What I thought would be an electronics board with LED control and perhaps FM functionality, unraveled into a world which included Bluetooth, WiFi, displays and controllers as well as advanced robotics ...

In partnership with the Arduino project popular among hobbyists and students, Intel will sell small computer systems with its 32-bit Quark chip. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

A Texas Instruments ARM-based chip means hardware hackers who like Arduino will have another choice besides Intel's Quark for computing projects. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

There is a wide variety of creative projects which can help introduce children to the world of microcontrollers. A microcontroller is simply a small computer that can interact with the outside world.

With their cheap price tags, massive I/O provisions, and low power consumption, microcontrollers like the uber-popular ...