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 […]
A new how to guide has appeared on the main menu: how to manipulate whole ports. If you are mildly experienced with Arduino, this will further your knowledge and bring you closer to the underlying micro-controller hardware. It’s a short read that could be useful in your next project so take […]
You might have noticed it on the front page banner: there is a new tutorial available that will teach you everything you need to know on how to use a GPS module with Arduino. Plugging in it, reading raw data and finally using a library: it covers all the bases […]
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 […]
Back in February I posted about the Tinkerboard, and the least I can say is that it wasn’t pretty. The board was struggling with 1080P when Asus was touting 4K capabilities. Now, with the release of the official TinkerOS, people have been re-building solid reviews and giving the board a […]
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 […]
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 […]
