This robotic cue can turn anyone into a pool shark

From blog.arduino.cc 2 weeks ago in Platforms Stores

If you want to get better at billiards, the conventional wisdom is to practice. However, if you’re YouTuber Shane Wighton, you build a robotic cue to play the game for you. His device looks like a cross between a pool stick, a sci-fi robot, and a heavily-modified weed wacker. Instead of...

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This digital clock uses 24 Arduino-controlled analog faces

From blog.arduino.cc 3 days ago in Platforms Stores

After being inspired by a beautiful, if rather expensive timepiece, Ira Hart decided to make a 3D-printed clock with 24 analog faces that combine to form a single digital display. The overall device is controlled by a single Arduino Nano, which...

Time to get creative – the Arduino Day Community Challenge is coming

From blog.arduino.cc 3 days ago in Platforms Stores

Every year, one of Arduino Day’s biggest highlights is the Community Challenge, and 2021 is no different. As you read this, we’re working feverishly behind the scenes to get this year’s challenge ready, so you can start submitting your projects...

Zach Frew’s Liquid Lite Brite creates low-res art out of liquid dye

From blog.arduino.cc 4 days ago in Platforms Stores

As a child, chances are you came across a Lite-Brite at some point. The toy consisted of a light box with small plastic pegs that fit into a panel and lit up to form a picture. Drawing inspiration from that,...

Avoid eyestrain with the help of the Eyesight Guardian

From blog.arduino.cc 5 days ago in Platforms Stores

Many of us spend all day staring at a computer screen, entering data, watching YouTube, writing blog articles, or any number of other tasks. According to Daniel Hingston, computer-induced eye strain can be a real problem, and to combat this,...

Announcing the Arduino IDE 2.0 (beta)

From blog.arduino.cc 1 week ago in Platforms Stores

The Arduino IDE is the well-known software we all use to program our boards. Its development started in 2005 based on the graphical interface of the Processing project and has never stopped since. During these years, countless hours of development...

Homebrew Hakko 907 digital soldering station

From blog.arduino.cc 1 week ago in Platforms Stores

If you want to upgrade your soldering setup without spending a lot of money, then be sure to check out Angelo AKA TechBuilder’s DIY Hakko 907 station. This low-cost device features an Arduino Nano to read the iron temperature via...

Monitor your hoverboard’s power draw with this Arduino-based meter/logger

From blog.arduino.cc 1 week ago in Platforms Stores

If you look at your car’s dashboard, there’s a good chance you’ll find an efficiency rating for how you’re driving. However, what if you instead ride a hoverboard? This functionality is certainly not stock equipment, yet Niklas Roy wanted to...

Putting a modern spin on the phenakistoscope

From blog.arduino.cc 2 weeks ago in Platforms Stores

The phenakistoscope was invented in the 1800s as a way to view a series of moving pictures on a spinning disc. While the traditional implementation is ingenious in its own right, Nick Lim has created his own take on this venerable concept,...

Arduino MKR IoT Carrier: Control what you want, how you want to!

From blog.arduino.cc 2 weeks ago in Platforms Stores

By popular demand, we are pleased to announce that it’s now possible to buy the Arduino MKR IoT Carrier. Originally forming a key part of the Arduino Oplá IoT Kit, we’ve responded to our community to make the carrier available...

Bikelangelo is a water-dispensing graffiti bicycle trailer

From blog.arduino.cc 2 weeks ago in Platforms Stores

Inspired by persistence of vision (POV) projects, Sagarrabanana built a system that incrementally dispenses water as pixels on a flat surface, creating ephemeral dot matrix messages/images. This so-called “Bikelangelo” device is towed by a bicycle for ultra-mobile marking, and uses a pressurized tank...