Content for Arduino

Bluetooth enabled Door locker using Arduino

“DIY Arduino based lockers can be found plenty in the internet where keypad was used to feed lock input. But this Bluetooth enabled Door locker uses Bluetooth as a medium to connect with the locker and your smart phone to …

turn signal biking jacket

“This tutorial will show you how to build a jacket with turn signals that will let people know where you’re headed when you’re on your bike. We’ll use conductive thread and sewable electronics so your jacket will …

ARDUINO IDE 1.6.6 released and available for download

“Today we are very proud to release Arduino IDE 1.6.6 and updated cores for all supported platforms (AVR 1.6.9, SAM 1.6.5, SAMD 1.6.2). This update brings an impressive 723 closed issues and …

Big, auto dim, room clock (using arduino and WS2811)

“First Hello instructables. This is my first contact with : Instructables, Arduino, Programmable LED’s, So please don’t trow rocks at me for noobish mistakes. Keeping that in mind I’m waiting to read your comments with grate interest and …

DIY Floppy Drive Piano (Floppiano)

“There are many Instructables and videos on the internet showing how to build a musical floppy drive, but I have never seen anything about building a floppy drive piano. Because I like playing the piano and building electronics, I figured …

Obstacle detector using Infrared

Today we will build a circuit that detects the interruption of an infrared beam allowing an alarm to be created. The LM358 IC has two comparators. Pin 3 which is the non-inverted end of the voltage comparator is connected to …

Enginursday: Doing Away with Delay() in a Different Way

“Last week, my esteemed colleague MTaylor explored a solution to scheduling periodic tasks on Arduino. In the comments, several people mentioned that a Real Time Operating System (RTOS) might be a more flexible and generic solution to the timing and …

Installing libraries and how to write a library for Arduino

“Libraries are files written in C or C++ which provide sketches with extra functionality, for example the ability to control an LED matrix, read an encoder, connect to a sensor, display, or module, etc. They are very useful to lower …

Seven Segment Display Thermometer - Arduino Based

“Today I will show you how to make your own 7 segment - 2 digit - thermometer with Arduino uno and DS18B20 temperature sensor. I prefer to build my own arduino based circuit by using the ATmega328p uno possessor, but this is …

WS2812 LED Implementation

“This goal of this Instructable is to provide you with some notes on the installation/implementation of a string of 430 WS2812 LED packages. In case you didn’t know, the WS2812 is an awesome little RGB (red, green, blue …