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Dec
14

New Project: Data Dial Dashboard

analog, arduino, Featured, GreatCreate, RadioShack, Retro, Weekend Projects Comments Off on New Project: Data Dial Dashboard 

dials_detailThe Data Dial Dashboard brings back the fun of old-school analog dial gauges while updating them with internet connectivity. In this project we will use an Arduino, Ethernet shield, and 3 servos to create a system for tracking global earthquake activity. The data is pulled from the USGS Real-time Data Feeds page. With a little hacking, it is easily adapted to track your unanswered e-mail count, the speed of your internet connection, the price of rice in Rhode Island, or any other data you can scrape off the 'net!

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Nov
22

New Project: Potted Plant Protector

arduino, Featured, gardening, GreatCreate, RadioShack, Weekend Projects Comments Off on New Project: Potted Plant Protector 

PPP-1cropBuild a digital guardian for your favorite plants! Using an Arduino and a few inexpensive sensors, you can keep your plants extremely happy with the proper amount of moisture, warmth, and light.

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Nov
22

New Project: Potted Plant Protector

arduino, Featured, gardening, GreatCreate, RadioShack, Weekend Projects Comments Off on New Project: Potted Plant Protector 

PPP-1cropBuild a digital guardian for your favorite plants! Using an Arduino and a few inexpensive sensors, you can keep your plants extremely happy with the proper amount of moisture, warmth, and light.

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Nov
12

Deploy Weekend Projects to Send Sensor-Activated SMS Alerts

arduino, Electronics, Featured, GreatCreate, RadioShack, Weekend Projects Comments Off on Deploy Weekend Projects to Send Sensor-Activated SMS Alerts 

wp15_css_mainbuildCellular Sensor Sentinel is a fun and accessible way to explore basic sensors while simultaneously learning about core cellular protocols GSM & GPRS.

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Nov
08

New Project: Cellular Sensor Sentinel

arduino, GPRS, GreatCreate, gsm, RadioShack, Seeed Studio, wayne and layne, Weekend Projects Comments Off on New Project: Cellular Sensor Sentinel 

wp15_step8_reshotbThis project uses the Seeed Studio GPRS/GSM v2.0 Shield to build a versatile Arduino-based remote alarm system that can notify your cell phone within seconds, via text message, when nearby doors or windows are opened or closed, pressure sensors depressed, or motion sensors activated, just to name a few of the many possibilities. Here we'll teach you how to connect simple motion, touch, pressure, and light sensors, and how to program the Arduino to use the shield to send text messages when these detect events. It's easy to adapt this system to use other sensor devices like temperature probes, magnetic switches, tilt sensors, etc.

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Nov
06

Projects With Ryan Slaugh: DIY gas Leak Detector

arduino, Design, DIY Projects, Earth Science, education, Electronics, gas detector, Hacks, LM7805, MAKE Video, Maker Shed, Makers, MQ-2, MQ-5, safety, science, transistors, Weekend Projects Comments Off on Projects With Ryan Slaugh: DIY gas Leak Detector 

Screen Shot 2013-11-05 at 4.55.48 PMThe Atmospheric Gas Detector Kit, found in the Makershed, gives you the components needed to detect different kinds of gases. In this episode of "Projects with Ryan Slaugh", we will go through the steps of setting up the base experiment from the book included with the kit.

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Nov
05

Wear Your Heartbeat with a Pulse Sensor and Weekend Projects

arduino, Electronics, GreatCreate, health, RadioShack, Weekend Projects Comments Off on Wear Your Heartbeat with a Pulse Sensor and Weekend Projects 

wp14_bbs_armflash-620pxThe Beatband Sleeve joins a long list of projects attempting to read the human-mechanical heartbeat and visualize it as an electrical signal. Whether using midi controllers or operational amplifiers or infrared technology (and more recently IR in combination with an op-amp), makers love wearing their heartbeats as pendants or simply […]

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Nov
01

New Project: Beatband Sleeve

arduino, Electronics, Featured, GreatCreate, health, RadioShack, Weekend Projects Comments Off on New Project: Beatband Sleeve 

step14-1_recropBuild an Arduino clone using the MintDuino and then program it to visualize your heartbeat in combination with the Pulse Sensor AMPed. The five LEDs mounted to the lid of the tin will flash in sync with your heartbeat's rhythm. Does your heartbeat speed up when you don't tell the truth? When you play video games? When you meditate, can you slow your heartbeat down? Build the Beatband Sleeve and find out!

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Oct
22

Refill a Water Bowl with the Pet Water Warden and Weekend Projects

arduino, Electronics, Featured, GreatCreate, RadioShack, Weekend Projects Comments Off on Refill a Water Bowl with the Pet Water Warden and Weekend Projects 

wp12_pww02Use an Arduino, MakerShield, and ethernet shield to build an automatic water dispensing system to fill up your pet's water bowl while you're away. The sensors connected to the circuit know when the bowl is low - and filled - with water, and it can even tweet when the reservoir runs out!

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Oct
18

New Project: Pet Water Warden

arduino, cats, dogs, Electronics, GreatCreate, Hacks, Home, pets, RadioShack, Weekend Projects Comments Off on New Project: Pet Water Warden 

Stella_Pet_DrinkUse an Arduino, MakerShield, and ethernet shield to build an automatic water dispensing system to fill up your pet's water bowl while you're away. The sensors connected to the circuit know when the bowl is low - and filled - with water, and it can even tweet when the reservoir runs out.

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