I've been fiddling with arduino on and of f for a couple of years now. I read stuff online, watch videos of projects, and even sometimes try to build something. But I always give up mid-way and also it seems like everything that can be done with it has been done already, although it's not true. I r…

To answer your titled question, i get my motivation two ways, neither from trying to improve upon something. I am a fabricator (welder by trade) and incredibly mechanically minded. And I love personal projects. One motivating factor for me is just to solve problems. I have a problem, and need a sol…

Being mechanically minded is a requirement for building many things that actually gets overlooked often. For example I myself know nothing about mechanical stuff, can't even fit a wheel on an axism and I find this getting in my way most of the time, not letting me to think of any projects with mech…

Nothing destroys motivation like trying to do too much or not have a firm grasp of the basics. Start with simple things first. Succeeding at a project gives the impious to continue with the next project. Always strive for a neat final project that includes full documentation. I will atta…

Thank you these are really useful advise, specially striving for a final project with full documentation sounds exciting, something to be able to share and get feedback on too. Also a logic probe sounds exciting, I appreciate it.

[image] jdolm: I myself know nothing about mechanical stuff, I myself used to know nothing of electronical stuff. And I still no very little, compared to the people on this forum who make a living in the electronics industry. But as I became more and more interested, I studied electronics mor…

It is best to use LEDs that work at low current levels, typically 5 mA. [2025-11-05_14-25-56] Maybe peruse this very long thread for some ideas. [image] Share tips you have come across General Electronics This post will contain the index for this thread. …

Didn't someone say that "necessity is the mother of invention" and for me its usually a need or a problem that needs to be solved that becomes the motivating force or driver for a project. So for example I wrote a PC program to remote control a communications receiver and because I didn't have one, …

Hallowe'en. Lasers help, too. But Hallowe'en is a great opportunity to work towards something cool, something your intended audience has probably never seen before and even if they have, it's still really cool from their perspective.

For me, it’s always to solve a perceived problem or to make something more efficient.

I scan the project hub looking for projects that: Look interesting. I have at least most of the components. Don’t require expensive exotic parts. Trigger ideas of expanding their scope. Currently rattling around my head is taking a mecanum wheeled buggy and adding distance measuring modules (Ultr…

Where do you get the motivation and ideas for doing personal projects?

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LarryD November 5, 2025, 9:27pm 7

It is best to use LEDs that work at low current levels, typically 5 mA.

Maybe peruse this very long thread for some ideas.

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