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Knowledge and Nostalgia: 2025’s Top Educational Articles

Knowledge and Nostalgia: 2025’s Top Educational Articles

Ring in the new year with this roundup of All About Circuits' most popular educational content, both technical and historical.


News Dec 31, 2025 by Abby Garfinkle
2024’s Top Technical Articles and More

2024’s Top Technical Articles and More

As 2024 comes to an end, we look back on the year's most popular technical articles, industry articles, and projects.


News Dec 30, 2024 by Abby Garfinkle
Makers and Learners Rejoice! Arduino Debuts Plug and Make Kit

Makers and Learners Rejoice! Arduino Debuts Plug and Make Kit

In an effort to reduce the burden of wiring for learning and rapid prototyping, today Arduino has revealed a new system of plug-and-play components leveraging the new UNO R4 with Qwiic connectors and Wi-Fi.


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

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.


News Mar 29, 2022 by Jake Hertz
World’s First TinyML Vision Challenge Crowns 2021 Winners

World’s First TinyML Vision Challenge Crowns 2021 Winners

Competitions are always an exciting way to test the limits and ingenuity of both technology and the designer. This week the winners of the first inaugural TinyML Vision Challenge were announced.


News Oct 13, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Arm’s Startup Day Shows its Support for Future Hardware Startups

Arm’s Startup Day Shows its Support for Future Hardware Startups

Finding new tech often means looking at startups. To support this critical aspect of the tech industry, Arm launches its "Startup Day" event. What is it, and what were some key takeaways?


News Jul 27, 2021 by Kimber Wymore
u-blox Releases Wide-Area 5G Modules for the IoT with an Emphasis on Security and Power Savings

u-blox Releases Wide-Area 5G Modules for the IoT with an Emphasis on Security and Power Savings

This new cellular chipset from u-blox emphasizes security and power savings.


News Jun 13, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Reader Question: Electrical Engineers, What Is Your Relationship with Maker Boards?

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!


News May 27, 2019 by Kate Smith
Resources for Prototyping: The Basics of New Languages for Programming Microcontrollers

Resources for Prototyping: The Basics of New Languages for Programming Microcontrollers

Microcontroller specifications have changed little over the last few decades, but the expansion of languages and supporting software has opened up many choices. Learn about several new languages available for microcontrollers in this guide.


News Feb 05, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
An FPGA in an Arduino? New MKR Vidor 4000 Board Brings FPGA Complexity to Non-EEs

An FPGA in an Arduino? New MKR Vidor 4000 Board Brings FPGA Complexity to Non-EEs

FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) are undeniably powerful. Now, makers will also have a platform to allow them to harness this technology.


News May 29, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
u-blox Module Release, STMicro, and Arduino: IoT Communications News Brief Roundup

u-blox Module Release, STMicro, and Arduino: IoT Communications News Brief Roundup

Check out today’s IoT communications roundup to see what’s new on the horizon.


News May 17, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Are Designers Still Using the Vortex86? Two Places an Old CPU Showed Up at CES 2018

Are Designers Still Using the Vortex86? Two Places an Old CPU Showed Up at CES 2018

Among the robots and self-driving cars at CES 2018, a bit of old technology made a surprising appearance: the Vortex86 Series CPU.


News Feb 08, 2018 by Mark Hughes
Breakdown on Piezo Actuators from TDK at CES 2018

Breakdown on Piezo Actuators from TDK at CES 2018

TDK has just released a new line of piezo actuators with haptic feedback. The PiezoHap comes in three compact sizes - 2.5G, 7G, and 15G, with a large acceleration of 2.5 g. 7 g, and 15 g, respectfully, under a load of 100 grams.


News Jan 26, 2018 by Donald Krambeck
u-blox and Huawei Begin Testing the NB-IoT Standard in Brazil with a Pet-Tracking Wearable

u-blox and Huawei Begin Testing the NB-IoT Standard in Brazil with a Pet-Tracking Wearable

In this news brief, we'll look at how u-blox and Huawei are researching NB-IoT implementation.


News Jul 20, 2017 by Kate Smith
Arduino Cinque Brings Together RISC-V and the Popular Arduino Platform

Arduino Cinque Brings Together RISC-V and the Popular Arduino Platform

Open source hardware met open source instruction set architecture this month when SiFive announced the Arduino Cinque—an Arduino development board based off the RISC-V ISA.


News May 29, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Intro to the Arduino XBee Shield

Intro to the Arduino XBee Shield

The XBee Shield provides an interface to the XBee which adds wireless communication to an Arduino project.


News Apr 25, 2017 by Ebony Calloway
ASUS Moves Its Tinker Board into Raspberry Pi’s SBC Domain

ASUS Moves Its Tinker Board into Raspberry Pi’s SBC Domain

ASUS, the Taiwanese hardware and electronics company known for their desktops, laptops, monitors, graphics cards, and more has decided they're going to delve into the micro-PC market.


News Apr 07, 2017 by Donald Krambeck
February Hardware Crowdfunding Roundup

February Hardware Crowdfunding Roundup

Here is a look at some of the most interesting crowdfunding campaigns this month on Kickstarter, featuring a USB hot multi-tool, a power oriented microcontroller, and an FPGA based prototyping board with multiple interfacing and i/o options.


News Feb 26, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Open Source RISC-V Architecture Makes Strides Towards Customizable SoCs

Open Source RISC-V Architecture Makes Strides Towards Customizable SoCs

The RISC-V footprint is expanding with the commercial availability of open-source chips and related development boards from silicon startups like SiFive and OnChip.


News Dec 07, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
Using a Customizable Interface Development Tool with Arduino

Using a Customizable Interface Development Tool with Arduino

Development tools that let you create drag-and-drop interface tools for Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects are quite popular. I got my hands on one and here's how it went.


News Nov 24, 2016 by Johnathan Powell