This tiny, inexpensive microcontroller makes it easy to build reliable, room-by-room Home Assistant sensors without paying the smart home tax.

Arduino is a microcontroller designed for real-time hardware control with very low power use. Raspberry Pi is a full computer that runs operating systems and handles complex tasks. Arduino excels at ...

I love the Pi, but it's not always the best tool for the job.

To advance the ‘ambient internet of things’ – no batteries required A quartet of Japanese organisations plan to build “advanced ambient internet of things systems” using a newly approved ISO standard.

As worldwide markets for electric vehicles continue to gain market share, low-cost connections of vehicles to mains charging need to be safe and efficient.

Whenever the temperature climbs, we all see social media posts of car dashboards offering blisteringly hot temperature claims, but how accurate are they? As the big question is, really, where is the ...

The Raspberry Pi has brought digital camera experimentation within the reach of everybody, with its combination of an accessible computing platform and some almost-decent camera sensors. If ...

Setting up access to a headless Raspberry Pi is one of those tasks that should take a few minutes, but for some reason always seems to take much longer. The most common method is to configure Wi-Fi ...

Tired of paying for pricey VPNs? With a Raspberry Pi and a bit of know-how, you can host your own VPN for free. I’ll show you exactly how to do it. I’ve been writing about technology since 2012, ...