Using Arduino

DIY boat

Building a semi Smart, DIY boat with Arduino and some other sensors

I based this off of this really nice instructables.com post for building a water bottle boat, with some additions for obstacle avoidance and light-guided control. I used Arduino as a microcontroller, an ultrasonic sensor in the front, a few simple switches on the side of the boat, and a few light sensors on either side.  See here for a …

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marble maze simulator

Marble Disorder – a marble maze simulator with tilt switches using Arduino

Marble Disorder is a borderline case of   It simulates a marble maze by sensing the box’s orientation with 2 tilt switches. Stop the press: there’s a new and more intuitive version that doesn’t require the spin knob (See video). I keep documenting the original version below for historical purposes, but don’t watch this – watch that Bonus game: The Marble Disorder box is compatible …

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