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Communications play an incredibly large role in our society, with millions of messages being sent around the world every minute in our wonderfully modern world. And as communications technologies advance, they bring world-wide change that impacts almost every living human on the planet, which demonstrates just how important communications are.
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Communications play an incredibly large role in our society, with millions of messages being sent around the world every minute in our wonderfully modern world. And as communications technologies advance, they bring world-wide change that impacts almost every living human on the planet, which demonstrates just how important communications are.
This is why we get so excited with each new product we add to this category, as these modules and components allow us to communicate in brand new ways, enhancing the ways in which we communicate with each other, with strangers, or even with the world around us. However, as avid Makers with years of experience, we also know that communications modules can be some of the most difficult beasts to tame in electronics, and so we’ve hand-picked an excellent selection of communications modules that are both affordable and “tamable” for typical enthusiasts.
Just remember, however, that even the easiest of these modules and components will not necessarily be “easy”, but can be mastered with a good amount of research and some trial and error. Once you’ve mastered these kinds of modules though, the possibilities for building comprehensive, multi-platform communications projects are endless, with some of the most practical examples including projects like adding WiFi to air-conditioning, connecting your kettle to a WAN access portal, as well as building your own customised access control, to name just a few of the exciting projects we’ve seen customers enjoy over the years.
LessThis Capacitive Fingerprint Sensor features an ultra-thin, circular design to accommodate a wide range of applications - controllable with UART.
This impressive Power Over Ethernet HAT is designed for Raspberry Pi and features 802.3af compliance for power and data delivery at up to 100 meters.
Arduino is a massive ecosystem, if there's a way for the Raspberry Pi GPIO interface to adapt to Arduino pinouts, it is possible to use the Pi together with vast Arduino shields and hardware/software resources. The ARPI600 is just intended for this. What's more, the ARPI600 also support XBee modules, make it easy to add wireless feature to your great...
Core2530 is a ZigBee module based on CC2530F256, and the extension interface is compatible with XBee.
Operate up to 32 nodes at distances up to 1200m via a simple 2-wire interface with this handy Industrial Grade USB to RS485 Converter Module.
Turn your computer into a CAN node to analyse, develop, test and maintain CAN Bus Networks with this handy USB to CAN adapter module.
Our 2.5m USB-B Cable connects USB-A host devices like laptops and computers to USB-B devices like external hard drives, optical drives and 3D printers.
3.3V 5V FTDI Basic Program Downloader USB to TTL FT232RL For Arduino. Mini USB port connection, Original FTDI, LED Indicators.
The CP2102 USB to UART TTL Bridge Controller allows Makers to update RS-232 designs to USB, and to help build USB devices with PC interfacing capabilities.
This USB <> Serial / TTL UART 5-pin CP2102 module serial converter is useful for electronic engineering or projects and hardware hacking.
USB to RS232 Cable for connecting serial UART devices, DTEs and DCEs to computers or networks – For personal, commercial and industrial applications.
This USB extension adapter allows you to connect your USB device to your computer at a distance of up to 50m with the help of a Cat5 cable. USB1.1 Spec supported only
This USB <> Serial / TTL UART 5-pin Prolific PL2303 PL2303HX module serial converter is useful for electronic engineering or projects and hardware hacking.
This nifty little USB Bluetooth 4.0 Dongle is perfect for easy, Plug-n-Play wireless communications between computers, mobile devices and dev’ boards.
MAX3232 IC based module to allow you to convert standard (medium voltage) RS232 differential signals to low voltage TTL level serial / UART signals. Use this module to interface with old school RS232 devices and your microcontroller projects!
These 125kHz RFID Tag are housed in neat little ABS plastic keyrings and are ideal for location tracking for applications like parking, attendance or ticketing systems.
MF RC522 is used in highly integrated 13.56MHz contactless communication card chip to read and write, of NXP for “three” and the application launched a low voltage, low cost, small size, non-contact card chip to read and write, intelligent instruments and portable handheld devices developed better.
A standard 13.56MHz RFID card, blank and ready to be programmed! The card contains a small RFID chip and an antenna, and is passively powered by the reader/writer module when placed nearby.
This 2.4GHz Wireless Transceiver Module NRF24L01+ is ideal for adding Wi-Fi capabilities to almost any electronics component, system or circuit.
This ESP8266 IC based ESP-12F variant is a WiFi module which can give your Arduino or other electronic projects WiFi capabilities and can even be used on its own by reprogramming the ESP8266 MCU!
A super simple serial communication tool, allows you to make your serial connections wireless! Simply pair with a PC or Android/iPhone smartphone and pass data over the virtual Bluetooth serial com port. The device will deliver your serial data on the other end to your Arduino/ 3D printer/ Quadcopter /Awesome mobile serial device!
USB to RS485 TTL Serial Module Converter Adapter Using FTDI FT232RL USB <> Serial Interface. This converter provides two way serial communications signal conversion between the RS485 to and from a personal computer USB port using virtual serial COM port.
The Mini A6 GPRS/GSM Module is the mini variation of the GSM/GPRS Core Development Board, based on the GPRS A6 Module.