Open source hardware just keeps getting better and better. With open source taking over the low-end, closed-source players jump into the game to try to hold onto the entry market and then open-source ...

Arduino announces the release of the new Arduino Micro board. Based on the technology behind the Leonardo board, its main feature is the very small size. The Arduino Micro packs all of the power of ...

Traditionally, robot arms have been controlled either by joysticks, buttons, or very carefully programmed routines. However, for [Narongporn Laosrisin’s] homebrew build, they decided to go with ...

What if you could take control of the air you breathe indoors, making sure a healthier and more comfortable environment for you and your loved ones? With indoor air quality directly impacting ...

Making a servo tester using an Attiny85 micro chip, Attiny45 also works for this project. This diy servo tester is as good as any other servo tester, the difference is that it can be programmed to do ...

At the MakerFair Bay Area Expo in San Mateo, Ca. this weekend Atmel and Arduino took wraps off their jointly developed Arduino Zero, a 32-bit platform they are aiming ...

*At last giving "Wired Design" a valuable chance to totally geek out on opaque home-electronics jargon. *Uh, also the new board's great for drones and 3D-printers, so we ought to be seeing the first ...

The BBC has begun delivering its tiny Micro:bit programmable computers to students today, with every Year 7 in the UK due to receive theirs over the next few weeks. The spiritual successor to the BBC ...

A few days ago, we saw a dev time trial between the Arduino and Phidgets, a somewhat proprietary dev board that is many times more expensive than an Arduino. The time trial was a simple experiment to ...