Year: 2015
An Edison-Based Password Keeper
by DanielGilbert @ instructables.com: With this instructable, I try to solve a problem everyone has: Passwords. Accounts. Logins. All the stuff you need to get into your favourite social media site, shopping site, blog or forum (they still exist, huh?). Now, there are several ways...
Continue ReadingArduino Mini Geiger Counter
by paulindallas @ instructables.com: Last Black Friday, the big sale day that comes right after Thanksgiving, I came across a sale on the Electronic Goldmine web site for a Geiger counter kit and tube for about $30. Now I always wanted to play with a Geiger counter, even as a kid...
Continue ReadingGetting Started with Arty
by kaitlyn1franz @ instructables.com: Digilent recently released a new FPGA development board. The Arty board. The Arty is designed to be used exclusively with Xilinx Vivado, and designed specifically for use with microblaze. This tutorial covers how to use the out of he box...
Continue ReadingTC7106 – 3 1/2 Digit ADC for LCD Display
The TC7106 3½ digit LCD direct-display drive analog-to-digital converter has a reference with a 80ppm/°C max temperature coefficient. TC7106 based systems may be upgraded without changing external passive component values to the TC7106A for a more precise system. High impedance...
Continue ReadingRecord from SOS webinar – Everything you have ever wanted to know about Physics of Humidity
Accuracy in a whole range of relative humidity measurement? You could find out during Sensirion webinar. Did you miss our webinar? Watch the video - record... What´s possible and what not in the temperature and humidity measurement? Design Guidance & Handling Instructions for...
Continue ReadingBluz Grill Thermometer
Bluz powered probe thermometer to stream temperature data to your smartphone. Never dry out your steaks or chicken again! By Eric Ely: With summer arriving, and the fear of dried out chicken looming, we wanted a more high tech way to track the temperature of items we are grilling...
Continue ReadingPixy camera: detect the colour of the objects and track their position
By Boris Landoni @ open-electronics.org: Here we present our first tests with the Pixy camera, a device capable of detecting the colour of the objects, and to track their position. Until a short time ago, it was really difficult to develop applications able to take advantage of...
Continue ReadingIntel Galileo Project: Simple DIY Weather Station
Øyvind Nydal Dahl published a new project on his website: I’ve played with the Intel Galileo a lot lately, so now it’s time to build some Intel Galileo projects! In this project I built a very simple weather station that records the temperature and humidity and saves these to...
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