Author: Steve Spence

Solar Powered Arduino Projects

Do you have a wireless project, but wonder how to keep it powered? Wonder no more, as we demonstrate a solar powered / charged Arduino solution. Parts: Arduino UNO Adafruit Power Boost 500 Shield Adafruit 2000 mAh LiPo battery Adafruit

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The Arduino Powered Lighthouse

I was helping a friend build a 3′ lighthouse, and he felt it could use some “animation”. I suggested a Arduino controlled beacon. We didn’t want to go to the hassle of building a motorized unit, so I designed a

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Arduino Hx711 Digital Scale

After finding a broken scale in the trash at work, I decided to remove the load cell and build a digital scale with an Arduino. The output of the load cell is too minute for an Arduino to read on

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Arduino Westminster Chimes Door Bell

I was repairing a Heath Zenith SL-6180 wireless doorbell, in the process, figured out how to manually trigger the bells without using the remote. I then thought, why not have an arduino trigger the bells based on motion sense, floor

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Wifi Weather Web Server

It’s Alive, It’s Alive. Ok, sounds better if done with a Dr. Frankenstein accent, but the Arduino WiFi wireless weather Server is alive. Starting with a Arduino UNO, we then stacked a Arduino WiFi shield, a adafruit Lithium Polymer battery

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