Arduino has been traditionally dominated by Microchip-Atmel chips. The Uno uses a 8 bit AVR, and the newer boards have a 32 bit SAMD21 ARM core. Enters a new alternative, code name “blue pill”; and it’s fantastic! What is the STM32 Blue Pill? The STM32 “Blue Pill” is a development […]
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What’s new in China? New maker products roundup August 2017 Here are new maker products recently released which are worth looking at: ESP32 is love Keyan Technlogy has a DOIT ESP32 board for $7.50. They are a big reputable shop on Aliexpress and it’s a good price for an ESP32 […]
What’s new in China? New maker products roundup June 2017 Here are new maker products recently released which are worth looking at: Air quality sensors Reland Tech has some new air sensors: a PM2.5 pollution sensor for US$7.00 a CO2 sensor for US$22.90 a CO (Carbon Monoxide) sensor for US$18.00 […]
The Arduino Mega is a great board. You can often get a project that typically requires multiplexing or shift registers running with a single Mega board because it contains so many GPIOs. The only problem I have with it is its massive size. Enters Robotdyn shrunk versions, and for about […]
What’s new in China? New maker products roundup May 2017 Here are new maker products recently released which are worth looking at: “Wifi board not based on ESP8266” ElectronicFans has a new RTL8710 wifi board. At slightly over US$7, it isn’t the cheapest board, but it seems fairly complete. The […]