The potential competitor of ESP8266 wifi module will be available next week for just $2! Pine64, the manufacturer of the first $15 64-bit single board computer, is now preparing to launch “PADI IoT Stamp” RTL8710AF module. This module has the size of the stamp, a small 24mm x 16mm...

A group of developers in Elektor Labs have modified a high power wireless power transfer project, which originally developed by Würth Elektronik eiSos GmbH & Co. KG, an electronic and electromechanical components manufacturer in Europe, in an attempt to come up with an...

The new generation of programmers that use WiFi instead of cables. Program, control and monitor Robots, AVR and Arduino over WiFi. Have you ever thought of programming wirelessly ? WiLoader is the answer. But HOW ???? WiLoader easily connects to your WiFi network, then you can...

WiFi controllable motors for your many projects. An Open Source platform that anyone can use. Using our motors is as simple as joining your motors network (or adding the device to an existing network) and controlling it with any of our apps, its built it webpage, or just raw JSON...

Jan @ jasiek.me decided to use a flatbed scanner to trace out a footprint in KiCad. [via] Some time ago I sourced a number of very cheap SD card sockets from China for a hobby project I was working on. Sadly, when it came to PCB design, I couldn't find the footprints for this...

Scaling large values to be fed on limited input digital meters, application note from Murata. [via] It is oftentimes necessary to attenuate “large” input signals down to a level that more closely matches the input range of a selected meter. For example, suppose the signal to be...

Denis Meyer @ elektormagazine.com discuss how the researchers improved the resolution of retinal prostheses. A retinal prosthesis substitutes for the photo-receptor cells of the defective retina. It’s composed of a camera carried in spectacles; electronics that processes the camera...

Welcome to the 4th post of the “Exploring Eagle CAD ULPs” series. Every week we will publish a new post about one useful ULP in Eagle CAD. “ULP” User Language Program is a plain text file which is written in a C­-like syntax and can be used to access the EAGLE data...