A Raspberry Pi home automation project enables controlling lights, sensors, and smart devices via open-source software, ...

What do you get if you cross a Raspberry Pi computer with an Arduino microcontroller? It might be an awful setup for a joke, but it's an enticing question if you're an electronics hobbyist or Internet ...

Before there were smartphones, there were personal digital assistants like the Palm Pilot, Handspring Visor, and Compaq/HP iPAQ line of devices. And before those, there were really basic PDAs, like ...

You can forget about the IBM Personal Computer and drop all the pretense about the 1984 Apple Macintosh. When it comes to which personal computer is the most influential of all time, there can only be ...

The annual Consumer Electronics Show is in session, which means thousands of people have descended on Las Vegas to stare at next year's dust-gathering trash. Maybe you can do better. Maybe it's time ...

We often talk about programming in terms of developing apps and websites. But you can also learn to code by programming devices. The Arduino and the Raspberry Pi both provide a great learning ground ...

[MmmmFloorPie] revived an old project to create the retro mashup of a 6845 CRT controller and a modern Arduino Uno. When it comes to chips, the Motorola 6845 is the great granddaddy of Cathode Ray ...

Nordic Semiconductor has announced that wireless startup 'Open Source RF' has launched on KickStarter.com the world's first 'Arduino' compatible open-source micro-computer that can communicate ...

A new deal is available for the 2018 Arduino Enthusiast E-Book Bundle. A new pay what you want deal is available for 10 courses on how to get started using the Arduino open-source electronics platform ...

[Max Breedon] found an old Apple IIe clone twenty years ago. He recently dug this Epson AP-200 out of the salvage heap and quickly discovered that the keyboard decoder chip was fried. The old chip was ...