RDA5981 is a $1 Fully Integrated WiFi Chip with an ARM Core
RDA’s RDA5981 is a fully integrated low-power WiFi chip from RDA Microelectronics. RDA5981 is a fully built WiFi chip highly intended for applications in the areas of a smart home, audio applications and IoT applications. The RDA5981 is being used in devices running Baidu DuerOS, the...
Continue Reading3D Printed Objects that can connect to Wi-Fi without any Electronics
The world has seen an exponential growth of the Internet of things, where things are becoming connected. Every physical object is giving the chance to be connected to the internet and emit some data about itself with just the addition of some chips, and some form of wireless interface....
Continue ReadingRohde & Schwarz RTB2004 10-Bit, 2.5GS/s MSO Oscilloscope Review, Teardown & Experiments
In this episode Shahriar reviews the Rohde & Shwarz RTB2004 10-Bit oscilloscope. With its high-resolution touch-screen, intuitive and capable GUI as well as excellent analog/digital performance this scope competes very well against other 2000 series instruments from Tektronix and...
Continue ReadingWriting to flash and EEPROM on the tinyAVR 1-series
Update your tinyAVR code to access memories when using 1-series tinyAVRs. Link here (PDF) On tinyAVR® 1-series devices, access to Flash memory and EEPROM has been changed from that on previous tinyAVR devices. This means that existing code for writing to Flash and EEPROM on older...
Continue ReadingPanasonic PAN9420 is a standalone fully embedded Wi-Fi Module
Building an Internet of Things infrastructure most times depends upon the wireless connectivity, but there are many options for wireless and not every device is IP addressable – a requisite feature for IoT. There are many wireless interface options, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE),...
Continue ReadingPortwell eNuC SBC is powered by Apollo Lake SoCs with Display Ports
The Intel Apollo Lake SoCs officially known as the Intel Atom® processor E3900 series, Intel® Celeron® processor N3350, and Intel® Pentium® processor N4200 platform empowers real-time computing in digital surveillance, new in-vehicle experiences, advancements in industrial and office...
Continue ReadingArduino E-Paper Display Review ( Waveshare 1.54″)
Our friends at educ8s.tv uploaded a new video. It's about Waveshare 1.54" e-paper display: Dear friends welcome to this Arduino E-Paper display tutorial. In this video, we are going use this small e-paper display with Arduino for the first time and talk about its advantages and...
Continue ReadingDIY Light (Lux) Meter using BH1750 sensor, Arduino and Nokia 5110
Hi guys, continuing on our recent path of building really cool stuffs based on the Nokia 5110 LCD display, today we will be building a DIY Lux (or light) meter using the highly sensitive BH1750 light sensor. In photometry, illuminance is the total luminous flux incident on a surface,...
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