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There are many ways to lock a door. You could use a keypad, an RFID card, a fingerprint or retina scan, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, the list goes on. You could even …read more Continue reading Flashlight Door Lock Is a Bright Idea
The equipment used in professional radio and TV studios is both extremely high quality and very expensive indeed, and thus out of the reach of an experimenter. Happily as studios …read more Continue reading A High-End Studio Multiplexer Surrenders To An Arduino
Thermal cameras can cost well into the five-figure range if you’re buying high-resolution models with good feature sets. New models can be so advanced that their export and use is …read more Continue reading Ultra-Basic Thermal Camera Built Using Arduino Uno
VFD displays are beloved for their eerie glow that sits somewhere just off what you’d call blue. [mircemk] used one of these displays to create an old-school VU meter that …read more Continue reading VU Meter Built With Neat Graphical VFD Display
[Trent M. Wyatt]’s CPUVolt library provides a fast way to measure voltage using no external components, and no I/O pin. It only applies to certain microcontrollers, but he provides example …read more Continue reading Arduino Measures Remaining Battery Power With Zero Components, No I/O Pin
In Disney’s 1991 film Beauty and the Beast, an enchantress curses the young (10 or 11-year-old) prince to beast-hood for spurning her based solely on her appearance. She gives him …read more Continue reading Robotic Rose of Enchantment Drops Petals On Command
Maybe it’s just us, but isn’t it kind of amazing that in a world of pretty darn realistic games, PONG is still thrilling to play? This 1D implementation by [newsonator] …read more Continue reading 1D LED PONG, Arduino-Style
It is one thing to make an artistic steampunk display. But [CapeGeek] added an Arduino to make the display come alive. The display has plenty of tubes and wires. The …read more Continue reading SteamPunk Factory Comes to Life with an Arduino
[Lex] over at Computing: The Details loves to make fun projects. Recently, he’s created a hardware CPU monitor that allows him to see how well his PC is parallelizing compile …read more Continue reading Mini Meters Monitor Microprocessor Maximization
If you’ve got a smart home, or you just want to know how soaked your garden is getting in the winter, you might want to measure rainfall. There are a …read more Continue reading Capacitive Rainmeter Measures The Sky Water Just Fine