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Computer Suggestions for Students 2024/25

Incoming engineering and computer science students often ask “which computer should I get?” when preparing for university life. I tackled this a few years ago on Twitter and in my previous blog posts, each year from 2020 onward. The basics remain the same:  Laptops are useful tools Macs are fine for most students Windows may be required […]

Firmata Example : I2C Sensor + Java & Firmata4j

A lot of Arduino projects are meant to always be attached to a PC, transferring data back and forth between the Arduino and the PC. That’s why Firmata, a program that sits on the Arduino and allows a program on your PC to remotely read from sensors and buttons and transmit to things like speakers […]