The Arduino is an excellent first embedded development kit, provides a great introduction to electronics, and has the potential to get children into programming. [David] thinks throwing C at non-pr… ...

The ATtiny10 – along with its younger siblings that go by the names ATtiny 4, 5, and 9 – are the smallest microcontrollers Atmel makes. With only 32 bytes of RAM and 1 kB of Flash, ther… ...

Arduino microcontrollers have added Python to the range of compatible programming languages. Others can be used, and not just Arduino's own IDE app.

Arduino simplifies things by only using just one coding language. Here's what you need to get started with developing software for the tiny device.

Block programming, the dragging and dropping of segments of code by following directions, is rudimentary when compared to the more complex Arduino coding language. Faculty at Robolink believe ...