It is a pretty common first project to use an Arduino (or similar) to blink an LED. Which, of course, brings taunts of: you could have used a 555! You can, of course, also use any sort of oscillator, ...

Almost every micro-based project that I have designed in the past 25 years has had a flashing LED, originally as a “health” indicator, but the feature has expanded to use as a status indicator where ...

Nowadays, single-color and multi-color flashing LEDs are easily available, which obviates the requirement of external chips to produce fascinating lighting effects ...

Almost every micro-based project that I have designed in the past 25 years has had a flashing LED, originally as a “health” indicator, but the feature has expanded to use as a status indicator where ...

You know how it is. You’ve got that new project running, and while it doesn’t consume much power, it also doesn’t give much indication of whether it’s functioning or just sitting there with a dead ...

Lower limb exoskeletons show great promise in helping those who have lost the use of their legs towalk again. However, if a person has been rendered quadriplegic, any hand controls insuch a device are ...

Regular old guitars get a makeover with NeckFX, a replacement neck full of multicolored LEDs designed to shine while you shred. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...

Checking a text on your mobile phone while crossing the road might seem harmless, but if you are unaware of the traffic flying by it could have tragic consequences. A QUT study found flashing LED ...

The eyes may be the window to the soul, but the blinking LED lights on a modem are more forthcoming, two researchers revealed this week in a proposed submission to a security journal. Joe Loughry, an ...

Flashing light on warning signs near curves can slow drivers and reduce the odds of a crash during winter weather conditions, says a new study by MSU engineers.