• Arduino-Controlled Plotter Prototype

    Updated: 2012-07-31 01:00:55
    Pietro Leoni of Carlo Ratti Associati built this nice plotter using an Arduino Uno and motor shield. [via Arduino] Filed under: CNC, Uncategorized

  • Vertical Plotter Prototype

    Updated: 2012-07-30 19:32:10
    Nice Grasshopper-to-Arduino plotter hack from FablabTorino maker Pietro Leoni, a collabotator at Carlo Ratti Associati studio in Turin. We’d love to see code & sketches online soon, as much as a second edition of the plotter.  

  • Wooden Power Supply

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:30:06
    The maker behind the blog Making Weird Stuff shows us how he created a wood enclosed DC power adapter and a root-like cable for one of his Arduino projects, an animatronic reading lamp.

  • Twitter-powered Digilympics

    Updated: 2012-07-30 14:31:54
    Samuel Cox, a maker who defined himself as a mix of “design, ideas and technology“, has invented a brand-new competition for digital citizens: Digilympics. From his website: 2012 is not only the year of the Olympics, but also the launch of the first ever ‘Digilympics’, a twitter-powered race for sporting success where you determine the [...]

  • Reading punch cards with an Arduino and digital camera

    Updated: 2012-07-30 14:00:19
    [digitaltrails] wanted the data on a few old IBM 80-column punch cards he had lying around, but didn’t have decades old computer hardware in his garage. He decided to build his own out of LEGO, an Arduino, a digital camera, and a bit of Python. The hardware portion of [digitaltrails] build includes a crank-operated feed mechanism [...]

  • Maker Faire Detroit is a Wrap

    Updated: 2012-07-30 06:00:48
    This year’s Maker Faire Detroit is over, and it’s another great example of a community coming together to share the fruits of their collective creation and hacking. It seemed like the Maker Shed was an important hub of making this year. The Learn to Solder zone and Lockpick Village were [...]

  • Name the Thing Contest – 207

    Updated: 2012-07-30 00:37:44
        The prize this week is a credit card knife, it has a ton of features to get you out of a jam in a network closet or your next camping trip. This contest will run for one week (July 29 – August 3, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To [...]

  • Halfluck Automated Brewing System

    Updated: 2012-07-30 00:14:03
      If you enjoy a beer or two every now and again you might want to try your hand at making a few batches of your own. After you get good at it why not automate the process. That is what randyrob did and has since had his system make over 1000 liters of beer. [...]

  • Survival Bracelets

    Updated: 2012-07-30 00:06:31
    Here’s the gig. You’re 13. You set up a table to teach others how to create survival bracelets. You say that a bracelet might come in handy in an emergency, such as when you go camping. You charge money for the bracelet and then you show your buyers how to [...]

  • Gravity Bike Build

    Updated: 2012-07-27 19:46:06
      A gravity bike is a bike that has been modified to run at high speeds by using a hill and gravity to get you going. There are no other means of pedaling the bike so you need to make sure your hill is long enough and high enough to get some good speed. There [...]

  • Ping Pong Balls in Space

    Updated: 2012-07-26 20:35:19
      This Kickstarter will get 1000 Ping Pong Ball Projects into Space. Many of them will be student projects but there will be a bunch from non students so if you have a great idea you might be able to get it into space. There are some cool sponsorship levels such as getting a note [...]

  • Guitar effects pedal with Pure data and Arduino

    Updated: 2012-07-26 14:01:20
    Pierre Massat is sharing his experience in building a guitar multi-effect on his blog. The project is based on a pedal built hooked up to an Arduino Uno and a PC running Pure Data. In the blog you’ll find posts about : How to build a DIY foot controller How to set up a computer to process [...]

  • SLA (Stereolithography) First Printing Attempt with 405nm Laser Curing UV Resin

    Updated: 2012-07-26 05:48:31
    olio & I are working on SLA (stereolithography) printing using lasers, rather than a DLP projector.  The goal is to print with either a polygon mirror assembly as is currently found in laser printers, or a galvanometer, such as is used in laser light shows.  For initial tests, we are using a 100mW blu-ray laser [...]

  • Workshop 88 at Evanston Mini Maker Faire

    Updated: 2012-07-25 18:19:08
    Come out and meet Workshop 88 at the Evanston Mini Maker Faire!  We’re looking forward to seeing lots of makers in Evanston.

  • Workshop 88 at MuseCon!

    Updated: 2012-07-25 17:53:01
    We are running two workshops at MuseCon 2 this year.  One is a version of our introduction to arduino class. The other class we are running is a build an instrument class. We’re thrilled to be a part of MuseCon … Continue reading →

  • RC remotes and Arduino: a tutorial

    Updated: 2012-07-25 14:01:06
    Nick Poole, from SparkFun, proposes this nice tutorial, where detailed instructions on how to connect a radio-controlled (RC) remote to an Arduino board are described in great details. RC remotes are very simple controller, typically used to wirelessly control electrical rovers, cars and planes. Depending on the number of degrees of freedom required by the [...]

  • Remote uploading to an Arduino with codebender

    Updated: 2012-07-25 14:00:08
    A few weeks ago, we saw codebender, an online replacement for the Arduino IDE that allowed you to upload a sketch to your board from a web browser. Over on the codebender blog [Vasilis] and his team are rolling out a way to remotely upload code to an Arduino over Ethernet. Now you don’t even [...]

  • DIY Voice Activated Video Recording Project

    Updated: 2012-07-25 09:21:39
      If you have a camcorder you have probably had a case where you needed to start recording but weren’t near the record button. Ragtop from the Parallax Forum built a DIY Voice Activated Video Recording Project that monitors the room noise using a small microphone. When the room sound level is high enough the [...]

  • Reading Sega carts off a breadboard

    Updated: 2012-07-24 15:00:10
    Golden Axe is great, and the Sonic 3/Sonic and Knuckles combo is one of the highest works of art from the 16-bit era, but for those of us without a working Genesis or Megadrive, we’ve had to make due with the ROMs others provide. [Lee] figured out an easy way to read the data off these old [...]

  • Wearable Fabric on the Arduino Store

    Updated: 2012-07-24 10:07:11
    We are happy to announce the first wearable kit on the Arduino Store . This kit has been made by Plug’n'Wear specifically for us. All fabrics in this kit are produced in Italy, and strongly related to a textile family business. If you want to get deeper into the story of this product have a look [...]

  • Evanston Mini Maker Faire

    Updated: 2012-07-23 20:43:26
    Workshop 88 is going to be at the Mini Maker Faire in Evanston on Sunday, August 5th!  Tickets are now available for ordering on the MMF webpage.  See you there!

  • The proper way to put an Arduino in a Raspberry Pi

    Updated: 2012-07-23 20:00:06
    For all their hoopla, the GPIO pins on the Raspberry Pi aren’t terribly useful on their own. Sure, you can output digital data, but our world is analog and there just isn’t any ADCs or DACs on these magical Raspi pins. The AlaMode, a project designed by [Kevin], [Anool], and [Justin] over at the Wyolum OSHW collaborative [...]

  • New Product: Arduino Leonardo

    Updated: 2012-07-23 17:02:26
    We all love Arduino. This open-source microcontroller is incredibly successful, mainly thanks to the fact that it is powerful, very simple to program, and has allowed the community to develop derivatives and accessories. Recently, there has been a new addition to the Arduino family: the Arduino Leonardo. This new board differs a bit from its predecessors since it uses only one microcontroller (no second serial [...]

  • Hackers-on-a-Train comes to Workshop 88!

    Updated: 2012-07-23 16:40:22
    We’re a part of the Hackers-on-a-Train tour this summer! Mitch Altman is going to be stopping by Workshop 88 and running a workshop where you can build an electronics kit to take home and have as your own. We’re really … Continue reading →

  • Massimo Introduces Arduino Leonardo

    Updated: 2012-07-23 09:39:40
    In this video Massimo explains the Arduino Leonardo, talking about its differences with Arduino UNO and playing around with its mouse & keyboard features. If you want to have a closer look to the latest arrival in the Arduino Family click here, if you want to follow Massimo’s project click here. Arduino Leonardo comes in [...]

  • Using an IR remote with your Arduino

    Updated: 2012-07-23 01:00:12
    If you’ve ever needed a short-range remote control for a project, [firestorm] is here to help you out. He put up a great tutorial on using an IR remote to do just about anything with everyone’s favorite microcontroller platform. [firestorm] used the Arduino IRremote library to decode the button presses on his remote. After uploading the IR receive demo [...]

  • Ultrasonic Dog and Cat Deterrent Project

    Updated: 2012-07-22 15:01:34
      If you have been listening to security now with Steve Gibson for a few years you probably heard about the portable dog killer (listen from 57:46). Not sure if  Matt Meerian has listened to this Security Now episode but the Ultrasonic Dog and Cat Deterrent Project he sent in sure sounds similar to that [...]

  • Cheap 16×2 LCD Comparison

    Updated: 2012-07-21 22:37:04
    HD44780-compatible 16×2 LCD’s are cheap (

  • CD Wheels for RC Truck

    Updated: 2012-07-21 15:39:37
      Next time you are looking for something to bling up your RC vehicle why not look around the house. bradmann85 took some CDs and attached them to his RC truck with some interesting results. I think all he needs to do next is add some of the 80mm CDs as some spinners.  

  • UV Exposure Box Timer

    Updated: 2012-07-20 15:19:52
      This UV Exposure Box Timer project is a project that Charalampos Andrianakis built when he needed a timer for his UV Exposure Box. The project consists of a few push buttons, a few 7 segment digits and a relay. Best of all it is all controlled using a microcontroller which means that it can [...]

  • Tonight at Workshop 88

    Updated: 2012-07-20 03:34:04
    One of our new members, Jay Kinzie, brought in a few of the things he’s working on: a raspberry pi hooked up to a lapdock and a few RC cars built out of LEGO Mindstorms.

  • Full Wave Ionizer Project

    Updated: 2012-07-19 21:46:06
      If you are looking for a high voltage project to sink you teeth into have a look at this Full Wave Ionizer Project that petercd just built. These units can freshen and clean the air in your home. You can find them at most home stores but are usually quite expensive.  “Materials required for [...]

  • Arduino Barcamp ZgZ 2012 – Fotografías

    Updated: 2012-07-19 08:47:59
    El pasado fin de semana Arduteka, en colaboración con Cooking Hacks y el proyecto Milla Digital del ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, celebraron la Arduino Barcamp más multitudinaria realizada hasta la fecha en España. Ponencias de todo tipo, desde impresoras 3D hasta las novedades que acontecen al mundo Arduino de la mano de David Cuartielles, pasando por [...]

  • Reprap: Sexy z-drive

    Updated: 2012-07-18 05:54:41
    I’ve been using this #10-24 (~5mm) leadscrew for almost a month now, and it’s been working flawlessly. The coupling is just zip ties on vinyl tubing. No slippage at all due to the reduced friction of the tiny nut vs an 8mm nut. Thin leadscrew + flexible coupling = no leadscrew wobble (aka z-wobble) + [...]

  • Saturday Arduino 101

    Updated: 2012-07-17 15:03:44
    You asked for it, and we’re going to deliver it: the Arduino 101 class on a Saturday morning!

  • [Interview] Dorotea Panzarella (Emmo)

    Updated: 2012-07-17 07:58:00
    Emmo is a ludic and interactive artifact for visually impaired children (age 4-6 y.) based on RFID technology. It is meant to motivate spatial exploration and helping children to develop the capability of creating mental topological maps.The toy includes lighting and sounding elements for a treasure hunt, a space-related memory game. This activity is improving [...]

  • Time-based OTP with Arduino

    Updated: 2012-07-16 14:51:56
    One-time-password (OTP) and its time-based version (time-based OTP, or simply TOTP) are commodity solutions to provide a second factor, in addition to simple passwords, for authentication. Here Jose Damico proposes his way to implement a simple TOTP device using only open-source tools. The core of the project is an Arduino board connected to a small [...]

  • Colorduino Library v1.2.4 Released

    Updated: 2012-07-13 04:00:01
    Fixed some bugs in v1.2.3 for Arduino Mega & Leonardo.  Thanks to wiltwong and Markus Lange for testing! Download here:  https://github.com/lincomatic/Colorduino/downloads

  • Introducing Maker – Michael Shiloh

    Updated: 2012-07-12 20:03:28
    photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid “Teach me to make” as simple as it sounds is a simple yet powerful effort on wordpress by a maker from USA. Apart from being a true maker, Michael Shiloh is an absolutely delightful and an approachable person to talk to. His sense of purpose in his work [...]

  • PhilRobokit Anito is not an Arduino

    Updated: 2012-07-12 18:12:51
    A few people over at the Philippine hackerspace PhilRobotics a PIC-based dev board that takes a lot of cues from ‘the microcontroller board everyone loves to hate,’ the Arduino. There are a few differences between the PIC16F877a used in the Anito and the ATMega328 used in the Arduino: The PIC has a little less than half the Flash [...]

  • Colorduino Library v1.2.3 Released

    Updated: 2012-07-11 18:38:47
    Thanks to wiltwong and Markus Lange, I have added support for Arduino Mega and Leonardo to the Colorduino Library.  Markus also helped to clean up the code a bit for Arduino 1.x.  I have added the ColorFill() function to the ColorduinoObject class, as well, so you don’t have to copy it from ColorduinoPlasma.pde. You can [...]

  • Reprap: Print Replacement Parts for Household Items

    Updated: 2012-07-10 22:08:07
    Looking for something useful to do with your Reprap?  I used mine to fix a couple of nagging issues around the house. First, one of the rubber feet on my Vitamix blender had gone AWOL a few years ago.  It actually balanced fine on 3 feet, but after I got my Printrbot working, it was [...]

  • Schools projects with Arduino: Flow Meter

    Updated: 2012-07-10 14:54:29
    Loccioni Group, is an italian company that sponsors every year a project internship entitled “Classe Virtuale”, dedicated to young students coming from local technical schools. This year, “Classe Virtuale 2012″ has been composed by 27 students with different backgrounds, selected among 120 candidates. After a stating training period, during the three-weeks internship the team worked [...]

  • Case Protoype for LeafCAN

    Updated: 2012-07-08 18:45:16
    I’ve been having a lot of issues tweaking my latest Reprap design, so I haven’t been able print a case for my LeafCAN SOC meter.  Late last week, the printer was stabilizing, so I took a break to whip up something in OpenSCAD.  It’s just a basic box, which I printed in natural ABS.  I don’t like [...]

  • DIY Robots Make a Sandwich

    Updated: 2012-07-06 16:34:59
    Besides loving robots, we love to eat sandwiches. So when we see robots making sandwiches that we can (probably) eat it makes us really happy. How to make us even happier? Make those robots DIY and made from parts you can find at RobotShop. The robots illustrated in the video use Lynxmotion robotic arms to manipulate the ingredients and Vex parts [...]

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