At the fundamental level, the ESP32 is the same as Arduino and RPi Pico boards: it’s a microcontroller that’s useful for any DIY project involving heavy circuitry, robotics, or automation.

There are rumors of a cheap chip that does USB natively, has an Open Source toolchain, and costs a quarter. These aren’t rumors: you can buy the CH552 microcontroller right now. Surprisingly,… ...

Both efforts indicate tiny revolts in the non-networked IDE programming norm for microcontrollers of today. Opening the microcontroller world to browser-based code flashing and sharing along with ...

If you are interested in learning how to program the new Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller, ... The combination of the RP2040 chip’s capabilities and the ease of programming with the Arduino IDE ...

Without this firmware the code found in the Arduino IDE would not be compatible with the microcontroller. It is the ICSP header that allows the microcontroller to receive the firmware or program that ...

At the heart of the Arduino platform is an AVR microcontroller, in usual way you need a special hardware programmer and suitable hex files to program the Atmel AVR chip. Fortunately, Arduino is a ...

Getting started. In order to program your Arduino, you need the Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment) from the arduino.cc website. We mentioned how to download and install the IDE in ...

As electronic devices got more complicated in the past few decades, it became increasingly difficult and expensive to tinker with hardware. The 1970s garage engineers who built their own computers ...