A new Arduino Scratch programming extension has been released this week for the Arduino platform as an experimental option, that communicates with the Firmata firmware on an Arduino boards. A new ...

Windows/Mac/Linux: Programming an Arduino isn't especially difficult, but if you're looking for a more visual method, Scratch for Arduino (S4A) uses MIT's Scratch as a groundwork for teaching kids (or ...

This water sculpture can stop drops of water in mid-air. This is accomplished by flashing LEDs to illuminate the droplets at just the right time. But it’s not limited to blinky lights alone. The top ...

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If you would like to learn the basics of electronics and soldering electronic components together to make more complicated projects. A good starting point is the Arduino Make Your UNO Kit, providing ...

The 8x13 blue LED matrix is also an example of using PWM to implement gray-level images. The LEDs are connected in a row/column layout in the form of a tree – the first row has one LED pair, the ...