April Fools' Prank Using Arduino

Hey guys, Welcome back. Arduino MKR1000 is a tiny board which has inbuilt WiFi chipset which was designed to work as an IOT device. Recently I came to know that, this little board can act as a Human Interface Device such as a keyboard or a mouse. So I thought of using it for playing pranks over WiFi. In this post, I will show you how to prank your friends using Arduino – Arduino HID prank.

Introduction – April Fools Prank using Arduino

In this tutorial, we will be using Arduino MKR1000, which will act as an HID or a Human Interface Device which will be connected to your friends computer without him knowing. This will also connect to a Wi-Fi network and start a web server at port 80. Using your mobile phone, which is connected to the same Wi-Fi network, you can easily access the webpage which is served by the Arduino and you can execute various commands by simply tapping the links on your mobile phone.

Arduino HID Prank Video Demo

Before going further take a look at how we can perform this prank on your friends, acquaintance or your family.

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PCB Design Tutorial using Altium

Check out the below video to start designing your own PCBs in Minutes!

Arduino HID Prank – April Fool Prank using Arduino

Really Fun right? Let’s build one for yourself.

Arduino HID Prank Components Required

• Arduino MKR1000
• USB – Micro USB Converter

Lets get started

For Complete Code and Instructions, Click Here