Microcontrollers existed before the Arduino, and a device that anyone could program and blink an LED existed before the first Maker Faire. This might come as a surprise to some, but for others PICs… ...

Have no fear, newbies: there's a new Arduino Basic Kit in town, ... There's quite a lot in the starter package -- from a mess of colorful LEDs, a wide assortment of buttons, ...

This typically includes resistors, push buttons, and sensors, as well as jumper wires and solderless breadboards. You can buy these items separately from shops like Adafruit and SparkFun , but ...

Before the last one gave up the ghost, [Steve] captured the IR codes for each button using an Arduino and the IRRemote library. With codes in hand, it was pretty straightforward to get the Nano to ...

Youngsters interested in technology might get a kick out of working with real computer hardware and software during their summer break. Parents, relatives, and friends have many ways to get these kids ...

Thankfully, Arduino forum member Romano Learning how to do everything on the Arduino can get a little tricky when you're working with a lot of parts. Skip to Main Content ...

You can read the state of a button using Arduino and a few lines of code. The actual state is shown in the Serial Monitor window as 0 or 1, 0 meaning the button is not pressed and 1 that the button is ...