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Robot Beehive Mover

By Ethan Nichols

Learn how a team of engineering students designed and built a robot beehive mover, complete with GPS, Bluetooth, and PCB design using OrCAD.

PROJECT

Interfacing ultrasonic sensor with Arduino

By Aswinth Raj

A guide to interfacing ultrasonic sensors with the Arduino platform.

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Robotics Education: Robot Tour Part 2

By Antonio Velasco

Robotics education takes a step further in Robot Tour Part 2. Learn about the integration of sensors, coding adventures, and the upcoming competition.

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Robotics Education: Robot Tour Part 1

By Antonio Velasco

Follow along as Pearl City High School students embark on their robotics adventure. Part 1 explores the early phases of building and coding their rover.

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Basic Motion Sensors: Ultrasonic and IR

By Antonio Velasco

Ultrasonic or IR? Learn the strengths and weaknesses of these sensors, from detection range to cost. Make an informed decision for your next endeavor.

PROJECT

Occupancy Detection: PIR vs mmWave

By Aditya Mishra

Delve into occupancy detection. Explore how technologies differ in detecting presence, movement, and distance and make an informed choice for your project.

TUTORIAL

How to Interface Ultrasonic Sensors with an ESP8266

By Maker.io Staff

This article serves as an introduction to ultrasonic sensors and explains how you can get them up and running in no time using an ESP8266 development board.

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Interactive Spooky Halloween Cat

By SparkFun Electronics

Check out this distance sensing Halloween prop designed to spook the willies out of trick-or-treaters.

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Protect Your Summer Harvest with the Gentleman Maker’s Raspberry Pi and Arduino Dog Corrector

By Maker.io Staff

In this episode of the Gentleman Maker, we're using a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino Uno to stave off the onslaught of dogs trying to eat every single plant in our garden.

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Take a Gander at Wildlife with Your Raspberry Pi: The Gentleman Maker’s Life-Cam!

By Maker.io Staff

In this project, we’re using an Arduino Uno and a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B to create an automatic wildlife camera.

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Top 10 Addons for Your Arduino

By Maker.io Staff

Arduino shields can be useful for heightening an Arduino’s complexity, but, sometimes, they are just not enough. In this blog post, we will look at 10 Arduino addon modules and circuits!

PROJECT

SparkFun Troubleshooting Tips

By SparkFun Electronics

In this tutorial, we will be exploring a few general troubleshooting tips and possible solutions that frequently come up in SparkFun’s Technical Support department.