r/ArduinoProjects 18h ago

Showcased Project planetary gearbox

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r/ArduinoProjects 9h ago

Project Design/Guidance I'm 20 f building a obstacle detection drone

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I'm building a drone f450 frame and fsi6 receiver and kk2 .1.5. everything's done .now i have ultra Sonic sensors and Arduino nano. Help me submission is on 25 th july


r/ArduinoProjects 2h ago

Showcased Project I got tired of messy wiring for my LoRa/LoraWan projects, so I designed ArduLora – an all-in-one STM32WLE5 board with RS485 and 24V input.

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Hey everyone,

Like many of you, every time I wanted to deploy a remote LoRa sensor node, I ended up with a bird's nest of wires. You know the drill: an Arduino or ESP32, a separate LoRa module, a buck converter to handle 12V/24V industrial power, and a bunch of discrete components just to read a 0-10V sensor.

To fix my own frustration, I spent the last few months designing ArduLora – a compact, ultra-low-power development board that puts everything you need for industrial IoT onto a single piece of hardware.

It’s completely open-source (MIT license), and I’ve just released the latest revision along with 3D-printable enclosure files.

What’s packed inside:

  • The Brain: It runs on a RAK3172 module (STM32WLE5CC @ 32MHz). This means you get full LoRaWAN (Class A, B, C) and LoRa P2P right out of the box.
  • Power That Makes Sense: It accepts anywhere from 5V to 24V DC via a terminal block (or 5V USB-C). No external step-down modules needed.
  • True Deep Sleep: I added a hardware power gate pin (PB5). You can use it to completely cut off power to external sensors when the MCU goes to sleep, saving a ton of battery life.
  • Industrial-Ready: There's an onboard RS485 transceiver for hardware Modbus RTU, plus two high-voltage analog inputs configured for 0-10V measurements.

The Software Side:
You don't have to learn a whole new toolchain. It programs natively in the Arduino IDE using standard functions mixed with the RAKwireless RUI3 APIs. I also published a helper library to the official Arduino Library Manager—just search for ArduLora and hit install.

Everything is up on GitHub, including schematics, pinout maps, and step-by-step example codes (covering everything from GPS integration and Modbus to deep sleep timers):

GitHub Link: https://github.com/NamNamIoT/ArduLora

I’m currently looking for ways to improve the hardware design for the next revision.

  • How do you feel about the power gating implementation?
  • Are there any other industrial interfaces or specific sensors you wish were broken out on a board like this?

Would love to hear your thoughts, critiques, or any feedback you have!