Terasic DE0-Nano Review: Best Beginner FPGA Board Under $100?
So you are looking to get into the wonderful world of field programmable gate arrays, also known as FPGAs? In order to get started you are ideally going to want…
Electronic Essentials
How To Use Verilog In Quartus (Easy FPGA Step-By-Step Guide)
Looking to get started with Quartus quickly and easily? Quartus can be a little daunting on first load due to the sheer number of tools, however once you overcome the…
Easy Quartus Prime Hello World Example (Illustrated Guide)
So you got yourself an Intel FPGA, loaded Quartus and then had a meltdown because of the sheer volume of things to click on the screen, right? Fear not my…
Fritzing Is Still Free! (How To Build From Source)
Want the latest version of Fritzing for free? This tutorial will teach you how to build the latest version of Fritzing from source code, which is still freely available from…
How To Use Raspberry Pi GPIO Serial Port To Program Arduino
Looking to flash Arduino via the serial bootloader with the Raspberry Pi GPIO serial port? This article explains how to use the Raspberry Pi serial port to flash Arduino without…
How To Program Arduino From The Raspberry Pi Command Line
Did you know that the Arduino IDE can be run from the command line? This means that we can create and flash sketches using the Raspberry Pi terminal and this…
How Many LEDs Can An Arduino Control?
An Arduino can theoretically control as many LEDs as you require for your design, only limited by the power supply current available. However if you want to control more LEDs…
How Does LED Dimming Work? Complete Guide To PWM
If you want to understand the fundamentals of how to dim a LED so you can build your own dimmer, or you simply want to understand how this process works…
What Happens If You Don’t Use A Resistor With a LED? Essential LED guide
It is acceptable to use a LED without a resistor, but some method of limiting the current must be used in order to prevent the device from being destroyed. Failure…