Yes, you are absolutely right, using a board with several real hardware serial ports is the obvious solution. That obvious solution is named “Arduino Mega” and generally is priced at $60.

After a youth spent playing with Amigas and getting into all sorts of trouble on the school computer network, I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for hardware from the 80s and 90s. This e… ...

Just this week, a project focused on building a high-quality, WiFi-enabled, Arduino-compatible board raised over $300,000 on Kickstarter. That’s over 30x their initial goal of $10,000, and they ...

BeagleBone and Arduino, partners in open hardware. You may have noticed that Banzi spoke positively about the BeagleBone even though it's ostensibly an Arduino competitor, made by the BeagleBoard ...

Things in the normally placid world of open source hardware are heating up as major figures in the Maker movement have begun speaking out against the current managing director of Arduino AG ...

The nature of open hardware really makes this a robotic enthusiast's wet dream, with examples like my close mate Phil's robotic spider showing some of the cool things you can achieve with this suite.

Arduino, the world's leading open-source hardware and software platform, today announced the launch of its next-generation UNO board, a significant re ...

Blockduino is Arduino for the blockchain, a hardware-software solution that brings the benefits of blockchain to any device and makes hardware-as-a-service finally viable: Manufacturers are ...

The Arduino Due platform won't be quite as beginner-friendly as the company's other boards, so Arduino has taken measures to ensure that it doesn't end up in novice hands, at least initially.

Arduino may be known for revolutionizing open source hardware platforms, but this week it enters the 3D printer market with the small and affordable Materia 101. Produced in partnership with ...