Along with the typical Christmas decorations of trees and elves sitting on shelves, Tom Goff was motivated to build a DIY “Hackvent” calendar after being inspired by his son’s request for one. The project differs from the traditional Advent calendar in that it features an array of two dozen colored lights — one for December 1st to 24th The post Count down to Christmas with an Arduino-powered Hackvent calendar appeared first on Arduino Blog.

Breadboards are the first tool you break out in any prototyping journey and almost every project will utilize a breadboard at some point. Those breadboards often turn into a rats’ nest of overlapping wires that are difficult to trace, which makes it difficult to create an accurate schematic when it is time to design your The post Schematic-o-matic automatically creates KiCAD schematics from your breadboard appeared first on Arduino Blog.

To help you choose the perfect gift for the makers in your life this holiday season, the Arduino Store has a selection of gift guides for every option. The post Gift inspiration for makers on the Arduino Store appeared first on Arduino Blog.

If we had the room we’d make this our 150 favorite Arduino UNO projects, since there are so many to choose from. As it is, we had to whittle it down to just 12. The post Our 12 favorite Arduino UNO projects appeared first on Arduino Blog.

Mounts in the video game Final Fantasy XIV act like how cars or horses do in our world since they allow players to travel around the map much faster than would otherwise be possible. But even better, mounts are ways to express personality and have some fun, which is especially evident with the infamous “Fatter The post Converting a Fat Cat cushion into a controller for Final Fantasy XIV appeared first on Arduino Blog.

The iconic Arduino board you know and love is back. The UNO Mini Limited Edition has a brand new design in a miniature form factor. Better hurry! The post Introducing the Arduino UNO Mini Limited Edition: Pre-orders now open appeared first on Arduino Blog.

Inspired by a special two-axis mechanism that uses a pair of beveled gears to create panning and tilting motions, maker and YouTuber JBV Creative wanted to integrate it into a larger kinetic sculpture that could move electromechanically while also looking great at the same time. This led to the creation of RobBob, which is essentially a robot-shaped head The post Meet RobBob, a 3D-printed robot head that works with an N64 controller appeared first on Arduino Blog.

The video game Portal 2 is widely regarded as a classic that introduced players to several memorable characters, including one of the main protagonists-turned-antagonists, Wheatley. This anthropomorphized personal assistance robot was able to move, speak, and listen/respond to speech from a user, which is exactly what Steve Turner was trying to recreate when he built his own The post This Portal fan brought Wheatley to life as his own personal assistant appeared first on Arduino Blog.

As season 4 of Arduino EDUvision comes to a close, we take a look back at the edtech highlights from our awesome guests. The post Immerse yourself in Arduino EDUvision season 4 appeared first on Arduino Blog.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, Nathaniel Felleke’s family dog, Clairette, had gotten used to having people around her all the time and thus developed separation anxiety when the family would leave the house. But thanks to some clever thinking, Felleke came up with the idea to automatically detect when his dog started to bark and play The post This tinyML system helps soothe your dog’s separation anxiety with sounds of your voice appeared first on Arduino Blog.