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This is the fourth article in a series examining the process of turning an electronic project into a marketable kit.We’ve looked at learning about the environment in which your kit will compete, how ...

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This article is the fifth in a series looking at the process of bringing an electronic kit to market from a personal project. We’ve looked at market research, we’ve discussed making a product from ...

One of my favorite parts of the annual Analog Aficionados dinners is the informal show-and-tell among designers. Among the items people have brought have been obscure and exceptional analog chips, ...

This summer, you can’t rely solely on heat waves to entertain your kids. What you need is a project: a kit to build from component parts into something useful or fun, which can give both a sense of ...

The cover of Time as Person of the Year can’t be far away for Limor Fried. As the founder of one of the most popular open source hardware companies, inventor, maker, and visionary Ms. Fried has to be ...

The big picture: If you don't know anything about electronics but have always wanted to learn and build your own IoT project, Arduino has the solution for you. The Plug and Make Kit is a comprehensive ...

The project utilizes an Arduino to produce a drum kit which comes with four piezo sensors, PCB, and other required to make it work with Arduino as a mini shield. In the design, there are 3 sections ...

Though electronics hobbyists may not have the same resources that the Maker Sheds of the world have to design, package and sell do-it-yourself kits, electronics component distributor Jameco plans to ...

Makers, students and those beginners that would like to learn how to code and learn how to build a connected electronics world with ease, are sure to be interested in this new wireless connected ...