The open-source Arduino micro-controller is a very useful piece of kit which has been implemented by hackers to power countless endeavors from Musical Umbrellas to Angry Birds Slingshot Controllers.

Even if you don’t know what an Arduino board actually is (in which case, check out our overview), chances are you’ve excitedly shared a link with your friends about something powered by Arduino. This ...

This article describes how I have set up a simple “door-sentry” at home. The door-open detector is designed to alert you to an unauthorized entry in a confined area. It uses a little ATtiny85 ...

Adafruit’s Trinket and digiStump’s Digispark board are rather close cousins. Both use an ATtiny85 microcontroller, both have USB functionality, and both play nice with the Arduino IDE. [Ray] is a fan ...

Developers and hobbyists who enjoy tinkering about with Arduino devices and technology might be interested in a new USB developer board called the Digispark. The tiny Digispark USB developer board is ...

Have a sound system that you sit far away from, but hate remotes? Instructables user Kris S shows off how to build a soft volume control knob using cheap components. Kris S uses a micro USB cable, a ...