodes, sample two analog voltages per node, link any node
to any other node, display data on any node with either graphics or text display,
turn on relays based on data at any node, fault tolerant with data…... Listed under:
RFID - NFC projects, Wireless Projects
532. Arduino DS1307 Clock 1) Introduction and Images Hello friends, today I am going
to build a Digital Clock using Arduino UNO and famous DS1307 Real Time Clock IC.
Before we begin, here are some images of the completed project. You can find the
YouTube video at the bottom…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, LCD Projects
533. MCP41100 an Arduino Controlled Potentiometer We know the analog

potentiometer , is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding contact that forms an
adjustable voltage divider . MCP41100 an Arduino Controlled Potentiometer:
1)volume controls on audio equipment. 2) Control the amplifier Gain and offset . 3)
Transducer " displacement transducers ".…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
534. Arduino Bipolar Stepper Motor It is a well known fact that Stepper motors are
awesome! The only downside is that they can be a bit trickier to get going than
servos and plain old DC motors. If you are interested in the inner mechanics and
theory of stepper motors, check this…... Listed under: Motor Projects
535. How To Generate Square Wave Using Arduino Any AVR microcontroller based
board which follows the standard Arduino schematic and is flashed with the
Arduino bootloader can be called an Arduino board. The Arduino is refered to as
open source hardware and the Arduino IDE is also open source and anybody can contribute…...
536. Arduino and Transistors Question – RE: School Musical Production One of the
directors has asked me to create a special backdrop for our college musical. This
particular backdrop has a particular design (see below) that includes LED strip
lighting to give the feel of a 1920s casino sign – similar to what is seen…... Listed
under: LED Projects
537. Build Arduino Based Home Security System Using PIR Motion Sensor PIR sensors
are widely applied in wireless residential security systems, home alarms systems
and many more security circuits as motion detector sensors. A typical PIR sensor
detects the infrared red (IR) waves from human body and so it is also known as ‘human sensor’.
It…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Security – Safety Projects
538. Temperature Sensing with Arduino As part of the CanSat Primary Mission, we need
to measure temperature. For this our starter kit has given us an Arduino Uno R3
micro-controller, as well as some resistors and an NTCLE101E3 NTC Thermistor. The
thermistor is a special kind of resistor that changes…... Listed under: Sensor –
Transducer – Detector Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects
539. Arduino Basics #5 – Add SD storage to Arduino Arduino Uno’s microcontroller

board is great, but the one thing it’s not overly generous with is storage. Having
32KB of program flash storage, 2KB of RAM and 1KB of programmable EEPROM
space at your disposal is fine for many Arduino projects, but it’s not enough…...
Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
540. GSM Based Wireless Notice Board ABSTRACT: There are several places which
require vital notice to be displayed like colleges, railway stations, share-market,
restaurants, hospitals etc. Looking into the present trend of information transfer, it
is seen that vital notice take time to be displayed on the displaying boards. This
latency…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
541. How to Make Phonecall From GSM Module Using Arduino One can use a cell
phone with any cellular networks around the globe if the proper SIM card is
inserted in it. This is possible because there is some device inside the cell phone
which follows a global standard enabling them to connect with different…... Listed
under: Phone Projects
542. Sinewave Inverter Circuit Using Arduino The post explains how to build a simple
sinewave inverter circuit using PWM feed from an Arduino Uno board, the article
also discusses a sinewave 3 phase inverter using the same input from an Arduino.
The idea was requested by Mr. Raju Visshwanath Technical Specifications…... Listed
under: PWM Projects
543. Arduino Digital Voltmeter 0V to 30V Here is a useful circuit for Arduino lovers and
experimenters. It is a simple digital voltmeter, which can safely measure input dc
voltages in 0 to 30V range. The Arduino board can be powered from a standard 9V
battery pack, as usual. As you may…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
544. Pololu Dual VNH5019 Motor Driver Shield for Arduino (ash02a) Get your Arduino
moving! This shield makes it easy to control two high-power DC motors with your
Arduino or Arduino-compatible board. Its dual robust VNH5019 motor drivers
operate from 5.5 to 24 V and can deliver a continuous 12 A (30 A peak) per motor, or a
continuous…... Listed under: Motor Projects
545. Arduino Programming For Beginners: The Traffic Light Controller Last week, we
learnt about the basic structure of an Arduino program and took a closer look at
the ‘blink’ example. Hopefully you took the opportunity to experiment with code,
adjusting the timings. This time, we’ll be writing something from scratch. In fact,
let’s make…... Listed under: LED Projects
546. Arduino Project 5: Digital audio player So far in this series we’ve had a diverse look
at how Arduino can interact with a range of real-world devices from servo motors
to ultrasonic range finders TVs to humidity sensors. Now we’ll see if we could get
the Arduino to make a few…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
547. Arduino Project 4: Enhancing your mini robot You’ll need these: HC-SR04 – Get this
ultrasonic sensor from eBay.com.au for $2. SG90 Servo Motor – We’ve seen this
servo selling for around $4 on ebay. Motor drive shield – You can get this
expansion board for $5 online. If you’re new to APC…... Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Projects
548. Capacitive Touch Sensor on Arduino If you ever wanted to integrate touch
sensitivity into your project, this board could just do the trick. It's a capacitive touch
sensor. These sensors are used in our everyday consumer electronics like notebook
trackpads, video game consoles, touchscreens...just to name a few. They work…...
549. PID Thermostat For The Arduino PID Thermostat This is a PID thermostat for the
arduino. It supports independent tuning parameters for multiple hardware
'profiles', and includes an autotune mode to estimate the PID parameters for a
given setpoint. Installation Hardware DS18-series (I'm using the DS18B20)
temperature sensor Solid-state relay rated…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
550. Wireless Arduino Oscilloscope In this guide I will explain how to use a Windows 8.1
phone, Arduino Uno board, and HC-05 Bluetooth module to build a wireless
oscilloscope. The phone application has the critical functions of an oscilloscope,
although the bandwidth is a measly 300 Hz. Still, if…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
551. Simple Arduino Wireless Mesh Build a low cost simple wireless mesh using
arduinos and long range APC220 radio modules. Wireless mesh networks can
handle individual nodes not working and are tolerant to environments such as
forests and hills where data may not be able to go directly from one…... Listed
under: Wireless Projects
552. Arduino 3.3V This Lazy Old Geek (L.O.G.) loves Arduinos. I have noticed that a lot of
sensors, like GPS, LCDs, magnetometers are 3.3Vdc sensors. But the standard
Arduinos, Uno, RBBB are 5Vdc modules. So I decided I’m going to make more of my Arduino
projects with 3.3Vdc…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
553. Arduino Fridge Magnet Do you have a habit of leaving notes on the fridge, now
take it digital and add an Arduino to it. In this instructable I'm going to show you
how to do just that. All you need is an Arduino, an LCD screen and a…... Listed
under: LCD Projects
554. Ultrasonic Range detector using Arduino and the SR04 Ultrasonic sensor his is a
preliminary instructable that will take you through the steps I took to get the SR04
ULTRASONIC SENSOR connected and working to the Arduino. It will then be
incorporated to my mini environment monitor. Eventually, if it all fits, it will end
up…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
555. Kid-friendly PuppyDuino 0.31 OK, this is not a fully autonomous "get you a beer,
open it for you and then tweet about it" robodog (yet but if you're itching to
get past the blinky lights on a breadboard stage with your Arduino and you're ten
or know…... Listed under: LED Projects
556. The Arduino Mothbot The purpose of this project is to design and build a simple
light-following robot using an Arduino Duemilanove microcontroller board. I really
wanted to share a robot project that was cheap, simple to build, and had a
complete set of instructions for all of the…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation
Projects
557. David Bynoe works in progress For an upcoming project I needed a pneumatic ram
with a closed loop control system so I could position it accurately. Didn't have the
budget for an off the shelf solution, so I bodged one together with an ardunio, a
couple air solenoid valves, and…... Listed under: Other Projects
558. How to Build an H-bridge Circuit with an Arduino Microcontroller An h-bridge is a

chip that allows DC motors to be run versatile, with bidirectional capability. With an
H-bridge, motors can go forward or backward, left or right, up or down, etc,
depending on the use of the motor(s) in the circuit. Without a microcontroller,…...
559. Arduino passive IR trigger for Canon EOS The other day I wanted to experiment
with external triggers for my Canon EOS 550D camera. I stumpled upon a nice
open source project called Arduino Camera Control from Oleg Mazurov, the
creator of the USB Host Shield library for Arduino. The Arduino Camera Control…...
Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
560. ARDUINO RF power & SWR meter This sketch will readout RF power and SWR from
any SWR bridge (for example 'monimatch' type). As this 'monimatch' type of bridge
is frequency dependant, the meter must be calibrated for every band. Because my
primary interest was for VHF/UHF/SHF, I have foreseen positions for…... Listed
under: Metering – Instrument Projects
561. Internet connection indicator box with restart button THE SETUP For an interface I
thought 3 LEDs would be simple enough: Blue for everything is fine (as blue LEDs
are cooler than green ones); red for something is wrong; and yellow for the modem
and router are being restarted. I added a button…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
562. Arduino Security Alarm with Reed Switch How does the security alarm circuit
works? When power is turned on, the circuit goes into standby mode, and this
condition is indicated by “SECURITY ALARM” in the LCD screen.Note that here a
N/O reedswitch + bar magnet combination is used to detect any mishaps,…...
Listed under: Security – Safety Projects
563. Line Follower Robot using Arduino A line follower robot using 8051 microcontroller
is already published here and this time the same thing is done using arduino. This
line follower robot is basically designed to follow a black line on a white surface.
Any way the same project can be used…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation
Projects
564. HOW TO MAKE CUSTOM GEAR FOR LINEAR MOTION In the manufacturing
industry, a wide variety of devices used at home or in the garden has been
experiencing challenges in automating linear displacement of any of the items
used. For instance, For example, an automatic opening of gates, automatic unlocking and changing
positions of…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
565. Arduino Platform – SIMON Game Implementation Introduction Having been a

CodeProject member for several years, and not having got round to ever
publishing an article, left me feeling a bit disappointed in myself. I have thought
many a time on what kind of article I can produce. Then after coming across…...
Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
566. Arduino Based Security System using GSM & PIR Sensor In present time
Home/Office and many other place security is most important. In our absence
these places are not secure. For make these palaces secure many peoples keep
guards and many people prefer electronic security systems. In present time many
types of security systems are…... Listed under: Security – Safety Projects
567. Interface single and Dual IR Infrared sensor with Arduino and LCD Interface single
and Dual IR Infrared sensor with Arduino and LCD Introduction- Multiple Sensor
Interface to Arduino In this another tutorial on sensors for beginners, we are going
to interface single and multiple Infrared IR sensors with Arduino Uno development
board, working simultaneously and have the…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
568. Getting Started with Arduino – LED Blinking Arduino Uno is the best development
board for beginners in the field of embedded systems. We can program Arduino
board with less technical knowledge and programming skills. This tutorial is
intended to beginners in the field of Arduino. Hope you already have an Arduino
board. Then…... Listed under: LED Projects
569. 26-Way MIDI DRUMS his design is a 26-way MIDI/USB drum pad system with the
velocity byte fixed for 10 input drum switches and a 16-way velocity sensitive
circuit, providing a full (0-127) velocity range using piezo sensors. The drums are
pre-selected to the MIDI outputs 35-50 for the…... Listed under: Other Projects
570. LPD8806 SD/LCD Digital Light Wand! (Last Update – 20 September 2014) I have
gathered the information from the HL1606 Digital Light Wand Blog and brought it
all over to this new page so that there would be a page dedicated to the LPD8806
Digital Light Wand created by IS0-MICK. Mick took my original design and
turned…... Listed under: LCD Projects
571. Interfacing LCD with Arduino Uno 16×2 character LCD display is a very basic LCD
module which is commonly used in electronic projects. 16×2 means it can display 2
rows of 16 characters (columns). Its other variants such as 16×1, 16×4 etc are also
available. These LCDs are usually made using…... Listed under: LCD Projects
572. Analog to Digital Conversion in ARDUINO Analog to digital conversion module

of ARDUINO UNO has 6 input ports. The number of the port varies with
your ARDUINO model but the coding remains the same. The analog reading in the
analog inputs are converted into corresponding 10bit(0-1023). ARDUINO
developers have made such an option that you…... Listed under: Other Projects
573. How to Convert an Arduino into an AVR Flash Programmer In case you don't have
an AVR programmer but you do have an arduino, the arduino can be converted
into an AVR flash programmer, meaning it can program bare AVR microcontroller
chips. Say if you have an AVR chip and you want to program the…... Listed under:
Arduino Programmer Projects, How To – DIY – Projects
574. How to Build an Infrared Distance Sensor Circuit An infrared (IR) distance sensor is
a sensor that can measure distance from a solid or physical object. An infrared
distance sensor does this through light waves. It sends out infrared light and waits
to receive it back at the receiver end. If it receives…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
575. How to Build an HC-SR04 Distance Sensor Circuit An ultrasonic distance sensor is a
sensor that can measure distance from a solid or physical object. An ultrasonic
range finder does this through sound waves. It sends out high-frequency sound
waves and then waits to listen back for these sound waves. If it has…... Listed under:
576. How to Build a Servo Motor Circuit (with Arduino) In this project, we will go over
how to build a servo motor circuit using an arduino. This is a circuit which can
control and rotate a servo motor to rotate a certain amount of degrees. Specifically,
in our circuit, we will make it so…... Listed under: Motor Projects
577. How to Build an Ohmmeter Using an Arduino In this project, we will show how you
can build an ohmmeter using an arduino. An ohmmeter is a device that can
measure resistance. Most of the times now, ohmmeters aren't standalone devices
but appear as one of type of measuring device amongst many in…... Listed under: Metering –
Instrument Projects
578. MQ-7 Carbon Monoxide Sensor Circuit Built with an Arduino In this project, we will
go over how to build a carbon monoxide sensor circuit with an Arduino. The
carbon monoxide sensor we will use is the MQ-7 sensor. This is a sensor that is
sensitive to effects of CO. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a…... Listed under: Sensor –
579. MQ-3 Alcohol Sensor Circuit Built with an Arduino In this project, we will go over
how to build an alcohol sensor with an arduino. The alcohol sensor we will use is
the MQ-3 sensor. This is a sensor that is not only sensitive to alcohol, particularly
ethanol, which is the type of alcohol…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
580. MQ-2 Smoke Sensor Circuit Built with an Arduino In this project, we will go over
how to build a smoke sensor circuit with an arduino board. The smoke sensor we
will use is the MQ-2. This is a sensor that is not only sensitive to smoke, but also to
flammable gas. The MQ-2…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
581. How to Build a Liquid Level Gauge Circuit with an Arduino In this project, we will
build a liquid level gauge circuit with an arduino. This is a circuit in which a liquid
level can be monitored through a gauge. We read the liquid level from the gauge
(low, medium, or high), just as you see…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects,
Metering – Instrument Projects
582. Arduino Light Meter Circuit In this project, we will go over how to connect an
analog volt panel meter to an Arduino so that it can measure and give us a readout
of light striking the circuit. In this way, the circuit will function as a light meter.
When…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
583. How to Build a Soil Moisture Sensor Circuit with an Arduino In this project, we are
going to build a soil moisture sensor with an Arduino microcontroller. A soil
moisture sensor, also called a hygrometer, measures the amount of moisture, or
water, in the soil. Therefore, we can tell whether the soil has enough moisture or…... Listed under:
How To – DIY – Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
584. How to Build a Night Light Circuit Using an Arduino In this project, we will go over
how to build a night light circuit using an arduino. A night light circuit is a circuit
which will turn on when nighttime comes, which is when it gets dark and the place
could use some illumination. It…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, LED
Projects
585. How to Build a Heat Detector Circuit Using an Arduino In this project, we will go
over how to build a heat detector circuit using an Arduino. A heat detector circuit is
a circuit, of course, which can detect the presence or absence of heat. This could be
useful for a wide range of circuits…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
586. How to Build a Color Sensor Circuit In this project, we are going to build a color
sensor circuit with an Arduino microcontroller. A color sensor is a device that can
detect and differentiate between certain primary colors. This sensor can detect and
differentiate between the colors white, blue, green, and red.…... Listed under: How
To – DIY – Projects, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
587. Visual / Aural Guitar Tuner “The Tune Trainer” using arduino Build a strobe tuner
with an integrated tone generator to teach tuning by ear. -=Background=- I have
always dabbled in instruments. Over the course of my life, I've attempted (with
varying success) Piano, Guitar, Banjo, Penny Whistle, Ocarina, Panpipes, Great
Highland Bagpipes, Smallpipes, and Didgeridoo…... Listed under: Sound – Audio
Projects
588. How to Build a Light Detector Circuit Using an Arduino In this project, we will go
over how to build a light detector circuit using an arduino. A light detector circuit is
a circuit which can detect the presence or absence of light, depending on how we
write our code to respond to the varying…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
589. How to Build an Infrared Proximity Switch Circuit Using an Arduino In this project,
we will build an infrared proximity switch circuit using an arduino. This is a circuit in
which a switch activates when the infrared sensor detects an object in its proximity.
The infrared proximity switch sensor is a reflection-type photoelectric snesor which
sends…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
590. How To Build Your Own Ultrasonic Batgoggles using an Arduino Wish you were
bat? Want to Experience Echolocation? Want to try to "see" with your ears? For my
first Instructable, I will show you how to build your own ultrasonic Batgoggles using
an Arduino microcontroller clone, Devantech ultrasonic sensor and welding
goggles for around $60…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
591. How to Build a Simple Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) Circuit In this article, we will go
over how to connect a force sensing resistor, or force sensitive resistor, (FSR) to a
circuit to build many different types of useful circuits with them. Force sensing
resistors are variable resistors which change resistance according to the pressure…... Listed under:
How To – DIY – Projects
592. How to Install the Arduino to the Lithium Backpack using arduino The Arduino is an
open source hardware input and output circuit and the Lithium Backpack is a
Ardino accessory that will power the Arduino when it is away from a computer or a
wall power. These products are sold at Liquidware for under $34 each.…... Listed
under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
593. How to Connect a Microphone to an Arduino In this project, we will go over how to
connect a microphone to an arduino so that the arduino can detect whether there
is sound in the environment or not. This circuit is only capable of detecting whether
there is sound in the environment or…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
594. Spectrographic Auroral Indicator – A Northern Lights Warning Device using arduino 3/16/2011 EDIT:
The Wing Kp Predicted Geomagnetic Activity Index model is now deployed and
operational. Costello is now considered non-operational and will be discontinued
on 23 Mar 2011. Comments and questions are welcomed at
SWPC.CustomerSupport@noaa.gov The Wing Kp Predicted Geomagnetic Activity
Index model is known…... Listed under: Security – Safety Projects
595. How to Integrate a Temperature Sensor Circuit to an LCD In this project, we will go
over how we can build a temperature sensor circuit and integrate it to an LCD so
that we can get a readout of the temperature on the LCD. In previous projects with
temperature sensor circuits, we built the circuit…... Listed under: LCD Projects,
596. How to Build a LM335 Temperature Sensor Circuit In this project, we will
demonstrate how to build temperature sensor circuit using a LM335 sensor. As a
temperature sensor, the circuit will read the temperature of the surrounding
environment and relay this temperature to us back in degrees Kelvin. The
difference between an LM335…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
597. How to Build a TMP36 Temperature Sensor Circuit In this project, we will
demonstrate how to build temperature sensor circuit using a TMP36 sensor. As a
environment and relay the temperature to us back in degrees fahrenheit. The IC we
will use…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
598. Hard Drive Persistence of Vision (HDPOV) using arduino The platter of a hard drive
spins well over sixty times a second. If a narrow slot was cut into the platter to
allow LEDs to shine through, we can achieve flicker fusion and trick the eye into
seeing a stable image. This phenomenon is…... Listed under: Memory – Storage
Projects
599. How to Drive a 7 Segment LED Display with an Arduino In this project, we will show
how to drive a single 7 segment LED display with an arduino microcontroller. A 7
Segment LED Display is an electronic device housing 8 individual LEDs. Using this
device, we can display all numerals and many alphabetical characters and many
more…... Listed under: LED Projects
600. Low Cost Water Flow Sensor and Ambient Display using arduino Water is a
precious resource. Millions of people do not have access to clean drinking water,
and as many as 4000 children die from water contaminated illnesses every day. Yet,
we continue to be wasteful with our resources. The overarching goal of this project
is…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
601. How to Build an RGB Full Color LED Module Circuit In this project, we are going to
build an RGB Full Color LED module circuit. A full color LED module is a circuit in
which an LED can be lit to any color. This is why it is called a full color LED module.
By…... Listed under: LED Projects
602. Control Your Robot Using a Wii Nunchuck (and an Arduino) using arduino After
wearing myself out playing Wii Boxing I got to thinking wouldn't it be great if I
could use this to control my robot, (looking to my left hand). Looking around the
internet I found a bevy of people doing similar things, (links to everyone…... Listed
603. How to Connect and Read a Keypad with an Arduino n this project, we will go over
how to integrate a keyboard with an arduino board so that the arduino can read
the keys being pressed by a user. Keypads are used in all types of devices, including
cell phones, fax machines, microwaves, ovens, door…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits
Projects
604. Super Simple Beginners Robot! using arduino I created this Instructable for the
absolute n00by robot wannabe. I have noticed a huge jump in the number of
beginners getting into the hobby and the number of "how do I" questions seem to
be mounting. Maybe this humble little Instructable will help one…... Listed under:
605. How to Interface GPS with Arduino Every single location in the entire globe can be
specified in terms of geographical coordinates. The geographical coordinate is a
system which specifies any given location on the earth surface as latitude and
longitude. There are devices which can read the geographical coordinates of a…...
Listed under: GPS Based Projects
606. Make A Touch-less Switch Using Arduino Arduino Project – Touch Me Not I
modified the Arduino project from the Arduino Starter Kit (Touch Sensor Lamp).
Now it lights up an LED when your hand is close on the aluminium foil (without
even touching it). This can be used as a ‘Touch-less…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
607. Create an Applescript/Arduino Alert flag. using arduino Have you ever felt like the
mail sound on your Mac just wasn't enough? Simple sounds and alerts just don't
cut it for you? You want something more apparent and rewarding? If so, this is the
Instructable you've been looking for. In this Instructable, I'll…... Listed under: How
To – DIY – Projects
608. How to Build a Motion Sensor Light Circuit with an Arduino In this project, we will
go over how to build a motion sensor light circuit with an arduino. A motion sensor
light circuit is a circuit in which a light turns on when motion is detected. With a PIR
motion sensor integrated with an arduino,…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Projects
609. Time Sensing Bracelet using arduino The Time Sensing Bracelet is a fabric
potentiometer. You select your desired time of day by making contact in the
corresponding position on your wrist - where your watch would normally be. There
is no point to it but fun. Update: Using some wire wrapped…... Listed under: Sensor
– Transducer – Detector Projects
610. YAHMS: Wireless Temperature Probes My wireless temperature probes work by using an Xbee
module to transmit readings from a TMP36 down to the Arduino base station. The XBees aren’t too
cheap, coming in around £19 or $23 so I tried to be cheap and ordered mine from Sparkfun, I…...
Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
611. Simple mass storage for your microcontroller project using arduino Do you want
gigabytes of storage for your microcontroller? Would you like a simple way to
tranfer files from your PC to your picaxe or arduino or other micro project? This
little projects demonstrates the uDrive that can be set up as an extra drive…... Listed
under: Memory – Storage Projects
612. How to make a solar iPod/iPhone charger -aka MightyMintyBoost using arduino I
wanted a charger for my iPodTouch and the MintyBoost was definitely my first
choice. I wanted to take it a bit further and make it not only rechargeable but also
solar powered. The other issue is that the iPhone and iPodTouch have large
batteries…... Listed under: Solar energy projects
613. Make an Ultrasonic Distance Calculator Arduino Project – The distance calculator I
have been playing with Arduino (micro-controller) for about 2 years now and I am
becoming more and more passionate about circuits. For those who are not aware
of Arduino, check out my article “Arduino – A Guide for…... Listed under: Calculator Projects
614. TV-B-Gone Kit Using Arduino Tired of all those LCD TVs everywhere? Want a break
from advertisements while you're trying to eat? Want to zap screens from across
the street? The TV-B-Gone kit is what you need! This ultra-high-power version of
the popular TV-B-Gone is fun to make and even…... Listed under: Video – Camera –
Imaging Projects
615. Arduino Police Flasher Kit After reading about the famous Arduino programmable
microcontroller using the "Getting Started with Arduino Kit (Jameco P/N 2121121) I
was eager to try my hand at some real live electronic programming. The Arduino
platform is a great place to start for a novice like me. After learning…... Listed
under: LED Projects
616. Tweet-a-watt – How to make a twittering power meter… using arduino Tweet-a-
watt - How to make a twittering power meter... This project documents my
adventures in learning how to wire up my home for wireless power monitoring. I
live in a rented apartment so I don't have hacking-access to a meter or breaker
panel. Since I'm…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
617. Arduino Circuit to Dim LED with Potentiometer In Lesson 8 you learned to write
analog voltages on the Arduiono, and in Lesson 10 you learned to read analog
voltages from the arduino. In this lesson we will combine what you did in lessons 8,
9, and 10 to create an LED with…... Listed under: LED Projects
618. LED Sunrise Alarm Clock with Customizable Song Alarm using arduino My
Motivation This winter my girlfriend had a lot of trouble waking up in the morning
and seemed to be suffering from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). I even notice
how much harder it is to wake up in the winter since the sun hasn't come…... Listed
under: Clock – Timer Projects
619. Arduino Lab 2 – Morse Code Generator Introduction An excerpt from

OmniGlot.com about the origin of Morse Code: Morse Code was invented by
Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872), a painter and founder of the National Academy of
Design. He conceived the basic idea of an electromagnetic telegraph in 1832, and
produced the…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
620. Arduino robot kit – Wiring Diagram I have created this wiring diagram for the
connections between the motor controller, motors, and sensor shield. I’ll update it
later to include other components. And here is an update that includes the servo
motor and the range sensor. And here are the detailed pin…... Listed under:
621. How To Communicate With An Alien Artifact or using arduino Close Encounters of
the Curiously Minty Kind. This Instructable will show you how to build an Altoids
version of the 'Close Encounters' mothership, and how to interact with it. This may
be vital training for that day when the Bright White Beam comes to suck…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Projects
622. Isolated mains power monitoring (Arduino) All about power today.. For a while
now, I’ve been looking around for a mains (220-240VAC) power monitoring circuit
that I might be able to interface with an Arduino. There is of course
the OpenEnergyMonitor solution, but they seem to use a transformer to isolate and
measure…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
623. How to build an 8x8x8 LED cube and control it with an Arduino using arduino
There are a lot of LED cubes on Instructables, so why do another? Most are for
small cubes consisting of 27 or 64 LEDs, rarely larger since they are limited to the
number of outputs available on the microcontroller. This cube will be 512 LEDs,…...
624. Arduino automatic watering system [caption id="attachment_19540"

align="alignright" width="210"] Fig. 1: Author’s prototype[/caption] During
summers, most people are too lazy to water the potted plants on their rooftop
gardens every day. Explained in this section is a simple and exciting plant watering
system that you can build yourself in just…... Listed under: Home Automation
Projects
625. Using A Bar Graph With The Arduino Introduction This project explores a couple of
ways of simulating and using a bar graph with the Arduino. Bar graph components
like the following one can be used, This type of bar graph is basically just 10 LEDs
in a row with anodes on one…... Listed under: Other Projects
626. Solderless Breadboard Layout Sheets (plug and play electronics) using arduino
Here's a fun system designed to take care of some of the headaches involved in
breadboarding a circuit. It is is a simple set of template files drawn to scale with
real world electronic components. Using a vector drawing program you simply
move the components…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
627. Arduino-Based Optical Tachometer Over ten years ago, I put up a web page with
detailed instructions on building a simple electric motor based on one from the
Beakman's World TV show. I called it the "Beakman's Electric Motor" page and over
the years it has had hundreds of thousands, if…... Listed under: Metering –
Instrument Projects
628. USB NES controller with an arduino! using arduino UPDATE 22-12-2014
Instructables user mattpbooth has updated the code and is hosting it on github:
https://github.com/mattpbooth/ArduinoNESController... Thanks Matt! UPDATE 03-
12-2011 Replaced a println with print (derp). UPDATE 01-12-2011 Remade all code
from scratch. Remade 'ible code section; Now includes a 'Processing COM port config for…... Listed
629. How to Build a LM35 Temperature Sensor Circuit In this project, we will
demonstrate how to build temperature sensor circuit using a LM35 sensor. As a
environment and relay thi temperature to us back in degrees celsius. The IC we will
use…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects
630. Tilt Sensor Tutorial using arduino What is a tilt sensor? Tilt sensors allow you to
detect orientation or inclination. They are small, inexpensive, low-power and easy-
to-use. If used properly, they will not wear out. Their simplicity makes them popular
for toys, gadgets and appliances. Sometimes they are referred to as…... Listed
631. RFID with Arduino If you ever wanted to integrate RFID functionality into your
project, this small tutorial might help you accomplish that. I used the RDM630
module from seeedstudio in its UART version. It comes on a small board with
presoldered connectors which fits perfectly on a breadboard. You only…... Listed
under: RFID - NFC projects
632. Ceiling Fan LED Display using arduino Seeing so many persistence of vision ideas
on the web was too tempting not to try one. After considering several different
motors to drive a display, a ceiling fan seemed to run at just the right speed, is out
of the way, and very quiet…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
633. Home Automation using Arduino and MATLAB n present time home office
appliance controlling is common thing. Today for controlling home/offices
appliances, machineries in companies/industries uses different types of automation
systems like DTMF controlled, GSM controlled and many others. So here this
project is made for interfacing MATLAB (Graphic User Interfacing) and
Home/office/industries…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects
634. AVRSH: A Command Interpreter Shell for Arduino/AVR. using arduino Ever wanted
to be "logged in" to your AVR microcontroller? Ever thought it would be cool to
"cat" a register to see its contents? Have you always wanted a way to power up and
power down individual peripheral sub-systems of your AVR or Arduino in…... Listed
under: Arduino Programmer Projects
635. How to Build a Vibration Motor Circuit In this project, we will show how to build a
vibration motor circuit. A vibration motor is a motor which vibrates when given
sufficient power. It is a motor that literally shakes. It is very good for vibrating
objects. It can be used in a…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Motor Projects
636. Acorn Chime using arduino By: Charlie DeTar, Christina Xu, Boris Kizelshteyn,
Hannah Perner-Wilson A digital wind chime with hanging acorns. Sound is
produced by a remote speaker, and data about chime strikes is uploaded to
Pachube. Step 1: Brainstorming for a device that would represent ourselves Our
goal was…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
637. Arduino Chandelier from Jars E-Edit: Thank you very very much for voting for me in
Featured Author, Glue and Battery Powered Contests! Cheer up and wait for my
project so special is coming... Edit: If you really like this project, you can vote for me
on the top right corner, forFeatured…... Listed under: LED Projects
638. Bedazzler: DIY non-lethal weaponry using arduino Our first open source Homeland
Security non-lethal weapon project - The "THE BEDAZZLER: A Do-it-yourself
Handheld LED-Incapacitator". After attending a conference where the $1 million
"sea-sick flashlight" (named "THE DAZZLER") was demonstrated by the US Dept. of
Homeland Security, we decided to create our own…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
639. Using Push Button Switch with Arduino Uno In this tutorial you will learn how to
read the status of a digital pin of Arduino. I hope that you already go through our
first tutorial, Getting Started with Arduino Uno – LED Blinking. In this example, a
push button switch and an LED is connected to Arduino…... Listed under: LED
Projects
640. Control a RepStrap with Processing using arduino This instructable shows how you
can use many openly available projects together to build an interesting and
complex system. It draws on several community projects including: RepRap,
Arduino, Processing, Linux and, of course, Instructables! More specifically this
intructable shows how to draw the path of…... Listed under: CNC Machines Project
Ideas
641. Build A Binary Clock Using Arduino Introduction In this project, 16 LEDs are used to
represent the time in binary. The time is read from a Real Time Clock breakout
board - the same one used in the Digital Clock page. The binary clock uses 4 place
values for the hour…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project Ideas
642. Build an Arduino-powered talking robot head using arduino This robot head was originally built as
a end of the year project for my physical computing class, but over the summer it has "learned" how
to talk. The head is powered by two Freeduinos, 3 TLC5940NT chips and
an Adafruit Industries Wave Shield found
here: www.ladyada.net/make/waveshield/.…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation
Project Ideas
643. Use Arduino to Interface with a Remote Controlled Power Switch Update: check out
the RFToy — an easy-to-use standalone gadget to control remote power sockets.
Also, support for remote power sockets have been added to OpenSprinkler
firmware 2.1.1. For a while I’ve been looking for a way to switch household power
line (110V) devices. One of the simplest…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects
644. 3x3x3 LED Cube with Arduino Lib using arduino There are other Instructables about
building LED cubes, this one is different for several reasons: 1. It's built with a low
number of off-the-shelf components and hooks up directly to the Arduino. 2. A
clear, easy to reproduce circuit diagram is provided with plenty of…... Listed under:
Arduino LED Project Ideas
645. Easy DIY Home Automation (using servo switches) using arduino This Instructable
is all about one of life's simple actions, flipping a light switch on and off. At
oomlout we do it many times a day, so many in fact it came to a point where we
asked ourselves "Can't we get an Arduino to…... Listed under: Home Automation
Project Ideas
646. DIY Arduino Pulse Sensor So I mentioned in an earlier Instructable that I am a

teaching assistant (TA) for an introductory engineering course for biomedical
engineering majors at Vanderbilt University. My main task as a TA is to re-write a
few laboratory exercises that the students will be performed…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Project
Ideas, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
647. Two Wire Arduino Knight Rider This tutorial shows how to interface eight LEDs to
an Arduino using only two Arduino pins. This is made possible by using a PCF8574
I/O expander IC. A "Knight Rider" display is shown on the LEDs. Prerequisites
Complete tutorial 4 – Arduino Knight Rider. Be able…... Listed under: LED Projects
648. Arduino Lilypad Interactive Passion Sensing Scarf using arduino This was my first
time working with an Arduino Lilypad. I have been wanting to try something that
dealt with soft circuits for awhile now. This project is what I came up with. The
concept is based off my friend Ethan Dicks from theFusefactory.org's emergent…...
Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
649. Arduino Serial Thermometer The Arduino reads temperature from a MCP9700
temperature sensor IC and displays the temperature in the Arduino IDE serial
monitor window. Also see the Arduino LCD thermometer tutorial (tutorial 14).
Prerequisites Complete Tutorial 9: Using the Arduino Serial Port before attempting
this tutorial. Components Besides an Arduino Uno board,…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument
Projects
650. The Ardweeny: the little friend of the Arduino (and how to beef it up) using arduino
Open-source hardware? Arduino(tm) is the first name to come to mind! As great as
it is, sometimes we need a small microcontroller solution for a project, or a
stripped-down version for cost-effectiveness. The Ardweeny is the solution. These small kits are
100% compatible with the…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
651. Using the Arduino Serial Port The Arduino Uno can send data (such as a text
message) to the PC over the USB cable. The Arduino IDE has a serial monitor
window that can be opened and will receive and display the data sent from the
Arduino board. Data can also…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects
652. Core3duino using arduino This is an addon shield to an addon shield. That's right,
you have to have the Core2duino on your Arduino to be able to understand why
you would want this in the first place. So once you have your Core2duino saddled
up, give this one…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Project Ideas
653. Make A Dual LED Flasher Using Arduino A two transistor circuit that flashes two
LEDs on and off alternately. Prerequisites Complete tutorial two - Transistor
Timer before attempting this tutorial. Components In addition to an electronic
breadboard, wire links, a 9V battery and a battery clip, you will need: QTY PART DESIGNATOR NOTES
TYPE…... Listed under: LED Projects
654. Building IllyClock – Arduino-based alarm clock in a coffee can using arduino
Updated Aug 4, 2011 A streamlined version is now described here. Beside the
enclosure, the original feature of IllyClock is showing the time in colors: 3 hours
before wake-up time, color changes from green to orange; 1 hour before wake-up,
the time is shown in red. One…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project Ideas
655. Arduino Melody A very easy tutorial that uses only two components. The Arduino
plays a short melody on a loudspeaker. The program to load to the Arduino is one
of the programs that is built into the Arduino IDE. Prerequisites Complete tutorial 3
- Starting with Arduino…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
656. Twitter Mood Light – The World’s Mood in a Box using arduino How's the world
feeling right now? This box tells you. Powered by: an Arduino, a WiFly wireless
module, an RGB LED, Twitter.com and a 9v battery. I’m a news junkie. I want to
know everything that is going on in the world as soon as…... Listed under: Game –
657. Arduino Knight Rider In this tutorial, eight LEDs are interfaced to the Arduino Uno
board. This is not complicated – it is just like interfacing a single LED to the Arduino
as done in tutorial 3, but eight times over. A program is then loaded to the
Arduino…... Listed under: LED Projects
658. Make a wall avoiding Robot! using arduino Objective: To create from scratch a
working robot that is able to avoid walls and obstacles. Ever wanted to make a
robot that could actually do something, but never had the time or knowledge to do
it? Fear no more, this instructable is just for…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation
Project Ideas
659. Arduino LCD In this tutorial you will connect a LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) to the
Arduino Uno and then run the Arduino LCD example programs that are built into
the Arduino IDE. Prerequisites It is recommended for beginners to complete all the Arduino tutorials
up to and…... Listed under: LCD Projects
660. Arduino and Touchpad Tic Tac Toe using arduino Or, an exercise in input and
output multiplexing, and working with bits. And a submission for the Arduino
contest. This is an implementation of a tic tac toe game using a 3x3 array of
bicoloured LEDs for a display, a simple resistive touchpad, and an…... Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
661. Make A Arduino LCD Thermometer In this tutorial, a temperature sensor (MCP9700
linear active thermistor IC) and LCD are connected to the Arduino. The Arduino
reads the temperature from the MCP9700 on analog pin A0 and displays the
temperature on the LCD. This video shows the circuit operating. When touched…... Listed under: LCD
Projects
662. How to wire an arduino-based 3-axis CNC machine using arduino I've seen a
number of tutorials about how to build the platform for a 3-axis CNC milling
machine. I have not seen anyone tackle the tricky subject of the electronics. Here
now is my attempt to do so. Step 1: Parts You'll need: - an…... Listed under: CNC
Machines Project Ideas
663. Drive with PID Control on an Arduino Mega 2560 This example shows how to
simulate a simple closed-loop control algorithm in Simulink and how to run it on
an Arduino Mega 2560 board. Contents Introduction Prerequisites Required
Hardware Task 1 – Build the Vehicle Task 2 – Build the Motor Controller Task 3 –…... Listed under:
Other Projects
664. Musical MIDI Shoes using arduino Like many people, I often find myself
unconsciously tapping my feet, whether it's along to a song or out of some
nervous habit. As fun as that is though, I've always felt as if something has been
missing. If only I could trigger the sounds…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
665. MIDI Linear Actuator This project uses relays to control a Firgelli Automations linear
actuator without feedback. The relays are controlled by the MIDI Volume (Control
Change number CC7) command which is read by the microcontroller and
converted into one of the only 3 states of operation: 1) The…... Listed under: Other
Projects
666. Wallbots: Autonomous Magnetic Robots that Traverse Vertical Surfaces using arduino This
Instructable will teach you how to create magnetic robots that traverse vertical
surfaces. These robots can move on any metallic walls, including elevators,
whiteboards, refrigerators or metal doors. The robots are outfitted with several
light sensors, allowing them to respond to simple user interactions.…... Listed
under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
667. LPG sensor using arduino LPG sensor using Arduino with alarm and cutoff. A simple
LPG sensor using Arduino is shown in this article. This circuit indicates the amount
of LPG in the air. The circuit sounds an alarm and trips a relay when the
concentration is above a predetermined…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
668. Make a 8×10 L.E.D Matrix using arduino UPDATE 1: I HAVE ADDED THE CODE FOR
CONWAY'S GAME OF LIFE UPDATE 2:
NOW YOU CAN SAVE SOME ARDUINO PINS WITH THE HELP OF 1 SHIFT REGISTER.
In this instructable I will show you how to build a quite fancy 8 by 10 L.E.D
matrix(with scrolling text and animations) using the Arduino and 4017 decade…...
669. IR Remote Controlled Home Appliances using Arduino In present times there are
many types of Home Automation Systems which are available in the market. Most
of these are simple Home Appliances Controlling Systems like DTMF controlled
Home Appliances, GSM based Home Appliances Controlling, RF based Home Appliances
Controlling. Here we are going…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
670. Arduino Controlled Servo Robot (SERB) using arduino What better way to start
experimenting with open source micro-controllers ( Arduino ) then by building
your very own open source robot ( CC (SA -BY) )? What to do with your SERB?
(here) - How to connect your SERB to the internet and drive…... Listed under:
671. Build A Simple Robotics Breadboard Using Arduino This Instructable shows you
how to build a simple, inexpensive breadboard for robotics experiments. It is a
companion to Cheap, Easy Robotics for the Non-Programmer. Here we'll learn how
to build a Babuino robot to use for experiments with the Babuino/Blocos software
environment. Using a…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
672. An easy way to send your heartbeat to the Cloud using arduino This cool (and very
low price) sensor is attached on your ear and can detect your heart’s pulse through
transmitting infrared light and checking the absorption variation caused by the
blood flow on your ear lobe. The site of the products provides also the Arduino…...
Listed under: Medical – Health based Project Ideas
673. PIR Motion Sensor Tutorial using arduino Pyroelectric ("Passive") InfraRed sensors:
'''What is a PIR sensor?''' PIR sensors allow you to sense motion, almost always
used to detect whether a human has moved in or out of the sensors range. They
are small, inexpensive, low-power, easy to use and don't wear out.…... Listed under:
Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
674. A DIY photoplethysmographic sensor for measuring heart rate Meet Easy Pulse: A
kit that includes all it needs to make a DIY heart rate sensor. Although it is not built
using an Arduino, it is still open and easy to build. From the site: “This project is
based on the principle of photoplethysmography…... Listed under: Sensor –
Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
675. The Smuggie: Tweet straight from your Snuggie using arduino Want to tweet how satisfied you are
cuddled up in your Snuggie? The Smuggie is a modified Snuggie, designed specifically for those
who feel the need to express their smug satisfaction with a Snuggie to their friends on Twitter.
Here's a list of everything you'll…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN Project Ideas
676. Very simple ECG + Pulse Oximeter using arduino Scott W Harden has built an
updated version of his ECG circuit for tracking his heartbeat. The main goal of the
update is to provide a hack for collecting heartbeat with minimal h/w cost
and circuit complexity. As you can see from the project photo above, the…... Listed
under: Medical – Health based Project Ideas
677. The Lightning Simulator/Breathalyzer/Graphic Equalizer – Arduino Powered using arduino UPDATE:
A portable version of the Talking Breathalyzer is here http://talkingbreathalyzer.com
The LED strips are mounted on an outdoor trellace which functions as a lightning
simulator, outdoor breathalyzer, graphic equalizer synced to music, and a few other
effects with sound. Materials: 8 12v RGB Waterproof Flexible…... Listed under: LED Projects
678. Interfacing EM-18 RFID reader with Arduino Uno Arduino Uno is an opensource
physical computing platform based on ATmega328 microcontroller and provides a
development environment for writing software for the board. It can be used for a
variety of projects. EM-18 RFID reader is one of the commonly used RFID reader to
read…... Listed under: Other Projects
679. Arduino + WiFi, Music Responsive LED Light Fixture using arduino This instructable
gives instructions for constructing a Saiko5 WiFi enabled LED light fixture based on
the Arduino hobbyist platform. It includes step-by-step instructions from board
design to soldering to case integration, as well as instructions explaining how the software and
firmware can be used to…... Listed under: LED Projects
680. Trinket Audio Player using arduino Overview We usually think of the Adafruit
Trinket as a tiny subset of a “real” Arduino; less RAM, less code space, less I/O. But
this little chip has a couple tricks up its sleeve, things its larger brethren can’t do.
One of these is a…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
681. Beatfly : Make an illuminating blimp and control it with your voice, Keyboard, MIDI Controller,
Garageband file, iPhone, Flash, and more! [Mac OSX] using arduino [Mac OSX Only]
Because I use Quartz Composer, my program works only on Mac OSX. I am now
extending and improving it toward cross-platform. If you have knowledge of
computer programming, you can make your own system that connects to the
blimp. The communication protocol…... Listed under: LED Projects, Sound – Audio Project Ideas
682. Make A Arduino Solar Radio Solar charging, via the panel on the back. * 12 position
switch to select channel number * Seek up / seek down controls and 'store' button
* RDS display of call sign * Frequency display * Battery voltage display * Solar
charging current display The…... Listed under: Radio Projects
683. Updating the Arduino Garage Door Circuit for the new Gliderol Garage Controller.
We moved house recently and I was obviously very keen to continue the home
automation routine. As described in Adventures with an Arduino – Part 1: The
Business Problem, I created an Arduino based garage door interface to integrate
with a BOSS BOL6 garage door controller.…... Listed under: Home Automation
Project Ideas
684. PUPPET CONTROLLER using arduino Three kinds of motion: Human, Mechanical,
Animation. Blend them together to build a puppet controller for the real and
virtual world. Or, Pacman - three ways. This Instructable includes: - Using an
adjustable resistor as input to the Arduino Micro-controller - Controlling two servo
motors from…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
685. Intelligent Letter Box using Arduino and GSM In the days of technology postman
still comes to our house for delivering the letters, couriers and parcels. Because
some things like courier, parcels can’t sends via email and by using any other
electronic media. So for getting notification of our letter delivery in our…... Listed
686. LED Umbrella with Arduino using arduino The LED Umbrella with Arduino
combines an umbrella, an 8x10 LED matrix and an Arduino microcontroller to
create a controllable, programmable LED experience in the privacy of your own
umbrella. This project was inspired by the Electric Umbrella by sockmaster and a
number of LED matrix instructables…... Listed under: LED Projects
687. ARDUINO based IR remote control robot using arduino Hi everyone. This my new
project IR remote control robot using arduino. This is a simple design robot you
can easily build it. Step 1: Requirements: Project requirements: Arduino uno
Tsop1738 (ir receiver) H bridge ic (L293D) Two dc motor A robot base 9v Battery…...
688. Sleek word clock using arduino nspired by drj113's great instructable on making a
word clock, I wanted to make my own. After seeing the (extremely overpriced)
commercial "qlocktwo" word clock, I decided to borrow its smooth glossy black
design while basing the innards of my clock on drj113's design. In…... Listed under:
Clock – Timer Project Ideas
689. Project work3:Arduino code and the circuit diagram using arduino In order to
realise the “music garden”,the most important part is the Arduino code and circuit
diagram. First of all,I will present my Arduino code:(I will show you the way I think
as a flow chart at first) Flow Chart: Details:this flow chart is a…... Listed under: Sound
– Audio Projects
690. Haptic Feedback device for the Visually Impaired [Project HALO] using arduino I
recently watched an episode of Stan Lee’s Superhumans which featured a blind
man who used a series of clicks, like a bat, to echo locate his surroundings. I got to
thinking about other blind people and their ability to navigate freely – without
the…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Project Ideas
691. Hobbyduino Mini V1.0 using arduino Introduction The Hobbyduino Mini is a clone
of the Arduino main-board. It contains a ATMega328 processor programmed with
the Arduino bootloader. The Hobbyduino does not contain the circuitry for USB
communication. I opted to rely on the FTDI232R serial boards to handle the USB-to-Serial
protocol. Here…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects
692. A simple DIY spectrophotometer using raduino What's all this? This instructable will
explain how to build a fairly basic but working spectrophotometer out of easily
sourceable parts. Of course, this device is nothing compared to a commercial
spectrophotometer, but it will allow the builder to understand how such a device
works.…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Project Ideas
693. Build Your Own Arduino & Bootload an ATmega Microcontroller – part 1 There are
many reasons to build your own Arduino circuit on a protoboard or a custom-
designed printed circuit board. At the heart of the Arduino platform is an AVR
microcontroller, in usual way you need a special hardware programmer and
suitable hex files to program…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP)
Projects
694. High-speed Photography with Arduino and CHDK using arduino This project uses
an Arduino microcontroller and a laser break-beam trigger to fire via USB remote a
Canon camera modified with CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) firmware.
Immediate influences are the high-speed flash photography triggered by sound or
light project by Glacial Wanderer and the…... Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
695. Arduino PWM Led Control using arduino Looking for a simple circuit to control the
light intensity of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) or similar lighting sources? Here is an
Arduino based circuit with three independent pulse width modulated (PWM)
channels to fulfil your requirements! Just follow the schematic diagram to complete the…... Listed
under: LED Projects
696. Lunchtime Clock using arduino Have you ever wished lunchtime were longer, but
didn't know where to find those few extra minutes? Well, wish no longer! Thanks to
great in advances in clock technology, I present to you a clock that speeds up 20%
every day at 11:00 and slows…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project Ideas
697. Arduino project: Stereo Peak Program Meter using arduino Previously, we
introduced the Arduino’s analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in detail, looking at
successive-approximation A-D conversion and how it’s the best compromise
between speed and cost. This time, we start putting some of that theory into
practice by building a stereo peak-program meter. Our Peak Program…... Listed
under: Metering – Instrument Project Ideas
698. Simple Animatronics with Servos and Arduino using arduino Servos are surprisingly
easy to use. Even more so than simple DC motors and steppers when you have a
microcontroller. In this instructable we'll use a 'duino to drive five servos which will
control a doll's limbs and neck. I bought the servos at HobbyPartz…... Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Projects
699. MIDI Bass Pedal Arduino Encoder using arduino MIDI BASS PEDAL ARDUINO UNIT
The MIDI Bass Pedal circuit is capable of encoding any number of momentary
action, push to make, single pole single throw (SPST), switches from 1 up to 30 to
produce the equivalent MIDI note-on/note-off data commands. The encoded switches are…... Listed
700. Arduino + Laptop Touchpad using arduino Yes, this is more or less your average
touchpad that one can find from inside a laptop. This model, like majority of
touchpads out there operates with PS/2 standard. This means that it can be directly
plugged in to a PS/2 connector and with proper…... Listed under: Sensor –
701. Electronic Circuit: photocell and LED The cmd_response sketch is very general with
respect to the ANALOG IN and DIGITAL I/O of the Arduino boards. We can use it to
read a wide variety of sensors from remote computer systems. First, we
demonstrate how the Arduino cmd_response sketch works, we construct…... Listed under: LED
Projects
702. Sending Message Using Alpha-Numeric Keypad with GSM and Arduino GSM is
quite a common Device which is used in major Projects and Real Time Operations.
There are many applications which are using features of GSM Module like the
feature sending Messages, making a Voice Call, Reading Messages, attempting Call etc. Many at
times you…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Project Ideas
703. Arduino Wind Instrument using arduino I wanted to create an Arduino instrument
that was easy to play, but would sound better with practice. This "wind" instrument
combines the Sparkfun Electret Microphone breakout board with the Tone library
and 5 buttons on one analog pin. The musician must make a sound…... Listed
under: Home Automation Project Ideas
704. Peggy2: High And Low First and foremost, big thanks to Damien for her time and
effort on soldering 265 LEDs on peggy2 circuit board, which made my
programming part possible to continue. Instead of soldering LEDs directly onto the
Peggy2 board, we have to use Ethernet cables as “extensions”…... Listed under: LED
Projects
705. Rechargeable Battery Capacity Tester using arduino Do you have a pile of AA
rechargeable batteries in your drawer? Some are old, some are new, but which sets
would you bring with your camera on your next trip, and which ones are past their
useful life? I like using rechargeable batteries, but…... Listed under: Battery Projects
706. CMUcam3: Working Module But Not Working CMUcam3-Arduino System After
over spending nearly 20 hours extra on fixing peggy2 board I mentioned in
the previous post, there is only a few hours left for me to work on CMUcam3-
Arduino system and its facial-recognition driven motor system. The basic
programming architecture is shown below. When in…... Listed under: Video –
Camera – Imaging Projects
707. NESBot: Arduino Powered Robot beating Super Mario Bros for the NES using arduino 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 be only
the single game, not the two- or three-in-one cartridge) A controller you can cut the…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
708. Arduino Intervalometer Camera controller Intervawhat? An intervalometer is a

camera controller that signals the camera to take a picture after some set interval.
This is really useful for creating time-lapse videos. For a long time, I used my TI-89
calculator to create time-lapse videos with my Canon digital Rebel XTi. It…... Listed
under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
709. Q&D-Poor man’s-Skinner-Sadist-Jeopardy game using arduino In this instructable

you will learn how to make a Q&D-Poor man's-Skinner-Sadist-Jeopardy game .
First off, the disclaimer: I'm not responsible of whatever you do. You have to know
that with a great power comes...bla-bla-bla. Just be careful and remember that
electricity reserves respect. While…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
710. Radio Telemetry for a Model Rocket using arduino Flying model rockets is fun, but
there is always the question of how high did it go. Using a programmable micro-
controller and some sensors, you can monitor the entire phase of flight and
measure acceleration and altitude, among other things. With this project, I’ll show
you how…... Listed under: Radio Project Ideas
711. Bubblebot: Gigantic Bubble Generator using arduino While being a bit lengthy and
requiring experience with Arduino, this contraption is bound to grant you infinite
glory among your friends, toddlers and grownups alike! Step 1: What You Need
Here's a list of the materials and parts I used: The Frame * 5…... Listed under: Game
– Entertainment Project Ideas
712. New Arduino WiFi Shield (Testing) usign arduino The WiFi Shield was delivered by
Amazon. The Arduino UNO Rev 3 was found at RadioShack… First you need to load
the last Arduino IDE (Ver 1.0.2) it has the necessary library to use the WiFi shield.
Tried the examples “Scan for available networks” and …... Listed under: Wifi - WLan
Projects
713. Yet Another Daft Punk Coffee Table (5×5 LED Matrix) using arduino Yes, I know this
has been done before, but I wanted to build my own, using as few parts as
possible. I built this as a table top or wall mount model, but it can be scaled up to
make a coffee table. I built…... Listed under: LED Projects
714. Review – Maxim MAX7219 LED Display Driver IC using arduino Today we are going
to examine the Maxim MAX7219 LED display driver IC. The reason for doing so is to
show you how something that used to be quite complex can be made very simple
– and that is what all this technology is for,…... Listed under: LED Projects
715. Arcade Button MIDI Controller using arduino Having a hardware interface to your
favourite music / DJ / VJ software can really open up doors in your creativity. The
most widespread form of hardware control to your PC for such applications is a
MIDI based controller. A MIDI controller can send and…... Listed under: Sound –
Audio Project Ideas
716. Brushless DC (BLDC) motor with Arduino. Part 3 – The Stroboscope Project It has
been all dry theory in the Brushless DC (BLDC) motor with Arduino series up to this
point. This is where it gets to be more fun. If you’ve just arrived, please check out
the previous two installments: Driving a three-phase brushless DC motor…... Listed
717. Arduino Basics: RCtime using arduino RCtime is a function for the Arduino that
finds its roots in Basic-based micro controller programming languages (such as the
Basic Stamp). This function basically counts the amount of time it takes to charge a
capacitor through a resistor and returns a digital value. In…... Listed under: Sensor –
718. Arduino Mega Pololu Shield using arduino RepRap Arduino Mega Pololu Shield, or
RAMPS for short. It is designed to fit the entire electronics needed for a RepRap in
one small package for low cost. RAMPS interfaces an Arduino Mega with the
powerful Arduino MEGA platform and has plenty room for expansion.…... Listed
under: Development Board – Kits Project Ideas
719. The Wordclock Grew Up! using arduino Well, It had to happen. I first published my
WordClock project in September 2009. It was a Microchip PIC based clock, using a
PIC16F877A microprocessor. In the last year and a half, I have been constantly
improving it, and have adapted it to the Arduino,…... Listed under: Clock – Timer
Projects
720. Light Meter Using I2C Level Converter, LCD, and TSL2561using arduino I recently
needed to measure how different materials affect light transmission for a
gardening project. I decided this was the perfect opportunity to try out the new
logic level converter to run both a 5v LCD and a 3.3v light sensor on a single i2c…...
Listed under: LCD Projects, Metering – Instrument Project Ideas
721. Arduino Laser Show with Full XY Control using arduino Update! See Step 32 to find
out how to use this project with a green laser! Also - checkout the LaserTweet
Instructable to make this project display data from Twitter:
http://www.instructables.com/id/LaserTweet-Twitter-Projecting-Laser-Show/ This
project uses an Arduino and some cheap audio speakers to create a real…... Listed under: Game –
Entertainment Project Ideas
722. Arduino GPS Clock usign arduino I had a Holux M-1000B Bluetooth GPS module
that was just gathering dust in my room. I had bought it from DealExtreme back in
the days when I had GPS-less (but external GPS capable) Nokia E51. Upgrading to a
Nokia E52 has since made this…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project Ideas, GPS
Based Project Ideas
723. How to Build an Arduino Powered Chess Playing Robot using arduino Judging by
the sheer number of chess related Instructables, I think it's safe to say the
community enjoys the game. It can be difficult, however, to find someone who
plays on the same level you do. To solve this dilemma, and to increase my
playing…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
724. DS1307 I²C Clock using arduino I wanted to learn how to interface with I²C devices using my
Arduino, so I bought a DS1307 clock and crystal kit from Earthshine Electronics. I've no association
to them, but I'd recommend having a look at their shop. Their prices are very
reasonable, unlike…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Project Ideas
725. Lampduino – an 8×8 RGB Floor Lamp using arduino Lampduino is a computer-
controlled free-standing floor lamp, comprised of an 8x8 RGB LED matrix. The lamp
stands 45" high and 18" wide. Light emanates from both sides. It has various
display modes, as well as an included editor for creating animations. The lamp is
controlled…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
726. Room roving robot – phase 1 using arduino My second holiday project was a bit
more fun than just blinking lights. I decided to tear apart a $10 RC jeep and control
it with the Arduino. For this project, I added a motor shield on top of the Arduino
that I purchased at…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
727. Make a simple platform and give mobility to your computer using arduino A
computer is a very handy thing to use in your robots. If you start listing all the
features that can be used for robotic purposes you'll find that it is cheaper to buy a
netbook than buying LCD, wifi and bluetooth modules, cameras,
speech synthesizer…... Listed under: RTOS – OS Projects
728. Hacking Hex Bug Spider using arduino For the Smart Cities exhibition in Leeds in a
couple of weeks, we’ve been building a physical representation of an agent based
simulation. Hex Bug Spiders are relatively cheap hexapod robots that are controlled
via an infra-red transmitter which has an A or B code so…... Listed under: Game –
729. (w/ Video) Basic Arduino Robot, Light Seeker! using arduino Many times I have
Googled for "Arduino Robot" in hopes of finding a robot to build. I end up finding
many versions of a obstacle avoiding robot that uses either an infrared or a sonar
range finder sensor mounted on a servo to detect objects…... Listed under: Robotics
– Automation Project Ideas
730. Easy, Reversible Motor Control for Arduino (or any Microcontroller) using arduino
This project uses just three main components to provide forward and reverse
control for a single motor. You can easily interface it to an Arduino or any other
microcontroller. It's so simple - you can wire it up "free-form" without a circuit
board in about…... Listed under: CNC Machines Project Ideas
731. How To Use a Nokia Color LCD! Nokia manufactures a wide variety of cell phones
and many of their cheaper phones contain simple LCD's which may be used in
microcontroller projects. There is one particular LCD model that is used in a wide
variety of their phones and is often referred to…... Listed under: Phone Project Ideas
732. Tutorial – Arduino and the MAX7219 LED Display Driver IC using arduino Use the
Maxim MAX7219 LED display driver with Arduino in Chapter 56 of our Arduino
Tutorials. The first chapter is here, the complete series is detailed here. Update –
4/1/15 – This article is pending a re-write, please refrain from comments and
questions until the new version is published. Introduction…... Listed under: LED
Projects
733. Ollie- a DIY autonomous robotic blimp using arduino Ollie is an open source
blimp-based autonomous and ambient robot that dwells in human habitats. Ollie is
observant, often flying in a manner suggesting curiosity for the world around him.
Ollie reacts to voices by excitedly flapping his wings, communicating his
friendliness and eagerness to…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
734. PS1 Controller Joysticks with Arduino Idea: To take one of my old Playstation 1
controllers and extract the dual thumbstick setup so that it can be easily used in a
microcontroller project (in my case: with the Arduino) without extra libraries or
drivers that you would need if you want…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment
Project Ideas
735. Arduino Binary Die using arduino After buying a Nanode (an Arduino-compatible
board with ethernet built-in) last weekend, we've been trying to work it out by
making a couple of simple examples, the 'Binary Dice' is the first one with input and
outputs. A note, this code example is based on…... Listed under: LED Projects, Other
Project Ideas
736. Shaun The Noisy Sheep using arduino Make A "doorbell" using an Arduino Uno, a
Wave shield from Adafruit, a small speaker, a plug, a Sharp distance sensor and a
Shaun the Sheep. Our Shaun is used in an open doorway to alert store staff when
a customer has entered. Step 1:…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project
Ideas
737. Telecran (Etch a Sketch) + Arduino = Telecranduino ! using arduino I came across a
bunch of stepper motors and I have since been looking for a project to do with the
kids. An old Telecran (French for Etch-a-Sketch) later, we are in business ! What I
used for this project: - an Arduino Uno -…... Listed under: CNC Machines Project
Ideas
738. Boozeduino using arduino Now with more LED. Arduino mega powered
breathalyzer using the MQ-3 sensor. A relative gauge for judging how intoxicated
you are. NOT TO BE USED AS MEANS OF BREATHALYZING NEVER DRINK AND
DRIVE. This is more of a device to encourage one to drink…... Listed under: LED
Projects
739. Analog Sensors using arduino Analog sensors produce an analog (continuous)
voltage that typically varies from 0 to 5 volts. They have three wires – ground,
power, and signal (typically red, black, and white, respectively). Examples shown
below include: Potentiometers Proximity Accelerometers Ribbon Bend Pressure
Light Temperature Sound Multi-touch Touch…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector
Projects
740. LoL Shield Audio Spectrum VU Meter using arduino This is an audio spectrum VU
meter using the LoL Shield for Arduino . The LoL Shield is a 14 x 9 LED matrix which
fits onto the Arduino as a shield and is controlled through an efficient method
known as Charlieplexing . It was…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Project Ideas
741. Flash trigger using arduino his project is mainly based in this one from Glaciar
Wanderer. I just liked his idea and worked it on my own. (I think this guy and me
would be friends, as the projects he has in his photography category are things I’ve
been wanting…... Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
742. TROBOT: A Miniature Articulated Robot using arduino The TROBOT is a miniature
six-axis articulated robot, modeled after large industrial & assembly line robots.
The prototype versions were developed to be interfaced with ABB's Robot Studio
software. Robot Studio was designed to program, simulate, and debug real
industrial robots in an offline virtual environment.…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project
Ideas
743. Jetson/Tutorials/GPIO using arduino Quickly testing a GPIO pin To set pin
GPIO_PH1 as an output: sudo su (Enter your user password. Defaults to "ubuntu") #
See which pins are currently configured as GPIO, and what their state is. cat
/sys/kernel/debug/gpio # Validate that the entry for the Tegra…... Listed under:
Other Project Ideas
744. Arduino + LEDs + fan = POV “APPLAUSE” sign I saw these POV(Persistence of
Vision) devices on other Instructables and thought I would like to make one and I
have always wanted my own "APPLAUSE" sign. Next improvement will be to make
it go on whenever I enter the room. Maybe have it…... Listed under: Robotics –
Automation Project Ideas
745. Magic Music Table No menus, no buttons using arduino NOTE: This instructable is
now slightly old and a better machine has been made with lower cost parts and
much better software that automatically allows you to "pair" new cards with new
tracks as they are added to the iPod playlist. iPod playback track selection…... Listed
under: Sound – Audio Project Ideas
746. Using the tymkrs “Turn Me” with an Arduino Here is a quick write up on how to use
the tymkrs “Turn Me” rotary encoder. This supports the “push down” feature of the
tymkrs kit. Fritzing Rotary Encoder Part: Rotary Encoder with Knob bth.fzpz
Fritzing Project: RotaryEncoderDemo.fzz Arduino (1.5)
project: RotaryEncoderDemo.ino 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8…... Listed under: Sound – Audio
Projects
747. Boost Converter Intro with Arduino Let’s say that you’re trying to drive a few Nixie
clock tubes, or you want to make a strobe light. A variable high voltage DC power
supply from 50-200+ volts may be required. Transformers are terrific, but difficult
to find the right one and a…... Listed under: PWM Projects
748. Arduino Circular Cylon! This is a quick arduino project that is great for beginners.
Enjoy! There is a video on the last step! Step 1: What you Need To build this project
you will need: 10 LEDs, any color will do. Some wire, I used a ribbon cable…... Listed
under: LED Projects
749. Reading pulses from meters with pulse outputs.. using arduino A note on what this
document covers The main thing that's being added here to the wealth of
information on the internet about pulse counting is how to count pulses from more
than two pulse outputs sources (up to 12 sources) using a continuos sampling…...
Listed under: Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
750. Car No. 06 Programmed Automatic Driving Car using arduino Hi! Kaeru no Ojisan is
back with Car No.06. Car No.06 is a Programmed Automatic Driving Car with
following procedure; - Simulate the Car Trajectory based on the Target Passing
Points. - Drive automatically as simulated using Reflective Photosensor and Gyro Sensor . -
Adjust…... Listed under: Car Projects
751. Interactive skull using arduino I bought this skull to decorate my computer desk.
However, analyzing better, I could do something more interesting. I hope you
enjoy. Step 1: Materials - A plastic skull - 8 screws; - Microcontroller (I used an
Arduino board); - A Protoboard - A nunchuck…... Listed under: Game –
752. Light and obstacle detecting bot using arduino Introduction For our ECSP project
we have made a bot that senses and follows light and at the same time avoids
obstacles. Rationale We wanted some hands on experience in using
microcontrollers and electronics in general . Using a combination of light and
distance sensors…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
753. 8 LED Chaser with 74HC595 8 Bit Shift Register using arduino Have you wanted to
make a sweet Cylon/Knight Rider (Larson) Scanner effect? But you don’t want to
use up all of your Arduino IO pins? Well, you can make a nice 8 LED Scanner with a
shift register IC. In this tutorial we’ll be using…... Listed under: LED Projects
754. arduino based distance sensor using arduino Here is a simple tutorial to build a
Distance sensor which will show the distance from the distance sensor HC-SR04 (
Or any other compatible devices) to the wall or obstacles in front of the sensor in
CentiMeters. This project uses a HCR-SR04 distance sensor and…... Listed under:
Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
755. Make A 3D LED Cube Using Arduino The 3D LED Cube is a really cool device that
enables you to see in three dimensions, get some depth perception and has 512
LED's or 512 pixels. It is based on an Arduino Uno which is an Atmel AVR
microcontroller on a development board…... Listed under: LED Projects
756. TiDiGino Contest using arduino The project TiDiGino We developed a new GSM
remote control called TiDiGino. The name recalls the initials (TDGxx) of our
previous GSM remote control and is also based on the Arduino project. All the
details of this circuit can be found below, but no the sketch, because this is your
assignment. The contestYou have to write…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
757. Control Ikea Dioder LED Strip with Arduino + 16X PWM LED Fader Board using arduino We're going
to show how to wire up and control an Ikea DIODER LED strip with an arduino,
using a 16X PWM LED Fader board as an intermediary. The 16X PWM board is
basically a bunch of mosfets under PWM control (switches that turn on…... Listed
under: LED Projects
758. Secret Knock Final using arduino Secret Knock Description - My final project is a
door lock that listens for your personalized knock. The lock uses an arduino board
and a piezo speaker and will not unlock the door unless the specific pattern is used
as a knock. Arduino Program -…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects,
Security – Safety Project Ideas
759. Thermocouple Sensor 1.0 using arduino Overview Jump to the Table of Contents
This is a simple board for measuring temperature. It uses an AD595 chip to make
thermocouple measurements easy. The AD595 amplifies the thermocouple signal
and conditions it for easy use. Thermocouples are great due to their linearity
over…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
760. Display Live Txts on Costume at Party w/ Scrolling LED Belt Buckle using arduino
This project shows how to send SMS text messages to a cheap scrolling LED display
via an Android app and arduino with USB host shield. The project was originally
inspired by a friend wanting to make a "sexting themed" costume, with a scrolling
LED display…... Listed under: LED Projects
761. Arduino: measuring the Earth’s magnetic field with the magnetometer HMC5883L using arduino
The HMC5883L magnetometer This component (a small chip) HMC5883L,
produced by Honeywell, bases its operation on AMR (Anisotropic
Magnetoresistive) technology and allows you to be able to measure both the
direction and the magnitude of the earth’s magnetic field. This magnetometer
HMC5883L has within 3 magneto-resistive…... Listed under: Temperature
Measurement Project Ideas
762. Nunchuk-controlled Helicopter using arduino Welcome to my 3rd Instructable

everyone ! Today we're going to build a 'device' to control a mini-sized helicopter
with a Wii Nunchuk. The helicopter that we're using is a cheap (26$) 3-channel
(yaw, throttle, pitch) helicopter that I bought a 1 month back from…... Listed under:
Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
763. Surfin’ Bird (Arduino Style) using arduino I just hope every body's heard. The Bird is
the Word! This is a simple device to play Surfin Bird really loudly when someone
trips off the motion sensor. If you don't already own an Adafruit Wave Shield, I'd
highly suggest purchasing one. It's become…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment
Project Ideas
764. Voice Recognition System using arduino Contents 1 Team Members 2 Mentor 3
Concept 4 Softwares Used 5 circuits 5.1 Pre Amp circuit 5.1.1 Circuit Diagram 5.1.2
Working 5.2 EEPROM circuit 5.3 Led Matrix display circuit 6 Algorithm for silence &
noise removal 6.1 Pre-Emphasis 6.2 Silence and Noise Removal 6.2.1…... Listed under: Sound – Audio
Projects
765. Arduino powered Haunted Pumpkin using arduino This is a cute little project that
takes a pumpkin, motion sensor, and some parts from Radio Shack. It was fun to
create and build. This project was sponsored by the Radio Shack Great Create and I
was able to make the whole thing with…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
766. A Makers Wedding – Photo booth usnig arduino This Instructable is about: building
an automated photo booth. The total build cost was around $150 as I re-used a lot
of the components and materials I already had in my garage - in addition to what I
could salvage from scrap yards. Why? -…... Listed under: Video – Camera – Imaging
Projects
767. Extending PWM output pins with a Texas Instruments TLC5940 LED driver using arduino
Introduction Microcontrollers like the Arduino were designed to facilitate the use of
electronics for designers and DIY enthusiasts. The interface provides a great
starting points for a variety of elecronic circuit designs. However, as the
microcontroller is standardized, it is also limited in its use.…... Listed under: PWM
Projects
768. LASER Maze – Halloween Haunted House using arduino The LASER Maze was our
Processing and Arduino powered garage haunted house for 2011. A monitor sits
outside of the garage, displaying "PRESS START." After the button is pressed, an
intro video plays that instructs you to dodge the lasers and get your candy in…...
Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
769. Human Body Infrared Smoke Temperature Alarm System with Arduino Web site:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Human-Body-Infrared-Smoke-Temperature-
Alarm-System/ Project Summary: The Human Body Infrared Smoke Temperature
Alarm System works under the DC 5v voltage and uses the DH11 Temperature
Module to detect the room temperature. When the module detects the temperature is higher than
the maximum, the buzzer alarms and…... Listed under: Security – Safety Projects
770. Doorbell to Arduino ‘Interface’ Hi Everybody In my first Instructable I want to show

you how to build an cheap and easy Doorbell to Arduino 'Interface' so you can let
your Arduinoproject get triggered through it or simply use your Arduino as a bell.
Almost endless possibilities Step…... Listed under: Home Automation Project
Ideas
771. 1RE45 Non contact digital thermometer using arduino Contents 1 Introduction 2
Components Used 3 Description 4 Idea 5 Plan Of Action 6 1st week: 7 2nd week: 8
3rd week: 9 4th week 10 5th week 11 Expenses(In Rupees) 12 Videos, Photos 13
Code 14 Team Members 15 Resources: Introduction Temperature is…... Listed under:
772. SPROT, my SimPleROboT using arduino in this instructable i will show you how to
make a very simple robot, using an arduino. this robot could be the base for a wide
range of projects, i am planning on adding LDRs to mine so it can seek put light
and also…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
773. How to build an Arduino energy monitor – measuring mains voltage and current arduino Including
voltage measurement via AC-AC voltage adapter and current measurement via a CT sensor. This
guide details how to build a simple electricity energy monitor on that can be used
to measure how much electrical energy you use in your home. It measures voltage
with…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects, Temperature Measurement Project
Ideas
774. VOICE CONTROL CAR USING ARDUINO AND ANDROID Hello friends,Welcome to
ElectroPLUS . This is a post to show how to make voice control car using arduino
and android. COMPONENTS REQUIRED: 1.Arduino uno or Induino R3 board. Hello
friends,Welcome to ElectroPLUS . This is a post to show how to make voice
control…... Listed under: Car Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
775. Build a Laser 3D Printer – Stereolithography at Home using arduino Here is how to
make a Stereolithography 3D Printer. It is still a bit of a work in progress but so far
it is working pretty well. This is mainly an experiment which started as a Delta
Robot Stereolithography Printer but ended as a more…... Listed under: CNC
Machines Project Ideas
776. A new board for the 3Drag: there’s more than Sanguinololu using arduino When
we first released our 3D printer, we tried to use some parts that were already
available and tested, in full respect of the open source philosophy. In particular, we
decided to use the electronic card Sanguinololu. The “open” firmware we chose,
the Marlin firmware…... Listed under: Blog, Motor Projects
777. Temperature Detecting Heating Control System with Arduino Mega2560 Web site:
http://www.icstation.com/product_info.php?products_id=3517 Project Summary: To
help electronic DIY hobbyists, will show you how to use Temperature Detecting
Heating Control System with Arduino Mega2560. Full Project: The temperature
detecting heating control system works with DC5V voltage. This system uses DS18B20 temperature
detection chip as the…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Projects
778. RoboBrrd Using Arduino RoboBrrd is an robot / animatronic character whose

purpose morphs to mirror that of the virtual world. It is designed to be used as a
tangible real world interface to virtual world learning applications. As a standalone
robot, RoboBrrd is an entertaining platform that can…... Listed under: Game –
779. Camera and flash trigger module using arduino Here we go again, here is a picture
of the camera and flash trigger module I made for my arduino photographic
projects: It includes three 4N26 optocouplers. One (first one from the left side) to
trigger a flash, as I did in the arduino controlled…... Listed under: Video – Camera –
Imaging Projects
780. Stroboscope (zoetrope) using Arduino and a broken Xbox 360 DVD drive using arduino
Stroboscope (AKA zoetrope) is a device that creates an illusion of a moving picture
by showing a rapid successions of frames "stopped" for a fraction of a second due
to the persistence-of-vision (POV) effect. It is a very old toy; zoetropes have been
amusing crowds…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
781. 3x3x3 LED cube shield using arduino What should be in your kit: 1 – PCB 27 – LED’s
2 – 6 Pins for Arduino 2 – 8 Pins for Arduino 3 – Resistors 1 – Foam Guide 1 – Small
Wire 1 – Medium Wire 1 – Large Wire You will…... Listed under: LED Projects
782. MQ-8 Hydrogen Gas Sensor Circuit Built with an Arduino In this project, we will go
over how to build a hydrogen gas sensor circuit with an arduino. The hydrogen gas
sensor we will use is the MQ-8 sensor. This is a sensor that is sensitive to effects of
hydrogen gas. Hydrogen gas (H2), at…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer –
Detector Projects
783. Simple Solar Power using arduino Simple Solar Power Light contains energy. When
light hits a conductor (or semiconductor) some of the energy is translated into
moving electrons, creating current. We can harness the current using solar cells
(aka photovoltaic cells). When the sun shines on a solar cell, the current…... Listed
under: Battery Projects
784. DIY Turntable using arduino You always wanted to be a Disc-Jockey. You know
nothing about beats, delays or mixing but, damn, scratching is like the coolest
thing ever invented! If this is also your case, follow this instructable to build a low-fi
DJ set: the DIY Turntable as featured…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Project Ideas
785. Arduino-enabled Patron Interaction Counting using arduino Using the Arduino
development board (http://arduino.cc) has become a very popular way to create
hardware prototypes that bridge the divide between the physical world and the
Internet. This article outlines how to use an Arduino, some off-the-shelf electronic
parts, the Processing programming language, and Google…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet –
LAN Projects
786. Make a Fire Breathing Animetronic Pony from FurReal Butterscotch or S’Mores usnig arduino For
Maker Faire Detroit 2011, I displayed a hack I made to a FurReal Friends
Butterscotch Pony. My fellow LVL1 Hackers and I had taken control of the motor
control system of the toy and added a flame thrower to it. It seemed to go…...
787. Real-Time Energy Monitor with Arduino and LabVIEW using arduino We present
the candidature of Mr. Michele Mancini for the TiDiGino Contest. He proposes us a
recent application with Arduino: Real-Time Energy Monitor This is a simple power
meter to analize the current consuming in a house using the led indicator of a
house energy…... Listed under: Temperature Measurement Project Ideas
788. Using an RGB LED to Detect Colours using arduino I am going to show you how
you can use an RGB LED and a Cds photocell as a colour sensor for a micro-
controller. I will illustrate the method to retrieve a colour using Arduino, and I will
show you a how you can verify the…... Listed under: LED Projects
789. Reviving A Dead Arduino Well I managed to kill my Arduino. It no longer accepted
uploads with the classic out of sync error. After asking on the Arduino forum I was
told I would need a high voltage programmer to rectify, so I decided just to buy a new…... Listed
under: Development Board – Kits Projects
790. Cosmic ray detection from vertical and horizontal directions using three Geiger counters using
arduino Research Group: Ryan Mountcastle, Minh Trang Nguyen, Nathan Ranno,
and Ryan Ward Launch: Whitworth Fall 2012 This experiment was designed to
examine cosmic ray activity in the Earth's atmosphere as altitude increases. The
previous group's project utilized three Geiger counters stacked vertically to
eliminate false…... Listed under: Other Projects
791. Using the Parallax RFID Reader with an Arduino f you’ve ever wanted the ability to
use some form of hardware-based authentication in your projects then this is the
board to do it with. The Parallax RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) reader is
super easy to configure. It only takes four wires! It uses serial…... Listed under:
Projects, RFID - NFC projects
792. Inflatable Teddy Bear/LED Costume/Power Glove using arduino This was a
behemoth of a project involving an inflatable costume, a LED costume, and a glove
that controlled the colors and patterns of the LEDs. I’ve been wanting to make an
inflatable creature that would give birth to me for a while now (lots…... Listed
under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
793. Build a network clock (NCLK) with Microduino-RTC The resolvent of clock
synchronization over internet. by PKJ, The web−based clock management system
allows you to monitor clock status from wherever they are and centrally change
settings. and this small device is built with PoE technology, thus IP clocks get their
time, data and power…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects, Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
794. TFT Display with microSD breakout board using arduino 128X160 pixels in 18 bit
color with a microSD breakout board courtesy of Adafruit Industries You can
purchase the 18-bit color TFT LCD display with microSD card breakout kit (part#
ST7735R) from Adafruit Industries This tutorial from Adafruit is for a 1.8" diagonal
TFT display…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, LCD Projects
795. SPI Interfaces using Arduino Update (6/7/2012) – I’ve had to disable comments on
this post, because it is being targeted by spam bots for some reason. Please use
the contact page if you have a question about this topic. [box type="note" color="
#202020 " bg="#ffbb00 " font="verdana" fontsize="14" radius="20…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB
– RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects, Projects
796. Awesome button, and then some. usnig arduino Many of you have probably seen
the Awesome button done by Matt Richardson of Make Magazine. If not here is his
video which was very well done and was the inspiration of my project. I liked the
idea of having a button to press for…... Listed under: LED Projects
797. Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock using Arduino Protect your secret hideout from
intruders with a lock that will only open when it hears the secret knock. This started
out as a bit of a joke project, but turned out to be surprisingly accurate at judging
knocks. If the precision is turned all…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Projects, Sensor –
798. The Soil Temperature Sensor using arduino You are building a soil temperature
sensor. We need a waterproof thermometer that we can burry in the soil. The
sensor is made up of a small circuit enclosed in a piece of heat shrink (to
waterproof it). Supplies: (see the parts page) an LM335…... Listed under: Home
Automation Projects, Temperature Measurement Projects
799. Make An Arduino RFID Card Reading Finally! It’s been about 3 months since my last
Arduino tutorial – I’ve been keeping busy as usual. I’ve been working on this one
for some time. I got the parts months ago, made an outline a few weeks ago,
prototyped the circuits and wrote…... Listed under: Projects, RFID - NFC projects
800. Arduino – One Wire Digital Temperature Sensor – DS18B20 The one wire Digital
Temperature Sensor - DS18B20 from Maxim (formerly Dallas) is a great chip for
measuring temperature in your projects. Luckily, there is a Dallas Temperature
library for the arduino which makes using this sensor very easy. The most recent
version of this…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas, Temperature
801. Traffic Light Stoplight LED Scarf – Safety Scarf of Righteousness using arduino
Multipurpose like a traffic light, this one keeps you warm and blinks to make you
more visible in the night. Stop traffic with this fun scarf worn around your neck.
Repurpose a dollar-store bicycle safety flasher to embed in the scarf. Simulates the
light changing…... Listed under: LED Projects
802. Soldering an SMT MOSFET Driver with a hotplate Soldering SMD components isn't
as hard as you might think. In fact it's easy. If you follow this instructables you'll
soon see just what great results you can obtain at home using just a hotplate. It's
not just being able to make small circuit boards…... Listed under: Development
Board – Kits Projects, How To – DIY – Projects
803. Wendell the Robot using arduino What follows is my proposed design for a robot.
A robot with a simple design, that is easy to share and change. A robot you can
build with a hand saw or a laser cutter; from cardboard or karbonite. A robot you
can share; and change.…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
804. Arduino + Compass Module 3-Axis HMC5883L Background In this blogpost we’re
going to deal with the Compass Module 3-Axis HMC5883L from Parallax and how
to integrate it into an Arduino. The Compass Module 3-Axis HMC5883L is designed
for low-field magnetic sensing with a digital interface. This compact sensor fits into
small…... Listed under: CNC Machines Project Ideas, Robotics – Automation Project
Ideas
805. 3D AIR mouse | Arduino + Processing 3D AIR mouse | Arduino + Processing I'm an
Industrial design student, and last year as part of a course called "Technology as
RAW materiel" I built this project as my final work. I work most of the time with
SolidWorks, a CAD software for…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects,
806. Arduino Chiptunes usnig arduino I am not a big fan of programming. I may like it but, I try to keep
it down to a 555 timer like in this ible. However, when it comes to synths, well, I just NEED
programming. One day, while exploring Synthesizers, I came…... Listed under:
Sound – Audio Project Ideas
807. LilyPad Arduino – the wearable technology using arduino Introduzione LilyPad
Arduino is one of the many Arduino microcontrollers, but unlike the more well-
known Arduino UNO, MEGA and Yun, this little board has very specific
characteristics that make it unique. In fact, the LilyPad can be sewn on fabric. In
fact, with only 19…... Listed under: Medical – Health based Project Ideas
808. Make A Twitter Poem Box Using Arduino This is a project that was inspired by Marc
de Vinck's Kitty Twitty Cat Toy http://makezine.com/22/kittytwitty/ . It incorporates
an RFID reader and the BlinkM, a programable RGB LED. The lamp tweets random
colored poems when it detects one of the three RFID cards which…... Listed under:
Internet – Ethernet – LAN Projects
809. Smart Relay Power Box(SiriProxy Compatible) If you have ever wanted to control
high voltages/currents with an Arduino, setup up a complicated light timer, or even
have Siri turn on a Lamp. Then this is an instructable for you! In this instructable in
a few simple steps we will build a self-powered…... Listed under: Development
Board – Kits Project Ideas
810. BennyP’s Light Contraption using arduino Introduction Disclaimer: I am not an

expert in any of this. There is lots of information online regarding such designs.
Although this setup worked for me, do not trust any of my calculations. Please
work all this out for yourself and consult many other sources,…... Listed under:
Home Automation Project Ideas, PWM Projects
811. ST7565 LCDs: Graphical LCDs What it is... Type: Graphical (128x64) monochrome
LCD with LED backlight Interface: Serial / SPI This is a good time to read the
datasheet Available from: Adafruit, of course! Introduction: This mini-tutorial will go
through the process of setting up a ST7565 LCD. These LCDs…... Listed under: LCD Projects
812. Standalone Arduino chip on breadboard If you're like me, after I got my Arduino
and performed a final programming on my first chip, I wanted to pull it off my
Arduino Duemilanove and put it on my own circuit. This would also free up my
Arduino for future projects. The problem…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Projects,
Projects
813. USB Biofeedback Game Controller using arduino Building upon our last tutorial,
which taught you how to build a muscle sensor, we've decided to give you a
project that really showcases the power of our muscle (EMG) sensors. Advancer
Technologies’ “USB Biofeedback Game Controller” harnesses the power of electromyography to
allow players to…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
814. CT sensors – Interfacing with an Arduino To connect up a CT sensor to an Arduino,

the output signal from the CT sensor needs to be conditioned so that it meets the
input requirements of the Arduino analog inputs: a positive voltage between 0V and the ADC
reference voltage. Note: This page give the…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project
Ideas
815. Making 1×10 LED Array with Random Patterns This will teach you how to make a
very simple 1x10 array of LEDs on a breadboard controlled by an Arduino Uno to
make the LEDs blink and flash in 10 different patterns. Link to notebook for project:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YP4p11SbDNOnM7mDn-
sRjJLnxGPj6o0DkrFZnznVMvk/edit Link to YouTube video of LEDs…... Listed under: LED Projects
816. The party starter using arduino A desktop motorized musical disco ball. Great for
holiday parties, impromptu dance-offs, and Tuesday afternoons. Bling, Music,
Arduino, and glitter covered styrofoam; this Instructable has got what you need to
get your boogie on. Fires need help go get going, so do parties. I recently…...
Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
817. Controllers and Sensors using arduino John has been working to recover
components from old power supplies and available trash electronics, in order to
build controllers to power stepper motors and other mechanisms for the FabLab.
Intro The Arduino microcontroller board is able to supply a current of 40mA from
its…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
818. Arduino lets you play Atari 2600 and ZX Spectrum using a NES controller This
instructable shows you how to use NES controller in Atari 2600 or ZX Spectrum
(with Kempston Interface) with the aid of an Arduino. Step 1: Background talk I
have recently acquired a couple of Atari 2600s and a bunch of joysticks. Both
consoles were working…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
819. Serial Duplex using an Arduino Overview In the first serial lab, you sent data from
one sensor to a personal computer. In this lab, you'll send data from multiple
sensors to a program on a personal computer. You'll use the data from the sensors
to create a pointing-and-selecting device (i.e.…... Listed under: Sensor – Transducer
– Detector Project Ideas
820. Yet Another Arduino 110v Power Controller This Instructable shows you how to
build a four-gang outlet box in which each outlet is controlled via an Arduino (or
any other TTL level signals). It differs from the other relay boxes in that it uses no
circuit boards and has very few parts (one…... Listed under: Projects, Solar energy
projects
821. Sensing color with the ADJD-S371 + Arduino About 2 years ago I picked up a
ADJD-S371 color sensor from Sparkfun to work with my arduino. I spent a few days
getting it to work, but finally got it going pretty well. I still get a few emails here and there asking
for…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Project Ideas, Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
822. Displaying Twitter feed without a PC! using Arduino There are a lot of Twitter feed
readers around the Web that use Arduino AND a PC to display twits on LCD
displays or whatsoever. Then, I decide it was the time to design a solution for
performing the same job WITHOUT A PC, and…... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet –
LAN Projects, LCD Projects
823. Geiger counter triggered LED decorations using arduino Bored of blinky lights that blink in response
to time? Make them blink with space instead! This instructable shows a quick method for
connecting LED tree decorations to a Geiger counter via arduino, so that the lights
blink between different strings each time radiation is…... Listed under: LED Projects
824. Arduino ISP (In System Programming) and stand-alone circuits We use an Arduino
to program other ATmega without bootloader . This technique allows you to use all
flash memory for code and make boards using new ATmega, cheaper than those
with bootloader. The qualities that have made the success of Arduino are
undoubtedly the open-source…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer Projects
825. Introducing PETBOT: A node.js Telepresence Robot using arduino It’s a telepresence
robot I built for our office, consisting of an iPad mounted on a lightweight chassis
powered by an RC car. To operate it, you open up a video chat session with the
iPad, then control the robot from your browser using the…... Listed under: Robotics
– Automation Project Ideas
826. Digispark RGB LED Fader Forward: This instructable was originally posted at
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-LED-Fader-using-Digispark/ My
students and I developed it into this exemplar, for which they received a very good
mark. Viewing the following video may leave you with a sense of too much too fast. Please continue
to read this…... Listed under: LED Projects
827. Rocket Brand Studios Medium Tank using arduino This is the assembly instructions
for the Medium Tank from Rocket Brand Studios. This is a great little robot kit, and
can be purchased as a complete kit or as a rolling chassis, ready for the micro
controller of your choice --Arudino Uno, Duemilanove, Picaxe…... Listed under:
828. pedalSHIELD Arduino Guitar Pedal Web site:

http://www.electrosmash.com/pedalshield Project Summary: pedalSHIELD is a
programmable Arduino Open Source & Open Hardware guitar pedal made for
guitarists, hackers and programmers. Users can program and share their own effects in C/C++. Full
Project: pedalSHIELD is a programmable Arduino guitar pedal. It is Open…... Listed under: Sound –
Audio Projects
829. World’s Smallest Stepper Motor with Arduino and EasyDriver This little wonder of
electromechanical engineering came from inside a laser diode sled of an HP CT10L
Bluray drive I’ve opened some time ago. The device on the picture consists of
several parts, all easily fitting on a dime coin: a bipolar stepper motor with…...
830. Telemetry with solar cell using an Arduino *NOTE* THIS PROJECT IS DONE BY A
GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC. Telemetry - Solar Cells
Our project is using Arduino with the ZigBee to transmit and receive data from the
solar cell. Data will be shown in the LCD and the software called…... Listed under: Battery Projects,
Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects, Solar energy projects
831. LED Gingerbread house using arduino Last year my Wife and I started a new
tradition of building a Gingerbread house for Christmas. We had a few nicely
decorated houses last year, and I wanted to do a little more this year. Adding LEDs
makes everything better, so that is exactly…... Listed under: Home Automation
Project Ideas
832. An I²C Bus powered Arduino IO Expander Board controlled via Bluetooth and Android Today we’ll
expand Arduino’s digital resources thanks to an I2C bus equipped shield and we’ll
allow the management of the board via a bluetooth connection RN-42 through an
Android systems. All Arduino boards feature a number of digital I/Os. For the
simplest projects, such resources…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects,
Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
833. Linking an Arduino to a Radiometrix NTX2B Transmitter Part 1 - Test Circuit and
Test Code Introduction Getting your Arduino to transmit via the radio initially may
seem daunting but its actually pretty simple. Please freely substitute the word
“Arduino” for any micro-controller you wish to use. The example below works for
5V…... Listed under: Wireless Projects
834. Extreme Color Organ using arduino Hi All! I have wanted to do something fun with
my bedroom for a while now and the Make it Glow challenge provided me with a
reason to do so. A few months ago I acquired a strand of GE-35 Color Effects lights
and owing…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
835. Solar USB Charger 2.0 Everyone has USB gadgets. It's pretty much a fact of life.
Another fact of life is that these USB gadgets also continually run out of power
when you most need them. No need to fear, solar power is here! Ditch those crazy
wall adaptors, throw…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Projects,
Solar energy projects
836. Make A 0 to 99 Light Display Using Arduino This circuit will take a light reading
then display a number between zero and 99. Step 1: Parts you will need Major
Components in Project To make the 0-99 LED display you will need... ~ photo
resister ~ Arduino ~ 9 different wires ~ 2…... Listed under: LED Projects
837. PS/2/You: Go-anywhere, LED digital message board using Arduino microcontroller
Combine three inexpensive LED matrix display panels, an Ardweeny microcontroller
and a standard PS/2 computer keyboard into your own go-anywhere, instantly
updatable 768-pixel digital message board. The code can hold up to six lines of
text with a maximum of 100 characters each. Pressing a…... Listed under: LED
Projects
838. Solar Tracker Relay circuit using Arduino I've reached the point where I need to
think how I'm going to control the motor & linear actuator for my solar tracker.
Things to consider - Must be able to go forwards and backwards - so that makes 4
channels, 2 for each motor.…... Listed under: How To – DIY – Projects
839. BARC Jeep – An XBOX Controlled Power Wheels Make a power wheels jeep that is
controlled by an XBOX controller. This particular build is using Power Wheels®
Jeep® Hurricane with Monster Traction™ but should be usable across many
different types of power wheels with small adjustments. I wanted to do this project
so I could…... Listed under: Car Projects, Game – Entertainment Projects
840. Nick Smith – Magical Music Box using arduino This is my Magical Music Box which
converts music into a light show. When i was daydreaming what to make for my
final project, i wanted something that would make a light show for any song simply
by hearing it. Materials used: 1x arduino 8x…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment
Projects
841. Interactive LED Lab Coat using Arduino This is an instructable for the Interactive
LED Lab Coats, showcased at Autodesk University. Check out the videos below! The
first is a demo of the colors actuated by the buttons. The second is a demo of the
breathalyzer! (this will be explained later) Tools …... Listed under: Home Automation
Projects, LED Projects, Projects
842. Sugru + Servos = Robot using arduino Build a robot using a bag of Sugru and 5
mini-servo motors. Motivation:Build a robot using very few parts and very cheap
servo motors. Steps: Parts list Build Wire Program Play! Outcomes of this project:
Robot with 5 joints Arduino Code which is expandable Control…... Listed under:
843. Sleep Tracking using an Arduino Background and motivation This project was
motivated by two things: my almost complete inability to get out of bed in the
morning, and my fondness for recording data from routine activities and making
graphs with that data. My main problem with waking up in the…... Listed under:
Home Automation Projects, Metering – Instrument Projects, Projects
844. [Said Alyami] – [Funny Cartoon Sounds with a twist] arduino Introduction My
project is about providing multiple saved cartoon sounds then do funny effect on
them through controlling the speed of play either faster or slower. it contains 4
sound files: Crazy Frog, Bird is the Word “by Family Guy”, oompa loompa “by
Willy…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
845. How to convert (almost) any 27 or 49 MHz RC Car into a Robotic car using arduino controller I am
teaching a robotics course in my kids high school (Rambam Mesivta in Lawrence,
NY). I was looking for a cost effective way to teach them about the priciples of
robotics without spending an arm and a leg, and getting them excited about the…...
846. [OoB] Shooting paintball maker with relay, Arduino and .NET WinForms [OoB]
Shooting paintball maker with relay, Arduino and .NET WinForms My first Arduino
based project was Sonar with C#, JS and HTML5. Now I continue the "Out of
Boredom" series with a setup that allows firing a paintball marker (gun) with a
command sent from…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
847. Arduino Controlled RGB LED Dot Matrix Board This project is a relatively
straightforward and simple DIY music board. The Dot Matrix Board will allow any
aged person to create their own music and beats. All you need to have is an
understanding of Arduino and circuitry. Step 1: Gather Parts Needed [box…... Listed
under: LED Projects
848. 5×5 rgb lpd6803-led matrix arduino controlled what: a 5*5 rgb led matrix, made
with arduino and lpd6803 based leds from adafruit. with an pir sensor, it goes on if
it detects movements and a ir distace sensor, 1 animation shows the distance you
have from the sensor :). why: because its…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects
849. Self-contained 16-Digit display – Arduino & Attiny85 Ever wanted a 7-segment
display for around the house? Here's your chance to make one! It can even be
interactive based on the programming.Parts: ($7.60) 16 Digit TM1640 based display
Dealextreme.com SKU: 104311 http://www.dealextreme.com/p/jy-mcu-16x-digital-
tube-yellow-led-module-104311 ($2.50) Atmel ATtiny85 Digikey PN: ATTINY85-20PU-ND($1.73)
Extra long female header pins…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas
850. An Open Source, hackable Digital Clock Andrew O’Malley, an amazingly creative
maker, created this fanstastic Open Source Arduino-based clock that can display
the time in many different ways: if not enough, one can also add his own personal
animation. Compared to other clocks based on Arduino, this one has two
distinctive…... Listed under: Clock – Timer Projects
851. Tiny Wearable LED kit – 12 PWM LEDs from a reprogramable ATtiny85 This
instructable covers the assembly and use of a Tiny Wearable LED kit. The kit is
useable immediately but is desigend to be hackable and can be reprogrammed to
your liking using an ISP programmer or Arduino board and the Arduino IDE. There
are not…... Listed under: LED Projects, Projects, PWM Projects
852. Infinity Mirror – Tony Stark Arc-Reactor thing using arduino I'm creating a robot,
but am finding that it's better if I break the build down into smaller projects. This is
one of those projects, and it seems to have a look that could be used for other
things as well. Step 1: Destroy a lady's…... Listed under: Battery Projects
853. Ultraviolet nightlight, ingredients and setup This simple instructable will show you
how to make a nightlight out of a translucent container, a bottle of tonic water, an
Arduino, and ultraviolet LEDs. If you've ever played with a black light, you've
noticed that some substances glow brightly under these lights. In…... Listed under:
LED Projects
854. Rocket Brand Studios Tiny Tank using arduino This is the assembly instructions for
the Tiny Tank from Rocket Brand Studios. This is a great little robot kit, and can be
purchased as a complete kit or as a rolling chassis, ready for the micro controller of
your choice --Arudino Uno, Duemilanove and…... Listed under: Robotics –
855. LCD & Keypad Shield Quickstart Guide using arduino The 16x2 LCD And Keypad
Shield is very simple to use because it's fully compatible with the Arduino
"LiquidCrystal" library. You can initialise the LCD and display messages on it with
just a few lines of code, but it also gives you the flexibility to…... Listed under: LCD
Projects
856. Arduino Esplora Light Calibrator This sketch shows you how to read and calibrate the Esplora's light
sensor. Because light levels vary from one location to another, you need to calibrate the sensor for
each location. To do this, you read the sensor for a few seconds, and save the…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Project Ideas, LED Projects, Projects, Sensor – Transducer
– Detector Projects
857. MultiMovEDIA The title “MultiMovEDIA” does not mean much – if anything – at
first sight. However, looking at more carefully, we can see it is a composition of two
words: “Multimedia”, referring to the information content and the channels it uses
(text, image, sound), and “Move”,…... Listed under: Sound – Audio Projects
858. [Team PGH] – Prototype I Final Report: [Motion RC Car] using arduino Introduction:
Give a brief description of what you are trying to solve. Include a high-level
overview of what you made, why you made it, what parts you used, and what it
does. In today’s growing technology, it seems every little electronic is becoming
touch or motion sensored.…... Listed under: Car Projects
859. The IKEA Robot Lamp using arduino Welcome to the SM-1 project from
ArduinoArts.com! (A.K.A as the Annoying IKEA Lamp) We are proud to introduce
you to the SM-1 project (aka the Annoying IKEA lamp), as part of the Toy hacking
contest from the SeeedStudio.com friends. The project consists in modifying an…...
860. Single Digit Decimal counter using Arduino “Hello world”,I am not going to start
this blog with typical “Hello world” program,since lot of resources already covered
Arduino way of telling “hello world”,that is Blinking a LED. This project is absolutely
for beginners who prefers to run than taking a walk,I am going…... Listed under:
Clock – Timer Project Ideas
861. Python Meets the Arduino Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping

platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. Python is our
favorate programming language that allows you to integrate systems more
effectively. Learn how to use Python to ... Listed under: Internet – Ethernet – LAN
Projects, Projects
862. Alarm Clock with Tetris to Prove You’re Awake using Arduino This is an Arduino
powered alarm clock that after hitting snooze twice the alarm will not cancel until
the user has cleared 4 lines in the game Tetris. You physically turn the clock
sideways, so the screen is vertical, to play Tetris. It's never fun…... Listed under:
Clock – Timer Projects, Home Automation Projects, Projects
863. Using a transistor to control high current loads with an Arduino In this tutorial,
you'll learn how to control a high-current DC load such as a DC motor or an
incandescent light from a microcontroller. (:toc Table of Contents:) Connect a
transistor to the microcontroller The transistor allows you to control a circuit that's
carrying higher…... Listed under: Interfacing(USB – RS232 – I2c -ISP) Project Ideas
864. Wireless Glove-Controlled Electric Mountainboard: An Analysis Hey guys! So I

finally decided to make a page that has everything you could possibly know about
my project. Even though I had previously answered everyone's questions, they
were usually through a message. Because of that, I was usually asked the same
questions and…... Listed under: Radio Project Ideas
865. IR Harp using arduino Contents 1 Team Members 2 Mentor 3 Introduction 4

Components Used 5 Idea 6 Arduino Uno Board (ATMega328P) 7 Approach to
Project 8 Sound Synthesis 8.1 Delay() 8.2 Interrupts 8.3 The nature of the periodic
waveform 8.4 The nature of the amplitude envelope 9 Working…... Listed under:
Home Automation Project Ideas, Security – Safety Project Ideas
866. Arduino Mobile Processing How the mobile sketch works: The brain of the system
is really on the arduino or the web page the phone requests. . . The phone just
passes any data it sees back and forth. . . For the phone app to run, it needs…...
Listed under: Phone Projects
867. Bleeber – A physical layer between data and action. using ardiuno This project is a
contribution to the first belgian Arduino Jam (2012). First of all we would like to
thank the organisation and especially the main sponsor, Capgemini, which made all
of this possible. Bleeber is a physical way of interacting with data trough oobleck.
In…... Listed under: Development Board – Kits Project Ideas
868. Build An Lego Spybotics With Arduino A friend gave me his old Lego Spybotics
robot, however, the programming environment that goes along with it is a bit too
orientated to the younger user. So why not control it using an Arduino? Step 1:
Open up! In order to get this robot…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Robotics –
Automation Projects
869. Arduino animatronics- make your awesome costumes more awesome Here's how
to add lights, sound and action to your favorite Halloween project using the open
source Arduino microcontroller. Arduino is easy to learn to use and it opens up a
whole new world for costume builders and creature creators. If you want to
learn…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects, Projects
870. Custom Large Font For 16×2 LCDs using arduino A couple of years ago i was
learning to use the Ardiuno and started playing around with an Hitachi HD44780
based 16x2 LCD screen. I soon learned that the screen has 8 customizable character
slots. I had found a project where someone used those slots…... Listed under: LCD
Projects
871. General Instruments SP0256-AL2 English Phoneme Speech chip & an Arduino The
GI SP0256 chip is an early 1980s bit of technology. It's a 5V (to 7V) NMOS chip
which is compatible enough with the 5V TTL circuity common in that era. 5V TTL
disappeared for a while, then came back with the Atmel _28-based Arduino…...
Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas, Sound – Audio Project Ideas
872. CARduino – Arduino-Powered, LabVIEW-Controlled Vehicle The CARduino is a

remote-operated vehicle which is controlled by a controller attached to a computer
running LabVIEW. The vehicle is powered by the Arduino, and can be expanded
upon through the addition of sensors or other devices. Using LabVIEW, one can
easily modify the…... Listed under: Car Projects
873. Momentary Switch as Digital Sensor using arduino many cases switches are just
switches. They directly control the flow of electricity to an appliance, flashlight or
mains-voltage lamp. An example of this is the switch on the wall in your living
room. In many cases nowadays however, switches are digital sensors, meaning that…... Listed under:
Sensor – Transducer – Detector Project Ideas
874. Read analog data directly in Processing using arduino This instructable presents a
fast an easy way to use data received from an analog sensor in Processing. You will
learn to utilize the Arduino and prototype electronic boards to read meaningful
data from the environment. The sensors can be affected by the light, the…... Listed
under: Arduino Programmer Projects
875. The Arduino Noise Machine Okay, okay, I know you all were wondering what I am
up to now. I love synths and so, I built this. There are three things that can catch my
attention: Synthesizers, Amplifiers and free. The other day (Actually it was just
Thursday) I was…... Listed under: Projects, Sound – Audio Projects
876. Arduino DMX shield for Christmas projects This shield allows to connect an
Arduino with DMX equipment. It implements the RS485 interface to adapt the
electrical levels needed for DMX connection. This shield has been designed with
flexibility in mind and allows the user to choose between several Arduino pins for
digital…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Project Ideas
877. The Soil Moisture Sensor using arduino You are building a cheap soil moisture
sensor so the brain can read the amount of moisture in the soil. The version we are
building is very low tech, but it is also very cheap and easy to build. It consists of a
block of…... Listed under: Home Automation Projects, Temperature Measurement
Project Ideas
878. Arduino theremin like musical instrument When I got my Arduino protoshield from
sparkfun, I wanted to make something cool with it. And since I had seen a few
Theremin projects before, and already thought about making some, I finally made
one, using the Parallax PING sonar sensor. Here are some…... Listed under: Projects, Sensor –
879. Mouse Control With Pushbuttons using arduino Overview In this lab, you'll build an
alternative computer mouse using an Arduino Leonardo using pushbuttons to
move the mouse left, right, up and down. You'll see the difference between reading
a digital input continually and reading for a change of state. (:toc Table of…... Listed
880. Make A G Meter using Arduino I have a late 80's VW and the gauge cluster has 5
dummy LED locations underneath the other warning lights. Well I was tired of the
m not doing anything, so I decided to do something about it. I came up with the
idea to…... Listed under: Metering – Instrument Projects
881. Remote control via GPRS or GSM SMS using Arduino Remote control, it has been a
very profound things in the past. When I was a child, I always imagine that I have
an equipment which can control all home appliances. Now, this has become a
reality, and it is quite easy. Then I will…... Listed under: Ideas, Phone Project Ideas,
Radio Project Ideas
882. Xbox 360 RF module + Arduino I was going to make a huge write-up on this, but I
can’t be bothered right now. I’ll probably do something about it later. Until then,
have an Arduino sketch. If you don’t know what you’re doing with it then chances
are you don’t have…... Listed under: Radio Project Ideas, Wireless Projects
883. Robotic Talking Turret using Arduino Here I will show you an overview on how to
make a robotic talking turret, loosely based off of the turrets from the popular
game, Portal. This instructable should help anyone wanting to do an animatronics
project. For more detailed pictures, go to: http://razorconcepts.net/turret.html
This…... Listed under: Projects, Robotics – Automation Projects
884. New Textiles 2012 using arduino Twist Switch by ttseng Through the action of
twisting, swatches of conductive fabric are folded in upon each other, completing a
circuit that then turns on LEDs. On each face of stretched spandex are swatches of
conductive fabric. Before choosing which swatches to designate as…... Listed under:
LED Projects
885. Demystifying 4 pin RGB LEDS (Radio Shack 276-0028) using arduino RGB LEDs are
fairly useful in projects allowing for a wide range of color from a single unit.
However they can be a pain in the neck to work with and they too often come with
little or no documentation. I searched for some time…... Listed under: LED Projects
886. Connect the arduino and make the speaker play To make your Arduino to play a
melody you need thes accessories. One 5 ohm speaker One Arduino uno board
One Push buttom One 10 kohm resistor 8 leds And a lot of core wires Step 1:
Connect the arduino and make the speaker play This…... Listed under: Sound –
Audio Projects
887. Team 1 Final Project Report & Video: Arduino Video Game System using arduino
Introduction We built a video game system that can play either Snakes or Pong.
We saw a project called “Arduino Pong” and wanted to recreate it with our own
twist. Description Parts Needed: Arduino Uno Video Game Shield 2 LEDs 2 non-
latching push buttons 2…... Listed under: Game – Entertainment Projects
888. Arduino Morse Code Flaher using arduino I am a big fan of programming but I like
to keep it down to 555 timer but when it comes to complex functions like flashing
a LED in a certain pattern programming is necessary.One day while surfing through
the I came across something known as Morse code.I decided…... Listed under: Arduino Programmer
Projects
889. How To Make A Arduino Robotic Arm In this instructable I will show you how to
make a simple robotic arm controlled by 4 servos , 2 analog joysticks, and an
Arduino UNO. It is very similar to my "2 Servos + Thumbstick" instructable. This
tutorial is in particular to help out…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Projects
890. Rear Wheel Tachometer using arduino One of the goals of Movable Party is to
provide an interactive experience for audiences/participants. Since power will be
generated from a hub motor attached to the rear wheel of each bike (see this post),
the speed of the rear wheel directly translates to the…... Listed under: CNC Machines Project Ideas,
891. The Versatile Arduino Robot using arduino This is my first arduino robot, and I am
quite happy with the outcome. What I came up with is a robot that with
modifications can do just about anything in the realm of small arduino robots. The
electronics are very simple. You only need…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation
Project Ideas
892. Time-Lapse Camera Controller using Arduino Simple digital cameras can produce
remarkably good quality photos and are now cheap enough that it doesn't hurt the
wallet too much to buy one with the intention of modifying it for use in a project.
You may even already have an old digital camera…... Listed under: Video – Camera
– Imaging Projects
893. A useful and simple IO Shield for Arduino In order to “visually” highlight the
behavior of Arduino programs you must connect a device to the I/O pins, which
gives you tangible signals. Normally, if you want to check if a program changes a
level of an output pin, answering a command or executing…... Listed under:
Development Board – Kits Projects, How To – DIY – Projects
894. StorageBot – voice controlled robotic parts finder using arduino Introduction I
created the StorageBot to help solve a problem experienced by most Makers. After
many years of accumulating thousands of parts stored in storage bins, I began to
go crazy looking for parts scattered between so many of these bins. The hardest
parts to…... Listed under: Robotics – Automation Project Ideas
895. Automated LED stairs using arduino After seeing the lovely LED stairs at
interactivefurniture.de, I decided to make my own, open-source version. Here is a
video of them in action. I am not an expert videographer and cannot do the stairs
full justice, but they came out exactly as I wanted.…... Listed under: Home
896. Laser cut gear clock with ChronoDot using Arduino This summer, my hackerspace
LVL1 (in Louisville, Ky) got an awesome laser cutter http://fslaser.com/40w-deluxe-
hobby-laser-engraver-and-cutter. LVL1 is an awesome community of creative folks
that like to build stuff. You can always check out what we are up to at
http://www.lvl1.org. If you like instructables and making…... Listed under: Clock –
Timer Projects, Projects
897. Using an Arduino to Control or Test an SPI electronic device There are many
electronic devices that use the SPI bus, or Serial Peripheral Interface bus, for
communications (e.g. various sensors, LCD displays, digital potentiometers, D/A
and A/D converters, wireless transmitters and receivers, audio volume controls).
The devices receive data serially from a microcontroller using a…... Listed under: Battery Projects
898. Solar Powered LED/Ultracapacitor Arduino Regulated Light This instructable

primarily shows how to control the charging voltage from a solar panel to an
energy storage device (capacitors in this case). I showed how to construct the light
previously http://www.instructables.com/id/Human-Powered-Light-from-my-book-
Doable-Renewab/ Step 1: This solar panel can produce up to 18 volts, but my…... Listed under: LED
Projects, Projects
899. Arduino – based camera trigger unit I developed the camera trigger unit in order to
synchronize various events and actions during free-flight experiments with
hawkmoths in the wind tunnel described in a previous post. More specifically, the
goal was to trigger multiple high-speed cameras and have LEDs that indicate the
exact…... Listed under: Home Automation Project Ideas, Video – Camera – Imaging Projects
900. Bouncing Multicolored LED line This is an arduino controlled project and uses leds,
jumper wires, and a breadboard. This is one of my first attempts on programming
arduino and I am pleased with the outcome. I'm ten years old and I just started
programming 2 weeks ago. Step 1:…... Listed under: LED Projects
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