Jens Nickel (256)

| For many decades now Elektor magazine has proved that there really isn’t any clear distinction between amateurs who, out of interest, just l...

| In previous episodes I’ve spent most of my time writing PC software, it’s time now to turn our attention to some firmware. Our ultimate aim...

| In the last installment of this series I started with the Pretzel-Board which has an ATmega328 and a WiFi LAN ESP8266 chip on board. The pre...

| Much heralded, now it’s finally arrived: the internet-connected refrigerator. The original concept was a somewhat tongue in cheek example of...

| The Thunderboard React Developer Kit from Silicon Labs is a battery-powered demo board with a Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) communication link a...

| You can probably imagine that as an electronics editor I regularly get a ton of newsletters in my inbox, more than I can usually deal with,...

| Regular readers of this sequel will already know that for my first attempts to remotely control a desk lamp I used a PC as a relay station c...

| So it actually happened: the UK has opted for a withdrawal from the EU. Maybe like me you can remember the days when the EEC (as it was know...

| In the previous instalments of this ongoing venture into the Internet of Things we have made use of several different open-source libraries...

| Microchip have introduced evaluation kits for developers to integrate sensors into a low-power wide-area network (LPWAN). Each kit includes...