Over the last decade, the open-source movement has not only transformed the world of software, but also catalyzed a sweeping revolution in hardware tinkering. At the heart of this shift lies a ...

Walking into the newly redesigned Radio Shack in downtown Manhattan, the first thing that struck me was, where did everything go? As I walked around the minimalistic and heavily consolidated displays, ...

Hobbyists, makers and developers that enjoy building projects using both the Arduino and Raspberry Pi platforms, maybe interested in a new development board called the UDOO Neo that combines both on ...

When comparing the Raspberry Pi and Arduino, it's no secret that the Pi is undoubtedly the more powerful board. It is, after all, a single-board computer (SBC) that can run a fully functional ...

A Raspberry Pi with a camera is nothing new. But the Pixy2 camera can interface with a variety of microcontrollers and has enough smarts to detect objects, follow lines, or even read barcodes without ...

Most DIY tech enthusiasts have heard of a Raspberry Pi. But, like all things in the tech world, competition is inevitable. Arduino is a microcontroller used to control motors, LEDs, and interfacing ...

One of the first decisions an embedded designer is faced with is what hardware platform to use to prove out their design. The correct prototyping platform can save weeks or even months of effort if ...

Arduino has been a long-beloved producer of microcontrollers and single-board computers, existing in the same realm as the Raspberry Pi but never truly competing against it. Yet the company's sudden ...

Last summer, when the Windows Dev Center announced Windows 10 support for IoT devices, there was a lot of excitement--and skepticism--in the maker community. Anecdotally, at least, it's a Linux crowd.