Looking for a light project to teach young hackers some very basic electronics? Here’s a quick and easy weekend project, a simple metal detector! We all know 555 timers are very useful and pop up in a ...

Have you ever found yourself suddenly in need of finding a small metal object hidden in the woods? No? Well, neither have we. But we can’t say the same thing for [zaphod], who’s family was hoping to ...

A new Instructables page has been created to make an eco-friendly DIY metal detector using an Arduino Mega just been combined with a 3.2 inch TFT LCD touchscreen to provide a fantastic readout, making ...

The heart of this diy metal detector circuit is the CS209A IC. The metal detector is built with one 100µH coil that has 40 mm in diameter and is made of 50 turns/0.4 mm wire. CS209A has one oscillator ...

If the video player is not working, you can click on this alternative video link. Everyone loves metal detecting. But when you combine it with remote-controlled robots, the experience is taken to a ...

In the course of trying to make out yard a properly graded area of grass, with some plots for veggies and flowers, I have torn up a decent chunk of dirt. And, in the process of doing so, as well as ...

Rough Science has a gold theme running through it, and one of the challenges for the first episode was to make a metal detector to help locate this precious metal. Iron, gold and other metals Metals ...

This article was updated and checked for accuracy in April 2024. It was originally published in 2021. Believe it or not, metal detection is actually possible on Android phones. In fact, the first ...

The DIY arduino powered lie detector project is a straightforward application of the arduino board analog pins. It features a galvanic skin response measurements in a compact device setup. This ...