Arduino has become one of the key building blocks of the open hardware movement. Arduino, the platform, is designed to be modular, affordable, and easy for virtually anyone to use. The company behind ...

The 8051 was an 8-bit Harvard-architecture microcontroller first put out by Intel in 1980. They’ve since discontinued that line, but it lives on in the low-cost STC8 family of chips, which is ...

In brief: A few months after acquiring Arduino, Qualcomm is introducing its first product designed to combine its processor technology with the "maker" ethos of the Italian company. Unsurprisingly, ...

What if you could combine the simplicity of Arduino with the power of a Linux-based processor, all in one compact device? Enter the Arduino Uno Q, a new development board designed to handle everything ...

Some members of the maker community are distraught about Arduino’s new terms of service (ToS), saying that the added rules put the company’s open source DNA at ...

This Arduino example code demonstrates how to set up and use the IQS323 Integrated Circuit (IC). The IQS323 is a 3 Channel Self-Capacitive / 3 Channel Mutual-Capacitive / 2 Channel Inductive sensing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chief Analyst & CEO, NAND Research. Qualcomm, a company built on selling chips to companies like Samsung and Apple in volumes of ...

Arduino is being acquired by Qualcomm subject to regulatory approval for an undisclosed sum. Qualcomm Arduino introduces a new UNO form factor board, the Arduino UNO Q, which features both a STM32 MCU ...

In a deal that surprised some industry observers, chipmaker Qualcomm has agreed to buy Arduino, which is best known for supplying microcontrollers to the DIY community. The acquisition, whose terms ...

Paul and David Bradt’s Ardiono Projects offers multiple ways to use Arduino and Raspberry Pi microcontrollers for your model railroading projects. Buy the book here. Code for Button/Blink Test (SN095) ...