Year: 2015
How to Make Two ESP8266 Talk
Rui Santos shows us how to make two ESP8266 to talk: In this project you’re going to make two ESP8266 talk with each other. How it works? You’re going to set one ESP as an Access Point (Server) and another ESP as a Station (Client). Then they’ll establish a wireless...
Continue ReadingContactless payment ring – A tutorial on NFC antenna coil design
Jatinder has tipped us with this latest post. He writes: I have a done a video about a contactless payment (NFC) ring that I have made. The video talks about NFC antenna coil design and how I used the concepts to make the wearable ring. Contactless payment ring – A tutorial on...
Continue ReadingDekatron as Internet speed indicator
spritesmods.com has build a interner speed indicator based on a Dekatron tube, the result is great. As most electronic engineers and hobbyists do, I have a great respect for the earlier ways of controlling electrons, before it was found out that silicon could be used to miniaturize...
Continue ReadingDIY Apple Clock
by TSJWang @ instructables.com: OK so there's no such thing as the Apple Clock. However, you can make your own retro-style bubble display clock in an Apple earbuds case. I'm going to show you how to do that just sit tight. DIY Apple Clock -...
Continue Reading650V, 100A GaN transistors on show
by Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com: GaN Systems (Ottawa, Canada) is to display its GS66540C 650V 100A high current GaN power transistors for the first time at the 17th Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE’15 - ECCE Europe (CERN, Geneva, September 8th – 10th...
Continue ReadingWürth Elektronik – a huge range of inductive components
Würth Elektronik is one of the largest European manufacturers of passive and electromechanical components. The range is really wide, judge for yourself. Let us mention at least two types from a wide range: WE-PD - is a popular "standard" series of SMD inductors. Also...
Continue Reading4×1 WiFi Wireless Antenna Switch
Horacio Bouzas published a 4 way WiFi antenna switch: I started playing with electronics back when I was 10 years old in Argentina, where I grew up. Then I got my ham radio operator license when I was 16 years old and I was very active in the ham club and on the air. It was then when...
Continue ReadingDigital Hearing Aid using MKL02Z16VFG4
A hearing aid is a small electronic device worn in or behind the ear that amplifies incoming sounds to help people with hearing impairment. This design features a light and compact hearing aid with a soft touch sensor that allows the user to control the volume and frequency depending...
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