When we first heard about it a few weeks ago, we knew the ESP8266 UART to WiFi module was a special beast. It was cheap, gave every microcontroller the ability to connect to a WiFi network, and could ...

The ESP8266 is a chip that turned a lot of heads recently, stuffing a WiFi radio, TCP/IP stack, and all the required bits to get a microcontroller on the Internet into a tiny, $5 module. It’s an ...

Imagine turning your old, “dumb” appliances into intelligent, Wi-Fi-enabled devices that respond to your voice, phone, or automation rules. Sounds futuristic, right? With the ESP8266 microcontroller, ...

Electronics is an expensive hobby. You often need to buy expensive hardware to complete a small hobby project. Fortunately, searching will give you a long list of cheap “retired” parts. If you’re sure ...

Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the Wi-Fi® Comm Demo Board, which combines Microchip’s best-in-class 32-bit PIC32 ...

Electronics enthusiasts looking for a new way to create Internet of Things projects may be interested in a couple of new development boards which have been created by Jimmy Wu based in Shenzhen. The ...

Sebastian Starks said, 'Game Boy can connect to Wi-Fi' by modifying the cartridge inserted in the Game Boy instead of modifying the Game Boy itself, which is a portable game machine released in 1989.

What Next is a is a supplier of colour-coded Arduino-compatible microcontroller boards — including the Yellow, Red, Green, and Orange boards. Thee entry-level Yellow and Red boards are based on a ...