Arduino is an enormously popular platform for Makers and hackers. This TechXchange explores how the venerable Arduino can be ...

The problematic WWVB radio receiver inside an atomic clock is removed and replaced with an ESP8266 Module and an Arduino sketch which synchronize the clock using the Network Time Protocol. Although ...

Imagine turning your old, “dumb” appliances into intelligent, Wi-Fi-enabled devices that respond to your voice, phone, or automation rules. Sounds futuristic, right? With the ESP8266 microcontroller, ...

Do you remember the movie WALL-E? Apparently, [Leviathan engineering] did, and he wasn’t as struck by the title character, or Eva, or even the Captain. He was captivated by BURN-E. His working model ...

Superlatives are tricky things. [mircemk]’s guide “How to make Simplest ever Oscilloscope Clock” falls into that category. It’s that word, simplest. Certainly, this is an oscilloscope clock, and a ...

Abstract: With the increasing global deployment of solar energy systems, the need for efficient and reliable maintenance solutions has become critical to sustain optimal energy output. A significant ...

Unfortunately the available memory on Microcontrollers is quite restricted and we do not get very far by storing a (uncompressed) WAV file e.g. in program/flesh memory, so I started to look into ...