Year: 2016
New Alcohol Monitoring System from University of California, San Diego
A new alcohol monitoring system from UCSD consists of a temporary and one-time use tattoo that clings to the human skin and a flexible electronic board that attaches to the tattoo magnetically transfers the results of sensing the blood alcohol concentration via Bluetooth to a smart device...
Continue ReadingOpenCellular – An Open Source Wireless Access Platform From Facebook
Promised projects from Google and Facebook may change our world connectivity. We saw previously Loon project from Google and the Internet drone Aquila from Facebook. Facebook this time is trying to find a general solution to improve the connectivity infrastructure. The project called...
Continue Reading16 Channel Tiny InfraRed Remote Controller – NEC Code
16 Channel Infra-Red remote controller is built around PIC16F73 Microcontroller from Microchip. The receiver part follows NEC Code Format. Tiny receiver provides 16 latch outputs. All outputs are TTL and can drive Relay board or solid state relay. The circuit uses TSOP1738 Infra-Red...
Continue ReadingAn Atmega library for multiple HD44780 LCDs
Davide Gironi has posted an I2C multiple HD44780 AVR Atmega library: This library implements a driver for HD44780 lcd connected through PCF8574 port expander. Data is transmitted using only 2 wire over i2c with the PCF8574. This library can drive up to 8 LCD concurrently. Lcd...
Continue ReadingDIY PCB inspection microscope
Saulius made a DIY PCB inspection microscope and wrote a post on his blog about it: Despite how good microscope you have, stand is still very important part of final assembly. And while there are many commercial ones made of cast iron, they might cost more than a microscope head...
Continue ReadingThe DIY diabetes kit that’s keeping us alive
Alistair Samuelson uses open source code to track the blood sugar levels of his son George. by Zoe Kleinman @ bbc.com: Frustrated with traditional monitoring and its risks, Mr Samuelson and George have since joined a growing group of T1 sufferers who are building their own solutions...
Continue ReadingHow to interface Keypad 4×4 with Arduino
In this tutorial we are going to learn some basics on using Keypad 4x4 on Arduino. by mybotic @ instructables.com This keypad consists of 4 rows x 4 columns of buttons. It is ultra-thin that it provides an useful human interface component for microcontroller projects. Convenient...
Continue ReadingA New Record for Single-molecule Diode
Diodes are one of the most common used electronic components in our designs used to direct the current flow. Single-molecule electronics is a “branch of nanotechnology that uses single molecules, or nanoscale collections of single molecules, as electronic components.” according to...
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