In Search of DIY Products at CES 2020
With a day and a half of time to spare, we ran through the different halls to find the maker goods of CES.
Arduino
Make’s Guide to Boards Has a Hidden Secret!
Want to see something super cool? Go grab your copy of Make: Vol. 68 and download the Digi-Key AR Guide to Boards app, then put them together to watch real magic happen.ย
Driving A Tiny RC Car Over The Internet Using ESP8266
A couple of months ago we set ourselves a project to create an internet-connected RC track where people from anywhere in the world could drive real 1:43 scale RC cars over the internet in real-time – even when thousands of miles away from our race track here in Helsinki, Finland. See the build video: One […]
State of Arduino: Watch Massimo Banzi’s Address from Maker Faire Bay Area 2019
Every year at Maker Faire, Massimo Banzi gives a presentation about the latest events with the Arduino organization. These have ranged from hardware and software updates to announcements on company reconciliations, and more (peek back here at his 2014 and 2015 installments). This past weekend at Maker Faire Bay Area, his address touched on their […]
Arduino Unveils New Nano Family of Boards
It’s Maker Faire Bay Area and that means new flavors of Arduino! The Italian boardmakers announced today a new family of affordable, low-power “Nano” sized microcontroller boards based on powerful Arm Cortex processors that may give you pause before buying another Chinese knockoff โ you get Arduino quality starting at $9.90 for the Nano Every, […]
Automate Your Workshop Dust Collection With An Arduino
turn your arduino into a smart switch to automate tasks in the shop
Getting Started With Real-Time Clocks
A real-time clock (RTC) chip is basically just like a watch โ it runs on a battery and keeps time for you even when there is a power outage. Using an RTC in your project, you can keep track of long timelines, even if you reprogram your microcontroller or disconnect it from USB or its power plug.
