Year: 2015
Arduino WiFi Shield 101 is on sale
by Zoe Romano @ blog.arduino.cc: We are excited to announce that Arduino Wifi Shield 101 developed with Atmel is now available for purchase on the Arduino Store US (49.90$). Arduino WiFi Shield 101 is a powerful IoT shield with crypto-authentication that connects your Arduino or...
Continue ReadingJIGMOD Electronic Circuit Building System
Succeed with your Innovations by building reliable, high quality electronic circuits. by JIGMOD: Most electronic components aren't compatible with breadboards. JIGMOD bridges the gap between those components and your breadboard. Don't work hard - work smart! Avoid wasted time spent...
Continue ReadingHumidity sensor using 8051
by circuitstoday.com: This project is about a simple humidity sensor based on 8051 microcontroller. Humidity sensor is also called hygrometer. This circuit can sense relative humidity (RH) from 20% to 95% at an accuracy of 5%. The humidity information is displayed on a 16×2 LCD...
Continue Reading3D Print the Ultimate Helping Hands for a PCB Workstation
by Giuseppe Finizia @ makezine.com: I am the Senior Analyst of the Electronic Forensics Unit of the Carabinieri (Italian Military Police) and I deal with technical investigations on seized electronic devices. I spend most of my day in a well-equipped electronic laboratory, but I was...
Continue ReadingMultifunction biosensor/vital signs monitor for wearables, from ams
by Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com: Sensor and mixed-signal IC specialist ams (Graz, Austria) has applied optical detection techniques to produce a sensor capable of accurate heart rate measurement; the company says its device is the first “total solution for 24/7 heart rate...
Continue ReadingDIY Motorized Combo Lock Cracking Device
Combo Breaker is a motorized, battery powered, 3D printed, Arduino-based combination lock cracking device. It is portable, open source, 3D models provided, and exploits a new technique I've discovered for cracking combination locks in 8 attempts or less, but in an even more exciting,...
Continue ReadingSolar Cells Made Obsolete – 3D rectennas aim at 40-to-90% efficiency
R. Colin Johnson @ eetimes.com: PORTLAND, Ore.--Now before you get all excited by the headline, which is not click-bait according to the researchers, a new kind of nanoscale rectenna (half antenna and half rectifier) can convert solar and infrared into electricity, plus be tuned to...
Continue ReadingSamsung launches industry’s first 12Gb LPDDR4 DRAM
by Samsung: Samsung Electronics announced that it is mass producing the industry's first 12-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4 (low power, double data rate 4) mobile DRAM, based on its advanced 20-nanometer (nm) process technology. The newest LPDDR4 is expected to significantly accelerate the...
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