SeeedStudio, 3 PCBs for 1$

Here’s a new promo for the Fusion PCB service by SeeedStudio: from today untill September 21st, you can order 3 PCBs for 1$ (excluding shipping costs) To take advantage of the offer, simply enter the order from the dedicated page of their website. The offer includes PCBs with the following characteristics: [checklist] 1/2 layers max size of 10x10cm…

Arduino Web Editor

A couple of days ago, Arduino announced the global availability (before you hade to be invited) of Arduino Web Editor, the web-based development environment for Arduino boards. Arduino Web Editor is a component of Arduino Create, the web platform which allows makers to develop and share their projects, collaborating with the other users. The most important news is…

Raspberry Pi 3

Exactly 4 years after the announce of the first Raspberry, today the Raspberry foundation unleashed the new Raspberry Pi 3: Its main features are: [checklist] a new CPU (Broadcom BCM2837, 1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53) WiFI (802.11n) and Bluetooth 4.1 onboard (at least! ;)) complete compatibility with the previous Raspberry 1 and 2 [/checklist] The new Raspberry is already available from…

Microchip acquires Atmel

With an official press release, yesterday Microchip announced that has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Atmel. The overall value of the operation is 3.56 billion dollars. It’s for sure a news that will impact all the makers ecosystem. In the past the most common choice for hobbists and professionals was indeed the use of PIC microcontrollers; now Atmel,…