As we work on projects we’re frequently upgrading our tools. That basic soldering iron gives way to one with temperature control. The introductory 3D printer yields to one faster and more capable. One ...

Arduino has become one of the key building blocks of the open hardware movement. Arduino, the platform, is designed to be modular, affordable, and easy for virtually anyone to use. The company behind ...

Technically, an open-source ecosystem is “open” in that anyone may contribute to and draw upon the work of an entire community of developers. Interestingly, open source has come to mean that the doors ...

Developers are using AI tools like ChatGPT to quickly generate C++ code for reading and logging data from sensors such as DHT22, BME280, and photodiodes. By combining AI-assisted coding with ...

Upstreaming can improve your code, simplify development, and lighten your maintenance burden. Follow these best practices when donating code and reap the benefits. Code commonly flows downstream, from ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. The beauty of open source programming is that there are a lot of code libraries available to software application ...