# How to come up with these ideas?

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**Created:** [July 29, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/how-to-come-up-with-these-ideas/1398864 "2025-07-29T19:48:10Z")\
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- Lots of **useless** projects out there ;)

> [@Share tips you have come across](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/807):
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> Project construction life cycle When you start designing an Arduino project from start to finish, you need to have a plan. Once you have decided what you want to make, scale drawings and component selection is a must. For scaled drawings, a 3D computer program like ‘Sketchup Make’ is great but there is a learning curve that you must achieve. There are lots of YouTube Videos you can review to gain the skills needed to draw your scaled drawing. Here we will be making a ‘Useless Box’ designed a…

[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/original/4X/9/2/0/920802e790009d7cdb005fcf607afb96089efc36.jpeg "5 Useless Boxes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg72qL8XBZs)

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- This might increase your curiosity:

> [@Share tips you have come across](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/903):
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> This post will contain the index for this thread. This is going to be a work in progress Links to topics will be added so you can select a topic covered (in alphabetical order). Jump Links [123 blocks](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/856)[44 Button IR remote](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/1079)[Advanced electronic videos](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/982)[Alligator clip DIY tool](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/815)[Alligator Clip 3rd Hand to Binder Clip](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/1327)[Alligator clip soldering aid tool examples](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/817)[Anti static wrist strap](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/739)[Arduino As ISP](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/1208)[Arduino links of interest](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/1078)[Arduino protection for pins when bread boarding](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/1246)[Battery connector r…](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/share-tips-you-have-come-across/428745/822)

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