[Andrew] is bringing his old mechanical sewing machine into the 21st century by adding an Arduino control module. Originally, his Alfa sewing machine could only do a straight stitch or a zig-zag of ...

Young maker and Arduino enthusiast Nikodem Bartnik has created a fantastic Arduino CNC machine by converting a Dremel cutting tool and using a selection of 3D printed parts and aluminium profiles.

The Arduino magnetic drawing machine operates using an Arduino board mounted with a magnetometer. This setup, combined with node.js and socket.io, allows the machine to detect disturbances in the ...

This homemade CNC machine is the second version which uses mostly off the shelve parts where every part is allowed for some adjustments and the different design makes it easier to be built. The main ...

I am still receiving many requests to post an Arduino Sound Machine project. I think now is the right time to prepare a primer for beginners. First, keep your expectations low, as I don’t have ...

Man, do nerds love their coffee. How else do you explain that a robot-controlled espresso machine blew through its Kickstarter target by a crazy 16X? Coffee-loving engineers Gleb Polyakov and Igor ...

When [Jim’s] thirty year old Pachinko machine started to freeze up and shorted out his computer’s graphics card he decided it was time to replace the old electronics with an Arduino. Originally the ...

For some, Halloween is starting to rival Christmas for setting up elaborate holiday decorations. Homeowners now spend many hours─and sometimes dollars─creating ghoulish displays of lit pumpkins, ...

An Arduino can be used to test the life of any battery with less than 5 volts, Boxall says. So, for a quick way to see how much juice your AAA, AA, C, or D batteries have left, build this ...

With their cheap price tags, massive I/O provisions, and low power consumption, microcontrollers like the uber-popular Arduino family have diverse use cases, from simple automation projects to full-on ...