Science fairs are no longer the sacred domain of potato clocks and erupting volcanos. Sohila Sidhu and the five other winners at the recent Windsor Regional Science, Technology and Engineering Fair (WRSTEF) have taken their projects light years beyond the reaction between baking soda and vinegar. Sidhu, a 15-year-old Assumption College High School student, won […]
Science Fair winners head to nationals Continue Reading
IBASE Technology Inc. (TPEx: 8050), a global provider of industrial motherboards and embedded computing solutions, announces the RM-N8M Series SMARC 2.0 Computer-on-Modules using 64-bit NXP i.MX8M application processors with ARM technologies for industrial and transportation computing solutions. The RM-N8M Series scalable platforms power various embedded systems with flexible and expandable features for smart factory, imaging, machine vision,
SMARC 2.0 CPU MODULES BASED ON NXP I.MX8M PROCESSORS Continue Reading
Introduction It all started two years ago when I first found this thing called an Arduino. I had seen some projects online people had made with one, so I impulse bought an Arduino UNO, knowing nothing about what it was or how it worked, but only that I wanted to learn. As soon as it
The open source hardware and software OLED Watch Continue Reading
For makers, engineers, and DIY enthusiasts, Shenzhen, China is a bit of a dream world. Once you get past the shoddy internet and questionable origin of the components you buy in the markets, you realize just how quickly and easily you can get almost anything done. For about $100 you can get a couple dozen
Prototyping a Tennis-Tracking Device in Shenzen: A Lesson Continue Reading
Like many of you, we’re intrigued by the possibilities offered by the availability of affordable round LCD panels. But beyond the smartwatches they were designed for, it’s not always easy to come up with an appropriate application for such non-traditional displays. Digital “steam gauges” are one of the first ideas that come to mind, so
ROUND LCDS PUT TO WORK IN RACK MOUNT GAUGE CLUSTER Continue Reading
Intrinsyc Technologies announced the Open-Q 845 µSOM (micro System on Module) and Development Kit, to be available in the fourth quarter of 2019. The Open-Q 845 µSOM is the latest product in the evolution of Intrinsyc’s µSOM computing module series. It is an ultra-compact (50 mm x 25 mm), production-ready embedded module, well suited for
QUALCOMM SDA845 SOC-BASED MODULE TARGETS DRONE DESIGNS Continue Reading
Low energy consumption is one of the major triggers of scalable product launch and maintenance. When your product is power-hungry, you are bound to receive negative reviews from your customers or get your app deleted altogether. So every developer wants to achieve long battery life of their products; developers are increasingly looking for ways to
OTII BY QOITECH HELPS DEVELOPERS ACHIEVE LONG BATTERY LIFE OF THEIR PRODUCTS Continue Reading
In the current market where capacitive touch screens, resistive touch screens, TFT displays are flooding, DIY enthusiasts have been rarely used dot matrix screens. Here we use 5mm 8 * 8 dot matrix screen and phototransistor to achieve a pen write function. Sounds fun? But how to specifically make it? Can we achieve a larger
Dot Matrix Pen Write Screen Continue Reading
In the Northern hemisphere, summer is about to hit us full bore. While we love the season, we do dislike lawn maintenance. Apparently, so does [salmec] who developed the Mowerino around an Arduino Mega 2560 board. As you might expect, the robot uses sharp blades so, you probably want to be careful. There are sensors that allow
SUMMER’S COMING – LET MOWERINO CUT YOUR GRASS Continue Reading
Pokit Innovations has done it again. Hot on the heels of pokitMeter’s success on Kickstarter and beyond, the pokit team are ready to ramp it up with their next product – Pokit PRO. This new electronic measurement tool will be launched as the company’s second Kickstarter campaign on the 22nd of October 2019. Pokit PRO was born out of the many
POKIT PRO – A MULTICHANNEL MULTIMETER, OSCILLOSCOPE AND LOGGER Continue Reading
