The Arduino development board has grown in popularity over the last few years and has spawned a myriad of interesting projects such as auto-lacing shoes, The EyeWriter 2.0, and the Mobile Dance Stage.

For those starting out in Arduino, there are tons of resources to get better acquainted with the community and the types of projects you can tinker with.

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

Arduino projects can help ease the learning curve of getting into programming, and even add some smart functionality to your everyday tasks around the house.

An Arduino IDE: An IDE (or Integrated Development Environment) is the program you’ll use to write and upload software—called “sketches”—to your Arduino.

Explore the newly updated Arduino Project Hub, featuring a sleek interface, dedicated sections for professionals and educators, and enhanced navigation.

We can use them to cut things, create laser light shows, and also as a rangefinder. [Ignas] wrote in to tell us about [Berryjam’s] AMAZING write-up on creating an Arduino based laser rangefinder.

Eclipse CDT & Arduino Plug-In An alternative to the Arduino IDE is Eclipse, a development environment used by professional and hobby developers. It’s open-source software and extensible via plugins.

Over the last decade, the open-source movement has not only transformed the world of software, but also catalyzed a sweeping revolution in hardware tinkering. At the heart of this shift lies a ...

– Gaming: Use your phone as a remote control for a robot or a game. The sky’s the limit! Arduino Cloud “Now, you have the possibility to run the Arduino IoT Remote app in the background on ...