10 Awesome Beginner Arduino Projects

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<p >Completing an Arduino project gives you a sense of satisfaction like no other. Here I have selected few simple but interesting DIY arduino projects  for beginners. It's very easy to do your Arduino projects at home now.</p><h3 >1. Create your own Arduino(Uno) Shield PCB board</h3><p ><span >The beauty of the Arduino is that it’s open source, which means you can make  your own pretty easily with off-the-shelf parts. You can create this  </span><a href="https://easyeda.com/yourics/Arduino_UNO_LED_Cube_Shield-efL3XfxrJ">Arduino(UNO) 3 x 3 x 3 LED Cube Shield</a><span > very easily using EasyEDA and when you’re  done building it. You’ll have a much better understanding of exactly how the  Arduino works. </span></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mky_eAJIGOY" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div><h3 >2. DIY | RGB LED Shades Controlled By Arduino</h3><p ><span >RGB LED Shades! They're colorful, bright, hackable, and the ultimate  expression of blinky awesomeness. RGB LED glasses with various animations -  programmable LED show glasses with 68 full-color pixels. The LEDs can show  different colors by mixing levels of red, green, and blue, just like the screen  on your computer or phone. An integrated Arduino-compatible microcontroller  controls the color of each pixel to display a wide range of colorful animations.  Here the </span><a href="https://easyeda.com/yourics/LED_Glasses-j0wqICUcu">DIY RGB LED Shades PCB i</a><span >s cleverly designed and manufactured by using  EasyEDA. Now, it’s possible for you to</span><a href="https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/RGBFreak/diy-rgb-led-shades-controlled-by-arduino-c23e57"> build your own RGB LED Glasses</a><span > very easily and cheap.</span></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X76nayGImnQ" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div><h3 >3. Arduino RGB Interior Car Lighting</h3><p ><span >In this </span><a href="http://www.ardumotive.com/rgb-car-lights-en.html">Arduino project guide </a><span >will show you how to make an RGB interior car  lighting by using the Arduino uno board. Many car enthusiasts enjoy adding extra  lights or upgrading the interior bulbs to LEDs, however with the Arduino  platform you can enjoy a greater level of control and detail by controlling  high-powered LEDs and lighting strips. You are able to change the lighting color  through an Android device (phone or tablet) by using the &#34;Bluetooth RGB  Controller&#34; application (Dev Next Prototypes) that you can download for free  from Android Play Store. Also you can find</span><a href="https://easyeda.com/mi.vasilakis/Arduino_RGB_Interior_Car_Lighting_Bluetooth_Android_App-uYWwurDBz"> the electronic circuit schematic at  EasyEDA </a><span >and order your PCB custom Arduino based circuit.</span></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8M21lM7mKpg" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div><h3 >4. Make Your Own Power Meter/Logger</h3><p ><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Your-Own-Power-MeterLogger/">The power meter/logger </a><span >is combined by an Arduino, an INA219 power monitor IC,  an OLED LCD and a Micro SD Card PCB. It has more functions than the popular USB  Power Meter.Here you can find the schematic for the Arduino Nano version and the portable version of this project on the EasyEDA website.</span></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lrugreN2K4w" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div><h3 >5. Add more Digital Inputs and Outputs to your Arduino</h3><p ><span >A lot of Dev Boards like Arduino, STM, ChipKit etc (Even micro computers like  Raspberry Pi) have a limited number of Digital input and output pins, which is a  serious problem for the makers while creating them projects, especially when the  Dev Board should be connected to an important number of peripheric (Exemple: the  5x5x5 LED Cube where you need to control more than 100 LED). </span><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Add-More-Digital-Inputs-and-Outputs-to-Your-Arduin/">This project s</a><span >olved  the problem perfectly, which satisfies the users desires by making a Hardware  and Software solution to add more Digital I/O pins to your Arduino. </span></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D6QP24AsXDQ" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div><h3 >6. Smoke Detector using MQ2 Gas Sensor and Arduino</h3><p ><span >Smoke Detectors are very useful in detecting smoke or fire in buildings, and  so are the important safety parameters. In </span><a href="http://circuitdigest.com/microcontroller-projects/arduino-smoke-detector-on-pcb-using-mq2-gas-sensor">this DIY Arduino project,</a><span > the Smoke  Detector Circuit not only sense the smoke in the air but also reads and displays  the level of Smoke in the Air in PPM (parts per million). This circuit triggers  the Buzzer when Smoke level becomes higher than 1000 ppm, this threshold value  can be changed in the Code according to the requirement. This circuit mainly  uses MQ2 Smoke/Gas sensor and Arduino to detect and calculate the level of  smoke. MQ2 gas sensor is also sensible to LPG, Alcohol, and Methane etc. </span></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PvEmrNJB_xw" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div><h3 >7. DIY LED VU Meter as Arduino Shield</h3><p ><span >VU Meter or Volume Meter is very popular and fun project in Electronics. We  can consider the Volume Meter as an Equalizer, which is present in the Music  systems. In which we can see the dancing of LEDs according to the music, if  music is loud then equalizer go to its peak and more LEDs will glow, and if  music is low then lesser number of LEDs shall glow. Here </span><a href="http://circuitdigest.com/microcontroller-projects/diy-arduino-vu-meter-shield">the VU Meter w</a><span >as built  by using Arduino and taking the audio input from 3.5 mm jack, so that you can  easily provide audio input from your Mobile or Laptop using AUX cable or 3.5 mm  audio jack. </span></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9amYxLOxuPQ" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div><h3 >8. Stunning RGB light effects using Arduino Nano</h3><p ><span >None of us could deny the fact that we would love with to play with LED’s and  lighting stuffs. I love to play with LED’s and create attractive lighting  effects. This project was a result of such attempt where created a </span><a href="http://www.gadgetronicx.com/rgb-light-effects-using-arduino-nano/">stunning  RGB light effects </a><span >using the popular development platform Arduino Nano. You can  access this page to see the circuit, code and instruction on building this  project. </span></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_uXI-7sA87g" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div><h3 >9. Make your own Motorized Camera Slider</h3><p ><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Your-Own-Motorized-Camera-Slider/">In this project,</a><span > GreatSoctt shows you how to repurpose two old camera tripods  in order to create a motorized camera slider. The mechanical system consist  mostly of aluminium and steel which makes the slider sturdy and pretty decent  looking. The electrical system consists of an Arduino Nano with LCD, rotary  encoder, limit switches and stepper motor.</span></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XtpOl8FpkB8" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div><h3 >10. How to Add an IR Remote to a Speaker System</h3><p ><span >In consumer electronics, a remote control is a component of an electronic  device such as a television set, DVD player, or other home appliance, used to  operate the device wirelessly from a short distance. Remote control is primarily a convenience feature for the consumer, and can allow operation of devices that  are out of convenient reach for direct operation of controls. Here shows how to  create </span><a href="https://easyeda.com/GreatScott/IRRemote-j0cMKIGfh">an additional circuit </a><span >for speaker system in order to control it wirelessly with a homemade IR remote.</span></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XUY0-doBx1U" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div><p ><span >All these awesome Ariduino projects were built in </span><a href="https://easyeda.com/">EasyEDA</a><span >. Hopefully, you can  get some ideas from these projects, then find at least a few projects that you  can tackle with your new Arduino kit.</span></p>

10 Awesome Beginner Arduino Projects

A list of simple but interesting DIY arduino projects for beginners.