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The ESP32 does everything a Pi Pico does, but costs less and lasts 100x longer on batteries ...

There are plenty of drones (and other gadgets) you can buy online that use proprietary control protocols. Of course, reverse-engineering one of these protocols is a hacker community classic. Today, ...

The 8051 was an 8-bit Harvard-architecture microcontroller first put out by Intel in 1980.  They’ve since discontinued that ...

Is your smartphone’s battery draining faster than it used to back when you first unboxed it? Batteries — including rechargeable ones like those used in smartphones — chemically age over time. In other ...

Budding geniuses deserve gifts that match their geeky interests. Whether it's robotics or chemistry or the mechanics of remote-control cars, the educational toy market is chock full of kits that help ...

Your fuel pump pushes fuel from your gas tank through your fuel lines to your engine. Then, your fuel injectors are responsible for spraying just the right amount of gas into your combustion chambers ...