WiFi performance is incredibly important to us because it is one of the cornerstones of the Electric Imp connectivity solution. It is so important, in fact, that prior to releasing the first imp last year, we spent hundreds of hours tuning the antenna to ensure the best possible performance. For us, WiFi performance is analogous […]

Summer is intern growing season at Electric Imp and we’re excited that four smart ones have firmly planted themselves around our Los Altos, California offices for the next few months. Have no fear, we promise to make sure they’re well fed and watered, and get some sun at least once a day. Kidding aside, we’re […]

The Imp gets more powerful all the time as our embedded team adds features with each new Imp OS release. As we saw last week, the latest Imp OS is particularly exciting with features like the ability to turn WiFi on and off, faster WiFi join, and more memory for user programs. One of the […]

Good news, everyone! A few weeks have gone by and we’ve sufficiently recovered from our collective Maker Faire hangover, so it’s time for another update on all things Electric Imp. Let’s get to it. First off, we are happy to report that the recently announced imp module (imp002) is now in stock and available through […]

Today we rolled out an upgrade – Release 25 – to the imp firmware, the mini operating system that lives on the imp and runs your Squirrel code. Release 25 is the first upgrade in a little while – and so, just like the late spring that’s suddenly blossomed all around Electric Imp’s UK office […]

Electric Imp guest blogger Richie Zeng is a UC Berkeley student majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. At this year’s Big Hack, an annual 24 hour competitive hackathon between UC Berkeley and Stanford University CS students, our team built something that our 8-year-old selves would have only dreamed of having – which ended up winning […]