Mixed Light Emitting Diodes

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...
Hardware programming

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.
Decentraland virtual world

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...
USB-Compatible Radio Receivers

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...
Arduino Portenta Carrier Board

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...
Circuit board with UART cabling attached

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 PRO Portenta H7

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...
Commemorative Bitcoin and fiat currency.

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...