Not all projects have to be massive, and some-times you just want a cheap, simple, small solution. The Adafruit Trinket checks all of those boxes, and despite its meager three I/O pins, it’s a great choice for driving just a few LEDs, or control-ling whole LED strips. It can be programmed via the Arduino IDE, […]
WiPy is an excellent device for those who know Python (or want to learn) and it’s designed to easily connect to home networks. The board doesn’t draw much power while crunching numbers — only about 14mA — and can drop into a super low-power hibernation state drawing just 5µA. With up to 25 GPIO pins, […]
Based on the Intel Edison single-board-computer, the Xadow-Edison board puts the Intel Edison in a convenient and powerful wearable package. There are numerous actuator, sensor, and interface modules that connect via flexible flat cables, making it easy to design and build your own custom wearable project as quickly as possible. With the computational capability of […]
Already supported by a strong community, The Raspberry Pi Foundation sold out of the initial batch of $5 Pi Zeros — all 20,000 of them — within the first 24 hours of its launch. Zero is a stripped-down version of the Raspberry Pi B+, but don’t let that fool you. This is one powerful little board at a price that’s […]
RedBearLab puts the focus on IoT with the Arduino-compatible Blend Board. It has Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy built in. Blend has an accompanying iOS/Android app that displays realtime inputs (like buttons). You can also control I/O functions directly within the app.
Where to begin? The LinkIt One is packed with features: GSM, GPRS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth BR/EDR/BLE, GPS, Audio codec, SD card reader, and a rich pinout for sensors, peripherals, and Arduino shields. At 3.3″×2.1″, it’s larger than most boards marketed for wearables or IoT devices, but if the size doesn’t make you balk, then it will […]
The Netduino 3 uses the microcontroller-optimized, open-source .NET Micro Framework platform. With the .Net Micro Framework you can easily do event-based programming, line-by-line debugging, multithreading, and break points. The Netduino 3 itself is a powerful board that has a168 MHz (Cortex-M4) processor and 164+KB of ram.
