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Max and Phidgets Disco LEDs
This project will introduce you to how Max works with Phidgets Interfaces. This tutorial will give you the basics so you can develop more complex projects on your own. The possibilities are countless....
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Booby-Trapped Jumping Keyboard Prank
This project is a super easy non destructive prank that can be played on a Co-worker. It causes the keyboard to jump up and down when certain booby-trapped keys are pressed, and requires no...
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How-To Make You Own Phidgets Analog Sensor Cables
When working with Phidgets sensors, the cables come in a limited number of lengths (60cm, 10cm and 350cm). There are times when you need a more specific length or something longer. Here's a fairly...
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Getting Started with Phidgets on the Raspberry Pi
This instructable is an adaptation of one of our blog posts. Before beginning, you’ll want to have a few things in place. You’ll need: A functioning Raspberry Pi (obviously). A separately powered USB...
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Weather Station
The project described here is a simple weather station that measures air temperature, humidity, and surface temperature of the ground below the weather station.Practical concepts covered are: Powering...
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Basic Home Automation With Phidgets
This simple project will take you through the basics of getting some interior sensing and home automation set up. The project runs from a Phidgets SBC, will read light and sound and turn a light on and...
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OpenCV on a Phidgets SBC
Having a webcam is all well and good, but what can we do with it? Well as it turns out, rather a lot. Computer vision (CV) is a big part of advanced robotics and CV algorithms have become the subject...
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How to Run Sensor Cables Through USB Cables
You might have noticed that Phidgets sensor cables (and other sorts of electrical cabling) don’t always come in a convenient round shape, which you sometimes need. A relatively easy solution is to grab...
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Musical Motors
If you've ever played with motors, you've probably noticed their musical hum as they turn at different speeds, but have you ever thought of putting your motors to use as a musical instrument? While...
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MURVV - The Mobile Robot
For this project we want to use a PhidgetsSBC as a functional brain for a mobile collection of Phidgets sensors and controllers in the form of a wheeled robot. To make things simple we should have...
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Log Your Pet's Weight, and Get a Text When They Are Out of Food!
Create your own pet monitoring system! Make a weight scale using load cells, some plywood, and Phidgets! Log your pet's weight over time Get a text when your pet is running out of foodBy:...
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Hack Your Halloween With Phidgets
This project will show you how you can "hack" your Halloween decorations and get them to behave exactly how you want!The Halloween decoration we are working with has the following default...
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Water Leak Detector
If you've ever worried about coming home to a flooded basement, this project is for you. We will show you how to create a water leak detection system that will send you a text message when a leak has...
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Remote Temperature Monitoring
This project will show you how to create a remote temperature monitoring system using Phidgets. These systems are often used to ensure the temperature at a remote location (vacation home, server room,...
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Technology for Your Grandpa
How many times have you gone to your grandparents’ house to help with a “technology problem” that ended up being an unplugged power cable, a dead remote battery or not being able to switch the source...
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