We recently wrapped up a project that combined two things retailers always want: customer engagement and theft prevention.

A mid-sized manufacturing client came to us with a familiar pain point. Their production floor had no real-time visibility into equipment status. When a conveyor motor overheated or a compressor ...

How microcontrollers and single-board computers coordinate high-speed RF acquisition and generation. How SCPI and UART commands let simple controllers use advanced measurements without FPGA ...

Designed by Namnam in Vietnam, the ESP32 Modbus gateway is built to communicate with PLCs and industrial sensors over Modbus RTU (RS-485) or Modbus TCP/IP (Ethernet/Wi-Fi). Designed for use in farms, ...

Over the last decade, the open-source movement has not only transformed the world of software, but also catalyzed a sweeping revolution in hardware tinkering. At the heart of this shift lies a ...

In recent years, integrating smart home devices into your living space has never been simpler. They have become easier to set up with user-friendly apps and step-by-step guides, and some are ...

Like Ars Senior Technology Editor Lee Hutchinson, I have a garage. The door on that garage is opened and closed by a device made by a company that, as with Lee’s, offers you a way to open and close it ...

Abstract: Since its inception more than a decade ago, Internet of Things (IoT) technology has been guiding people in the development of a world full of smart solutions in which all devices and ...