Installing and Building an Arduino Sketch for the $5 ESP8266 Microcontroller
The ESP8266 is now Arduino compatible, we walk you through installing the development environment and uploading your first sketch. (Part 2 of 3)
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ESP8266: This $5 Microcontroller with Wi-Fi is now Arduino-Compatible
What if you could have an Arduino compatible board, with WiFi, for just $5? Well now you can, because the ESP8266 is now Arduino compatible.
Six Homebrew Hacks to Boost Your Wi-Fi
WiFi connections might not be quite as good as physical cable, but they do offer the ability to move your computer around without physically rewiring or reconnecting things. Unfortunately, these connections are usually limited to, at most, a couple hundred feet. On the other hand, if the signal is properly focused with an off-the-shelf or […]
How-To: Wi-Fi Detecting Sting Hobbit Sword
In the shadows of Mordor, a sword that alerts you when Orcs are near is a pretty great thing to have. In real life, Sting (Biblo Baggins’ magical sword that turns blue at the detection of Orcs) would be pretty unnecessary. And boring. That’s where WarSting comes in. WarSting is exactly what it looks like. […]
Spooky Wi-Fi Jack-O-Lantern
I’ve often suspected that my Wi-Fi router was haunted so I can totally appreciate this cleverly spooky jack-o-lantern shared by comedian Megan MacKay.
WiFi-inspired Sampler
Tumblr user izacless shared this cleverly contemporary take on the traditional sampler motif.
Arduino Announces New Wireless Linux Board
Today, Arduino announced a new family of wireless products that combine the Arduino architecture with Linux.
