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Microcontroller Hacks |
 | Tour of the Arduino Manufacturing Facility
Have you ever wondered where all those magical Arduinos come from? Surprise! They come from Torino, Italy. The video below will walk you through the PCB manufacuring and assembly process. A quick history lesson for you: this revolutionary... |
 | Superb DIY Interactive Dance Floor
Learn how to build a custom interactive dance floor measureing 13x8 feet and containing 160 RGB LED illuminated squares. The project features eight microcontrollers which manage the LEDs, eight weight sensors, and an FPGA. The pressboard base... |
 | Arduino Device Mutes Celebrities on TV
Learn how to program the Arduino to turn it into an intelligent "celebrity screener" using some keywords and Arduino. The appropriately named "Enough Already" mutes the TV by decoding the closed captioning transcription track, which is transmitted... |
 | DIY Sound Localization Sensor with Arduino
We have covered loads of motion detection projects, but what about sound? A sound localization sensor helps you to identify the location or origin of a detected sound and find out its direction and distance. Our ears do it for us, but building an... |
 | Tiny DIY Persistence of Vision Project
Persistence of Vision (POV) devices display a message when you wave them through the air. We've seen a few POV projects in the past, but none quite this small. Switch off the lights and wave the device around and see the message displayed. The... |
 | The 4 Player LED Pong Coffee Table
Previously, we've featured a variety of Pong projects including the LED Pong clock. Now the 2D arcade game gets new life by adding two more players and being built into a coffee table. The coffee table holds 900 LED's arranged in a 30 x 30 matrix... |
 | DIY RC Airsoft Gun Turret using Recycled Parts
Just a few modifications and you can turn a harmless tupperware cake dish into a DIY airsofturret. All it takes is a microcontroller, servo, IR receiver, and an airsoft pistol to transform an everyday item into a turret Airsoft gun. It can also... |
 | Arduino Wireless Animatronic Hand Project
This DIY Robotic hand mimics the motions of a human counterpart. The controls lie in a special glove which has flex sensors wired to an Arduino which is connected to an XBee radio which wirelessly interfaces with a computer and controls the... |
 | How To: Build an Infrared Receiver
We have seen several infrared projects in the past that used IR and IR receivers to seamlessly work with other electronic devices. IR is among the most popular methods of communications for home electronics (specifically TVs and stereos). The... |
 | DIY LED Matrix Pong Clock
Don't Miss: Dirt Cheap, Epic DIY Pong Clock
This neat LED clock mimics the display of the Pong video game to show the time as two paddles play back and forth. The game plays on automatically and updates the time by scoring a point. It also... |
