Description: Using an Arduino or a micro controller we can generate cool looking patterns with an led strip with addressable LEDs. In this case I'm using an Arduino uno (clone board) and a strip of ...

This Arduino lights dimmer project is based on Doug Hitchcock’s comment: “I need to have a lamp dimmer that can “cascade” from one lamp to the next (up to 4 lamps). Basically, when you close a switch, ...

I had this idea of building my own bicycle lighting system totally personalized, the lights would have the exact lighting ...

A light meter is a very useful device that finds applications in hospitals, schools, factories, parking lots, passageways, and many more to measure and maintain adequate lighting levels. It is also ...

Getting an old traffic light and wiring it up to do its thing inside your house isn’t exactly a new trick; it’s so common that it wouldn’t normally pass muster for these hallowed pages. Even using one ...

[Kerry Wong] comes across the coolest hardware, and always manages to do something interesting with it. His widget du jour is an old demo board for a digital RF attenuator chip, which can pad a signal ...

Chip maker Qualcomm Qualcomm has announced its planning to acquire Arduino, a company that makes open source hardware & software including single-board microcontroller kits.