An Arduino is a popular open-source single-board microcontroller. Learn how to program one and let the possibilities take shape. By The Big Book Of Hacks Published Jan 10, 2013 3:00 AM EST Get the ...

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With the holiday season fast approaching it might be time to invest in a new set of fairy lights to decorate your home or office. But why settle for boring off-the-shelf lights when you could be using ...

Let me introduce another simple microcontroller-based do-it-yourself circuit that detects motion and excites a light source in a flash. The “snooper” here is an ordinary passive infrared (PIR) motion ...

Folks have been using the popular Arduino DIY computing platform to build robots and all sorts of other simple computing devices for a while. Arduino boards are inexpensive and relatively easy to use ...

The Arduino is a great way for hobbyists and pros alike to experiment with programmable objects, but it can be confusing for ...