When people set out to learn to program, they often get mired in a lot of choices. What programming language should I learn? What will get me hired? What frameworks do I need to know? It goes on and ...

An Arduino is a popular open-source single-board microcontroller. Learn how to program one and let the possibilities take shape. By The Big Book Of Hacks Published Jan 10, 2013 3:00 AM EST Get the ...

One of the first projects that most people do on an Arduino is to light up or flash an LED. It seems ultra-simple because it ...

I find that I learn an immense amount of information by using examples — seeing how other people do things and understanding the “why” of their decision-making process. With this in mind, and by ...

Aside from having a cool lil name, Arduinos can do cool lil stuff; and after this workshop at NYC Resistor, you’ll be able to make your Arduino do cool lil stuff, too. Recent Arduino-involved projects ...

There are rumors of a cheap chip that does USB natively, has an Open Source toolchain, and costs a quarter. These aren’t rumors: you can buy the CH552 microcontroller right now. Surprisingly, there ...

[Paul] likes his piano, but he doesn’t know how to play it. The obvious answer: program an Arduino to do it. Some aluminum extrusion and solenoids later, and it was working. Well, perhaps not quite ...

As we discussed in my previous column, until a few weeks ago, the Arduino Uno microcontroller development board we’ve all grown to know and love was the R3 (“Revision 3”). This little rascal is ...