Description: Using an Arduino or a micro controller, we can generate cool-looking patterns with an led strip containing addressable LEDs. In this case, I'm using an Arduino uno (clone board) and a ...

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Geometric chuck was a particular device that stacked up a number of rotating wheels which vary in speed and their offset to a particular central shaft. This was in order to machine ornate designs ...

There’s an old saying that the cobbler’s children have no shoes. Sometimes we feel that way because we stay busy designing things for other people or for demos that we don’t have time to just build ...

The Arduino is a great way for hobbyists and pros alike to experiment with programmable objects, but it can be confusing for ...

Editor’s note: Last fall, EEWeb announced its inaugural design contest, sponsored by Arduino and Altium, to develop an imaginative and innovative design project of a motor control system with the ...

Let me introduce another simple microcontroller-based do-it-yourself circuit that detects motion and excites a light source in a flash. The “snooper” here is an ordinary passive infrared (PIR) motion ...

Adnan’s innovative project involves a sophisticated yet accessible setup. The Arduino Uno, which is a popular microcontroller board, is connected to the motorbike’s existing signalling system. This ...

Getting an old traffic light and wiring it up to do its thing inside your house isn’t exactly a new trick; it’s so common that it wouldn’t normally pass muster for these hallowed pages. Even using one ...

It is a simple cheap development system, including microcontroller hardware, for developing processor-based control systems. I have never used such a thing, for my imagination ends at BASIC and ...