Note: A little change of pace this week. Today's HOW-TO is a little special, so we're running it over at Joystiq, our sibling site which is just as obsessed with video games as we are with gadgets.

So you've already outgrown Arduino's most beginner-friendly board, the Uno, and are looking to move on to bigger, more exciting projects. In that case, the Nano family might just be what you need.