There’s one big problem with the Arduino development environment, also known as an IDE: There’s no network hookup to directly share and browse code you’re writing for these little microcontrollers. It ...

Since the ESP8266 came on the scene a few years ago and revolutionized the way microcontrollers communicate with other devices, incremental progress on this chip has occurred at a relatively even pace ...

The NodeMCU development board is a powerful solution to program microcontrollers and be part of the Internet of Things (IoT). The NodeMCU development board, based on ESP8266EX, is a cute module with a ...

These days, connecting your microcontroller project to a WiFi network is pretty easy — you connect up an ESP8266 to your microcontroller project and pretend it’s a WiFi modem, using these ...

Open-hardware platforms enable rapid prototyping and faster time-to-market of new IoT applications. The objective of this post is to give a brief introduction to another open-hardware IoT playground — ...

This article is a bit different from my usual column in two ways. First, it's starting with a hardware and software combo—something I've not done before. Second, the projects are linked to each other ...

In need of a simple microcontroller board for your project? Then, an Arduino board might be exactly what you're looking for. This open-source hardware platform comes in a multitude of versions, from ...