Editor's Note: For individuals looking to explore MCUs and MCU-based design principles, low-cost development kits offer an easy, low-risk entry into the intricacies of these complex ICs. In this ...

Quite often, the raison d’être for building a project is to learn and hone one’s skills. In which case it doesn’t matter if the end use seems a bit frivolous. [indiantinker] built BlueIR, a device to ...

Editor's Note: For individuals looking to explore MCUs and MCU-based design principles, low-cost development kits offer an easy, low-risk entry into the intricacies of these complex ICs. In this ...

There's no question that we're fans of the Arduino here at GeekDad; however, that doesn't mean we don't occasionally dabble with other micro-controllers. The Texas Instruments MSP430 Launchpad Kit is ...

Note: We’re offering a free Texas Instruments MSP430 Launchpad and a Newark element 14 Fuel Tank BoosterPack to the first person to answer a question at the end of this article. The answer is in the ...