By adding an Arduino and Ethernet board to his existing alarm panel, one Maker was able to set up his own security alert system that notified him of events via text message. Like many of us, Doug Powers is the owner of a new home. Upon moving into his recently-purchased abode, he happened to stumble upon a pre-existing alarm panel mounted to the wall. Rather than […]
Maker hacks his own Arduino-compatible, Philips Hue-like bulbs with LYT and Souliss. Looking to control the multi-colored lights in your home? Sure, you could always go out and buy your own set of Philips Hue bulbs. Or, you can do what a Dario Di Maio has done and build your own that plugs into a standard light socket. As the Maker points out, while […]
This small graphic card shield lets you connect your Arduino boards to any kind of TV or monitor with RGB or AV ports. If you’re like Masih Vahida, the thought of having a large color display connected to your Arduino to show values, text and other information on the screen has certainly passed through your mind. With hopes of making […]
Maker controls his Honda CR-Z using a Pebble watch, an Android phone and an Arduino. The advent of high-tech, connected vehicles and wearable gadgetry has provided drivers with a new way to remotely unlock their doors, start the ignition and even find parking spots. Take for instance, Hyundai, whose Blue Link app now fully supports Android Wear devices and enables users to do everything […]
DIPDuino is an Arduino-compatible board that combines a number of useful interfaces in one DIP32 package. While the idea of having an entire MCU platform in a DIP format isn’t all that new, Alex Gornostayev just wasn’t satisfied with some of those on the market today, like the Teensy and Arduino Nano. And so, the Maker decided to […]
Tired of the messiness? uStepper combines an ATmega328P MCU, a stepper driver and an absolute encoder in one ultra-compact design. The brainchild of Mogens Nicolaisen and Thomas Olsen, who together make up Danish startup ON Development IVS, uStepper is an ultra-compact, Arduino-compatible board with an integrated stepper driver and 12-bit rotary encoder. Since it can be mounted directly […]
One Maker has created a minimalist Arduino Zero-like board with an OLED display and LEDs. Looking to migrate from the world of 8- to 32-bit Atmel MCUs, Maker “kodera2t” — who you may recall from his SD card-sized Arduino — decided to build a barebones version of the popular Arduino Zero. His goal? To design a board that packed the […]
One Maker combined the case, buttons and LCD screen from his classic Game Boy with a pair of Arduino. Earlier this summer, Kevin Bates launched a Kickstarter campaign for his credit card-sized, 8-bit gaming system. For most of us, just one glance at the Arduboy conjured up childhood memories of playing our Game Boys in the backseat of our parents’ car or on the bus […]
A team of National Geographic explorers are connecting the Okavango Delta to the Internet of Things. Drones capable of detecting illegal logging in the Amazon Rainforest. Sensor networks to help research the dwindling honeybee population. Smart solar-powered waste collection. This is all happening today thanks to the Internet of Things. Joining that growing list of applications is the latest project […]
Eight-year-old Maker Omkar Govil-Nair has created a smartwatch kit for kids to learn coding and 3D printing. Do you recall what you were doing back in the summer of fourth grade? Chances are you weren’t creating a programmable, Arduino-based smartwatch like eight-year-old Maker Omkar Govil-Nair, let alone starting your own business. The O Watch is built around an Arduino Zero (Atmel | […]
