Tag Archives: Arduino Project
CoasterBot Part I
Jameco and Make Zine are holding a contest to build a “CoasterBot,” a mini robot development platform using CD/DVD media as the main body components. I signed up, and this will be my first post documenting my progress. I have my chassis ready so far, and plan to use my Arduino.
In the Make: Robot build newsletter [...]
Shapeways.com adds $50.00 Coupon for Arduino Fun Contest
ShapeWays.com has added a $50.00 Coupon to the ArduinoFun – Build It- contest! Have you ever wanted to turn your 3D designs into reality? Enter Shapeways! Just upload your design, we print it and ship it to you – it’s easy. Within ten working days you’ll hold your own design in your hands.
But that’s not [...]
Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock (Build It)
Contest Entry by Steve Hoefer
How many times have you seen a secret hideout with a secret knock? It’s a staple of cheesy dramas, Saturday afternoon movies, and tree houses throughout the world.
While working on another project I ran across the Arduino knock sensor tutorial. Sensing a single knock is a great little project for learning [...]
Silly String Shooting Spider (Build It)
Contest Entry by Todd Harrison
I had great fun this Halloween with a silly string shooting spider! My plan was to use an Arduino micro-controller developer board to control my son’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle” RC car that already shoots silly string. I didn’t get the spider to actually squirt the silly string but when you’re looking at [...]
Arduino Halloween Dropping Spider (Build It)
Contest Entry by Noel Portugal
My Halloween project consisted of a dropping spider triggered by a PIR motion sensor mounted on a Jackolantern. The motion sensor triggered a dropping spider, lights, sounds, low laying fog and finally a tweet with a picture attached.
Setup: It’s all pretty basic. The arduino controlled the PIR motion sensor, the servos [...]
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