Making an Arduino shield can be simpler than you think. This time I designed one to program Attiny and Atmega ...

Making airplanes with foam board is really handy since this material is very cheap, easy to work with, and durable. It's the same material the channel Flite Test uses in their builds. I recently tried ...

Conferences and tradeshows are a staple of Silicon Valley, with no shortage of billboards along the Highway 101 corridor between San Francisco and San Jose announcing the next date and location. As ...

This repository contains a customized version of the Arduino bootloader firmware with watchdog timer (WDT) support. The stock Arduino bootloader introduces a couple of seconds of delay during boot in ...

Optiboot is now installed by default on the Arduino Uno. It can be installed on all older mega8, 168 or 328 based Arduinos. Optiboot is "compatible", in a loose sense, with all versions of the Arduino ...

SparkFun Thing Plus - ESP32-C5 is an Adafruit Feather-compatible board with dual-band WiFi 6, BLE, 802.15.4 radio, and LiPo battery support ...

There are plenty of drones (and other gadgets) you can buy online that use proprietary control protocols. Of course, ...

Have you ever wanted to see the computers behind the first (and for now only) man-made objects to leave the heliosphere?

TIOBE Index for March 2026: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages Your email has been sent Python keeps the top spot as its rating dips again, C climbs further in second, and the bottom stays ...

Five new Elektor courses help beginners take their first steps in microcontroller programming with Arduino, ESP32, and Raspberry Pi Pico. Each course combines hands-on projects, hardware kits, and ...

In the world of Linux, the bootloader is the software that manages the boot process of your computer. For both home desktops and embedded systems, a reliable bootloader is crucial for a seamless start ...

With "vibe coding," almost anyone can be a programmer. Just ask an AI to generate code through a ChatGPT-like conversation, and refine the output. This technique is rapidly becoming a popular way for ...