Posts by Ibrar Ayyub:
EAGLE ULPs Every User Should Know
Posted on: 18 Sep 2016
A ULP (User Language Program) is a feature designed into EAGLE to allow users to generate their own processes to automate tasks that would otherwise be tedious and time consuming. While most users know that this functionality exists, very few want to write their own script. A casual user would have to dump far more […]
Use A Simple Cheap Webcam To Make DIY Microscope
Posted on: 17 Sep 2016
This Project Is A Part Of The Afrimakers Event http://www.afrimakers.org/ Introduction We used a simple cheap webcam to make a microscope. In short, a small hack to the optics of a standard webcam with an adjustable focus-lens, allows to create video data, with a magnification of around 100 to 400x (depending on the model) at […]
Oscillators: How to generate a precise clock source
Posted on: 17 Sep 2016
our modern era, digital logic has become the core of all the electronics circuits either in the form of an FPGA, microcontroller, microprocessor, or discreet logic. Digital systems use many components that must be interconnected to perform the required functions. The vital element for proper operation of such a digital system is a CLOCK signal […]
Temperature Sensor v2.0
Posted on: 16 Sep 2016
Overview This board allows you to use a thermistor to measure the temperature of something. It is designed to be used to measure things in the range of 100C – 300C, but with the proper calibration and resistors, it can be adapted to any temperature range you need (under 300C). If you need something that […]
We have for you LED thinner than a solder drop
Posted on: 16 Sep 2016
LED production technology currently surprises mainly on the field of white LEDs for lighting (SSL). But also color LEDs are getting still better as for the efficiency or for example in case of series Kingbright KPHCM – in miniature dimensions. Concretely series series KPHCM has standard „0805 SMD“ (2,0×1,25mm) dimensions, but unusual is it height […]
PhysComp: Mid-term Project – Instagram TUI – prototyping the interactive elements using Arduino
Posted on: 15 Sep 2016
The physical interface will consist of a 3×3 grid of push buttons that will correspond to a 3×3 grid of images in the Processing program. Instead of a creating a 2D array of variables to correspond to the buttons’ postions in the grid, each location in the grid will be assigned a number. Each push […]
USB interfacing for AVR microcontrollers
Posted on: 15 Sep 2016
Since the release of V-USB, dozens of projects have been made that allow an AVR to communicate over USB. USB data signals are supposed to be in the range of 2.8 to 3.6V, so there are two recommended ways to have an AVR output the correct voltage. One is to supply the AVR with 3.3V […]
LT3795 – 110V LED Controller with Spread Spectrum Frequency Modulation
Posted on: 14 Sep 2016
Features 3000:1 True Color PWM™ Dimming Wide Input Voltage Range: 4.5V to 110V Input and Output Current Reporting PMOS Switch Driver for PWM and Output Disconnect Internal Spread Spectrum Frequency Modulation ±2% Constant Voltage Regulation ±3% Constant Current Regulation: 0V ≤ VOUT ≤ 110V Programmable Input Current limit CTRL Inputs Linearly Adjust LED Current Adjustable […]
Brushless DC (BLDC) motor with Arduino – Part 2. Circuit and Software
Posted on: 13 Sep 2016
In this post I will describe the hardware and the software part of a project involving the use of BLDC (Brushless DC) motor salvaged from a broken XBox 360. This is a second installment in the series of posts related to Arduino and brushless DC motors. Please see the first part for a bit of […]
How does a machine smell? Better than it did
Posted on: 13 Sep 2016
Every odour has its own specific pattern which our noses are able to identify. Using a combination of proteins coupled to transistors, for the first time machines are able to differentiate smells that are mirror images of each other, so called chiral molecules, something that has not been possible before. The human nose can distinguish […]