Recent DIY trends show makers increasingly turning to ESP32 microcontrollers and Arduino platforms for smart home projects, replacing costlier or overpowered setups like Raspberry Pi in many cases.

The ESP32 microcontroller is emerging as a leading platform for DIY IoT and smart home projects, combining Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and low power consumption with Arduino IDE compatibility. Makers are using ...

We had already seen OpenClaw-like AI agents for ESP32 targets such as Mimiclaw and PycoClaw, but Espressif Systems has ...

Loosely defined as LEDs with at least a 1-W capacity, high-power LEDs are a hot technology that’s very much in the market spotlight. Since their emergence, they have found themselves in a diverse ...

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We've all heard that "if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself." And that’s usually fine when it comes to ...

The RMT peripheral of the ESP32 is used for controlling up to 8 LED "strands" (in whatever form factor the serially-chained LEDs are placed). These strands are independently controlled and buffered.

It’s the evening before publication, and a pair of Hackaday writers convene to record the week’s podcast. This week Elliot Williams is joined by Jenny List, and it’s a bumper ...

The Texas Instruments CC1101 is a very versatile, high quality and cheap transceiver, supporting a wide range of frequencies and modulations. Ready-to-use CC1101 modules are as cheap as 5.00€ and at ...

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