M5Stack PaperMono brings ESP32 power to your pocket. Read books, use LoRa communication, and run custom firmware on an ...

Let’s say you’re working on a project, and you need a microcontroller. Which chip do you reach for? Probably the one you’re most familiar with, or at least the one whose programmer is hiding away in a ...

KB Sriram recreated a 1982 hardware number sieve with microcontrollers, showing how physical filters crushed math problems ...

A normal 1080p framebuffer at 24‑bit color needs almost 6 MB, but the RP2350 has only about 520 KB of RAM, so storing even ...

One of the nicest amenities of interpreted programming languages is that you can test out the code that you’re developing in a shell, one line at a time, and see the results instantly. No matter how ...

How much performance can an 8-bit AVR squeeze from addressable LEDs? Assembly, IAR, and GCC reveal the impact on timing, ...

There are quite a few microcontroller options on the market, from Arduino and Raspberry Pi to Espressif’s ESP32 platform. Personally, I'm not too fussed about Arduino or Raspberry Pi—here’s why my ...

In 1970, Caltech professor Carver Mead coined the term Moore’s Law, which is, in layman’s terms, a trend in computing hardware that the number of transistors that can be conveniently and inexpensively ...

Integrating processors, sensors, and data exchange functionality into everyday objects, the Internet of Things (IoT) pushes computing capabilities far beyond desktops and servers, weaving computation ...

Learn how to build a discreet smart home temperature and humidity sensor hidden inside an IKEA photo frame with a 7-year battery life.

In its introductory blog post, the company explains that today’s Raspberry Pis are already often used alongside a smaller microcontroller: The Raspberry Pi takes care of heavyweight computation, ...