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Flash Freeze Photography with an Arduino

Flash Freeze Photography with an Arduino

Freeze moments in time to easily produce extraordinary close-up pictures with your digital camera, an Arduino, and these simple circuits.


Light-Based Computers Used to Find Solutions to Complex Logistics Equations

Light-Based Computers Used to Find Solutions to Complex Logistics Equations

Researchers at Stanford have developed a computer that can solve specific problems using magnetic fields and lasers.


News Nov 06, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Teardown Tuesday: Lutron Caseta Wireless Home Automation Remote

Teardown Tuesday: Lutron Caseta Wireless Home Automation Remote

Lutron Caseta Wireless offers home automation that includes lights and shades.


News Oct 25, 2016 by Mark Hughes
Build Your Own LED Saber—Assembly and Hilt Construction

Build Your Own LED Saber—Assembly and Hilt Construction

In the final installment, we build our light-blade and assemble the electronics into the hilt.


Projects Oct 21, 2016 by Jeremy Lee
Build Your Own LED Saber—Firmware, Microcontroller, and Testing

Build Your Own LED Saber—Firmware, Microcontroller, and Testing

In part 3, we compile the firmware and build the controller at the heart of the Saber, then do initial testing and diagnostics.


Projects Oct 20, 2016 by Jeremy Lee
Build Your Own LED Saber—Audio and Power Systems

Build Your Own LED Saber—Audio and Power Systems

In part 2 of the LED saber project, we'll assemble the power and audio systems.


Projects Oct 19, 2016 by Jeremy Lee
How to Build the Brightest LED Saber in the World

How to Build the Brightest LED Saber in the World

The brightest blade in the world. Fluid sound effects generated in real time. Any colour, changeable on the fly. If you want to know what it feels like to hold a Lightsaber, this project is the closest you can get today.


Projects Oct 18, 2016 by Jeremy Lee
Arduino Traffic Light Timing Lesson

Arduino Traffic Light Timing Lesson

The Traffic Light Controller enables you to gain control of your road rage with a sense of understanding!


Projects Oct 10, 2016 by Ryan Jones
Can Graphene OLEDs Bring Flexible Displays to the Consumer Market?

Can Graphene OLEDs Bring Flexible Displays to the Consumer Market?

Recently researchers in South Korea have published their work on a new OLED stack in NPG Asia Materials journal. This new OLED is not only ultra-flexible but is also extremely efficient. What does this mean for new OLEDs? Are we going to see more OLEDs in products?


News Sep 26, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Engineer Spotlight: Josh Vekhter on the Whoa Board’s Touch Sensor and Tech Born from Art

Engineer Spotlight: Josh Vekhter on the Whoa Board’s Touch Sensor and Tech Born from Art

An interview with Josh Vekhter from Foolish Projects.


News Sep 24, 2016 by Ebony Calloway
Teardown Tuesday: Thermal Camera

Teardown Tuesday: Thermal Camera

In this Teardown Tuesday, we are going to take a look at the insides of an inexpensive thermal camera.


News Sep 13, 2016 by Alex Udanis
The Basics Behind Constant-Current LED Drive Circuitry

The Basics Behind Constant-Current LED Drive Circuitry

This technical brief discusses the reasoning behind and implementation of constant-current drive circuitry for illuminating LEDs.


New Acoustic Prism Splits Sound Like Optical Prisms Split Light

New Acoustic Prism Splits Sound Like Optical Prisms Split Light

Scientists at EPFL have invented an acoustic prism which separates different frequency components of sound similar to an optical prism.


News Aug 22, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar
Teardown Tuesday: Wi-Fi-Connected LED Bulb

Teardown Tuesday: Wi-Fi-Connected LED Bulb

What's inside of a Wi-Fi-controlled light bulb? Find out in this Teardown Tuesday!


News Aug 16, 2016 by Alex Udanis
How to Perform UV Monitoring with the Adafruit Si1145

How to Perform UV Monitoring with the Adafruit Si1145

Environmental monitoring sensors help us to better measure the world around us. This article will help you understand why the amount of UV light reaching you changes over time and how to measure it over I²C using the Si1145.


Projects Aug 03, 2016 by Mark Hughes
Signal Conditioning for Pyroelectric Passive Infrared (PIR) Sensors

Signal Conditioning for Pyroelectric Passive Infrared (PIR) Sensors

Learn about the basics, signal conditioning, digital output, and hardware specs of passive infrared sensors.


Driving LED Arrays with an Arduino

Driving LED Arrays with an Arduino

All you need to know about LED arrays. If you want to learn about them, drive one using an Arduino, or build them, this is the place to start.


Smart Homes Via Smart Phones: Toggl.it, Nest, and Iris by Lowes

Smart Homes Via Smart Phones: Toggl.it, Nest, and Iris by Lowes

Learn about three smart home platforms available that allow mobile home control with varying degrees of customization.


News Jul 04, 2016 by Yahya Tawil
The New Siri? The Next Generation of Home Assistant Robots

The New Siri? The Next Generation of Home Assistant Robots

Home robot assistants are rising in prominence. Here are three home robots on the horizon.


News Jun 30, 2016 by Seth Schaffer
Timing Light Sequences: Build a Traffic Light Controller with an Arduino MEGA

Timing Light Sequences: Build a Traffic Light Controller with an Arduino MEGA

Learn how to simulate a traffic light using an Arduino.


Projects Jun 22, 2016 by Joseph Corleto