When I started learning DIY electronics, using Arduino was the obvious choice. This palm-size, single-board microcontroller, which can be easily swapped between projects, is designed for programming ...

One of the essential parts of any home security system is a door detector that lets you know when a door opens. Over on Adafruit, they show you how to build your own that hooks into IFTTT so you can ...

A new Instructables page has been created to make an eco-friendly DIY metal detector using an Arduino Mega just been combined with a 3.2 inch TFT LCD touchscreen to provide a fantastic readout, making ...

You’ve probably noticed that modern life has become rather complicated, and the projects we cover here on Hackaday have not been immune to the march of progress. We certainly aren’t complaining, but ...

[Dzl] and his rather serious looking son are metal detector enthusiasts. But when they couldn’t find their store-bought metal detector earlier this summer they just went ahead and built their own.