In this video I'll be showing you how you can control the contrast and the back light brightness of a 1602 LCD display with just the Arduino. The contrast is typically adjusted with a variable ...

Alex Ullom’s sophomore horror feature 4 X 4: The Event isn’t playing Sundance, but the global deal for it was just hatched here by Neon. Sources say Neon made an aggressive deal to preemptively ...

From the November/December 2025 issue of Car and Driver. There's a road sign on the edge of town that reads No Engine Brake. Though we're pretty sure that only applies to semi trucks, as we approach ...

The I2CKeyPad library implements the reading of a 4x4 keypad by means of a PCF8574. Smaller keypads, meaning less columns or rows (4x3) can be read with it too. Since 0.3.2 the library allows a 5x3, ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

Since the 1980s, many vehicles produced in the Ford family have come with a five-button keypad that can be used for unlocking them in place of the physical key. Other automakers have implemented the ...

Funnily enough, the least-expensive proper off-roader on sale today is the Jeep Wrangler. Of course, the Wrangler can also be one of the most expensive off-roaders money can buy should you step all ...

While other brands are convinced that outrageous price tags and ostentatious cosmetics are the key to a market-topping camper van, Alphavan has won the day with a quieter grade of van life luxury. Its ...

Long before smartphones could unlock a car, Ford offered a way to access a vehicle without a physical key. The Securicode entry system dates back to 1980 when Lincoln, Ford's luxury division, debuted ...