Arduino Contest 2020

Welcome to our 2020 Arduino Contest!

Share your best Arduino projects for a chance to win a $500 Amazon gift card. Use Tinkercad Circuits? Show us how in your instructable to be eligible for our Tinkercad Circuits Judges' Prize for $250!

Need a little inspiration? Check out our previous winners:

2019 • 2017 • 2016

The Arduino Contest 2020 is closed.

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Grand Prize

Winners

Winners Finalists All Entries

Tinkercad Judges' Prize (1)

Baby MIT Cheetah Robot V2 Autonomous and RC by jegatheesan.soundarapandian in Robots

40K

Grand Prize (1)

Arduino Barrel Piano by gabbapeople

First Prize (3)

Music Reactive Fiber Optic Star Ceiling Installation by Centas in LEDs

15K

See-Through Arduino UNO by jiripraus in Arduino

92K

Arduino Controlled Robotic Biped by Technovation in Arduino

106K

Second Prize (5)

Crack the Code Game, Arduino Based Puzzle Box by thediylife in Arduino

36K

Arduino Pinball Machine That Plays Itself! by Tdoe321 in Robots

41K

Smartglove for Cyclists by Matlek in Bikes

32K

OpenVent-Bristol V2.0 COVID-19 Rapid Manufacture Ventilator BVM Ambubag by Darren Lewis in Assistive Tech

18K

Self Calibrating Sundial by poblocki1982 in Arduino

14K

Runner Up (10)

Arduino-Controlled Model Elevator by BenM19 in Arduino

12K

Touch Sensitive Interactive Music Instrument DIY / Windows Version | for Windows XP Only by Giuseppe Sicurella in Arduino

4.3K

Vintage Rotary Phone Dial PC Volume Control by CameronCoward in Arduino

7.1K

Smart Indoor Herb Garden by Sunyecz22 in Arduino

51K

How to Make a Wireless Tin-Can Telephone! (Arduino Walkie Talkie) by Facio Ergo Sum in Arduino

79K

Arduino Magnetic Board by andrei.erdei in Arduino

26K

3D Printed Arduino Based RC Transmitter by BasementMaker in Arduino

7.1K

Build a High Performance Inverted Pendulum Robot by rsbundy in Robots

9.4K

Arduino Based Egg Plotter by vanroeyrien in Arduino

14K

Shy Mask That Shuts Up When It Sees People by Friedlc in Arduino

57K

20 Prizes

Tinkercad Judges' Prize (1)

One Tinkercad Judges' Prize winner will receive a $250 Amazon gift card.

Grand Prize (1)

One Grand Prize winner will receive a $500 Amazon gift card.

First Prize (3)

Three First Prize winners will receive a $250 Amazon gift card.

Second Prize (5)

Five Second Prize winners will receive a $150 Amazon gift card.

Runner Up (10)

Ten Runner Up Prize winners will receive a $50 Amazon gift card.

How It Works

Write an Instructable

Create a new Instructable that fits the guidelines outlined in the contest description above. To be eligible, Instructables must be published between Apr 27, 2020 and Jun 22, 2020 (11:59pm PT).

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Enter

Upon publishing your Instructable you'll see checkboxes for open contests. Select Arduino Contest 2020. If you have entries currently eligible for entry, it will also show up by clicking "Enter this Contest" on the right side of this page.

Accepting

Entries are accepted by Instructables staff within one business day Monday - Friday. What matters is the submission time, not acceptance time.

Judging

A panel of judges made up of Instructables staff and respected members of the community rate the finalists. The averages of the ratings determine the winners.

Winners

When the winners are decided they will be notified and announced here on the contest page.