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Self-contained 16-Digit display – Arduino & Attiny85

Ever wanted a 7-segment display for around the house? Here’s your chance to make one! It can even be interactive based on the programming.Parts: ($7.60) 16 Digit TM1640 based display Dealextreme.com...

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Extreme Color Organ using arduino

Hi All! I have wanted to do something fun with my bedroom for a while now and the Make it  Glow challenge provided me with a reason to do so. A few months ago I acquired a strand of GE-35 Color Effects...

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LED Gingerbread house using arduino

Last year my Wife and I started a new tradition of building a Gingerbread house for Christmas. We had a few nicely decorated houses last year, and I wanted to do a little more this year. Adding LEDs...

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BennyP’s Light Contraption using arduino

Introduction Disclaimer: I am not an expert in any of this. There is lots of information online regarding such designs. Although this setup worked for me, do not trust any of my calculations. Please...

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Doorbell to Arduino ‘Interface’

Hi Everybody In my first Instructable I want to show you how to build an cheap and easy Doorbell to Arduino ‘Interface’ so you can let your Arduinoproject get triggered through it or simply use your...

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Lampduino – an 8×8 RGB Floor Lamp using arduino

Lampduino is a computer-controlled free-standing floor lamp, comprised of an 8×8 RGB LED matrix. The lamp stands 45″ high and 18″ wide.  Light emanates from both sides.  It has various display modes,...

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Arduino Wind Instrument using arduino

I wanted to create an Arduino instrument that was easy to play, but would sound better with practice. This “wind” instrument combines the Sparkfun Electret Microphone breakout board with the Tone...

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Updating the Arduino Garage Door Circuit for the new Gliderol Garage Controller.

We moved house recently and I was obviously very keen to continue the home automation routine. As described in Adventures with an Arduino – Part 1: The Business Problem, I created an Arduino based...

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IR Remote Controlled Home Appliances using Arduino

In present times there are many types of Home Automation Systems which are available in the market. Most of these are simple Home Appliances Controlling Systems like DTMF controlled Home Appliances,...

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Easy DIY Home Automation (using servo switches) using arduino

This Instructable is all about one of life’s simple actions, flipping a light switch on and off. At oomlout we do it many times a day, so many in fact it came to a point where we asked ourselves “Can’t...

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Bedazzler: DIY non-lethal weaponry using arduino

Our first open source Homeland Security non-lethal weapon project – The “THE BEDAZZLER: A Do-it-yourself Handheld LED-Incapacitator”. After attending a conference where the $1 million “sea-sick...

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Ceiling Fan LED Display using arduino

Seeing so many persistence of vision ideas on the web was too tempting not to try one. After considering several different motors to drive a display, a ceiling fan seemed to run at just the right...

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Extreme Color Organ using arduino

Hi All! I have wanted to do something fun with my bedroom for a while now and the Make it  Glow challenge provided me with a reason to do so. A few months ago I acquired a strand of GE-35 Color Effects...

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TV Volume Loudness Guard using Arduino

UPDATES Mar 05, 2013 Featured on WonderHowTo http://goo.gl/fpeVC Feb 14, 2013 Featured on LifeHacker  http://goo.gl/tx4QG Feb 13, 2013  I have updated the Arduino program in step 4 to support...

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How to Deal with Noisy Neighbors with Arduino device

My next door neighbors have recently been playing their music really loud so that I can hear it through the walls. I’ve gotten tired of having to bang on the walls each time to get them to quiet down,...

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TV Volume Loudness Guard using Arduino

UPDATES Mar 05, 2013 Featured on WonderHowTo http://goo.gl/fpeVC Feb 14, 2013 Featured on LifeHacker  http://goo.gl/tx4QG Feb 13, 2013  I have updated the Arduino program in step 4 to support...

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How to Deal with Noisy Neighbors with Arduino device

My next door neighbors have recently been playing their music really loud so that I can hear it through the walls. I’ve gotten tired of having to bang on the walls each time to get them to quiet down,...

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Twitter garage door using the GE Choice ALERT system & Arduino

You know that feeling of driving away from your house almost getting to work and saying “Now Did close the garage door?” .  I hate that feeling and seeked out to resolve it in the smiplest/cheapest way...

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Interactive Child’s Mobile using Arduino

What can you make with fluorescent acrylic as the inspiration?  We chose to make a glow-in-the-dark baby mobile, with an accompanying toy.  This project was completed as a part of the Computing and...

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Rotary Emotiphone using Arduino

Introduction The Rotary Emotiphone is a vintage rotary phone that tweets mood emoticons. It has a predefined list of 10 emoticons, each assigned to a digit, so that when you are happy / sad / drunk /...

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