Older industrial equipment is often a great option if you’re on a budget, and you might even be able to add some premium features yourself. [Brett] from [Theoretically Practical] has done with his old ...

An automatic toll gate system using Arduino revolutionises traditional toll collection by eliminating manual intervention.

*Hey there, fully-trained and certified electrical engineers. If you're interested in the glamorous and lucrative art-world of blinky-lights sculpture, it'll help a lot if you can talk an act like ...

New product line aims to enable beginners in programming, prototyping and designing with electronics BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SparkFun Electronics (www.sparkfun.com), a provider of ...

One of the first projects that most people do on an Arduino is to light up or flash an LED. It seems ultra-simple because it ...

Denis Hennessy recently encountered a problem we've all faced: he needed some AAs for a battery-eating gizmo, and he was overwhelmed by the choices available. Ignoring the shiny packaging and its ...

There was a time when building electronics and building software were two distinct activities. These days, almost any significant electronic project will use a CPU somewhere, or — at least — could.

If you are designing your own intelligent “Graden Computer” with an optional digital plant moisture sensor/water pump controller that lights an LED to alert the user when it is time to water a potted ...