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Arduino Hacks |
 | DIY Magnetic Strip Card Decoder
Using a magnetic strip reader incorporated with, of course, an Arduino, you can scan what those strips and see the data stored on it. A bit more hacking and you could also write data back onto the card and create duplicates as well. If... |
 | Dirt Simple POV LED Display
In case you don't know, POV (persistence of vision) is the blur you see when you wave an object quickly. In this case, by flashing LEDs at certain times while an object is waved, a message appears in the air. Easily build your own... |
 | Control Servo Motors with the Wii Mote Joystick
Servo. The word itself is reeks with coolness. Combine that with the power of the WiiMote joystick and an arduino to... steer a boat or plane for example. We've found two fantastic tutorials to get you started in your WiiMote joystick controlled... |
 | Website Visitor Blinker
I already wrote my first Arduino program. It's really simple but fun :) What it does is that every time somebody visits my website, a LED light blinks once in my room, and I get a warm feeling of a visitor ;) You can test it by opening a new... |
 | Create Techno with a Laser Harp
Ever wanted to make your own techno music, but are tired of the standard midi controller? Well, you could build a harp (of all instruments) out of lasers and then play it by breaking the beams of light. See how it's done.
The harp is connected... |
 | Make an LED Gmail Notifier
Using an Arduino, you can program any device to turn on, illuminate, spin, fly, whatever you want when you receive an email. In this tutorial, the author used an LED Cube with an embedded RBG color cycle. If you don't happen to have a glowing... |
 | Make a RBG Button Combination Door Lock
Building a custom designed electronic lock seems like a geek right of passage. In this case, we'll build a red-blue-green color combination lock. Instead of typing in numbers, your password is a unique set of colors. In today's how to,... |
 | DIY RGB Combination Electric Door Lock - Part 2
Earlier this week we covered part one of how to make a RGB combination locking system. The second part has just been released featuring enclosure making, PCB design, and installation. Be sure to check it out. Need LEDs for your next... |
 | Arduino Tutorial 101
**Update** We have a new, more detailed Arduino tutorial. Check it out!
So you just purchased an Arduino Board, and you're eager to pump out fancy, complicated electronic projects. At the following websites, you can learn how to install,... |
