Never get between a man and his salami. [Mike] needed a way to control temperature, humidity and airflow with his meat curing setup. Of course he could modify a refrigerator and humidifier to be co… ...

When the power went out at his parents’ shop and ruined the contents of their fridge, [Lauters Mehdi] got to work building a custom power failure alert system to prevent future disasters. Alt… ...

However, the USB port doubles as a power port. To use it as such, you need a USB cable and a 5V power source. In the case of the Arduino Nano, a mini-B USB cable is required.

The Powerduino is essentially a smart power strip. Included inside are current sensors, a Wi-Fi module, and other parts so that the power strip monitors each socket and transmits that data over Wi-Fi.

The Arduino UNO R4 boasts a 3x performance increase over the UNO R3 and , in addition, SRAM has been upgraded from 2kB to 32kB, and flash memory from 32kB to 256kB to support more complex projects.