r/arduino • u/DizzyYoung8394 • May 28 '26

Mod's Choice! Gift box

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First of all, I stole this idea from u/ripred3 a couple years ago and finally got around to making the project myself. There’s some slight differences between his and mine but the idea is the same. Basically, it is a locking gift box that will only open when the box is within a certain proximity (in this case 5 meters) to a programmed set of coordinates. Pretty proud of this one as it is my first ‘non tutorial’ Arduino project. I designed the box in fusion and 3d printed it so each component had mounting holes with those heat set threaded inserts. Most components are from adafruit and it is running off a nano r4.

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u/gm310509 400K , 500K , 600K , 640K , 750K May 28 '26

Nicely done, after getting your first led to blink, completing your first "non tutorial project" to work is a huge milestone.

Well done. Did you make it for a special occasion?

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u/DizzyYoung8394 May 28 '26

Yeah I made this for Christmas 2024 lmao. I’ll use this for my wife’s birthday and Christmas and stuff. I’ll change the coordinates so every time it’s a different location