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Why I’m Excited That Microchip Is Buying Atmel

Matt Sarnoff

Matt Sarnoff is the lead firmware engineer at Glowforge. He's been tinkering with microcontrollers large and small for nearly ten years.

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January 25th, 2016January 27th, 2016

Microchip and Atmel’s merge will hopefully yield a combination of the best of the AVR and PIC worlds — so what does this mean for embedded development?

Get Media Alerts from Your Lamp with This Ikea Hack

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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August 29th, 2015 1

Mate Marschalko, who gave us the recent RC car over wireless and a racing wheel project now has a cool Ikea hack to share. He took an Ikea lamp and used a WiFi-enabled Arduino compatible microcontroller to create an alert notification light for his desk. He writes: This IKEA lamp has been completely stripped and […]