Hackaday

Building An Escape Room Lockbox With The ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display (CYD)

Escape Room Lockbox with the Cheap Yellow Display. You may have heard of the “cheap yellow display” (CYD), so-called ...
dw

Cheaper, cleaner energy drives Germany's balcony-solar boom

The home-fitted renewable-energy sources are inexpensive and easy to install, and reduce electricity costs. Here's what can be learned from their surging popularity in Germany. Transitioning to ...
Space.com

NASA's Parker Solar Probe captures solar wind doing a 'U-turn'

"Ultimately, this work may help scientists better predict the impact of space weather across the solar system on longer timescales than currently possible." When you purchase through links on our site ...
The New York Times

A Rare Bright Spot for U.S. Solar: Subscriptions

The solar company Sunrun has managed to thrive despite President Trump’s crackdown on renewable energy, offering what it calls “energy as a service.” By David Gelles The Trump administration has spent ...
PBS

Small plug-in solar panels gain traction as an affordable way to cut electricity bills

For years, solar power at home was mostly limited to people who owned their rooftops and could afford the steep upfront costs. But now, a new generation of small, affordable systems — often called ...
PV Tech

Canadian Solar shifts US solar, energy storage manufacturing assets to North American ownership

Canadian Solar operates a module assembly plant in Texas and is planning to produce PV cells in the US next year. Image: Thomas Koerner via LinkedIn. Multinational solar manufacturer Canadian Solar ...
TechSpot

Qualcomm rewrote Arduino's TOS, and the community is not taking it well

Connecting the dots: When Qualcomm announced its acquisition of Arduino in October, the move was met with lukewarm enthusiasm. Since then, the UK chip designer has ...
Hosted on MSN

Connecting a Bare PIR Sensor to Arduino – Does It Work?

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...
Hosted on MSN

DIY Arduino Solar Controller: Let’s Finally Complete This Old Project Together

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...
CNN

Trump administration quietly canceled the nation’s largest solar project

The Trump administration’s cancellation of the largest solar project in the United States has sparked confusion and concern among Republicans and Democrats alike. Known as the Esmeralda 7, the ...
InfoWorld

With Arduino deal, Qualcomm pushes deeper into open-source and edge AI development

The chipmaker’s acquisition brings its Dragonwing-powered board and new AppLab development environment to a 33 million–strong open-source community. Qualcomm will acquire Arduino, the open-source ...