Bluetooth shield for Arduino
Here’s an application to control the brightness of an RGB LED strip wirelessly (via Bluetooth) using a smartphone. The whole…
A Miniaturized Photoelectric twilight switch
Controls the ignition of lamps or other electrical loads when the brightness of the environment falls below an adjustable threshold.…
Come and Meet Us at European Maker Faire
As you probably know, just in few days, the first Maker Faire European Edition will be held in Rome, Italy…
The Truth About Open Source Hardware Business Models
After some time now, the Open Hardware Ecosystem and Business sector gained some significant traction. An excellent presentation by Mathilde…
An LCD Expansion Shield for your RaspberryPi
Today we introduce a great LCD expansion shield for Raspberry Pi that allows you to create an interface to control…
A Mini Microphone Preamplifier
In this post we’ll cover the design of a microphone preamplifier, something always useful when dealing with audio applications. This…
A Video Overlay Shield for Arduino
In this post we will deal with an interesting solution to overlat text on a video signal. This solution, which…
A Comprehensive Comparison of Linux Development Boards
Today we present an overview of today’s market offering regarding ARM RISC microcomputer able to run a GNU/Linux distribution. And…
A stand-alone access control with RFID
RFID Tags are increasingly used for many applications such as identifying objects by means of a code or access control.…
How to create an intelligent, web enabled, Power Meter with Arduino
Electricity costs are rising, and just in case this is not enough, if you exaggerate with consumption your house circuit…