LED-Resistor Pairing Tutorial
Discrete light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are indispensable tools for visual communication and illumination. And yet, LEDs can be damaged beyond use by excessive...
Inside the Metaverse Gaming Revolution: Decentraland
Decentraland's (MANA) metaverse project applies numerous public blockchains to the in-game experience. While blockchains (a method of state machine replication) have been...
AVR Coding Part 1: Microchip Studio
Atmel AVR microcontrollers are semiconductors that accept programs written in the C, C++, and assembly languages, and others.
In...
AVR Coding Part 0: Procurement
While only you the developer will know what your future AVR projects will be working on, today’s project will hopefully guide newcomers through the AVRs most basic hardware needs.
Ethereum’s First-Ever Blockchain Music Festival
Blockchains and their cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum have garnered great attention as speculative assets. Yet the most exciting developments are happening...
Unboxing NESDR Nano Radio
Software-defined radios (SDRs) are multi-purpose devices with the potential to work with any electronic communication system. The technology was mainstreamed thanks to...
Unboxing the Arduino Portenta Carrier Breakout
The Portenta H7 is Arduino’s industry-focused development platform. It combines dual-core processing with wireless and cryptographic assets that can be expanded into...
UART Diagnosis Made Easy
Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitters (UARTs) are foundational devices in embedded systems. As generic interfaces, UARTs carry raw digital data using standards much simpler...
Arduino Portenta H7 Part 5: UART
In embedded systems, industrial controllers rely on serial communications to share data. In this industry-focused project, we will explore ways to configure...
Bitcoin: What it did Differently
Technologies in their early stages often face an uphill battle against public distrust. Radio, television, motor vehicles, and even sliced bread...