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This is one simple way to control a LED, fan, relay or solenoid with a computer and a PIC.

This is one simple way to control a LED, fan, relay or solenoid with a computer and a PIC.

We've all been there - you've spent hours and hours trying to get that sketch working, but somehow, you're not reacting…

We've all been there - you've spent hours and hours trying to get that sketch working, but somehow, you're not reacting well to time critical events in your system. Maybe it's a wireless peripheral indicating when a packet is ready. Maybe it's an external Flash device signaling when data is ready to be read out. Maybe it's as simple as a button push that you need to react quickly to! But, try as you might, it seems the best way to see these sort of events is to just digitalRead() that pin over and over in your main loop() function until something interesting happens. ...or is it?

Detect audio with an electret microphone and a TI CC3200 Wifi microcontroller. This handy project will allow you to set…

Detect audio with an electret microphone and a TI CC3200 Wifi microcontroller. This handy project will allow you to set up an audio detection device that can be used to catch your roommate stealing things from the fridge or send you an alert if the noise in your room goes above a certain threshold.

How to read humidity and temperature from a DHT11 and display it on a LCD with a PIC microcontroller. In this example…

How to read humidity and temperature from a DHT11 and display it on a LCD with a PIC microcontroller. In this example we're going to use a PIC16F628A.

This article walks through the very basics of quantum computing and how they are designed. It will also provide accurate…

This article walks through the very basics of quantum computing and how they are designed. It will also provide accurate information about the principles behind quantum theory that helps quantum computing work. The objective is to help you understand this new age technology and its benefits.

Part 2 in the "How to Make an Ambient Light Monitor" Series. Our smart ambient light monitor will need to digitize and…

Part 2 in the "How to Make an Ambient Light Monitor" Series. Our smart ambient light monitor will need to digitize and analyze signals from an optical detector, so it is time to explore the EFM8’s integrated analog-to-digital conversion functionality.

Part 3 in the “How to Make an Ambient Light Monitor” series. The project continues by building an ambient light…

Part 3 in the “How to Make an Ambient Light Monitor” series. The project continues by building an ambient light sensor circuit on a breadboard, digitizing the circuit’s output signals, and interpreting the digitized measurements.

How to interface a Raspberry Pi to an I2C temperature sensor (TMP102) and then publish the data to a Google sheet and graph.

How to interface a Raspberry Pi to an I2C temperature sensor (TMP102) and then publish the data to a Google sheet and graph.

This article is part 1 of a two-part series that introduces the tools and techniques for programming PICAXE…

This article is part 1 of a two-part series that introduces the tools and techniques for programming PICAXE microcontrollers. Part 1 focuses on construction of a test circuit and the AXEpad IDE; part 2 will cover the PICAXE Editor 6 IDE.

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) are software applications that provide a programming environment to streamline…

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) are software applications that provide a programming environment to streamline developing and debugging software programs.

Multiplexing was developed in the early 1870s, but it’s become much more applicable to digital telecommunications in…

Multiplexing was developed in the early 1870s, but it’s become much more applicable to digital telecommunications in the late 20th century. Today, frequency division multiplexing (FDM), time division multiplexing (TDM), and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) have become an extremely important asset to telecommunication processes and has greatly improved the way that we transmit and receive independent signals over AM and FM radio, telephone lines, and optical fibers.

This article describes in detail the connections necessary for two way communications between PICAXE microcontrollers and…

This article describes in detail the connections necessary for two way communications between PICAXE microcontrollers and personal computers. Both serial connections and USB to serial conversion connections are covered.

Interested in using Linux for your everyday tasks, but worried about compatibility? This article will provide a brief…

Interested in using Linux for your everyday tasks, but worried about compatibility? This article will provide a brief overview of the new tools available to you.

Learn how to install the new and improved KiCad on Ubuntu 15.04 and then build a simple microcontroller board to blink an RGB LED.

Learn how to install the new and improved KiCad on Ubuntu 15.04 and then build a simple microcontroller board to blink an RGB LED.

This introduction to the PICAXE microcontroller overviews the economical, versatile, and fun-to-use MCU family with which…

This introduction to the PICAXE microcontroller overviews the economical, versatile, and fun-to-use MCU family with which all designers should become familiar.

Learn how to use an EFM8 microcontroller to convert current and voltage measurements to digits that can be displayed on…

Learn how to use an EFM8 microcontroller to convert current and voltage measurements to digits that can be displayed on an LCD. We'll discuss a convenient way to report analog-to-digital conversion values that represent current and voltage amplitudes.

Use the EFM8’s USB functionality to transfer an image from your PC to an LCD.

Use the EFM8’s USB functionality to transfer an image from your PC to an LCD.

Learn how to connect your device with Linux Screen using the built-in Lua interpreter to set up the file system and…

Learn how to connect your device with Linux Screen using the built-in Lua interpreter to set up the file system and connect to the network. Then, learn how to automate the scripting process with Luatool and put it all together with a basic TCP server that can interact with a pulse-width modulated LED, a potentiometer, and a switch.

Compile and install NodeMCU on the ESP8266 IoT chip using Linux tools and the ESP Open Source SDK

Compile and install NodeMCU on the ESP8266 IoT chip using Linux tools and the ESP Open Source SDK