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Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock

Joe — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:48:44 +0000

This is easily one of the coolest Arduino projects I have come across. It is a great mix of all of the Arduino's capabilities including motor control.

Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock - More DIY How To Projects

Bulbdial Clock

Joe — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:32:17 +0000

I first saw this project a while ago and was hoping that a kit would be made since the necessary shape and stacking of the circuit boards make it a fairly complex undertaking. I am a sucker for a cool clock project, so this is definitely something I will be building in the future.

Bulbdial Clock kit

Peggy 2LE

Joe — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:18:40 +0000

I have wanted to build a Peggy 2 from Evil Mad Science for a while now, but the cost for the kit plus LEDs always stopped me. The Peggy 2LE on the other hand is a fair amount cheaper, so I might end up buying one of these for myself. 625 LED display here I come.

Arduino RFID Door Lock

Joe — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:40:15 +0000

Here's a great Instructable that shows how to integrate an Arduino and an RFID reader, very cool.

Arduino RFID Door Lock - More DIY How To Projects

Arduino Prototyping Kit

Joe — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:30:13 +0000

I saw this on the Make Blog today and I am definitely going to buy a couple for myself. Called the HardCopy, it is an Arduino clone kit with a prototyping area included on the board.

This looks like a fantastic solution for the problem of integrating an Arduino into a project. In the past I either built an Arduino from scratch on a large prototyping board or bought a finished Arduino and wired it to a daughter board containing whatever additional circuitry I needed.

RFID Reader Arduino Tutorial

Joe — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:50:26 +0000

Using an RFID reader is something I have wanted to do since I saw this episode of SYSTM.

This is just what I was looking for, a comprehensive tutorial for the integrating an RFID reader with the Arduino.

Parallax RFID Reader Arduino

Charlieplexed LED Lights with Arduino

Joe — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:48:23 +0000

This looks like an interesting way to multiplex LEDs without adding external chips to the circuit.

Charlieplexed row of LED lights, for the Arduino - More DIY How To Projects

Tube Amplifier

Joe — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:04:16 +0000

Here's a great build of the same vacuum tube amp kit that I built, however, this is a much better example of craftsmanship.

Arduino Duemilanove Power Circuit Explained

Joe — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:55:15 +0000

Here's a nice, concise description of how the power circuit of the Arduino Duemilanove works, from the Adafruit Forums.

Circuit Symbols

Joe — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:51:38 +0000

Here's a nice set of electrical symbols which can be used in any vector graphics program to make a schematic.

Download the full set