Take your ideas from paper to working prototype using inexpensive materials, electronics and common tools as we create our first animatronic and mechanical effects spider prop.
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Continue reading "Learn Arduino: A Step-by-Step Arduino Tutorial for Beginners"Create stunning and interactive light shows and complex animations with LED strips, matrix panels and more that can interact with the environment and people around it through sensor inputs!
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The pins from the Arduino can power a variety of components up to 5V but anything requiring more voltage or current can damage the Arduino if you try to hook […]
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Now that you know how to connect a variety of components to your Arduino, you’ll be inspired to build larger and more complex projects. But what happens if you don’t […]
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Ultrasonic sensors can measure distance and are great for obstacle avoidance and robotics projects. Like a bat, it uses a method similar to echolocation to determine how far it is […]
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The popular DHT11 humidity and temperature sensor gives you two functionalities in one! It’s relatively simple to use but we’ll have to download and install an external library. These sensors […]
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Push buttons are core components of Arduino projects because it gives a user the ability to trigger a variety of actions and makes your electronics projects more interactive. In order […]
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Potentiometers are important components for unlocking more functionality from your projects. It’s a variable resistor whose resistance depends on the position of the knob. You can use them to adjust […]
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We learned how to turn an LED on and off but what if you want a level brightness in between? We’ll be using the Arduino’s PWM pins and learn a new function for controlling the brightness of LEDs. Then we’ll explore RGB LEDs which allow you to mix different levels of red, green and blue to create a nearly endless array of colors.
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