Arduino Zero in my hot little hand

A buddy just walked by and showed me the new Arduino Zero that will be showcased at the Bay Area Maker Faire 2014 this Saturday and Sunday. It’s nice working at Atmel Headquarters where stuff like this happens to me. Better yet, one of our brilliant Norwegian marketing engineers walked by and I asked him about the Zero. […]

This DIY Arduino magnetic levitation vehicle inspires future engineers

Team Antipodes – an all-girls robotic team from Pacifica, California – has participated in a number of prestigious DIY competitions within the rapidly growing Maker Movement over the years. Most recently, the Antipodes crew was spotted next to the Arduino and Atmel booths at Maker Faire in the Bay Area showcasing a DIY remote controlled […]

Interview with Pinoccio co-founder Eric Jennings

By Eric Weddington, Marketing Manager, Open Source & Community Pinoccio is a new Open Source Hardware business, building “a complete ecosystem for the Internet of Things”. They recently completed a successful crowd-funding campaign on Indiegogo to help them build their first product: A pocket-sized microcontroller board, with wireless networking, rechargeable LiPo battery, sensors, and the […]

Imagining the Future — DIY Style

By Eric Weddington It’s the beginning of February already. The New Year has started with a bang, with barely enough time to reflect on the past year. However, there have been some exciting things in 2012 that I can’t wait to see continue on in 2013… Engineers can be a funny group. On one hand they’re […]