You can salvage some nice motors out of optical drives but they can be tricky to control. That’s because brushless DC motors require carefully timed signals used in a process called Electronic Speed ...

Many people have asked me if connecting 2 motors to one esc is possible, and I have always answered that it is not recommended, for many reasons, but in this video I'm going to show what happens in ...

A common hacker upgrade to an espresso machine is to improve stability and performance with a better temperature controller, but [Schematix]’s Smart Coffee project doesn’t stop there. It entirely ...

Maker, developers and hobbyists that enjoy building Arduino platform based projects might be interested in a new Arduino Motor Shield called the Arc controller which has been created by Arc Robotics.

Arduino enthusiasts that enjoy building Internet of Things projects may be interested in a new Arduino IoT controller that has been created which is fully open source and provides a complete IoT PLC ...

Arduino has found its way into yet another musical device. I came across the ‘UFO’ while in Berlin. It’s a MIDI controller that lets you compose music or control synthesizers by waving your hands ...

Electronics maker Adafruit Industries has developed its own Arduino-compatible boards, including one called the Flora–and a few craft projects to go with them. The shape of computing is changing all ...