There are many microcontroller platforms in the world, and some may be better suited for certain applications than the venerable Arduino. Once you have a basic grasp of circuit design and programming ...

Providing a comprehensive software ecosystem for simplified microcontroller development, Texas Instruments Incorporated announced the new MSP430Ware software and resource package. MSP430Ware offers a ...

[Michael Kohn] sent in a link to the set of projects he’s been working on lately. The Java Grinder is a project that converts Java code for use on microcontrollers. This actually started back in 2009, ...

There's no question that we're fans of the Arduino here at GeekDad; however, that doesn't mean we don't occasionally dabble with other micro-controllers. The Texas Instruments MSP430 Launchpad Kit is ...