Arduino Distance Meter
Paoson Woodwork @ instructables.com has build an Arduino Based Distance meter using SR-04 Ultrasonic sensors and an LCD display: This a project I've been working for some time now. It is a device that shows in a little LCD display the distance to the nearest object it can find,...
Continue ReadingSamsung presents a bio-processor that wishes you well
by Denis Meyer @ elektormagazine.com writes about the new Samsung bio-processor: Samsung Electronics Co. announced recently the production in quantity of their versatile biometric IC with which the Korean giant is responding to the new trend towards quantifiable health. The...
Continue ReadingPlastic fingerprint sensor also detects underlining veins
FlexEnable, the leader in the development and industrialisation of flexible organic electronics, and ISORG, the pioneer in organic photodetectors and large area image sensors in printed electronics, have revealed the world’s first large area flexible fingerprint sensor on plastic...
Continue ReadingESP8266 mains energy monitor
Brian Dorey has designed a mains energy monitor based on ESP8266 that have sensors for the mains current, electric meter and gas meter. As the new solar logger did not have this functionality we decided to design a new data-logger that would measure not only the mains current usage...
Continue ReadingPower ON Delay Switch
Power-ON Delay Switch which can be used in all applications requiring a delay during power-on from 1 to 60 seconds. Specifications Supply input 5 VDC Relay output SPDT relay Relay specification 5 A @ 250 VAC Preset adjustable range function Power-On LED...
Continue ReadingChameleonMini – A Versatile NFC Card Emulator
ChameleonMini is a programmable tool for NFC Cards analysis and emulation. It helps you to emulate and clone contactless cards, read RFID tags and sniff RF data. The credit-card shaped ChameleonMini is a versatile tool for practical NFC and RFID security analysis, compliance and...
Continue ReadingVisuino – visual programming environment for Arduino
Visuino is the latest software developed by Mitov Software which allows you to program your Arduino boards using a graphical interface. So far only the official boards are supported but more will come. Using Visuino you can easily create complex programs using drag and drop interface...
Continue ReadingMIDI to USB Adapter with Teensy
Joonas Pihlajamaa wanted to connect his keyboard to his Macbook and for that reason he build a MIDI to USB interface using Teensy board, an optocoupler and some resistors. Thankfully, I had a MIDI connector and a high-speed optocoupler at hand, and with these I could implement a MIDI...
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