So Many Choices: Our Favorite Makers Weigh in on Their Go-To Dev Boards
Dev boards give makers limitless options for their projects. Some of our high-tech pals share their personal processes to pick a board.
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.
Plan CO2: Making A Public Display
When I saw the big emoji (old school – smiley) on Carter Nelson’s RGB Matrix Portal Room CO2 Monitor project on Adafruit, I knew he was on to something. I wished that I would begin seeing more such displays in places like restaurants and shops, not to mention school classrooms, offices and makerspaces in the coming months. In Carter’s Adafruit project, the CO2 monitoring device presents a concise public-health message.
Particle Launches New EtherSIM Platform with Free-To-Use Cellular Data
Today at their online Spectra conference, Particle announced their new cellular-based IoT platform called EtherSIM, which opens their devices to a large network of carriers worldwide and adds the data plans into the Particle platform subscription price for professional users. Alongside, they also unveiled the “Particle Free Plan” which lets smaller users and makers access […]
Raspberry Pi Announces $4 “Pico” Microcontroller with Custom Chip, Collaborations with Arduino, Adafruit, and Others
Raspberry Pi enters the microcontroller world with its first custom-chip board, and they’re bringing in a number of other companies to use it too.
How The Heck Do E ink Displays Work? Let Collin Explain
E ink displays have been getting more and more readily available. Now is a better time than ever to include one in your project. They come in lots of different sizes and even now have multi color options. Collin Cunningham, in the continuation of his “Collin’s Lab” educational series, tackles this display technology. He explains […]
Microcontrollers, Meet MicroBlocks
Physical Computing Software For Education That Runs Live, On The Microcontroller
Quick Look: The Adafruit Clue
I finally got my hands on the Adafruit Clue. This is an exciting time in hobby electronics. The fact that for under $30 you can have a board that is this packed with sensors, has bluetooth connectivity, and a display is pretty mind blowing. The addition of circuitpython is pretty nice as well.
