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Electronics don’t have to be complicated or costly to be exciting. With a handful of components and a willingness to experiment, anyone can turn simple ideas into working projects. DIY electronics are ...

Arduino boards are one of the best ways to get involved in DIY electronics and programming. With Arduino, the possibilities are practically limitless. You can build your own working robotics and tools ...

Many readers will be familiar with Microchip’s ATtiny85, which has been a popular choice for DIY projects in the past for its low price and (for the time) small size. But those looking for a more ...

Don't buy an expensive games console that hooks you into buying expensive software titles. And don't buy the cheap junk at Wal-Mart either. If you're going to buy anything at all, buy the bits to make ...

SparkFun, a DIY electronic kit maker in Boulder, Colorado is making a huge effort to see that more kids and educators learn about electronics, embedded control and programming with their forthcoming ...

Some of the best DIY projects use microcontrollers or cheap single board computers to automate awesome stuff. But Between the Arduino, the Raspberry Pi, and the BeagleBone, it's hard to figure out ...

The Thingamagoop is a fun music maker, a self-contained synthesizer that creates beeps, squawks and howls and other electronic noises when you play with the buttons, switches, and knobs. One of the ...

Fig 1. Electronics are not only fun but also relatively easy to learn. Kids age 10 and above can easily pick up useful electronic skills like soldering. Fig 2. SparkFun’s Simon Says product is a ...

The MKR Vidor-4000 FPGA is the latest market entry of the Arduino boards. Since its introduction in 2011, the Arduino low-cost electronics prototyping platform has allowed engineers, designers, ...