If you are new to DIY and are just getting into project building with Arduino, like myself, you might be feeling a little overwhelmed. You might think you can't learn this stuff. I am relatively new ...

All of the tools you need to work with the FPGA Arduino — the Vidor — are now in the wild! We reported earlier that a series of French blog posts finally showed how all the pieces fit together to ...

This article will help you build a simple Arduino-based DCC system. Growing up in the 1980s I was living the dream. I had an HO layout on a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood in my parents' basement in Reading, ...

At The Conversation, we take table tennis very seriously. After setting up a new ping pong table, and wanting to learn how to use an Arduino, I had a bit of time to build a scoreboard. An Arduino is a ...

I love to read through project suggestions and examples for the Arduino and other platforms. It keeps my mind constantly running with ideas for projects. I was recently provided a copy of ...

The official Arduino IDE is a dour piece of software designed for uploading code to the ubiquitous and super-cool micro controller. It is a standalone, non-networked app that isn’t very pretty to look ...

I have been pondering how to quickly and accurately manually set up a 16bit binary number in an Arduino (or other microcontroller). This problem has arisen since my (mostly) lovely FY6900 DDS signal ...

High-level programming languages do a great job of making a programmer’s job easier, but these languages often leave a lot of efficiency on the table as a compromise. While a common thought is to move ...