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DIY Arduino power bank with display and 60w power output

Makers and hobbyists looking for a more substantial portable battery pack that they can make themselves, should check out this excellent DIY power bank created by Instructables user “tobychui”. Using an Arduino Nano board together with a 2.2 inch UART HMI display the batteries can provide up to 60w of power output. Fitted with a 4S (14.8v) Lithium Ion battery in the form of four Panasonic […]

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‘Silver bullet’ – the Oscilloscope Infrared Receiver

Electronics News Updates / By Ibrar Ayyub

A while ago we came across a website on infrared remote controls which suggested a simple way to view IR signals using an Oscilloscope. The idea is to use a standard IR Led mounted into a BNC/RCA plug using a spare channel making an Oscilloscope infrared receiver. So we set about ordering the connectors, which

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Arduino Leonardo support and multiple translations.

News & Updates / By Ibrar Ayyub

I’m very happy to announce that Arduino 1.0.1 is now available on the software page. This release includes a ton of bug fixes and new features (see the release notes for details). The biggest additions are support for the Arduino Leonardo and translation of the Arduino development environment into multiple languages. We’ll be doing a

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USB-C-PD SOLDERING PEN IS A COMPACT STM32-POWERED SOLUTION FOR WELLER TIPS

Electronics News Updates / By Muhammad Bilal

One of the most important actions in the development of any electronics device is soldering, irrespective of the method adopted, having the right tools to do it the right way is a major determinant of the speed and quality of the soldering process. Several soldering tools exist in the market with each aiming to solve

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Learn about the Arduino Cloud and how to connect smart projects

Arduino News / By Muhammad Bilal

The official Arduino team has today announced the availability of a new learning resource for those looking to learn more about creating projects using Arduino via the new cloud.arduino.cc website. If you’re teaching electronics or Arduino-based learning you’ll be pleased to know there are lots of projects and instructions on how to get your smart projects connected

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Portable and cloud-based heart rate tracker

News & Updates / By Ibrar Ayyub

In his blog, Charalampos describes his experience with SeeedStudio’s Grove Ear-clip Heart Rate sensor and Cosm (former Pachube) cloud service. The employed sensor is quite cheap and can detect heart pulses from the ear lobe, by measuring the infra-red light reflected by the tissue and by checking for intensity variations. By connecting this sensor with an ADK board

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“Years”: Playing wood’s year rings

News & Updates / By Ibrar Ayyub

“Years” is an artwork created by Bartholomäus Traubeck that translates wood’s year rings into sound. The record player uses a system that analyse tree’s years for their strength, thickness and rate of growth. This data are mapped to a scale defined by the overall appearance of the wood and serves as basis for a generative process that outputs

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MAG1 INTEL CORE M3-8100Y MINI LAPTOP SELLS FOR $590 AND UP IN CHINA

Electronics News Updates / By Muhammad Bilal

The release of mini-laptops with display size in the region of 9″ has seen a surge in recent times with several companies like CHUWIX, One Mix, and a few others releasing quite a number of these PCs. To join these growing number of PCs, the Mag1 is joining the fray with the MAG1 “Magic Small” mini laptop. Running on an Intel

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Motion Activated AC Switch

Electronics News Updates / By Ibrar Ayyub

I hate Christmas tree lights. Well not really, I just don’t enjoy having to climb under the tree every time I want to plug in or unplug the lights. In the interest of saving my sanity, I decided to build a motion activated switch that can power the lights for me. It has an integrated

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chipKIT Project 5: Digital stopwatch on seven segment LED display

Electronics News Updates / By Ibrar Ayyub

In this project, we will use the chipKIT Uno32 board to build a digital stopwatch capable of timing minutes, seconds, and 1/10th of seconds, and with a basic start and stop control feature. A MAX7219-driven 8-digit seven segment LED display is used to display the time elapsed. The Reset switch on the Uno32 board will be used

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