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How to Use a Color Sensor With the Particle Photon
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How to Use a Color Sensor With the Particle Photon

By Maker.io Staff

Interfacing a sensor with the wireless dev board Photo can be done with just a few wires and lines of code.

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Build Your Own Photon NeoPixel Sensor

By Maker.io Staff

In this project, we will combine the two to create a color scanner that sets the colors on a NeoPixel to the read color.

Image of the Gentleman Maker’s Raspberry Pi Colorboringizer
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The Gentleman Makers Colorboringizer

By Maker.io Staff

The Colorboringizer is here to save your excitable wardrobe and replace it with some bland, comfortable colors. This handheld sensor lets you know if you're living a bit too wild or keeping it calm and collected.

Top 10 Addons for Your Arduino
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Top 10 Addons for Your Arduino

By Maker.io Staff

Arduino shields can be useful for heightening an Arduino’s complexity, but, sometimes, they are just not enough. In this blog post, we will look at 10 Arduino addon modules and circuits!

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How to Create a Color Sensor for Digital Art

By Maker.io Staff

This tutorial will show you how to use what we have learned about the Arduino, Eclipse, and external circuits to create a system that converts a detected color to a hashtag code for use with website design and graphics.