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C-BISCUIT: Monitoring Your Robot’s Health

C-BISCUIT: Monitoring Your Robot’s Health

Now that we've got the Wandboard up and running, it's time to set up some tools to help us check in on our growing robot's status.


Projects Jun 10, 2016 by Trevor Gamblin
House-Monitoring Framework with Arduino and Raspberry Pi: The Paranoid App

House-Monitoring Framework with Arduino and Raspberry Pi: The Paranoid App

Learn how to use a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino to develop a system for monitoring and controlling your home.


Projects Jun 03, 2016 by Cezar Chirila
Reflow Soldering? It’s So Much Easier with a Solder Paste Stencil

Reflow Soldering? It’s So Much Easier with a Solder Paste Stencil

In spite of their convenience, the cost of solder paste stencils has prevented many hobbyists from using them. But the use of polyimide film has brought the prices within reach... if you know how and where to get them.


C-BISCUIT Power: Assembly and Testing of Regulator and Crowbar Circuits

C-BISCUIT Power: Assembly and Testing of Regulator and Crowbar Circuits

Continuing the C-BISCUIT series, this article outlines how to populate and test the surface mount PCBs designed in a previous article using a hot air rework station and other various electronics tools.


Projects May 31, 2016 by Patrick Lloyd
How to Build an Arduino-Controlled AM/FM/SW Radio

How to Build an Arduino-Controlled AM/FM/SW Radio

Combine the Si4844-A10 analog-tuned radio receiver with an Arduino to make a full-featured multiband radio.


Build a Development Platform for a PICAXE 40X2

Build a Development Platform for a PICAXE 40X2

The PICAXE 40X2 features 32 I/O ports and speeds up to 64MHz; a development platform simplifies project design using this workhorse.


Building Raspberry Pi Controllers: Interactive Graphics Controllers

Building Raspberry Pi Controllers: Interactive Graphics Controllers

In part 7 of the "Building Raspberry Pi Controllers" series, readers will learn how to make an interactive graphics bouncing ball using a Raspberry Pi and physical computing techniques.


Projects May 18, 2016 by Don Wilcher
Do-It-Yourself Soldering Station with an ATmega8

Do-It-Yourself Soldering Station with an ATmega8

The mighty soldering iron. If you need one, want one, or just love to build stuff, then this project is for you.


Projects May 05, 2016 by Cezar Chirila
Build a 2-Digit Up/Down Counter with a PICAXE 20M2

Build a 2-Digit Up/Down Counter with a PICAXE 20M2

Counters using 7-segment LEDs are fun and useful projects for scoreboards and other numerical displays; here's one you can build.


Make a GPS Navigation System for a Boat with a Raspberry Pi

Make a GPS Navigation System for a Boat with a Raspberry Pi

If you are a boat owner, I'll guess you've seen some of the prices on the chart plotters and navigation tools. Some of them are pretty expensive. In this article I'll show you how I deal with that.


NES Controller Interface with an Arduino UNO

NES Controller Interface with an Arduino UNO

Learn about the NES Controller's data protocol, then use this knowledge to easily integrate into an Arduino Uno.


Projects Apr 29, 2016 by Joseph Corleto
C-BISCUIT: The Brains of the Operation

C-BISCUIT: The Brains of the Operation

In this article, we teach C-BISCUIT how to do important life things, such as booting into our OS of choice, and connecting to the Wi-Fi it'll come to know as the gateway to knowledge.


Projects Apr 26, 2016 by Trevor Gamblin
Servo Control via USB with the SAM4S Xplained Pro

Servo Control via USB with the SAM4S Xplained Pro

Part One in this two-article series focuses on the hardware setup and on using a pulse-width-modulated signal to control a servo.


Projects Apr 22, 2016 by Robert Keim
Use a DC Motor to Power LED Headlights on a Longboard

Use a DC Motor to Power LED Headlights on a Longboard

Build a generator-powered LED headlight for a longboard for very cheap.


Projects Apr 20, 2016 by Jacob Smith
Build an Automatic Computer Display Rotator With an Arduino

Build an Automatic Computer Display Rotator With an Arduino

Learn how to build a device which senses when your computer monitor is physically rotated, and automatically tells your computer to rotate the display accordingly.


Projects Apr 12, 2016 by Matthew Davis
How to Create a Gaming System with the Atmel SAM4S Xplained Pro

How to Create a Gaming System with the Atmel SAM4S Xplained Pro

This article provides additional details related to code development, hardware configuration, and the OLED interface.


Projects Apr 01, 2016 by Robert Keim
Intro to Project Development with the Atmel SAM4S Xplained Pro

Intro to Project Development with the Atmel SAM4S Xplained Pro

Learn about basic procedures and techniques for creating your own projects with Atmel’s SAM4S Xplained Pro development platform.


Projects Mar 28, 2016 by Robert Keim
C-BISCUIT Power: Crowbar Protection Circuit for 5V Regulator

C-BISCUIT Power: Crowbar Protection Circuit for 5V Regulator

Over-voltage and over-current protection circuit for use with the C-BISCUIT platform's main computer, the Wandboard.


Projects Mar 09, 2016 by Patrick Lloyd
Embedded PID Temperature Control, Part 6: Ziegler–Nichols Tuning

Embedded PID Temperature Control, Part 6: Ziegler–Nichols Tuning

In this article, we will use a simple, proven tuning procedure to find effective values for proportional, integral, and derivative gain.


Projects Mar 07, 2016 by Robert Keim
Building Raspberry Pi Controllers Part 6: Displaying Messages on a LCD with a RPi

Building Raspberry Pi Controllers Part 6: Displaying Messages on a LCD with a RPi

Readers will learn how to wire a standard 16x2 LCD (liquid crystal display) to a Raspberry Pi to display messages.


Projects Mar 04, 2016 by Don Wilcher