The first version of the DIY Arduino soldering iron garnered quite a bit of attention, so it seems there’s a decent number of you out there who aren’t content with just plunking down the cash ...

To start, you need to buy an Arduino. It comes pre-assembled or, for those handy with a soldering iron, in kit form. A fully assembled Diecimila board from the excellent Make costs just $35.

Good skill in SMD soldering is a prerequisite! Got it? Now you have a little Arduino board using an Atmega328P (pre-loaded with Arduino bootloader) as its brain. Further, you can upload your sketch ...

Teagueduino is a modification of the Arduino system that makes the platform a bit more accessible to newbies. No soldering is required, for one thing. I like solder in theory, but in practice it ...

Over on Soldering Station, they show you how to build your own countdown clock. In order to build this, you’ll need an Arduino, a switch, a display, some housing, and a few other parts.

Hotplates for reflow soldering have featured before a few times here at Hackaday. We recently had this tiny plate , but we’ve also had a PID-controlled plate , and an Arduino-controlled domestic ...

Arduino’s Plug and Make Kit lets your hacking imagination run wild, sans solder Daisy-chain tiny boards into weather stations, game controllers, and way more.