Compared to the Arduino Uno of old, modern microcontrollers are absolutely tiny — especially for the amount of processing power and I/O you get. But if you need something really small, like ...

When MariaDB was first announced in 2009 by Michael “Monty” Widenius, it was positioned as a “fork of MySQL.” I think that was a Bad Idea™. Okay, maybe it wasn’t a bad idea as such. After all, MariaDB ...

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I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

Abstract: This study introduces the development and evaluation of an RFID-based library circulation system using the ESP32 microcontroller and a MySQL database to optimize book lending and returning ...

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If you're developing a wrist watch, a small light-following robot, or a portable weather station with Arduino, one of the best boards you can use is the Nano, and for good reason. It's pretty compact, ...