Arduino Projects

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The Arduino micrcontroller has a nearly limitless array of innovative applications for everything from robotics and lighting to games and gardening! It's a fun way to automate everything, enabling you to control simple devices or manage complex Halloween displays.

The Instructables editors have chosen some of our best do-it-yourself Arduino technology projects to educate and inspire you to make great things with easily-available tools.

Intro to Arduino by randofo

The Word Clock - Arduino version by drj113

LED Cube 8x8x8 by chr

turn signal biking jacket by leahbuechley

Tweet-a-Pot: Twitter Enabled Coffee Pot by frenzy

Arduino-Controlled Robotic Drum by randofo

Electronic Instrument by amandaghassaei

How to hack EEG toys with arduino by frenzy

Arduino Wireless Animatronic Hand by njkl44

Singing plant. Make your plant sing with Arduino, touche … by madshobye

Musical MIDI Shoes by thobson

n: how to make a multi-layered acrylic and LED sculpture … by slight

The EyeWriter 2.0 by thesystemis

Persistence of Vision Wand by amandaghassaei

Twitter Mood Light - The World's Mood in a Box by RandomMatrix

Make a swimming Robo-Snake by gabriellalevine

Flamethrowing Jack-O'-Lantern by randofo

Matrix sound machine: Generative music with a particle sy… by madshobye

SNF Drumming MIDI Glove using Arduino and light sensors by Bruno Ratnieks

Power Laces- the Auto lacing shoe by blakebevin

Addressable Milk Bottles (LED Lighting + Arduino) by Nachimir

Garduino-Automated Gardening System by dls02010

Easy build self balancing electric skateboard by XenonJohn

Arduino Xylophone by audreyobscura

RFID cat door by landmanr

Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock by Grathio

Wii Nunchuck Adapter by dany32412

CatBot: Automated Cat Laser by joe

Stroboscope (zoetrope) using Arduino and a broken Xbox 36… by elabz

Romance Pants by randofo

Arduino Laser Tag - Duino Tag by j44

Pressure Activated Light-Up Umbrella by snl017

Arduino XMAS hitcounter by alex_weber

Gas detector / indicator (USB powered) with arduino by StijnID

Make a Web Connected Robot (for about $500) (using an Ard… by oomlout

Interface a rotary phone dial to an Arduino by guidomax

RainBoard - RGB LED Rainbow Fader by otbpaintball

Build Your Own BARBOT by techball

Yet Another Daft Punk Coffee Table (5x5 LED Matrix) by lincomatic

The Lightning Simulator/Breathalyzer/Graphic Equalizer - … by alinke

Wireless Altoids Display by Alexdlp

Arduino Charliplexed Heart, just in time for Valentines Day. by jaypee4227

Arduino Powered Binary Clock by ArduinoFun

Arduino Sous-Vide Cooker by stayputnik

Ardu-pong! the Arduino based pong console by kyle brinkerhoff

Turn your Arduino into a Magnetic Card Reader! by nevdull

Tilt Sensing Bracelet by Plusea

FireHero: Turn Guitar Hero into an extreme sport by addin… by oswaldonfire

Arduino Optical Theremin by gwarbeh

Necomimi Arduino Cat Ears by caitlinsdad

Arduino Weather Station Part3, Rain by msuzuki777

DIY Arduino Nebulophone Synth by blinkyblinky

Face detection and tracking with Arduino and OpenCV by techbitar

Arduino powered Lucky Cat as physical Webcounter by janhimself

Polargraph Drawing Machine by Euphy

coin slot detector by semiotech