Meanwhile, pre-provided shield templates allow your smartphone’s display to emulate a switch, slider, keypad, or LCD display without you actually having to wire anything up.

Makers, hobbyists and electronic enthusiasts searching for a project to keep them busy this weekend may be interested in a new DIY custom mechanical keypad complete with TFT LCD display, which has ...

The SocialBot9000, as [Chris] calls his build, is an Arduino Uno connected to an Ethernet shield and an LCD character display. The firmware uses the Twitter API to search for recent posts ...