Starting off with a new microcontroller and going beyond flashing LEDs is often difficult for new makers. Uctronics Raspberry Pi Pico starter kit offers a curated path from flashing LEDs to sensors and LCD screens and now this kit has $7 off, taking it down to $36 for everything you need to get started. Contained…
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Razer charges a premium for its laptops, which typically offer particularly strong build quality. For the first time ever on Prime Day, the Blade 15 is dropping below $1,000, by a penny, to $999.99 That price is for what Razer calls, fittingly, the Base Model, with an Intel Core i7-10750H, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti,…
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Samsung’s 980 PRO SSD tops our list of the best SSDs and for good reason. The PCIe NVMe drive, which takes advance of the added bandwidth of the PCIe x4 interface, delivers impressive read and write speeds, whether you care about sequential or random performance. Samsung boasts up to 7,000 MBps reads and 5,100 MBps…
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The best gaming monitor deals need to bring a crisp picture with a key focus on refresh rate, to really be worth the money. These are two things Acer has nailed, while dropping the prices of two of the brand’s most popular panels to their lowest ever. Right now, you can get over 20% off…
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Today’s best Asus ROG Swift PG32UQX deals PRE-PRIME DAY SALE ends in Check out more deals from these top retailers: What constitutes the ultimate computer monitor? There is no single answer of course, as the best computer monitor for anyone must fit their specific needs and wishes. But sometimes, a display comes along that packs…
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Robotics is a big part of the Raspberry Pi and microcontroller communities. The merging of code and electronics to make an object move is a great motivator for STEM education. Because motors draw far too much current for a typical GPIO pin to handle, we need to use a motor controller or driver board to…
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The first Z590 board from EVGA to land on our test bench is the Z590 FTW WIFI. The latest iteration improves upon the last generation in many ways, including native PCIe 4.0 support (with a Rocket Lake CPU), upgraded power delivery and an improved appearance, for $429.99. The FTW WIFI brings a well-equipped Z590-based board…
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Last year at this time, webcams were in such high demand and short supply that it was nearly impossible to find the best webcam and clear industry leader, Logitech’s C920, in stock for anything less than scalper prices. That’s when we started to see a slew of cameras from lesser-known brands such as Ausdom, whose…
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(Image credit: Acer) You don’t have to wait for Amazon Prime Day to get a good deal on a well-specced monitor. Acer’s Nitro ED270, a speedy VA panel with an impressive 165 Hz refresh rate and 5ms MPRT response time is already on sale for $100 off. According to Acer’s product page, the ED270 throws…
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Crucial posted an article covering Chia Coin mining on its website this week, stating that “using Crucial SSDs for any crypto mining will void the warranty.” The article also included a snippet from the company’s warranty saying that any damage from mining would void the warranty on all Crucial SSDs, heavily implying that this restriction…
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