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Arduino Welcomes a New Addition to the UNO Family: The UNO R4

As modular electronics become more popular in professional electronics, a new Arduino has hit the market.

3 days ago by Jake Hertz

AMD Launches Program Enabling Turnkey Designs Based on its Kria SOMs

Leveraging the company’s FPGA-based Kria system-on-modules (SOMs) and its app store methodology, AMD is unveiling a new ODM partner effort.

January 18, 2023 by Jeff Child

DIY Modular Laptop Runs on Raspberry Pi SBC

The crowd funded LapPi 2.0 laptop offering could give the DIY community a new way to learn about personal computers.

January 02, 2023 by Jake Hertz

9 Cool Electronics Projects to Bring You Holiday Joy

On this holiday weekend, enjoy these nine cool electronics projects to make your “C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S” bright.

December 24, 2022 by Jeff Child

At Just $6, Raspberry Pi Pico W Brings Wi-Fi to IoT Designs

First, Raspberry Pi unveiled Raspberry Pi Pico—the company's first MCU-class product. Now, that same board is getting a wireless connectivity facelift.

July 13, 2022 by Dr. Steve Arar

DIGI ConnectCore® 6 Single Board Computers | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

June 14, 2022 by Mouser Electronics

IoT Solutions Roll for Security, Antenna Selection, and Edge Compute

Designing Internet of Things (IoT) systems can be a tricky juggling act. To help engineers keep pace, new IoT products are helping solve problems in security, connectivity, and edge computing.

June 11, 2022 by Antonio Anzaldua Jr.

Arduino and Foundries.io Lock Their Sights on Embedded IoT Security

As newer engineers are looking for more ways to break into the Internet of Things (IoT) space, a team-up between Arduino and Foundries.io is hoping to create an easy, secure solution: the Portenta X8.

March 29, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Sfera Labs Unveils First Programmable I/O Module Based on Raspberry Pi’s MCU

With this release, the usability of Raspberry Pi may now be accessible to the industrial market.

October 04, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Remembering Sir Clive Sinclair: A Forerunner in Home Computer Design

A forerunner to the spirit of modern “makers," Sir Clive Sinclair is remembered for over 40 years of electronics entrepreneurship.

September 23, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

u-blox’s Key to Centimeter-level GNSS Precision? “Real-time Kinematic Corrections”

ArduSimple and u-blox are teaming up with a module and single-board computer for real-time kinematic calculations. The result, they claim, is accurate m^-2 GPS measurements.

April 12, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

A Designer’s Take on Raspberry Pi’s First Microcontroller

This year, Raspberry Pi unveiled its first-ever microcontroller. How does this device perform in professional embedded design?

March 16, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

Ep. 19 | Open-Source Machine Learning with BeagleBoard Co-Founder Jason Kridner

The age of quick embedded system prototyping is here. But what happens when the development of AI is also becoming more commonplace? Are we ready for a world where machine learning algorithms—and all the biases that come with them—flood the market?

March 04, 2021 by Dave Finch

A New Arm-Based Carrier Board Nods to a Shift Toward Off-the-Shelf Hardware

Arm processors are dominated by proprietary design. But a new adaptable 3.5-inch carrier board highlights the virtues of commercial-off-the-shelf systems.

March 19, 2020 by Sophia Valente

What Is the Light Convergent Reflective Sensor on OMRON’s New Sensor Eval Board?

Let’s take a look at the 2JCIE-EV, which comes with sample code and supports a wide variety of sensing applications.

February 12, 2020 by Robert Keim

Google Unveils New and Updated Coral Hardware for 2020

During CES 2020, Google announced new hardware editions and upgrades to the Coral ecosystem, including an Accelerator Module, the Dev Board Mini, and a System-on-Module.

January 13, 2020 by Cabe Atwell

Why Raspberry Pi Isn’t a Good Choice for Commercial Products

RPi has done some amazing good in the world, especially for aspiring young engineers, but here's the breakdown on why it's probably not what you need for a professional project.

July 19, 2019 by Pallav Aggarwal

Reader Question: Electrical Engineers, What Is Your Relationship with Maker Boards?

RPi, Arduino, BeagleBone. There are many maker boards—but have you, as an EE, ever used one? Share your stories!

May 27, 2019 by Kate Smith

The Arm Architecture Explained

Learn more about the Arm computer architecture, including ISA, execution states, and processor families.

April 10, 2019 by Stephen St. Michael

How to Write Assembly Instructions for Programming a 32-bit ARM Core with a Raspberry Pi

This article explores the basic instructions needed to program a 32-bit ARM core, while building a foundational understanding of the micro-architecture.

February 26, 2019 by Stephen St. Michael