Tag Archives: actuator

Simulation of anxiety: pulsing rainbow heartbeat pattern on a LED strip that intensifies when something get closer…

March 13, 2025Educationactuator, ai, arduino, distance, heartbeat, laser, rgb, rgb-led, sensor, tofFjodor van Slooten

This project combines two examples: We will use a Seeed Studio XIAO which is a small microcontroller, but this can be done with any Arduino or ESP module you have at hand. For code generation, GitHub Copilot is used. Setting up the circuit Connect the SCL & SDA pins of the VL53L1X sensor to those … Continue reading Simulation of anxiety: pulsing rainbow heartbeat pattern on a LED strip that intensifies when something get closer… →

Arduino tutorial: Using a LED strip with the FastLED library

June 24, 2022Educationactuator, arduino, led, leds, ledstrip, rgb, rgb-led, stripFjodor van Slooten

Getting a WS2812 based led strip to work using the FastLED library.

Options for additional components and power for the Arduino

May 27, 2021Educationactuator, batteries, battery, batteryholder, bluetooth, led, ledstrip, lego, motor, mp3, power, radio, servo, sound, stepperFjodor van Slooten

What options are there for the use of motors in our project? There are many types of motors. There are 3 basic types (more info): Most light servo motors, like the common SG90 (which you can borrow from Fjodor), can be used directly with an Arduino (no motor driver/controller required). For some heavier types and … Continue reading Options for additional components and power for the Arduino →

Vibration Motor control

March 12, 2020Educationactuator, analogwrite, arduino, motor, pwm, vibrationFjodor van Slooten

An example to control the intensity of vibration using PWM for the Vibration DC Motor Module. For example this model: Connect the module to 5V (VCC) and ground (GND) and the IN pin to any PWM pin of the Arduino. Eg. for an Arduino Uno, this can be pin 3. For an overview of PWM … Continue reading Vibration Motor control →

Sounds and music with Arduino

April 19, 2019Educationactuator, arduino, buzzer, dabble, mp3, music, phone, sound, speakerFjodor van Slooten

This article highlights four different ways you can make sounds with the Arduino or play music. It starts with the easiest one: (1) adding a small buzzer, then (2) a standard loudspeaker, then (3) using your smartphone as the speaker via an connected app. It ends (4) with using an MP3 module. A tutorial which … Continue reading Sounds and music with Arduino →

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