ESP-01 is a tiny and useful piece of hardware. It has a 32-bit MCU, 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, 1MB flash memory, and several other useful embedded features. Such ...

I f you have a home lab, you probably think first about servers, networking gear, and SBCs. Those are all great tools, but ...

Despite a wealth of tutorials for setting up and writing code for the ESP8266 WiFi module, there has not been much of anything on programming this cheap wireless module with the Arduino IDE. Finally, ...

Connector to add external battery to real-time clock (RTC) inside Renesas MCU (MCU RTC power pad held to 5V rail on Minima) Secondary (wireless) processor: 240MHz 3.3V dual core 32bit Espressif ...

The new development board gets its name from the Chinese word for "cloud," which is well-deserved as the board is designed to make it easy for users to connect to complex web services directly from ...

The Arduino UNO R4 Minima comes equipped with the RA4M1 microprocessor from Renesas. Providing a power-packed performance and an array of extended capabilities, this robust microcontroller board is a ...

I recently had to build an infrared close proximity sensor that could tell if something was dropped in a parcel delivery drop box. After some searching, I ended up using a microcontroller and a piece ...

An Arduino and a data radio can make a great remote sensor node. Often in such situations, the hardware ends up installed somewhere hard to get to – be it in a light fitting, behind a wall, or ...

Someone has invented a way to add Wi-Fi to a standard Arduino Uno, by proposing a module that drops into the DIL socket normally reserved for the ATmega328 – it will not work with Unos that have a ...

Mouser Electronics, Inc. has announced that Arduino's newly released UNO Q SBC is now available to order. The new SBC bridges high-performance computing with real-time control, delivering an excellent ...