There are many proven benefits to having a wake-up light (also known as a sunrise alarm/light), one of which includes a cheerful wake-up as opposed to the ear-splitting aural alert of the alarm clock ...

Here is a simple general-purpose security alarm circuit built on the Arduino platform. It brings up an obtrusive alert signal when an intrusion/theft attempt is observed by its front-end sensor. In ...

[Dann Albright] writes about some small experiments he’s done in home security. He starts with the simplest. Which is to purchase an off the shelf web camera, and hook it up to software built… ...

With your breadboard connected to the Arduino and the power supply plugged into an outlet, plug the Arduino back into the computer with the USB cable. Next, run the Processing code we compiled ...

DIY electronics is entering a golden age with the help of powerful, cheap, programmable devices like the Arduino micro controller and Raspberry Pi mini computer. But the DIY potential of these new ...