Password Based Circuit Breaker
Electrical accidents are rapidly increasing especially electric line repairs incident due to the lack of communication and coordination between the maintenance personnel and the electric substation staff. The password based circuit breaker device could just be the solution as only the...
Continue ReadingDIY WiFi gas detector with text alerts
Stefan over at Hackster.io has written an article detailing his DIY Wi-Fi gas detector that sends SMS alerts: Hey guys, back with another little project that I’ve been fiddling with for the past week. With kids around, every parent is thinking how to make their home safer for the...
Continue ReadingCompensation of Oscilloscope Probes
by Maurizio @ dev.emcelettronica.com: Using simple wires to measure signals with the oscilloscope would result in unreadable plots on the scope, the main reason being the noise coupled onto the “probe” itself. The first line of defense against that would be to use a coaxial...
Continue Reading9-axis motion sensor and MCU reside in tiny package
by Susan Nordyk: Housed in a 5.2×3.8×1.1-mm package, Bosch Sensortec’s BMF055 9-aix sensor combines an accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer with a 32-bit MCU to enable easy programming and customization. It can be used by designers creating advanced application-specific...
Continue ReadingEvolution of Arduino graphic
Here is a nice graphic showing the Arduino progress from starting back to 2005 till...
Continue ReadingTop-level Weller soldering stations for even better prices
Now even you can afford the best, what´s available on the field of soldering and service. A fact, that we also try to transform better purchasing conditions on You – our customers, we´ve already mentioned to you few times in our articles. This time we have this pleasant...
Continue ReadingUnlock a Door with your Fingerprint
by Kinoma @ instructables.com: We built a biometric fingerprint-controlled lock prototype. A fingerprint scanner is used to capture and store the fingerprints of authorized users. When the scanner recognizes a user, a solenoid plunger disengages and opens the lock. Unlock a Door...
Continue ReadingHow to program the ATtiny85 with the Arduino UNO board
by codebender_cc @ instructables.com: In this tutorial we will use an Arduino board as an ATtiny programmer. To do this we will use one Arduino UNO board as an ISP (programmer) and one ATtiny85 micro-controller. We will use Codebender - online Arduino IDE. With the...
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