Easy IoT Weather Station With Multiple Sensors
Ingenerare @ instructables.com show us an easy to build IoT weather station able to measure temperature, dew point, humidity, pressure, light index, and rain. He writes: A weather station is a fun project that teaches you a ton about electronics with the added benefit being an...
Continue ReadingLTC7820 – Fixed Ratio High Power Inductorless (Charge Pump) DC/DC Controller
The LTC7820 is a fixed ratio high voltage high power switched capacitor/charge pump controller. The device includes four N-channel MOSFET gate drivers to drive external power MOSFETs in voltage divider, doubler or inverter configurations. The device achieves a 2:1 stepdown ratio from...
Continue ReadingSK Hynix Introduces Industry’s Highest 72-Layer 3D NAND Flash
SK Hynix Incorporated introduced the world's first 72-Layer 256Gb (Gigabit) 3D (Three-Dimensional) NAND Flash based on its TLC (Triple-Level Cell) arrays and own technologies. This company also launched 6-Layer 128Gb 3D NAND chips in April 2016 and has been mass producing 48-Layer 256Gb...
Continue ReadingPandwaRF, A Portable Radio Analysis Tool
PandwaRF, is a portable low-power RF device that captures, analyses and re-transmits RF signals via an Android device or a Linux PC. It uses Bluetooth (BLE) or USB connection to transmit data in a simple and fast way, comes in the form of a controllable housing from a smartphone or a...
Continue ReadingAffordable DNA Detection Using A Smartphone
Researchers at UCLA have developed an improved method to detect the presence of DNA biomarkers of disease that is compatible with use outside of a hospital or lab setting. The new technique leverages the sensors and optics of cellphones to read light produced by a new detector dye...
Continue ReadingDI2C -The Differential Version of I2C
In serial interface world, there are differential and non-differential protocols. The most famous one of differential interfaces is USB besides HDMI and others, while I2C is a non-differential one. Joshua Vasquez from Hackaday decided to use DI2C (differential version of I2C) to...
Continue ReadingHelios4 – The World’s 1st Open Source NAS
Build your own PrivateCloud: Store music & movies, share photo albums with friends, protect your files and never fear losing data again. Helios4 is a Network Attached Storage or NAS - a smart box with up to 4 hard drives designed to store Family Photos, Music playlists, and Movie...
Continue ReadingData-rich 3.5mm jack vies with USB-C for headsets
Horst Gether @ edn.com writes about how the simple and well established 3.5mm jack can be used for data-rich communication between headset and mobile device. The 3.5mm phone jack is a well-established standard in the audio industry and continues to get strong support from users in...
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