The Latest in Microcontrollers: 11 Cutting-Edge Boards That Are Driving Diversity
In the last year and a half, we’ve seen an explosion of new boards, and there doesn’t appear to be any reason to expect the trend to slow down in the near future.
Other Boards
Development boards are perfect for empowering makers to easily get up and running on their projects, as they provide all the necessary tools and resources needed for quickly getting started with any given task. For those new to the maker world or experienced developers wanting an update on all that’s available out there right now, we have created this blog post collection in order to highlight amazing development boards with tips, tricks, and tutorials.
The Surprising Maker Backstory of Intel’s Tiny Edison Computer
From an engineer’s kitchen table to the bright lights of the CES main stage in record time.
Print This Adorable Two-Wheeled, Self-Balancing Robot
We have seen a lot of great self-balancing robots over the past few years, but few of them have the same level of finish as the new EddiePlus. EddiePlus is an Intel Edison powered (get it Eddie/Edison) 3D printable robot. Eddie features rotary encoders on his wheels, a backpack to hold all of his electronics, […]
Two New Intel Edison Breakout Boards Aim To Power Your Robot
The tiny, powerful Intel Edison platform has been a bit difficult to interface with. But now two new breakout boards from DFRobot vie to become the robotics community’s must-have Edison connection. Since its debut a few months ago, the most common ways to work with Edison are two breakout boards available from Intel and the Block System from SparkFun, which […]
Edidoom: Intel Edison Running Doom
Proving that the Intel Edison is really a full Pentium-class PC, Lutz has successfully ported Doom to the tiny board. For those who aren’t quite as old as I am and are unfamiliar with the classic title, Doom literally blew away gamers in 1993 with a combination of fast paced action and, for the time, […]
Nixie the Wearable Selfie Drone Delights Crowd at CES 2015
Moving from concept to reality, the small wristband drone dazzled the CES crowd and tech community.
Anouk’s New Creation: Intel Edison Based Spider Dress 2.0
Inspired by the territorial displays of arachnids, the Spider Dress 2.0 by designer and electronic wearables artist Anouk Wipprecht is a mechatronic dress with an Intel Edison chip that uses biosignals and learned threat detection to defend the wearer’s personal space. Mechanical arms extend and retract as a response to external stimuli, making it a […]
