Arduino Basics

The NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Strip (144 LED/m) is a really impressive product that will have you lighting up your room in next to no time. The 144 individually addressable LEDs packed onto a 1 metre flexible water resistant strip, enables a world of luminescent creativity that will blow your blinking Arduino friends away. The following tutorial will show you how to create an immersive and interactive LED display using an Arduino UNO, a potentiometer and an accelerometer. There will be a total of FIVE LED sequences to keep you entertained or you can create your own !   This tutorial was specifically designed to work with the 144 Neopixel Digital RGB LED strip with the ws2812B chipset.   Parts Required: Arduino UNO (or compatible board) Adafruit 5V 10A switching power supp...

Create your very own Arduino BeatBox ! Home-made capacitive touch sensors are used to trigger the MP3 drum sounds stored on the Grove Serial MP3 player. I have used a number of tricks to get the most out of this module, and I was quite impressed on how well it did. Over 130 sounds were loaded onto the SDHC card. Most were drum sounds, but I added some farm animal noises to provide an extra element of surprise and entertainment. You can put any sounds you want on the module and play them back quickly. We'll put the Grove Serial MP3 module through it's paces and make it into a neat little BeatBox !! Key learning objectives How to make your own beatbox How to make capacitive drum pad sensors without using resistors How to speed up Arduino's Analog readings for better performance How to generate random numbers on ...