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So Many Choices: Our Favorite Makers Weigh in on Their Go-To Dev Boards

Mike Senese is the Executive Editor of Make: magazine. He is also a TV host, starring in various engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, doing amateur woodworking, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza.

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November 4th, 2021November 2nd, 2021

Dev boards give makers limitless options for their projects. Some of our high-tech pals share their personal processes to pick a board.

8 Festive Projects to Ring in the New Year

By Cabe Atwell

Cabe Atwell

The one-man ace engineering wrecking crew - If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find me, maybe you can hire... the Cabe-team

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December 31st, 2016

Ring in 2017 with some DIY projects made in the spirit of New Year’s Eve.

Bangkok Makers Use IoT for Sustainability Solutions

By Melanie Tan

Melanie Tan

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October 25th, 2016October 24th, 2016

The Southeast Asia Makerthon 2016 continues in Bangkok where teams look at ways logistics and IoT can prevent needless waste.

Track Imgur Upvotes with ESP8266

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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September 1st, 2016August 31st, 2016

Jared Lupinski created this great beginners electronics project: an upvote/downvote tracker for Imgur that uses an ESP8266.

This Solar-Powered Rover Takes Voice Commands from a Pebble Smartwatch

By Daniel Casado de Luis

Daniel Casado de Luis

My name is Daniel Casado de Luis. I work in the information security field, so as part of my day to day job I have to identify creative ways to find vulnerabilities and solutions for them. In my free time, I like playing soccer and spending time with friends and beloved ones. In addition, I obviously enjoy experimenting with technology and making things.

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August 19th, 2016August 17th, 2016

Solar Power? Check. Pebble watch app and controls? Check-check. Voice Control? Check. Knight Rider theme music? Check!

Realtek RTL8710 Could Challenge the Popularity of the ESP8266

By Cabe Atwell

Cabe Atwell

The one-man ace engineering wrecking crew - If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find me, maybe you can hire... the Cabe-team

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August 8th, 2016August 8th, 2016

The ESP8266 has been the go-to Wi-Fi module for makers since its release, but the RTL8710 is cheaper and faster.

Meet ESP32, New Big Brother to IoT Board ESP8266

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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December 9th, 2015March 23rd, 2016 8

The hottest board over the last year has been ESP8266, and it’s possible Espressif may repeat that success with their new ESP32 board.

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