Author: AlHasan Muhammad Ali
AS7221, An IoT Smart Lighting Manager
ams AG, a multinational semiconductor manufacturer and provider of high performance sensors and analog ICs, had announced the AS7221, an integrated white-tunable smart lighting manager that can be controlled through its network connection by means of simple text-based...
Continue ReadingJeVois, The Open-Source Smart Vision Camera
JeVois, which can be translated from French as: I see, is an open-source quad-core camera that can be connected easily with your project whether you are using Arduino, Raspberry Pi or just running it on your PC. JeVois contains a video sensor, quad-core CPU, USB video and a serial port in...
Continue ReadingNVSW319A, A New High Power LED By Nichia
Nichia Corporation, the Japanese chemical engineering and manufacturing company, announced the NVSW319A as a new high-power LED that achieves 164 lm/W at 700mA (5,000K). The 319A is a 3.5x3.5x2.1 mm size LED which is footprint compatible with the old 3.5mm LEDs. The breakdown is...
Continue ReadingAndroid Things, Google’s IoT Platform
Google had launched Android Things, a new comprehensive IoT platform for building smart devices on top of Android APIs and Google’s own services. Android Things is now available as a developer preview. Android Things was basically launched as an enhancement for Brillo, Android...
Continue ReadingThe Newest IDE 1.8.0 Unites Arduino Family
The open-source Arduino Software (IDE) makes it easy to write code and upload it to the board. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The environment is written in Java and based on Processing and other open-source software. Arduino has just launched its latest software version: IDE...
Continue ReadingApollo2 MCU Paves The Way For New Generation IoT Devices
Ambiq Micro, the leader in ultra-low power solutions, launched the Apollo 2 Wearables and IoT Platform. The Platform offers breakthrough power consumption of under 10 μA/MHz, which allows for double the battery life in wearable devices. Apollo 2’s performance will lead to longer...
Continue ReadingThe Winkel Board, All-in-one Arduino Compatible Board
Mintbox Technologies is an Indian tech startup who build smarter connected devices for everyone. It is specialized in consumer electronics, open source software & hardware, PCB design services. Mintbox latest product is The Winkel Board, a powerful new Arduino-compatible, open source...
Continue ReadingHuman Motion Powered Nanotechnology Devices
Michigan State University researchers have came up with a new method for harvesting energy from human motion using nanotechnology. They designed a low-cost film-like device, a nanogenerator, than can power a LCD display, keyboard, and some LEDs without any source of electric power, by...
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