The Retro-Shield: Where the Past Meets the Present

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Arduino Goes ARM

The whole world seems to be going in ARMs direction. The latest version of Windows 8 will run on ARM processors and now the open source Arduino platform has a new member - the ARM-based Arduino Due announced at the Maker Faire in New York. Read more to watch the one-hour presentation clip with Massimo Banzi & Alf-Egil Bogen talking about the Arduino at Maker Faire New York.

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Remote Data Logger & Surveillance Cam

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The Arduino Wifi Shield is now available

The Arduino WiFi Shield connects your Arduino to the internet wirelessly. Connect it to your wireless network by following a few simple instructions to start controlling your world through the internet. As always with Arduino, every element of the platform – hardware, software and documentation – is freely available and open-source. This means you can learn exactly how it's made and use its design as the starting point for your own circuits.

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APM 2.0 gets Upgraded to APM 2.5!

The new APM 2.0 revision, now better known as APM2.5! But before you start screaming that you just got an APM 2.0, let me explain that there’s NO difference in performance at all between the two, the board is still the same in terms of functionally and it runs exactly the same code as APM 2.0. We just took the liberty of throwing in a few new universal connectors in there (so accessories can be cross compatible with the new PX4 and protect the user from connecting the cable in the wrong direction), some production improvements that will allows to manufacture it faster and finally we added some protection features to protect it from those reverse polarity/short circuit lovers.

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August 2012

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Arduino Leonardo

The Arduino team is now shipping their latest creation – the Leonardo. It is the first Arduino to use Atmelʼs ATmegaXU4 series chip with built-in USB. This change is big and it has big benefits. In addition to the built-in USB, it offers more digital and analog pins. This comprehensive guide gives you the details you need to know to start using it with the pinout differences, hardware capabilities, new software libraries and more!

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The Simplecortex

The Simplecortex is a microcontroller development board that is shield compatible with the Arduino. The Simplecortex has a fast microcontroller, the LPC1769 from NXP. This is a ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller with 512KB flash, 64KB RAM and it runs at 120Mhz.

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The SparkFun ProtoSnap Pro Mini

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Wearable Computing

Several years ago, I consulted on a project on body area networks for the DoD. The idea was to create a system of wearable sensors that would enable someone in a distant command center to monitor the health of every soldier in the field. The initial idea centered around a watch and a satellite antenna embedded in a standard military helmet. The project never gained traction, in part because of the expense of the system, and in part because of the weight/bulk burden placed on wearers.

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