Category Archives: Arduino

Gawd…another bot I want

Posted on March 30, 2015 by robertwilkie

This looks like another nice kit, that goes for $200ish on kickstarter with plans to produce for $240/230ish.  It can make a wall drawing, desktop drawing, eggbot, or a car based drawing robot.  It uses an arduino and if you … Continue reading →

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New development tool for real dev’s for Arduino

Posted on March 30, 2015 by robertwilkie

A new tool came out for arduino called “Emrio“.  Which is an IDE for arduino.  It looks pretty powerful but its oriented toward more developer based folks than the average tinker.  Have I played with it?  Not yet but its … Continue reading →

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Build your own RPi portable game system

Posted on March 30, 2015 by robertwilkie

Neat built for a portable game system.  It actually uses an arduino with the Raspberry Pi.  The parts get a bit pricey (figure this could run 120 easy).  I think it could be dropped down by 30 with a few … Continue reading →

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Build your own AVR Programmer (multiple types)

Posted on March 30, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice build on how to use one setup to program multiple types of AVR chips.  Its a bit pricy on the build thought. www.instructables.com/id/All-In-One-AVR-Programmer/

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Build an arduino Jammer (433 MHz)

Posted on March 24, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice project that I can totally see simplifying in cost and material.  Thought it looks like the author is using an old arduino anyways. Basically the author build a simple jammer for 433 frequency, think car alarms, cordless phones for … Continue reading →

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Another interesting build with Motion Detection and an arduino (ATiny)

Posted on March 17, 2015 by robertwilkie

Another project with an ATiny and a motion detector (like from RadioShack) where the author uses it to turn LED lights on and off and adjust the brightness of the lights based on proximity.  The author build it own board … Continue reading →

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Simple Arduino (ATiny) magic-8 ball

Posted on March 17, 2015 by robertwilkie

I got a kick out of this build, which is basically a yes/maybe/no answer generator with an ATiny.  This would be a fun project to do with kids. http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-decision-box-V20-Attiny85/

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Good demo write-up on using a Motion Sensor

Posted on March 17, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on using a motion sensor with an arduino.  Radioshack sells these sensors and if you where luck enough to get one on the cheap (I did) when they closed the store, this demo will help you use it … Continue reading →

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Control LED’s, or other stuff with an old IR Remote

Posted on March 16, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up…well video… using an arduino to read the data from an old remote to control other things. http://www.instructables.com/id/Control-your-LEDs-with-your-TV-remote-Arduino-IR-T/

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Adding RFID to an arduino

Posted on March 16, 2015 by robertwilkie

I like this write-up cause its using a cheaper, off the shelf RFID reader (runs $2-5) instead of a shield that runs $20 and up. http://www.instructables.com/id/BEST-WAY-TO-TURN-ON-PC-USING-ARDUINO-AND-RFID-AMAZ/

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