Evince raises £750,240 to develop diamond-based electronics
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Evince raises £750,240 to develop diamond-based electronics

by Julien Happich @ edn.com The company has demonstrated proof of concept devices and is currently developing prototypes of two solid-state devices based on proprietary IP that leverages diamond's unique electronic properties.  It is now announcing £750,240 of new equity investment...

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Air pressure sensors in smartphones
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Air pressure sensors in smartphones

Dr. Thomas Block has a great article about air pressure measurement on smartphones and which benefits this may have. Today’s smartphones utilize a wide array of accelerometers, gyroscopes and various other sensors in their designs. Relatively unknown is the barometric pressure...

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Photovoltaic simulator system adds automated MPPT Efficiency Test
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Photovoltaic simulator system adds automated MPPT Efficiency Test

An added test facility enables test of a 1,500V photovoltaic (solar energy) inverter’s static and dynamic maximum peak power tracking (MPPT) according to European Standard EN50530, with a single command, creating downloadable photovoltaic I-V curves, plus static and dynamic EN50530...

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Whoa Board: Dream With Touch Sensing EL Wire, Panels, Paint
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Whoa Board: Dream With Touch Sensing EL Wire, Panels, Paint

The Whoa Board makes things glow. It also makes glow-y things sense touch. It's an open prototyping platform for wearable electronics! Turn any EL (Electro-Luminescient) material into a touch sensor with no additional hardware. It's an open prototyping platform for wearable...

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Rail-to-rail step-down regulator sinks/sources ±5A from 0V to 14.5VOUT
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Rail-to-rail step-down regulator sinks/sources ±5A from 0V to 14.5VOUT

LTC3623 is a ±5A high efficiency, current mode synchronous buck regulator that is adjustable from 14.5V down to 0V output with a single resistor. Its architecture uses a 50 µA current reference, combined with a single resistor, to set the output voltage. by Graham Prophet @...

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Silicon-air Battery A New Achievement in Energy Storage Area
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Silicon-air Battery A New Achievement in Energy Storage Area

Researchers from Jülich Research Center (Jülich, Germany) announced their new invention, a silicon-air battery. The new battery features high energy density so it’s a lighter and smaller battery solution. Silicon-air battery is made of silicon which means it’s cheap to make...

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Peak Smart Lamp – Grow Daily
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Peak Smart Lamp – Grow Daily

Peak is a smart lamp that combines light, encouraging messages and a personal improvement algorithm to help you form better habits. Peak is the first smart lamp that helps people form better habits in small, progressive steps. Developing new habits is challenging. We often resist...

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Mumai – Control Anything Using your Muscles
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Mumai – Control Anything Using your Muscles

Alvaro Villoslada designed an open-source muscle-machine to control any kind of electronic device through the myoelectric (EMG) signals. The name of this project is Mumai and it is published on hackaday.io. “The Professional EMG systems are very expensive, cumbersome and...

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