The open-source Arduino micro-controller is a very useful piece of kit which has been implemented by hackers to power countless endeavors from Musical Umbrellas to Angry Birds Slingshot Controllers.

Developers and hobbyists who enjoy tinkering about with Arduino devices and technology might be interested in a new USB developer board called the Digispark. The tiny Digispark USB developer board is ...

Some of our readers might remember the tiny Digispark Arduino enabled USB developer board that launched after a successful crowd funding campaign back in August 2012. Now the team behind the tiny ...

Kickstarter has served as a hotbed of tech innovation all year and if the latest project to gain media attention is any indication, there's no sign of letting up anytime soon. The Digispark campaign ...

This article describes how I have set up a simple “door-sentry” at home. The door-open detector is designed to alert you to an unauthorized entry in a confined area. It uses a little ATtiny85 ...

An Arduino is a microcontroller — a single board designed to control something and perform a specific task. Unlike a Raspberry Pi, you won't find anything resembling an operating system here; instead, ...

Even if you don’t know what an Arduino board actually is (in which case, check out our overview), chances are you’ve excitedly shared a link with your friends about something powered by Arduino. This ...

If you buy expensive computer speakers, they often have a volume knob you can mount somewhere on your desk so you aren’t dependent on the onboard volume control. [Kris S] decided to build his own ...