Guided Labs

Arduino Field Notebook

Pick a build, collect the parts, and follow the lab notes. Each walkthrough includes the bill of materials, wiring, annotated sketches, and debug checkpoints so you can confidently recreate (and remix) the project.

Light + climate art

Aurora Pulse Orb

Turn a 24-pixel ring and a BME280 sensor into a reactive desk sculpture that paints humidity and temperature as flowing gradients.

  • NeoPixel
  • I²C sensor
  • Touch input
Open tutorial
Gardening automation

Hydro Guardian Mini

A capacitive soil probe, SSD1306 display, and MOSFET-switched pump keep a single plant on schedule while logging trend data.

  • OLED
  • Cap sense
  • Tiny pump
Open tutorial
Playable science

Photon Theremin

Use a VL53L0X time-of-flight sensor and a piezo/buzzer stack to perform sweeping synth lines controlled purely by hand distance.

  • ToF
  • Audio
  • MIDI-ready
Open tutorial