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Elecrow Smart Plant Watering System Using Arduino Uno Review and Tutorial
Here's how to make a smart plant watering system using Arduino uno!
ClockworkPi Review: The ClockworkPi GameShell is a Fun DIY Gameboy
The ClockWorkPi GameShell kit is a portable retro gaming console. Although the Pi in its name may hint at Raspberry Pi internals
Pimoroni Keybow powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero WH Review
Coming as a kit, Keybow is powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero WH (pre-soldered GPIO headers), and all we need to build this kit is a cross head screwdriver.
Pimoroni Picade Console Review and Tutorial: A Plug-and-Play Picade
The Pimoroni Picade Console boasts the ability to turn a TV into a Raspberry Pi retro arcade powered by RetroPie. It's fairly easy to put together and comprehensive.
Monk Makes Electronics Starter Kit For micro:bit
We all started our electronics journey in very different ways. However, what is common to us all is that we all used some form of kit to hone our skills.
Kitronik : All-in-one Robotics Board for BBC micro:bit
There are lots of robot platforms on the market. Many cater for the beginner, and some cater for the advanced maker. But what about those of us in between? We want a board that will enable us to create sophisticated robots, but we also need a little help.
Kano Harry Potter Wand Coding Kit Review: Make Coding for Kids Magical
The Kano Harry Potter coding kit makes fundamental coding for kids accessible and fun.
We get hands-on with the new Sony Spresense board
At Makerfaire Rome we were lucky enough to get hands-on with Sony’s latest entry into the maker community.
Review: Elegoo Arduino Uno R3 Complete Starter Kit
Getting started with an Adruino can be daunting but a kit like the Elegoo Uno R3 makes it simple to get going.
Getting Started with the Banana Pi R2
Learn about getting started with the Banana Pi R2, from the best OSes for the BPi-R2 to projects like a Banana Pi R2 router.
Gigglebot by Dexter Industries Review
Building robots has gotten easier in the past few years. We now have motor control boards, robot platforms and languages that now support every level of user wishing to build a robot.
Teclast F5 Laptop Review
Can lightning strike twice? The Teclast F7 which we reviewed previously has become an ideal laptop for cost conscious-makers, needing a slim and light laptop but with a full 1080p screen.
Pimoroni Picade Build, Hack and Review
Well, the new Picade from Pimoroni is even smaller than a bartop, yet still packs enough power to emulate every home console and the majority of arcade releases up to the millennium. Thanks to the Raspberry Pi 3.
Orange Pi Review: Orange Pi Prime Set Up and Hands-on Look
The Raspberry Pi stands out as the single-board computer (SBC) standard. Yet plenty of Raspberry Pi alternatives exist, including the Odroid XU4, Libre Computer Renegade, and ASUS Tinker Board. The Orange Pi Prime is a capable maker board that competes with similar devices such as the Raspberry Pi and ASUS Tinker Board. Learn more in this Orange Pi review with a look at the Orange Pi Prime, from what it is to initial set up!
Review : Building a Cube with Cube:bit
LED cubes are great, but for those new to electronics (and seasoned experts) they can be really difficult to build and control … if only there were a more simple way to create them...
Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console
Hardkernel, the hardware manufacturer behind powerful single-board computers (SBCs) including the Odroid XU4, offers the neat Odroid-Go kit. This portable do-it-yourself (DIY) game console provides a GameBoy-esque form factor for a mobile retro gaming experience. Learn more in this Odroid-Go review, from what it is to how to make a portable retro gaming device.
Taking a shortcut - Using the Jaco Burge TouchPad
We’ve used keyboard shortcuts for years, from the humble copy/paste to exiting vi. Shortcuts save us time, but in some applications, such as CAD / CAM they are a necessity. So when the JacoBurge TouchPad Kickstarter went live in early 2018, we have to get one for a test. So let's take a look at what we get.
Teclast F7 - Could this be the makers’ laptop?
As makers, our laptop is to us as is a sketchpad to an artist. A tool that we wield to create new projects and record important information. Our typical daily driver laptop is an old Lenovo X220, with 16GB DDR3 RAM and 480GB SSD running Ubuntu. So when a really cheap Windows laptop caught our eye, we questioned just how much power do we need, especially with many of the applications that we use now being hosted in “the cloud”.