What is a rotary encoder? A rotary encoder (RT) is a device that you can rotate infinitely. On most rotary encoders, when you rotate them you will feel a bump (known as steps), and most RTs have about ...

If you're looking to make yourself somewhat more productive on this lazy weekend, and you've got an Arduino or two collecting dust, we've got just the thing to add line after line to your dwindling to ...

We all like cheap items off eBay especially if they do cool and unusual things, sometimes we get so carried away by the price that we do not even realize that fact that we do not know anything about ...

If you use the Arduino IDE to program the ESP32, you might be interested in [Andreas Spiess’] latest video (see below). In it, he shows an example of using all three ESP32 UARTs from an Arduino ...

Despite a wealth of tutorials for setting up and writing code for the ESP8266 WiFi module, there has not been much of anything on programming this cheap wireless module with the Arduino IDE. Finally, ...

If you've used Arduino technology, chances are that you've come across libraries written by Adafruit's Limor 'Ladyada' Fried for the many devices and sensors that the company has to offer. Writing ...

Microsoft is teaming up with Arduino to bring Windows 10 to the company's microcontroller boards, with the first step being the release of two open source libraries that connect Arduinos to Windows 10 ...

We've all missed the buzzer and forgotten a load of laundry once or twice. While setting an alarm is easy enough, but this Arduino-powered alert system will just send you a text when it's time to grab ...