Most embedded systems are reactive by nature. They measure certain properties of their environment with sensors and react on changes. For example, they display something, move a motor, or send a ...

[Tony] has developed a method of using a state machine to validate keypad inputs. His method checks the commands character by character as they are entered in by a 16 button keypad. State machines are ...

On a desktop computer, you think of an operating system as a big piece of complex software. For small systems (like an Arduino) you might want something a lot simpler. Object Oriented State Machine ...

Makers, developers and hobbyists that have considered adding advanced machine vision to their project may be interested in a new small affordable and expandable development board called the OpenMV Cam ...

CTO Massimo Banzi sits down with Machine Design to talk about the current state of Arduino and the Maker Movement. I missed this year’s Maker Faire in New York City, but just before the show, the CTO ...

If you would like to build the ultimate espresso machine, you might be interested in a new Arduino project for the Gaggiuino. An open-source modification for espresso machines developed by Zer0-bit ...