I love the Pi, but it's not always the best tool for the job.

After the electromechanical timer on [Paul Canello’s] washing machine broke for the third time he decided he needed to stop repairing it and find a more permanent fix. He decided to build his own ...

Build a low-power smart sensor system with a tailored board, MOSFET switching, and ESP32 deep sleep, giving up to 1.7 years usage between charges ...

Microchip Technology has introduced the PIC32CM PL10 microcontroller family for high volume industrial and automation applications. The company also expanded its maXTouch M1 touchscreen controller ...

The table shows the pin configuration of the Arduino UNO–based robotic arm. The red (VCC) wires of all servos are connected ...

It’s generally pretty easy to spot a microcontroller on a PCB. There are clues aplenty: the more-or-less central location, the nearby crystal oscillator, the maze of supporting passives, and perhaps ...

Selecting the right microcontroller for a product can be a daunting task. Not only are there a number of technical features to consider, there are also business case issues such as cost and lead-times ...

In MCU-based projects, this design uses a single push button to switch on and switch off 5-V and 15-V supplies in sequence.

With just a few components, you can provide a translated signal from industrial and PLD sensors that connects safely to a microcontroller, with the added bonus of supplying 7.5 mA of regulated power.

In its introductory blog post, the company explains that today’s Raspberry Pis are already often used alongside a smaller microcontroller: The Raspberry Pi takes care of heavyweight computation, ...