Hackaday

Arduino IDE Becomes More Open, Less Snarky

Version 1.6.4 of the Arduino IDE has been out for a little while now, and it has a couple of notable changes. To our eyes, the most interesting change makes adding support for non-standard boards and ...
GitHub

A NodeJS library for flashing compiled sketch files to Arduino microcontroller boards.

avrgirl-arduino is a NodeJS library written to present a convenient way to upload precompiled sketches to an Arduino. avrgirl-arduino supports a selection of Arduino boards. This library is designed ...
GitHub

A custom, open-source macro pad project written for an Arduino-compatible microcontroller, featuring configurable autoclicker, jitter, and mouse hold scripts.

MacroPad is a project designed for a custom hardware macro pad. It serves as a reference implementation for creating your own custom HID (Human Interface Device) macros. Tap: Toggles the killswitch, ...
Ars Technica

Arduino creator explains why open source matters in hardware, too

Most of the technology world is familiar with open source software and the reasons why, in some eyes, it’s more appealing than proprietary software. When software’s source code is available for anyone ...
Hackaday

Is The Arduino Yun Open Hardware?

According to [Squonk42], nope. And we think he’s probably right. The Yun is an Arduino Leonardo with an Atheros AR9331 WiFi SoC built in. It’s a great idea, pairing the Arduino with a tiny WiFi router ...