November 02, 2012

Make your own "Monster Box" with Arduino

 For fun over the Halloween night the people from XLC blog made a simple "Monster box" powered by an Arduino, small servo, and an infrared distance sensor. When someone or something approaches the box, the lid will open for a period of time and then close again. Once the box has been decorated as shown below it would be quite amusing for younger children:


It could be used at any time of the year, and also a fun example of an Arduino project you could share to help inspire younger people. Click here for the instructions and more demonstrations. And for more, we're on twitter and Google+, so follow us for news and product updates as well.


If this type of project interests you and you're new to the Arduino world, check out our new Experimenter's Kit for Arduino:


The package includes a wide variety of parts, sensors and modules including: a servo motor, lights, buttons, switches, sound, sensors, breadboard, wires and more. Furthermore a Freetronics Eleven Arduino-compatible board is included to make this an extensive hobby experimenter, inventor and starter kit. However we don't leave you alone to figure it all out, included is a great project and instruction booklet, plus access to a supporting web page and software examples. In other words - this is everything you need to get started for a fun range of electronics and Arduino related projects! 

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