An interactive list of features and reviews to help you pick the right microcontroller for your projects.
The Onion Omega is a modular microcomputer. You snap together the chip, a “dock”, and as many expansion boards as you need to provide extra functions. You could make an Omega that works like popular single board computers by mounting the chip on an “expansion dock” that adds the inputs and outputs to connect it […]
The original BeagleBone — sometimes known as “the white board” — was expensive, however its successor, the BeagleBone Black, was much cheaper and more capable. While never a runaway success like the Raspberry Pi, possibly due to the notorious supply problems, the BeagleBone line was arguably better suited for hardware prototyping than the Raspberry Pi, […]
The NanoPi M1 comes in two versions, one with 512MB of RAM, the other with 1GB of RAM for $5 more. The NanoPi M1 from FriendlyARM is a neat little board, just two-thirds the size of the Raspberry Pi. Powered by an Allwinner H3 processor, the board is very similar to the Orange Pi One, […]
The DragonBoard’s smart-phone ancestry is plain to see. It boots into Android, supports impressive video, and a plethora of other media types. It even has a GPS antenna. Makers will appreciate its GPIO pins for interacting with the physical world, and the option to swap Android for Linux or even Windows 10 IoT. It comes […]
The MKR1000 packs three essential features to simplify your next Internet-connected creation. First: Built-in secure WiFi. Second: The MKR1000 has a battery connector. It has the smarts to charge that battery while it’s plugged in, and use the battery while it’s unplugged. Third, it makes that battery last, solving problems in fewer seconds and drawing […]
The Raspberry Pi 3, Model B, is the latest single board computer from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It is the first to be 64-bit, and the first with both onboard Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Running Raspbian Linux, the Foundation’s own release of the Linux operating system, the board is fast enough to replace a standard desktop […]
The 101 keeps the same form factor as other standard Arduinos, but replaces the usual Atmel chip for the Intel Curie module — the first dev board to carry this mighty little chip. While still programmable through the Arduino environment, the Curie brings a 6-axis combination accelerometer and gyroscope along with Bluetooth Low Energy radio […]
