The first name on the list is Autodesk Eagle, an engineer-friendly tool that boasts a vast library of resources. It offers a full suite of PCB layouts, schematic editing tools, and collaborative ...

Browse around eBay for an original Altair 8800 and you quickly find that the price range is in the thousands of dollars. If you are a collector and have some money in your pocket maybe that’s okay.

An Arduino is a microcontroller — a single board designed to control something and perform a specific task. Unlike a ...

The Arduino is a cheap electronics board that allows you to make your own electronics without a ton of coding experience. We love the Arduino, but like any electronics project, coming up with ideas ...

I'm a fan of Lego robotics. I've written over half a dozen books on the Lego Mindstorms NXT robotic system, and tinkering and prototyping with the NXT just never gets old. (And there's a NEW system ...

The popularity of the Arduino as a development platform has meant that it finds use in some pretty amazing projects across the globe - and here's a small selection to get you thinking about what you ...