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Prototype to production: Arduino for the professional

Despite its popularity among hobbyists and electronics enthusiasts, the Arduino has become infamous among professional embedded systems developers. I must admit that for the longest time I also viewed ...
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Speeding the Idea-to-Prototype Process with the Arduino Open-Source Ecosystem

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 ...
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Prototype to production: Running Python with Arduino

In my last article, Python’s role in developing real-time embedded systems, I discussed some ways Python can be used in embedded development. One question that might have come to a readers’ mind is ...
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Rapid Prototyping in the Era of Arduino, mikroBUS, and Processing

Conferences and tradeshows are a staple of Silicon Valley, with no shortage of billboards along the Highway 101 corridor between San Francisco and San Jose announcing the next date and location. As ...