Daniel writes reviews and explainers on how to use new technology. He particularly likes deep diving into niche topics that require more than scratching the surface. He's been writing in newspapers, ...

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I'm a fan of Lego robotics. I've written over half a dozen books on the Lego Mindstorms NXT robotic system, and tinkering and prototyping with the NXT just never gets old. (And there's a NEW system ...

The Arduino has long been a staple of the maker community. Longer than 3D printing has been as popular as it is, in fact. So, with both being mainstream, I decided to marry the two together to make my ...

Arduino is one of those boards that has become synonymous with hacking and making. Since its introduction in 2005, over 700,000 official Arduino boards have been sold, along with untold millions of ...

I just got my first Arduino board and have already been having a ton of fun with it. Of course, I started with the simple projects so I could learn to walk before running. Here are the first three ...

For some, Halloween is starting to rival Christmas for setting up elaborate holiday decorations. Homeowners now spend many hours─and sometimes dollars─creating ghoulish displays of lit pumpkins, ...

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Arduino is a network for open-source electronics focused on a technology that is easy to use. By giving a list of instructions to the microcontroller on the board, you can tell your board what to do.

The release of the 1.0 Arduino platform in 2011 represented a milestone for Open Source Hardware: after six years of development, Arduino is declared mature and stable. Once this was achieved, the ...