Arduino Project

[Patalayus]

Hi guys, so I have been using my Arduino recently to do things such as create a game, or for it to display a simple piece of flashing text on the LCD screen. I have been doing these very simple and basic projects and I am looking to move onto something more advanced. This is mainly because I want to expand my understanding of the technology. When I first brought the Arduino around 2 years ago, I never really used it to begin with until I felt i had enough time to properly get started with it, this was despite the handbook which comes with the starter pack version of the Arduino which I had purchased, and included lots of little beginner projects designed for individuals wanting to start programming with an Arduino and creating their own quick and easy little projects.

Now that I have the spare time during my days off to do some coding and to start on my own projects, i want to start on something big. Something which I could work one for a couple of hours per day, and then come back to the week after and carry on with. I am just curious of what ideas you guys have and whether you have got an Arduino of your own and/ or have experienced a similar situation to this. Any feedback is useful.

Thanks, Patalayus.

[aeroencychris]

Those all sound like software-based projects, so I would venture into hardware for sure. Buttons, sensors, motors, anything to get you breadboarding and experimenting is great. I think last year for his engineering project my friend made a heat-seeking fan, but the sky is the limit

[Patalayus]

Thank you cdsboy2000 for your feedback, i will be sure to venture further into the hardware side of things

[Acorn Eyes]

Don't always think big, sometimes small can be just as fun, and take just as long. 

 

I think you'd enjoy programming a microcontroller to keep things really tiny. Or use one of Adafruit's feather boards. 

 

Just an idea though, you don't have to do it.

[Patalayus]

Thanks for the suggestion Spook Eyes, I'll look into it 

[straight_stewie]

Well, I can think of a few projects that would be very fun, some more software based, some more hardware based, some difficult on both sides. I have a sneaking suspicion that this list might well be the most challenging Arduino task list to date:

 

• Store and read data from a Hard Drive. Some say this is impossible, but Arduino allows external interrupts, so it is most certainly possible.
• Use the Arduino to add EFI to a lawnmower engine.
• Find a way to double the number of output pins the Arduino has (You will have to learn some digital logic). (This is probably the easiest challenge in the list)
• Write "Hello World" to an LCD Matrix display programming the Arduino ONLY in ARM assembler. (This is probably the hardest challenge in the list)

[Patalayus]

some of those sound very fun, thank you straight_steve for your responce. I will be sure to give some of them a go.

[aeroencychris]

7 hours ago, Patalayus said:

some of those sound very fun, thank you straight_steve for your responce. I will be sure to give some of them a go.

 

8 hours ago, Patalayus said:

Thanks for the suggestion Spook Eyes, I'll look into it 

 

8 hours ago, Patalayus said:

Thank you cdsboy2000 for your feedback, i will be sure to venture further into the hardware side of things

don't forget to tag people so they get notifications of your response

ex: @cdsboy2000

[Huntsman]

Those led cubes are notoriously challenging to make if you don't refer to other people's work.