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It's been a long time coming, but Arduino.cc has finally launched its next-generation Wi-Fi Shield 101 for Arduino boards. Announced back in September 2014, the Wi-Fi Shield 101 takes Atmel's WINC1500 radio module and gets it ready for use with modern full-size Arduino and Arduino-compatible microcontrollers - and at significantly less cost than the original Arduino Wi-Fi Shield. Supporting 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi connections, the Arduino Wi-Fi Shield 101 promises to be an easy way to add connectivity to your projects. Better still, the Shield includes an ATECC508A cryptographic authentication chip - which, simply put, makes it as simple as possible to add...

It's Wuthering Bytes month here at oomlout, and we're officially over the hump: the extended seven-day schedule is now running out as we rush headlong to Friday's Festival Day. A more eclectic programme than the themed days so far, the Wuthering Bytes Festival Day offers a broad range of topics and talks from the history of local electronics firm Calrec Audio to reading the unreadable with X-rays, and one particular talk we're really looking forward to: Christine Farion's Making Smart Objects to Reduce Anxiety in Everyday Life.The title may be a bit of a mouthful, but attendees are sure to...

It's Wuthering Bytes month here at oomlout, and the countdown is finally over: this weekend saw the UK Maker Belt's premier technology event open the doors of Hebden Bridge's Town Hall to all-comers, beginning with the Open Source Hardware User Group's OSHCamp. The event has an extended schedule this year, covering a full week, and it all culminates this Friday with the Wuthering Bytes Festival Day and a talk we're particularly excited about from David Mills.It's no secret that the hobbyist has it better today than ever before. The cost of tools for making - even industrial-scale tools, like PCB...

We know you're aware that it's Wuthering Bytes month here at oomlout, and you're likely aware that it's the opening weekend of the UK Maker Belt's most fantastic annual event tomorrow - but are you aware of the delights of the OSHCamp Swap Table? A new feature of the Open Source Hardware User Group (OSHUG) OSHCamp portion of Wuthering Bytes, the OSHCamp Swap Table - thanks to the suggestion of speaker Michael Kellett - offers attendees the chance to offload surplus electronics and hopefully receive something new and exciting in exchange. We've all got them: old components, parts, and even...

It's Wuthering Bytes month here at oomlout, and with the opening weekend of the UK Maker Belt's biggest and best technology event nearly upon us it's time to talk circuit design - specifically, the design work of Boldport which has gone into the open-source Seahorse and Widdop kits that attendees of the Open Source Hardware User Group (OSHUG) portion of the event can pick up. We've talked about Boldport and its amazing, iconic circuit designs before, of course: the company was recently hailed as a great example of circuits as art, and that's even before it brings is multi-coloured PCB...