Traffic Light
Build a real working traffic light that cycles red, yellow and green — your first timing project.
Ask a parent, teacher, or trusted adult before building, powering a circuit, using tools or batteries, or buying parts. Purchases are optional and at your own cost. If anything gets hot, smells burnt, leaks, swells, sparks, or moves unexpectedly, switch off or disconnect power without touching the damaged or hot part, then tell an adult. Read safety rules
Learn Arduino the fun way — by making real things. Follow clear, step-by-step projects, understand every line of code, and go from your first blinking LED to a robot that drives itself.
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uploading…▍Every project on this site follows the same simple rhythm. Learn it once and you can build anything.
Follow the wiring guide and photos to put your circuit together on a breadboard. No soldering, no mess.
Copy the sketch, then read the line-by-line explanation so you understand exactly what each part does.
Every project ends with upgrade ideas and challenges — change it, break it, and make it better.
From a 30 minute traffic light to a robot car that explores your room.
Build a real working traffic light that cycles red, yellow and green — your first timing project.
A light that switches itself on when the room gets dark — your first project that senses the world.
A sweeping ultrasonic scanner that measures distance while a servo turns the sensor left and right.
A robot car that drives on its own and steers away from walls and furniture.
A cardboard house with automatic lights, a motion-sensing door and a climate display.
Real articles, not bullet-point cheat sheets. Voltage explained with water pipes, buttons explained with springs, and code explained one idea at a time.
Open the lessonsA goal, a few hints, and an explanation waiting for you at the end. Build a reaction-time game, a parking sensor, or your own SOS beacon.
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