When you’re prototyping a new project, sometimes all you need is a switch. The folks at oomlout were tired of constantly having to rewire things, so they built a universal switch box for the … ...

Constructed from acrylic (for the casing), together with commonly available controls, the clever part is the Arduino software that polls the switch box's state and sends it to a computer, via USB ...

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The fun part for me was putting it all in a wooden box, and trying out panel-mount components for the first time. There’s a power-switch where the LED lights up when a power source is connected ...

His new creation is Arduino-based and allows you to mute a TV’s audio based on certain keywords or phrases. The little device uses a Video Experimenter Shield, which is placed on top of the ...

When reed switch is opened, pin 2 of Arduino goes high with the help of the pull-up resistor R2, and the alert signal is available through the piezo-speaker PZ1 (not an active piezo-buzzer). At the ...