This project was for an engineering design class at the University of Houston Clear lake. There were also two other people working on this project along side myself. All parts were bought on Amazon.

Resistor(s) (to keep from frying the LED, 220 Ohm should work for basic LEDs) Jumper wires Breadboard Arduino USB cord (to upload code) *alternatively, you can use a strand of pre-made LED string ...

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If you’ve always wanted to try to build an Arduino project, this may be a great way to start. Matt Williamson built a tiny, Arduino-based motion sensor that will SMS you when something moves by your ...

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