- [Narrator] Are you wondering
what you can do with Arduino?
Could it work for a project
that you have in mind?
A great way to find out is
by seeing what other people
have already built.
In this video, I'll show
you 11 Arduino projects
that our members have built.
Some of them are about home automation,
some of them are just off the wall.
I chose to feature these specific projects
because I think they're
the best Arduino projects
to show off the capability
and variety of things
you can do with Arduino.
Stay tuned!
(upbeat music)
All right, Let's get started.
As I mentioned,
all the projects shown here were submitted
by members of Programming
Electronics Academy.
They all put in a ton
of work in making these
and I am proud that we are
a part of that journey.
If Arduino has you excited
and you think you wanna give it a shot,
make sure to stick
around for the next video
where I'll guide you
through choosing the right Arduino board
from all the options out there
and the must-have accessories
for getting started programming
and building with Arduino.
All right!
Onto the first project.
This first project is
an Arduino hover disk.
And while it doesn't exactly hover,
it sure gives the appearance of hovering.
And you gotta love that
Captain America paint job.
To build it, Dan used two Arduinos,
two XPs, a Sabertooth motor controller,
a latching relay, a power
relay shield for Arduino,
an audio effects sound board,
two wheel chair motors,
a bunch of batteries,
and a ton of LEDs of course.
Dan's a retired school teacher,
but he used to ride this
around the school halls.
That would have been really fun to see.
The second project is a six foot tall,
NeoPixel blazing, polycarbonate trident.
It's used to cheer on the home team
at First Robotics Competitions.
It was made by first FRC
team 4296 Trident Robotics
whose mentor, Mark Bala,
was a member of Programming
Electronics Academy.
It's made of polycarbonate
tubes and sheets.
It uses 12-volt DC neopixel strips
each of which has three
RGB LEDs per pixel.
There is a total of 70 pixels
or 210 LEDs in this trident.
There is an Arduino nano
on the right side of the head
that controls the LEDs
and also connects to an SD card reader
where the LED patterns are stored.
The trident also uses two
SparkFun 9 Degrees of Freedom
inertial measurement units
These two sensors communicate
to a separate Arduino nano
so that the trident can
detect different movements
and adjust its display accordingly.
Christmas Tree Defender
Cat Diversion Laser Turret.
Yes you heard that right.
This third project is a
tool for diverting cats
from a Christmas tree.
The project was made by member John Hart.
It uses an Arduino Uno and a motion sensor
which triggers two servos on separate axis
to move a laser pointer around.
Apparently, it works like a charm.
Wireless monitor of
Solar Geyser performance.
James Trace wanted to
monitor the performance
of his Solar Geyser
which is like a heat
exchanger for hot water.
He used an Arduino nano
and a bunch of sensors
to measure ambient temperature,
humidity, sunlight, and
then he used an ESP 8266
to wirelessly send all
that data to ThingSpeak,
a cloud sever for data logging,
so he can log that data
and see it from anywhere in the world.
RV Camper-Van Power Cabinet
Fan Controller System.
This project was made by Jack Tinsely.
He had a really cool van that
he transformed into a camper.
Jack used an Arduino to build a system
that measures the
auxiliary battery voltage,
reads the temperature
of the power cabinet,
operates a cooling fan as necessary,
and transmit this information wirelessly
to a second Arduino
that displays the data on a screen
so he can easily read
it while he's driving.
Home brewing with Arduino.
Ever done any home brewing?
If you have, it's hard
not to have the Arduino
past through your mind
as a tool to help in the process.
This Arduino home brew project
is the result of a ton of hard work
and dedication from Klas Bergmen.
Klas used an Arduino
mega, temperature sensors,
SD card reader, LEDs,
and Ethernet connection and more
to make one heck of a fermentation control
and monitoring system.
And did I mention he sends
all this data to ThingSpeak?
Arduino controlled aquaponics garden
Dimitrius has a three
tank aquaponics garden
that he wanted to automate.
He needed to feed the fish from a hopper,
turn the grill lights on
and off for the plants,
pump water through filters,
and fill the plant tanks with water.
He was able to this with an Arduino Uno,
a water level sensor to detect
whether pumping between
tanks was necessary,
a four channel relay module,
pumps, and servos.
His Arduino program is able to control
all those electronics,
and he was pleased that
after only six weeks
and having never coded before,
he was able to get this project working.
Workstation Simulator.
Jim works at a power plant
and is responsible for
training new technicians.
He built a simulator using Arduino
for a common work station at his job.
The idea was to give students the chance
to simulate operation
prior to performing on the actual unit.
He used an Arduino Mega
and a ton of gauges.
Arduino sound-to-light NeoPixel display.
Robert aligned 25 strips of WS2812
also known as NeoPixels,
resulting in a 450 point matrix.
The display of the matrix then adjusted
based on sampling audio input.
For the code, he used pre-built arrays
to save different patterns that are shown.
Arduino Smart Living Project.
Devore is a teacher of STEM program
in Vukovar, Croatia.
He introduced his students to Arduino
and through his mentorship,
they were able to create this small scale
interactive model of a smart city.
They used an Arduino Uno to control servos
and LEDs to read outputs
from light sensors
to create the model.
This project went on to
win the World Arduino Day
community challenge in the
category of kids and education.
DCF77 Analyzer Clock.
Eric built and programmed
this amazing piece of hardware.
It's an atomic clock that
displays the timestamps
of received pulses
and also displays the
details of received pulses
such as pulse width and pulse length.
He used an Arduino Mega, an Arduino Uno,
tons of LEDs, seven segment displays,
an Adafruit sound effects board,
and more to make this
project come to life.
Pretty amazing if you ask me.
Well there you have it.
11 awesome Arduino projects.
I hope you have a better idea
of the capabilities of Arduino
and the variety of things that you can do.
If this Arduino thing
has your wheels turning
and you wanna get started
as fast as possible,
make sure to watch the next video
where I'll guide you
through choosing the right Arduino board
from all the options out there
and the must-have accessories
for getting started programming
and building with Arduino.
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project among the 11?
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Have a fantastic day
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Bye!
