The purchase of a Broadway Limited Imports HO scale Reading Co. class T1 4-8-4 left Chris Russo wanting more — the ability to access the Digital Command Control functions built into the new model.

Let’s say you want to blink an LED. You might grab an Arduino and run the Blink sketch, or you might lace up a few components to a 555. But you needn’t go so fancy! [The Design Graveyard] explains how ...

For some, Halloween is starting to rival Christmas for setting up elaborate holiday decorations. Homeowners now spend many hours─and sometimes dollars─creating ghoulish displays of lit pumpkins, ...

As from 19th January 2015, the various sketches below "time out" if they don't enter programming mode after 50 attempts. The code displays a dot for every attempt, so if it fails you will see ...

I'm making a glowing crystal diorama! **MATERIALS:** **Smoke machine:** - Vape - Air pump - Plastic/silicone tube - Liquid container - T/L connectors (for the tubes ...

British inventors began experimenting with electric lighting in the 1830s, working on so-called arc lamps, while other scientists around the world focused on developing a functioning incandescent lamp ...

In need of a simple microcontroller board for your project? Then, an Arduino board might be exactly what you're looking for. This open-source hardware platform comes in a multitude of versions, from ...

New standards for light-emitting diode (LED) lightbulbs announced by the Biden administration last week will likely mean measurable savings for American households, but experts say the bulbs last so ...