Though Arduino is the most popular microcontroller available, it isn't the only project-friendly board out there. Here are some others you should check out.

There’s no question that we’re fans of the Arduino here at GeekDad; however, that doesn’t mean we don’t occasionally dabble with other micro-controllers. The Texas Instruments MSP430 ...

Here’s another adafruit product launched today: a prototyping shield that compensates for the Arduino’s stupid oddly spaced headers. Related: The Seeeduino has an alternate row of heade… ...

The Raspberry Pi team has released the Pico, a $4 microcontroller that competes with Arduino.

[Chris Hulbert] is making it easy for Arduino users to program MSP430 chips with a header file that allows you to compile Arduino sketches for the Launchpad. This makes sense, as the growing number… ...

Watch out Arduino, you finally have some competition: the equally-open-source and possibly-easier-to-program Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer. At its core, Gadgeteer is an ARM7-powered .NET Micro ...

The Series 675 DIP program headers offer both X and Y programming within the header itself. The devices provide a low-cost, effective alternative to DIP switches. The headers can be individually ...

Furthermore, they felt the Arduino was too big and powerful for many projects where a smaller, cheaper and less powerful device would suffice.

In a previous article, we looked at connecting various kinds of Arduino hardware to your Mac. Here's how to get started programming on them to create your own projects.

Saw this one on twitter and thought it worth sharing on Gadget Master: a screw version adapter for the Arduino Nano to help with prototyping, and to avoid soldering… The ‘with headers’ option is also ...