Here’s a tutorial if you get stuck. You’ll also need an Arduino-compatible microcontroller and an appropriate way to connect it to your computer (an A-to-B USB cable, micro USB, or FTDI breakout).

The Raspberry Pi is all the rage for hobbyists in search of cheap, credit card-sized computers that can run a full PC operating system. Arduino boards have been around nearly a decade, meanwhile ...

Arduino, the Italian company that has powered the "maker" movement with a series of small computing boards that can be programmed and configured for different tasks, is introducing a board ...