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New Raspberry Pi Zero W: Built-In Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for

New Raspberry Pi Zero W: Built-In Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for $10

Mike Senese

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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The latest board from the Pi Foundation is the Raspberry Pi Zero W, now with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless capabilities.

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5 Things to Consider When Choosing a Wireless Technology for Your Product

John Teel

By John Teel

John Teel

John Teel is president of Predictable Designs a company which helps entrepreneurs bring new products to market. John was formerly a senior design engineer for Texas Instruments where he created electronic designs now used in millions of products (including some from Apple). He is also a successful entrepreneur who developed his own product, had it manufactured in Asia, and sold in over 500 retail locations in three countries. Download his free cheat sheet for developing your new electronic hardware product.

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When you’re making an electronic device with wireless capability, it’s really important to know what your priorities are.

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Light a Fire to Access This Post-Apocalyptic Digital Safe

Light a Fire to Access This Post-Apocalyptic Digital Safe

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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When the end times come, you’ll still be able to download survival guides from this DIY digital cache that’s powered by fire.

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Meet ESP32, New Big Brother to IoT Board ESP8266

Meet ESP32, New Big Brother to IoT Board ESP8266

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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The hottest board over the last year has been ESP8266, and it’s possible Espressif may repeat that success with their new ESP32 board.

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How the ESP8266 Community Added Arduino Support for the Microcontroller

How the ESP8266 Community Added Arduino Support for the $5 Microcontroller

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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I talk to Richard Sloan, who along with Ivan Grokhotkov, recently added support for the $5 ESP8266 microcontroller with onboard WiFi to the Arduino IDE.

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Designing a Breadboard Adaptor for the ESP8266 Microcontroller

Designing a Breadboard Adaptor for the $5 ESP8266 Microcontroller

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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The ESP8266 is now Arduino compatible, but to the most common breakout board isn’t breadboard friendly. So we go ahead and build a breadboard adaptor (Part 3 of 3)

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