Are you tired of scrolling up and down on the Google Search Engine Result Pages and haven’t found the suitable beginner Arduino projects for your 14 years old kid?
I know the feeling, it’s frustrating.
That’s why I compiled a list of the 9 best beginner Arduino projects for beginners and added them to our blog feed.
Whether you are trying to learn things about Arduino or you are looking up for cool Arduino projects for beginners. This post would not only give you ideas for your Arduino projects, but give you background knowledge of it, and how you could start with it.
In addition, all 9 projects have their own unique functionality and they are all good to start your Arduino journey.
Let’s dive deep into the Arduino projects that could make you way ahead of most engineering students.
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How to get started with Arduino projects?
You might be wondering what project I should make. Or what Arduino board should I buy for my projects?
Worry not. By the end of this post, you will have a clear way to move forward and start your journey in Arduino.
There is a flood of Arduino project ideas to work on, but that would make you even more confused to select your first project. Here is a guide for you all to get started with the Arduino board. If you have come to this point, then you must give attention to another guide that would be very helpful for you in selecting your Arduino for your projects.
How to make your own Arduino Starter kit that would make you an expert?
Have you ever gotten stuck while selecting the Arduino board or project components? Because that’s how I felt when I first started out.
Selecting components for the project could be a little tricky for beginners, and there is a lot of confusing information about the Arduino starter kit available on the internet. The Arduino Starter kit is the most discussed part among beginners. Not only will it make your life easy, but it will help you to learn, try and test your skills in a better way. If you are willing to make your own Arduino starter kit then a guide about starter kits will help you.
What Components do you need to make a beginner’s starter kit?
Beginners lack experience and they get confused about how to make their own kit. Here is a list of components that would be a savior of your time to get started.
- Arduino UNO
- Resistors 1K ohm
- Jumper wires (Use different color wires for better understanding)
- LED
- AC to DC converter
- Breadboard
- Digital Multimeter
- Power Supply
9 Arduino Projects for beginners to try before 2021 ends
Arduino is open-source software and hardware for hobbyists, enthusiasts, and engineers. It is so famous among students because of it’s easy-to-use and free software. There are various types of boards available in the market and each board is unique in its own way just like Arduino Lilypad especially designed for e-textiles and wearable projects, and Arduino UNO so far the basic, and widely used board in the Arduino Family.
Below are the 17 beginners Arduino projects from Light blink to Wi-Fi projects:
1. How to blink LED with your Arduino UNO
You might be wondering why I should use Arduino UNO for blinking my LED? There’s not any hard and fast rule to use this board; you could use any board such as Arduino MEGA 2560, or Arduino Leonardo, but I would suggest you use UNO because it is user-friendly and has a lot fewer pins than any other board.
Arduino UNO is one of the easiest boards to use in the Arduino family and the best thing about the Arduino is; it is easily available in the market. It could be used in either way; in complex projects as well or as easily as LED blinking.
Place your resistor, and LED on the breadboard, then connect their legs with the Arduino board and burn your code from the laptop to Arduino. You will see blinking your LED. You could also improve the blinking time, by adjusting the delay in code.
What components do you need for the LED Blink project?
- Arduino UNO
- Jumper Wire
- Breadboard
- LED light
- Resistors
- AC to DC converter
If you have these components in your hand, then you need to install the Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment) on your computer. It is free and could easily be installed on the computer from the Arduino website.
Practical implementations for LED blink Project
You should know about the practical implementation of the project if you are trying your skills on Arduino. Here are some of the daily life implementations that you are going to love it:
- Flashing Beacon
- Vehicle Indicator
- Signaling purpose
If you are willing to make this project, and it is so far the best project to begin, test, and enhance your skills in Arduino.
2. How to turn on and off your LED with a push button using Arduino?
Did you enjoy blinking the LED using Arduino? If you did, then this would be the best option to add some more value to your project, and if you are confused about how to make it then go on project 1. Have you moved to project 1?
Before I move forward, about how to make this project you should know; this project is the best option for you to showcase in your university or school. It teaches you about how to program and gives you hands-on experience in your technical space.
What components do you need to your turn on and off your LED with a push button?
- Arduino board (There aren’t any perfect criteria to select the board, but I would recommend you to use Arduino UNO or MEGA because they are easy to use and user-friendly)
- Breadboard (Any size, make sure your components can fit in your board easily)
- Jumper wire (Make sure you use different colors of wires for better and fast troubleshooting)
- Push button
- Resistors (1K,3.3k ohms, if you are confused between these resistors this resistor guide would help you)
- AC-DC adaptor
- LED (Any color)
Before you move ahead on this project, you should know there is a software called Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment), download it from the official website Arduino.cc.
Practical implementation of the LED turn on and off using Arduino project
You might be surprised to know about the practical implementation of this project and how you could use it in your home.
- Room lights
- Dining room lights
3. How to make a Bluetooth Controlled Car using Arduino UNO?
I am pretty sure you must have played with a remote control car once in your life. Who doesn’t like playing with it? I guess no one.
Here is not your ordinary car which you need a remote to control, but you can simply control it with your mobile phone using Bluetooth. Crazy?
It would be even crazier when you try to make it on your own and code it by yourself. I am sure you are here to know the backend process of Bluetooth-controlled cars and wandering on the internet to know about its development process and getting confused.
I will tell you in detail how you could get your hands dirty in this.
Before proceeding, let me tell you that I will be actualizing Bluetooth Controlled Robot utilizing Arduino UNO and a couple of other components including resistors, a motor driver, Bluetooth module, and burning a code through Arduino IDE software. It can be controlled utilizing an Android Phone (through an App) over Bluetooth Communication.
What components do you need for your Bluetooth-controlled car using Arduino UNO?
Are you the one looking up the components that I used in a Bluetooth-controlled car? Don’t worry.
Here’s a list of the components down below that you will exactly need before you start working on your robot chassis.
This is going to be a fun project if you follow the process correctly. A project will teach you how to code, how you could control motors in either direction, and how you could make robot chassis by yourself.
- Arduino UNO
- L298N Motor Driver Module
- HC-05 Bluetooth Module
- Robot Chassis
- 4 x 5V Geared Motors
- Connecting Wires
- Battery Holder
- Power Supply
- Android Phone
- Bluetooth Controller App
After collecting all components you have to install Arduino IDE, open-source software that can be downloaded from Arduino’s website easily.
NOTE: I would highly recommend you use different colors of wire in the robot. It will help you in troubleshooting.
Practical implementation of Bluetooth-Controlled Car
You must have made up your mind now and thinking about where to start, and how this robot will benefit in daily life.
I would suggest you go through the real-life application of Bluetooth-controlled cars:
- The low range of Mobile Surveillance Devices
- Military Applications without human intervention
- Assistive devices like wheelchairs
- Home automation
If you are willing to make this project you can go here for complete guidelines. By the end of the project, you will have your Bluetooth-controlled car, programming skills as well as hands-on experience with Arduino.
4. How to make a Stereo NeoPixel Ring using Arduino NANO R3?
Have you ever seen a VU meter and thought it would be awesome if you have one placed inside your room?
It would be good.
I thought the same and bought an Arduino starter kit from Amazon. So I shouldn’t be worried about the components when I try to make it on my own.
It had everything which I wanted in the project. I didn’t have to worry about other components.
A great resource of Stereo NeoPixel Ring I found online. You all should go and check it out for better understanding. It will help you to understand things in a better way.
Connect your potentiometer and button with the Arduino for controlling the Arduino and resistors are used to resist the LED so it won’t burn when the current passes through it. Script is used, and add it with the software IDE.
What components do you need for your Stereo NeoPixel Ring?
Below are the components you will need to make your own Stereo NeoPixel Ring for your own room.
- Arduino Nano R3
- Adafruit NeoPixel Ring WS2812 5050 RGB LED (2)
- Rotary potentiometer
- Button
- Resistor 10K ohm
- Resistor 470 ohm
- Capacitor 1 mF 6.3V
- Breadboard
- Jumper wires
- Arduino IDE (application)
Practical implementation of Stereo NeoPixel Ring
You might be wondering from where do I use it in my practical life. Here are some examples you can use it in your daily life:
- Photo frame
- Music Dj
- School Project
If you have made up your mind and are looking up for the resources here’s a tutorial that might help you( this tutorial as well). Not only will it increase your coding skill, but it will increase your passion for microcontrollers.
5. How to make a Portable Arduino Temp humidity sensor with LED?
Are you looking up for a solution that tells you about your room or house’s ventilation? Don’t worry.
This project would give signs of what room or hall needs ventilation.
DHT11 is a Humidity and Temperature Sensor that generates calibrated digital output. DHT11 can be used with any microcontroller like Arduino, Raspberry PI, etc, and there will be no difference in the result. Most importantly, the best thing about DHT11 is; an inexpensive humidity and temperature sensor which gives high reliability and long-term stability.
A simple circuit on the breadboard would help you to interface Arduino with DHT11 Temperature and humidity Sensor. One of the most important applications of interfacing. DTH11 sensor with Arduino is climate observing that will let you know in which part of your home needs ventilation. It also tells you about the draftiest window of your house.
What components do you need for your Portable Arduino Temp humidity sensor with LED?
The main components required for the projects are:
- Arduino UNO
- DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Sensor
- Breadboard
- Power supply
- 16 x 2 LCD Display
- 10K Ohm Potentiometer
- 5K Ohm Resistor (1/4 W)
- Connecting wires
By collecting these components you can build your project with the help of this tutorial. You just need to follow everything.
Practical implementation of Portable Arduino Temp humidity sensor with LED
Your project can be used in different applications like
- HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) Systems
- Weather Stations
- Medical Equipment for measuring humidity
- Home Automation Systems
- Automotive and other weather control applications
6. How to make Soldering Iron Controller for Hakko 907 v.2?
Does your hand shiver while soldering your components on PCB?
Don’t worry.
The Homebrew Hakko 907 Digital Soldering microcontroller has come to your rescue. Here I will tell you about this interesting project.
The controller deals with the Hakko 907 soldering handles and has a built-in heater element and thermocouple to check the temperature of the iron. The handle has two independent electrical circuits for heating iron and also to checking the temperature. This controller can be used with another iron handle that has a similar architecture.
This won’t be wrong if I say the soldering iron controller stands at the top of the Arduino beginner projects list, and it would be so beneficial for you in the long run. Not only one feature you could use, but here is some multiple features to showcase that you can work on later:
This controller has several modes like
- Standby mode
- Main working mode
- Power mode
- Setup mode
- Calibration mode
- Tune mode
What components do you need for your Soldering Iron Controller for Hakko 907 v.2?
- Hakko 907 iron
- 5 pin aviation plug
- Dc-dc converter
- Arduino Nano R3
- LCD screen 8 x 2
- Amplifier mcp602 or analog
- Mosfet irfz44n
- Fr107 fast recovery rectifier diode
- General purpose NPN
- General purpose PNP
- Rotary encoder with push button
- Capacitor 1000 uf 35v
- Capacitor 100 nf
- Resistor 1k ohm
- Resistor 10k ohm
- Resistor 100k ohm
- Multi-turn precision potentiometer 10k ohms
- Multi-turn precision potentiometer 100k ohms
- Buzzer
- Soldering iron (tool)
- Arduino IDE (application)
7. Add Wi-Fi to Arduino UNO
The ESP8266 Wi-Fi module is a complete Wi-Fi network that can easily be connected as a serving Wi-Fi adapter, wireless internet access connected to any microcontroller based on its easy, basic, and simple connectivity through the UART interface.
Adding this module to your Arduino UNO will open more areas to work.
In this tutorial, you will make a project that will show how you can communicate with Arduino wirelessly, just by using your phone (Android or iPhone).
Our ESP8266 will work as Access Point (AP Mode), which means it will provide access to the Wi-Fi network to other stations. The process is pretty simple.
Use your phone to send any command to Arduino. With the help of ESP8266, you can talk to your arduino with the help of a smartphone by giving different commands, or sending signals to ESP8266.
What components do you need for your Add WiFi to Arduino UNO?
Important components needed for this project are listed as
- Arduino UNO
- ESP8266 ESP -01
- Jumper wires
- Resistor 10k ohm
- Resistor 1k ohm
- Arduino IDE (application)
Practical implementation of adding WiFi to Arduino UNO project.
- Control your home appliance
- Home automation
8. DS18B20 (Digital Temperature Sensor) and Arduino
One of the most straightforward and economical ways to include temperature detection in your Arduino extend is to utilize a DS18B201 – Wire Temperature Sensor. These sensors are reasonably exact and need no outside components to work. So, with a fair number of connections and a few Arduino codes you’ll be detecting temperature in no time!
Hurrah! you don’t have to Google now.
The sensor comes ordinarily in two shape components. One that comes in a TO-92 bundle looks precisely like a conventional transistor. Another one in a waterproof test fashion can be more valuable after you need to measure something distant, absent, submerged, or beneath the ground.
The DS18B20 temperature sensor is reasonably exact and needs no outside components to work. It can measure temperatures from -55°C to +125°C with ±0.5°C Accuracy. Be that as it may, the default determination at power-up is 12-bit. The sensor can be powered with a 3V to 5.5V control supply and consumes as little as 1mA amid dynamic temperature transformations.
What components do you need for DS18B20 (Digital Temperature Sensor) and Arduino?
Here’s the list of components required for making a digital computer sensor
- Arduino UNO
- Maxim Integrated DS18B20 programmable resolution 1-wire digital thermometer.
- Resistor 4.75k ohm
- Breadboard band
- Jumper wires
- Arduino IDE( application)
- Arduino web editor (application)
When you have all these components you can go through this article to make this project and to learn hands-on experience.
9. Smoke detection using MQ-2 gas sensor
This Arduino project has a nose for gasses with the MQ2 Gas Sensor Module. This can be a strong Gas sensor reasonable for detecting LPG, Smoke, Liquor, Propane, and Hydrogen concentrations within the air. In the event that you’re arranging on making an indoor air quality monitoring system; breath checker or early fire discovery framework, MQ2 Gas Sensor Module could be an incredible choice.
MQ2 is one of the most commonly utilized gas sensors in the MQ sensor series. It could be a Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) sort Gas Sensor moreover known as a Chemiresistors as the discovery is based upon altering of resistance of the detecting material when the Gas comes in contact with the material. Employing a basic voltage divider, concentrations of the gas can be identified.
The MQ2 Gas sensor will work on 5V DC and use around 800mW. It can detect LPG, Smoke, Liquor, Propane, Hydrogen, Methane, and Carbon Monoxide concentrations anywhere from 200 to 10000ppm.
How does Smoke Detection work?
The voltage that the sensor outputs changes appropriately to the smoke/gas level that exists within the climate. The sensor outputs a voltage that’s corresponding to the concentration of smoke/gas.
In other words, the relationship between voltage and gas concentration is the following:
The greater the gas concentration, the greater the yield voltage. The lower the gas concentration, the lower the yield voltage. Within the presence of decreasing gasses, the surface thickness of adsorbed oxygen decreases because it responds to the decreasing gasses. Electrons are at that point discharged into the tin dioxide, permitting current to stream openly through the sensor.
What components do you need for Smoke detection using the MQ-2 gas sensor?
The below-listed components needed to make this smoke detection project
- Arduino UNO
- Breadboard
- MQ-2 Smoke detection sensor
- Male/Female jumper wires
- 5mm LED Red
- 5mm LED Green
- Buzzer
- Resistor 221 ohm
- Arduino IDE (application)
Collect all the material and do your project with the help of this article.