Sparkfun has just released a new product in the form of a 3G kit. Some countries have started to decommission their 2G network, and the bandwidth for data is ridiculously low anyway; so 3G is a good way to bring mobile connectivity to your projects. The kit uses a […]
Tony P
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If you think eBay, Aliexpress or Amazon can give you the best bang for your buck when buying electronics, think again. Naomi Nu, more famously known on online communities under the name SexyCyborg, is a Chinese national that is well known in the maker’s community for creating lots of unusual and […]
For $29.90, you can now get your hands on a new OrangePi titled “OrangePi Prime”, and the least we can say is that it is truly impressive! This RaspberryPi sized board features: 64bits ARM Cortex A53 Quad-core Allwinner H5 Mali 450 GPU 2 GB DDR2 Gigabit ethernet Onboard Wifi b/g/n […]
Robodyn is one of the few Chinese companies that managed to make a name for itself. They produce high quality Arduino clones and various electronics modules. Today we review their DS1307 real time clock module. Shop webpage: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1950989 General presentation The first thing you’ll notice about this real time clock […]
Robotdyn is one of the few Chinese companies that managed to make a name for itself. They produce high quality Arduino clones and various electronics modules. Today we review their 24 steps rotary encoder module. Shop webpage: https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1950989 Rotary encoder The first thing that pops of course is the price […]
I have added a new tutorial on Arduino: how to control a nixie tube with Arduino. This will get you up to speed if you would like to run a project that uses the lovely orange glow of nixie tubes. Everything is covered: from hardware to software, with useful information […]
If you want to transmit data wirelessly with two Arduinos and cheap RF breakout boards, look no further! A complete tutorial on the SYN115 transmitter and SYN480R receiver radio frequency chips have just been brought up online and is available by clicking here. If you missed it, you can also […]
Wireless communication a few years back was the exclusive playground of RF (radio frequencies). Then it exploded: Nordic, Wifi, Bluetooth, Zigbees… Today there are lots of options available. Simple RF modules though, are still popular and Synoxo has managed to incredibly shrink them to a few millimeters; while still retaining their […]
Asus unveiling their own version of a single board computer got a lot of press coverage. A competitor to the Raspberry Pi backed by a big corporation? Sounds exciting right? The benchmarks are not out yet because it simply is very difficult to get your hands on a board as […]
