Make Your Own Plush Game Controller Electronics maker Adafruit Industries has developed its own Arduino-compatible boards, including one called the Flora–and a few craft projects to go with them.

Created to enable you to build, code and solder your very own Arduino UNO Micro controller board by mounting every single component.

Arduino’s Plug and Make Kit lets your hacking imagination run wild, sans solder Daisy-chain tiny boards into weather stations, game controllers, and way more.

Best Arduino kits Arduino Starter Kit This kit features the Arduino Uno Rev 3 microcontroller, and it includes over 100 components along with a 170-page guidebook that details 15 engaging projects.

In the near future Arduino hopes to release a colour LCD module that can be plugged on the Esplora to create your very own open source console.

For example, take Bluetooth game controllers. Sure, you could make your own with a microcontroller, some buttons, and a couple joysticks.

Thorin Klosowski DIY musical instruments are their own thing entirely, but if you're looking for a place to start, Adafruit has a guide to building your own MIDI controller using an Arduino.