Every so often we run across something in the Hackaday tip line that sends us scurrying to Google, trying to source a component, part, or assembly. The ESP8266 WiFi module is the latest, made ...

Electronics is an expensive hobby. You often need to buy expensive hardware to complete a small hobby project. Fortunately, searching will give you a long list of cheap “retired” parts. If you’re sure ...

The ESP8266 is a chip that turned a lot of heads recently, stuffing a WiFi radio, TCP/IP stack, and all the required bits to get a microcontroller on the Internet into a tiny, $5 module. It’s an ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global IoT solutions provider, has unveiled five new short-range modules at CES in Las Vegas, USA. Designed to give developers and designers ...

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the Wi-Fi® Comm Demo Board, which combines Microchip’s best-in-class 32-bit PIC32 ...

Manufacturers of the Twinkly IoT-connected lights slightly boosted security by switching out the Wi-Fi module, according to Pen Test Partners. Thinking about putting up smart Christmas lights but ...