This nifty Arduino project combines music and tinkering: build a visualizer that reacts to any song playing in your surroundings.

Making objects interactive doesn’t have to be overwhelming—the best Arduino starter kit will help you begin.

There are at least 20 different ones available in the Arduino Store, but which among them is the best board for beginners? Let's take a look.

The initial idea was to just build a little music box as a gift, which beeps out [er13k]’s girlfriend’s favorite song with an Arduino on a speaker he salvaged from an old radio.

An Arduino is a microcontroller — a single board designed to control something and perform a specific task. Unlike a Raspberry Pi, you won't find anything resembling an operating system here ...

Check out the video below to see the Arduino music visualiser IKEA coffee table in action, its designer explain more about its inspiration and construction.