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88

Simple Raspberry Pi Robot

By Adafruit Industries

This is a fun project to build a simple robot using the Raspberry Pi and Adafruit's awesome robot chassis kit.

PROJECT
129

MIDI for Makers

By Adafruit Industries

One stop guide for getting started with MIDI projects.

BLOG
2,181

Creating an Electronics Starter Kit

By Sarah Aman

Interested in getting started in electronics, but overwhelmed by the number of parts available? I have compiled a list of everything you need.

PROJECT
69

Adafruit Optical Fingerprint Sensor

By Adafruit Industries

All-in-one fingerprint sensors make ID easy.

PROJECT

CircuitPython OLED and Dual Knob Sketcher

By Adafruit Industries

In this guide we will create a simple knob sketcher toy using a graphical display and two potentiometers.

PROJECT
68

How to Make a Raspberry Pi Voice-Activated Door Lock

By Maker.io Staff

Combining a simple external circuit with the Raspberry Pi to create a simple door-locking mechanism that takes advantage of the speech recognition library.

PROJECT

CircuitPython Hardware Charlieplex LED Matrix

By Adafruit Industries

How to use Charlieplex LED matrices with CircuitPython!

PROJECT
53

Porting an Arduino Library to CircuitPython - VL6180X Distance Sensor

By Adafruit Industries

This tutorial will explore how to port an Arduino driver for the VL6180X distance sensor to CircuitPython.

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2,732

How to Interface a Seven-Segment Display with an Arduino

By All About Circuits

An expensive liquid crystal display is not necessary for displaying data in most applications instead a seven-segment display is simply sufficient.

PROJECT
51

Building a DC Motor Controller for Object Detection

By All About Circuits

In this project, you will be building an object detection DC motor controller.

PROJECT
102

Using an Arduino’s Digital I/O

By All About Circuits

You can connect Arduino sensors, actuators, and other ICs with the digital inputs and outputs (digital I/O) on the Arduino for useful things, such as reading switch inputs, lighting indicators, and controlling relay outputs.

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How to Make a Simple Digital Voltmeter with an Arduino

By All About Circuits

It's easy to make a digital voltmeter with an Arduino and a 16x2 liquid crystal display (LCD). This project will also help you measure voltages above the reference voltage using a voltage divider.