Month: July 2017
BME680 measures pressure, humidity, temperature and indoor air quality
The BME680 measures pressure, humidity, temperature and indoor air quality. by Bosch Sensortec: BME680 is an integrated environmental sensor developed specifically for mobile applications and wearables where size and low power consumption are key requirements. Expanding Bosch...
Continue ReadingVisual Studio Code Extension for Arduino is now open sourced!
Visual Studio Code is the cross-platform, open sourced advanced code editor by Microsoft. Recently, after being interested in IoT and hardware, Microsoft is now searching for tools to make building IoT devices easier. It added an Arduino extension to its Visual Studio Code to enable a...
Continue ReadingControl Your IR Devices With Your Smartphone Bluetooth
Managing some of house devices with its IR remotes may be annoying if you are out of its line of sight. You will have to interrupt the work you are doing, move to another room, turn down the volume of your Hi-Fi for example, then go back and resume your work. Assume you can use bluetooth...
Continue ReadingTemperature Controlled Stair lights With Raspberry Pi
Ever wished to know the temperature on your way to breakfast after waking up in the morning? Now you can find it out in a fascinating way as Lorraine Underwood at The MagPi magazine designed a temperature controlled colorful stair lights system with raspberry pi. In this tutorial,...
Continue Reading16X2 LCD Shield with LMD18201 Motor Driver
LCD is very important part of many DIY and industrial projects. The 16X2 LCD shield has been designed to develop LCD related projects using 28-40 Pin Pic development board or DSpic development board, along with LCD this shield includes LMD18201 DC Motor driver , 2 Trimmer...
Continue ReadingNew Arduino Book Teaches Electronics Skills One Project at a Time
San Francisco, CA (July 7, 2017)—School's out for summer, but learning doesn't have to stop at the classroom door. For parents and educators looking to keep their students exploring, tinkering, and creating, No Starch Press offers the latest addition to its lineup of STEM books. The...
Continue ReadingInside Intel’s first product: the 3101 RAM chip held just 64 bits
Ken Shirriff takes a look inside the 3110 RAM chip from Intel. He writes: Intel’s first product was not a processor, but a memory chip: the 31011 RAM chip, released in April 1969. This chip held just 64 bits of data (equivalent to 8 letters or 16 digits) and had the steep price tag...
Continue ReadingBulgarian National Innovator Creative Spaces
Few days ago, a group of 10 young and experienced people launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new socially significant project "Innovator Creative Spaces". It is a national network of co-working spaces that cover the whole country of Bulgaria. The goal of this project is to build...
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