Author: mixos

Kevin has been working on building his own thermostat. He writes: Does the world need another connected thermostat? When my thermostat went on the blink last winter, I looked at Nest, and Ecobee, and the other me-too thermostats, and I decided I would rather build my own. Wyostat:...

Jesus Echavarria has tipped us with his latest project. A car battery monitor in a Relay form Factor. Unfortunately only hardware details are given and no details on software. He writes: Hi all! I’m really busy this year so I can’t post all the projects where I’m involved....

But what is uStepper? In short, uStepper is a product, improving performance of a motor type called “stepper motors”. Stepper motors are used in a wide range of applications where you have to move something, a certain distance, precisely! For example, they are used in your inkjet...

You want to maximize the power output of your solar panel? Then you need a maximum power point tracking charge controller! Source files here. Features: Programmable with Arduino IDE Input voltage: 15 - 22V Output voltage: 1 - 14.4V Simple MPPT (Maximum Power Point...

Designers working on line-powered systems are in luck… Designers working on line-powered systems are in luck; whilst wasting power is always bad, a few mA of waste don’t really matter. When working on battery powered systems, every bit of energy helps – an efficient switching...

Mare published a new build: Particle sensors could be cheap and easy to use. Disadvantage of lowest cost PM sensors is lack of “calibration”. The best method to measure particle content dispensed in the air is to collect the air sample and analyse it off-line in the laboratory with...

If an 8bit microcontroller is needed… If an 8bit microcontroller is needed, Microchip normally comes up first. STMicroelectronics, a company more commonly associated with 32-bit processors, also offers quite a bit of eight bit technology. The STM8S903K3T6C, which we are going to...

Shenzhen, China - March 20, 2018 - MYIR introduced a cost-effective CPU Module MYC-C7Z010/007S powered by Xilinx XC7Z007S (Zynq-7007S) or XC7Z010 ( Zynq-7010) SoC device. It is an industrial-grade System-on-Module which is capable of running Linux and targets industrial application...