As the nights gradually lengthened in autumn 2011, I discovered the joys of Arduino and thought that it would be a great way to implement something that I have wanted for a long while – a gentle way to wake up on a winter’s morning. Sadly, it has taken me over a year to find …
LED Dawn / Sunrise Alarm Clock, Nightlight & Security Light – Arduino Compatible Read More »
So, I was trying to hack my Wii nunchuck because I want to control motors and lights with the Wii nunchuck. The first problem that I found was how to connect the control without an adapter, I was planning to make one, but when I was searching for the nunchuck I also found the Wii …
Arduino Wii nunchuck and Wii motion plus with updated code for IDE 1.0.2 and LEDs Read More »
To explain my 4x4x4 interactive LED-cube published before, a bit more clear, I will try to make my first step by step instructable. This 4x4x4 cube is interactive by using the top four corner LEDs both as LEDs and as sensors that will react on light. Depending on what LED gets the least light, the …
Continuing from my Intro to Arduino post, this Instructable will go over some slightly more advanced topics with Arduino, specifically relating to controlling and managing many inputs and outputs. The next class covers how to connect the Arduino’s inputs and outputs to MIDI. Parts List: (1x) Arduino Uno Amazon or you can pick one up at a local Radioshack (1x) usb …
Intermediate Arduino: Inputs and Outputs using arduino Read More »
This project allows you draw in the air letters, symbols or other shapes – as you like. Controlled by the Arduino, the 7 simple leds blinking on and off – creating the illusion of floating text in the air. This combination of simple components with a unique program, allows to create this instructable. Step 1: …
A 24-hour clock with hour, minute, and second indicators. Here’s the catch, despite being a digital media (LED’s) it is still displaying using an analog method (circles!). I finished making this clock months ago but did not bring it with me to school so I wasn’t able to take pictures and all until now. I …
I have always wanted to make something with my LED dot matrix display, and so when I found a old alarm motion sensor I knew just what to make, a Motion Sensing Eye! This instructable will hopefully finish with you having a working dmd, that will display an eye that opens if something in …
This ones quite simple, just mix/ crossfade 3 separate LEDs using Phase Width Modulation (PWM) and Arduino. You will need 3 LEDs, I’m using a 5mm Red, Green and Blue so I can make the full light colour spectrum (When all combined they make white light). If you look at an LED you will see one pin is slightly longer …
the idea of anything can be an instrumental music has been always in my mind so i made a wooden tissue box that i installed inside it a guitar of light strings Step 1: Building Box i made this wooden tissue box Step 2: Wiring we make the LDR wiring on a the top shelf of …
I think this’ll be the start of a few more projects for me. I’ve seen some cool LED PoV stuff (Persistance of Vision) with mounting displays on bikes, so hopefully I’ll get round to doing something like that. Anyway as a start I’ve got 5 LED’s connected to 5 pins on the Arduino, nothing complex there. The real struggle is …
