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Fuelling Your Arduino - Why you should use an External Power Breakout

Submitted by Adrian Carter on May 15, 2012


One of the great things about the Arduino platform is that you can get out of the box and start developing straight away - Everything you need is built into the board, just add USB - The on board regulators take care of the rest of those pesky power problems. But all is not what it seems. To get a better understanding let's inspect some Thermal Images. Read on after the jump.

A look at the DSO Quad

Submitted by Adrian Carter on April 03, 2012


Originally released in April 2011 as an open source project, time has been kind to this device. Many of the early shortcomings of the firmware have now been ironed out by the community along with several different firmware streams to choose from making this much more usable and attractive to the hobbyist than in the past. So let's take a closer look at it.

PC to PCB in under 30 minutes - Quick 'n Easy PCB Fabrication

Submitted by Adrian Carter on November 25, 2011


With the explosion of the hobbyist microcontroller scene the past few years, PCB fab houses have sprung up left right and centre. At these wonderous places, you can get professional quality PCBs fabricated for your every desires for relatively low costs. They can range from very low cost and looooong lead times, to reasonable prices (~$50-$100) for low volume runs ('protoype' services). At the larger end of the scale, you can panelise your design and get even better value per PCB...

Aussie Maker GorillaBuilderz Is Working On Wifi Shield

Submitted by Chris on November 23, 2011

We're very happy to see some more Down-Under OSHW-- Aussie Maker GorillaBuilderz (twitter @GorillaBuilderz) is working on an Arduino-compatible Wifi Shield to fill in the void caused by the closure of AsyncLabs. A huge improvement over previous Wifi Shields is GorillaBuilderz plan for compatibility with the Arduino Ethernet Library. Check out their website for more news!