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, ...

Few devices have hit the hacker/maker word with quite as large a bang as the ESP8266. [Brian] first reported a new $5 WiFi module back in August. Since then there have been an explosion of awesome ...

Chen Liang (陳亮) has found an interesting use case for the Espressif ESP32-C5: a dual-band Wi-Fi analyzer showing the signal ...

Someone has invented a way to add Wi-Fi to a standard Arduino Uno, by proposing a module that drops into the DIL socket normally reserved for the ATmega328 – it will not work with Unos that have a ...

The Arduino has long been a staple of the maker community. Longer than 3D printing has been as popular as it is, in fact. So, ...

In need of a simple microcontroller board for your project? Then, an Arduino board might be exactly what you're looking for. This open-source hardware platform comes in a multitude of versions, from ...

At today’s Bay Area Maker Fair, Arduino announced its newest board—the Arduino Yún. The board is an Arduino Leonardo running Linino, a Linux fork based on OpenWRT. The board is Wi-Fi capable, which ...

New Tools Available from Newark at Special Engineering-Week Discount; Enable chipKIT and Arduino User Communities to Easily Develop Wireless Applications In honor of National Engineer's Week, Newark ...

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.