Before the Arduino took over the hobby market (well, at least the 8-bit segment of it), most hackers used PIC processors. They were cheap, easy to program, had a good toolchain, and were at the heart ...

For those of you who are looking to put some power behind your Arduino shields, Digilent just released their chipKIT Max32 prototyping platform. The board features a Pic 32 microcontroller, USB ...

It's always great to get submissions from readers (to [email protected], please), so thanks to Ian for sending us this one. More than a controller for Arduino, he describes it as an ...