Arduino projects can help ease the learning curve of getting into programming, and even add some smart functionality to your everyday tasks around the house.

10 Simple-But-Fun Projects to Make With Arduino John Boxall, author of the new book Arduino Workshop, shares a few of the projects from his book on how to get started with the microcontroller.

[El Artis] just finished building an audio spectrum analyzer that uses a character LCD. The uses an Arduino to drive the display, but unlike other meters that use the microcontroller for analysis, … ...

[Alain] doesn’t promise that it’s the perfect fit for everything, but estimates around 85% of the simple Arduino projects that he’s come up with could be realized on QP.

Shields perform individual or combined hardware tasks and can be connected to Arduino-compatible boards using the standard Arduino interface format. Shields are available from many manufacturers and ...