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2,105

Detect Obstacles with an Arduino using an IR Sensor and LED

By Maker.io Staff

Using an Arduino, IR LED, and a matching sensor, we are able to detect objects by pulsing the LED, and reading the sensor's response.

PROJECT
237

Inertial Handwriting Recognition using Arduino Sense

By Beryl Sui

In this project, my friend and I assembled a "virtual pen" with Arduino 33 BLE Sense that determines which digit the user is writing based on the motion they make holding the pen, without the use of a camera.

TUTORIAL
753

How to interface an IMU with an ESP8266

By Maker.io Staff

Learn how to use a BNO085 breakout board with an ESP8266 to read movement and orientation data using the Arduino IDE.

TUTORIAL
1,173

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.

PROJECT
99

How to Build an Arduino-Based Learning Universal Remote Part 2 Software

By Maker.io Staff

Learn how to program an intelligent learning custom IR remote control that can control any electronic device that comes with an IR remote control.

PROJECT
502

How to Build an Arduino-Based Learning Universal Remote Part 1 Hardware

By Maker.io Staff

Learn how to construct an intelligent learning custom IR remote control that can control any electronic device that comes with an IR remote control.

PROJECT
216

Make a Pi Trash Classifier with Machine Learning and Lobe

By Adafruit Industries

In this project, we train a Machine Learning model on a Raspberry Pi to identify whether an object goes in the garbage, recycling, compost, or hazardous waste

PROJECT
115

Using micro:bit and CRICKIT with MicroPython

By Adafruit Industries

Control your micro:bit attached to an Adafruit CRICKIT board in MicroPython.

PROJECT
217

DIY ESP8266 Home Security with Lua and MQTT Protect your home with MQT

By Adafruit Industries

The goal of the home security system is to detect doors or windows opening.

PROJECT
132

CircuitPython Hardware Charlieplex LED Matrix

By Adafruit Industries

How to use Charlieplex LED matrices with CircuitPython!

PROJECT
200

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.

PROJECT
238

CircuitPython Hardware ILI9341 TFT & FeatherWing

By Adafruit Industries

This module allows you to do basic drawing like putting pixels and filling rectangles on TFT displays like the TFT FeatherWing.