Now in our Store: Arduino Project Handbook from No Starch Press

Now available in the Elektor Store is the Arduino Project Handbook from No Starch Press. This book is a beginner-friendly collection of electronics projects using the low-cost Arduino board. With just a handful of components, an Arduino, and a computer, you'll learn to build and program everything from light shows to arcade games to an ultrasonic security system.

“First we looked at electronic trinkets”, says Anne Jan Brouwer from IJhack, a hacker collective geared toward helping people understand technology. “but those you just solder together and there isn’t much else you can do with them after that.” Preparing for their first workshop the IJhack members were looking for a project to offer to participants.

The creators of the Intoino maker kit want to democratize electronics and the Internet of Things. They've developed a range of DIY kits which make it easy for anyone to start building electronics projects. Pre-orders have started at the Indiegogo crowdfunding site. The Intoino maker kit consists of an application library, an Arduino and a bunch of sensors. You can pick a project from the library and upload it to the Arduino. A manual explains how to hook up the sensors. There a projects such a...

The open source SparqEE Cellv1.0 development board adds worldwide cellular connectivity to Arduino, Raspberry Pi and other platforms. SparqEE CEO and engineer Chris Higgens wanted to add cellular access to one of his projects and realized that’s quite a hassle. He and his team ran up against expensive development boards, SIM card providers and coverage validation. So SparqEE decided to make machine-to-machine cell coverage available for everyone. Higgins and his team developed the small, easy...