Arduino is a do-it-yourselfers dream that allows you to create a true smart home experience tailored to your needs. Check out how to use Arduino to build the smart home you want.

In a previous article, we looked at connecting various kinds of Arduino hardware to your Mac. Here's how to get started programming on them to create your own projects.

Using an Arduino and a little code on your PC, it monitors your screen and creates lighting behind your monitor.

They use a protocol called Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) and [Ray Dees] recently published an Arduino library that lets you decode the SAME message packets.

Making a servo tester using an Attiny85 micro chip, Attiny45 also works for this project. This diy servo tester is as good as ...

I had this idea of building my own bicycle lighting system totally personalized, the lights would have the exact lighting ...

Thus, a library was whipped up that can be readily used with an Arduino to control all the major functions of the Z906.

While a Raspberry Pi is a full-fledged computer that can do more complex things than an Arduino microcontroller, it's not the best choice for every project.