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 […]
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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 […]
The previous version of the LED sine wave has been completely revamped to get rid of all floating point operations. I’ve also taken the time to pack it inside a class so that it can be easily reused by anyone. This is the effect you will obtain: Please go ahead […]
You might have seen a new section “Arduino” has popped up in the menu. This menu will host various resources and tutorial for Arduino and Arduino compatible hardware (such as the ATtiny series); but for now I would like to share with you a simple trick that will light up […]
I want to dive in the great world of wireless chips, and I’ll be doing reviews and post code samples about common chips, but for now we play the waiting game as everything comes from China. It shouldn’t be too long though, as it’s already been shipped and it’s gone […]
When building arduino / avr chips projects, almost everyone starts with the Arduino Uno. It’s a proven design, and there’s a lot of community support for it. The problem I have with it is that this board is not realistic for the use makers and hobbyist make of it. The ATmega328 […]
