PyGamer and PyBadge have built in accelerometers - which you can use in your games or demos to make nifty motion-activated effects. In this mini guide we'll show you some examples of PaintYourDragon's PixelDust library but for Arcada boards.

Use a gas sensor to help check milk freshness.

Turn up the volume!

Carefully craft coffee chemistry.

Monitor your battery over I2C!

Monitor Pool temperatures with WipperSnapper

This board takes care of flyback diodes and level shifting so you can easily turn on and off small appliances up to 250V using any microcontroller with ease.

The idea is that by having easy-to-plug cables, you can wire up things without soldering, wiring, and complexity.