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Raspberry Pi I2C LCD Set Up and Programming
In this video Circuit Basics show us how to use I2C to connect an LCD to the Raspberry Pi. After showing you how to connect the LCD to the Pi with a PCF8574 (http://www.circuitbasics.com/pj6v), they show you how to program it. First I'll cover the basic stuff like printing text to the...
Continue ReadingESP32 and Pulse Width Modulation
In this technical tutorial Kolban Technical Tutorials start to look a Pulse Width Modulation with the ESP32 for dimming LEDs and for controlling a servo. ESP32 and Pulse Width Modulation -...
Continue ReadingMotion sensor offers low-power settings
Susan Nordyk @ edn.com writes: Small enough for wearable devices, STMicroelectronics’ LIS2DW12 three-axis accelerometer draws only 50 nA in standby mode and 380 nA in low-power mode at a 1.6-Hz output data rate, adding negligible load on the battery. Operating from a supply voltage...
Continue ReadingFull-360˚ angle sensor ICs
by Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com: Allegro MicroSystems has added two 0˚ to 360˚ angle sensor ICs that provide contactless high-resolution angular position information based on magnetic Circular Vertical Hall (CVH) technology. Allegro has incorporated advanced diagnostics to...
Continue ReadingSimple 3 phase Arduino energy meter
Simple 3 Phase Arduino energy meter from The DIY Life: Again, with this meter I was going for simplicity. Sure, for perfectly accurate measurements you need to measure both the supply current and voltage but for this application and in the interests of keeping the energy meter simple...
Continue ReadingThermohygrometer with clock and LCD display on Arduino UNO
techrm @ instructables.com has a tutorial on a nice thermohydrometer: These 7 steps will drive you through the "construction" of a thermo-hygrometer with clock on Arduino UNO. Data and time, humidity and temperature will be shown on a LCD 16x2 display .If you have purchased a LCD...
Continue ReadingThe New Arduino 101 (Genuino 101) – Unboxing, Set Up, and Comparing it to the Arduino Uno
Arduino's newest board, the Arduino 101 is finally here... It has an Intel Curie processor, and an on-board gyroscope, accelerometer, and Bluetooth. Let's see how it stacks up to the Uno, and find out what each of the components on the board do. At the end of the video, I go through...
Continue ReadingFlow battery can run for 10 years with zero maintenance
by Jan Buiting @ elektormagazine.com: Harvard University researchers have developed a low-cost flow battery that stores energy in organic molecules dissolved in neutral pH water. In their report (see below) they claim that the new battery can run for a decade or more without...
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