Building a real-life version of the Star Trek tricorder has been the goal of engineers and hackers alike since the first time Dr McCoy complained about being asked to work outside of his job ...

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Now you can build your own room temperature monitor using an Arduino board. The circuit is a combination of an Arduino UNO board, LM35 temperature sensor, and a 16×2 Hitachi compatible LCD. It will ...

Arduino-fanciers Oomlout have put together a neat control box for the popular prototyping board, complete with five potentiometers and three switches. There's also a software app that can monitor the ...

In day-to-day life, there are financial concerns that we all have to juggle. Groceries, childcare, bills, insurance, and taxes are just some of the money matters that make being an adult such a ...

In my last blog post: http://embeddederic.blogspot.c… I took an Adruino Uno and a Protoshield and made a simple battery monitor, so I could measure the voltage of a ...

[Carl] recently upgraded his home with a solar panel system. This system compliments the electricity he gets from the grid by filling up a battery bank using free (as in beer) energy from the sun. The ...

If you are looking for ways to streamline your Internet of Things (IoT) projects and make them more efficient. With the latest IoT monitoring dashboard updates on Arduino Cloud, you can now enhance ...

If you are interested in saving money and water, you may be interested in this Arduino shower monitor which has been created by Instructables member LiamOSM. Using a small LCD screen and the power of ...

[Credit: Invent Geek] Gardening can be quite rewarding, but it can also take up a quite a bit of time. There is software out there that can make it easier to monitor your garden, but if your plot is ...

If you have allergies than you've likely considered picking up an air quality sensor for you house at some point. However, a good air quality monitor will run you upwards of $290. DIYer Chris decided ...