Despite their similar sizes and affordable prices, microcontrollers and single-board computers have vastly different specifications and use cases. After all, MCUs are designed for circuitry, ...

Arduino is a microcontroller designed for real-time hardware control with very low power use. Raspberry Pi is a full computer that runs operating systems and handles complex tasks. Arduino excels at ...

All of the tools you need to work with the FPGA Arduino — the Vidor — are now in the wild! We reported earlier that a series of French blog posts finally showed how all the pieces fit together to ...

In a previous article, we looked at connecting various kinds of Arduino hardware to your Mac. Here's how to get started programming on them to create your own projects. In order to program your ...

Somehow [hvde] wound up with a CB radio that does AM and SSB on the 11 meter band. The problem was that the radio isn’t legal where he lives. So he decided to change the radio over to work on the 6 ...

Arduino is an inexpensive, small electronics platform for makers. Here's how to get started with it on macOS. When the small electronics platform Arduino exploded onto the electronics scene in 2005, ...

This guide will teach you how to install the Arduino IDE and connect to your Intel® Edison or Intel® Galileo board on Windows* OS, Mac* OS X, or Linux* OS. 1. If you haven't already, install 7zip, a ...

This article is a bit different from my usual column in two ways. First, it's starting with a hardware and software combo—something I've not done before. Second, the projects are linked to each other ...

As a father of three I don't get out for "me time" very often, and certainly not classes to broaden my geeky horizons. But the Mrs. graciously allowed me to take a class, so I signed up for a course ...

Arduino shields are modular circuit boards that piggyback onto your Arduino to instill it with extra functionality. Want to connect your Arduino to the Internet and post to Twitter? There’s a shield ...