Boards

The Thunderboard Sense is one of the newest additions to the Silicon Labs Thunderboard family. The Sense does exactly what you might guess from the name: It senses the world wirelessly. This battery powered sensor node is another great tool to the ever growing world of IoT. Calling it a “sensor node” essentially means that […]

New, at least new to the hobby/hacker/maker side of things, is the RTL8710 Wi-Fi module from B&T (Boantong Technology) out of Shenzhen, China. Devices like this aren’t new but typically up until now, anything available, whether as part of a shield or as a stand-alone module, was built on one of the many flavors of […]

The VoCore2 is a teeny tiny single board computer with a kick. It’s a perfect low cost alternative to the Raspberry Pi, just with a bit less power. This open source Linux computer is functional as a portable wireless router that’s smaller than a coin. This board is great for private cloud storing, airplay music […]

You want to make something new. You want to control it from your phone, but you don’t want to code a phone app from scratch. And it would be nice if there was a cheap option to do all that. There is: The SparkFun Blynk Board. Blynk is a service to make coding smartphone-controlled gizmos […]

The Artik 10 developer board showcases the Artik module: a 2″x1.25″ mini-board that packs just about every current option you might want in an IoT device. It comes mounted on a larger developer board with connectors and antennas for all the usual options (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, micro-SD cards, HDMI, etc.) and a host of exotic connectors. […]

The Micro:bit was created as a gift from the BBC to grade school children. They designed it to teach a programmer’s way of thinking in a fun, easy, hands-on way. Coding for the Micro:bit is some of the least intimidating I’ve seen yet. Children can program by dragging visual “blocks” of code around in a browser […]

Silicon Labs offers a variety of embedded modules and development kits, including Sub-GHz wireless products, multi-bands and multi-protocol products for your IoT needs. The Blue Gecko Bluetooth Smart SoCs are a clear stand out in this family. The Blue Gecko’s wireless SoCs runs Bluegiga and provides developers with a flexible environment, allowing ease of use […]