The beauty of a modular ecosystem lies in how it allows individuals to repurpose components in unconventional ways. This is precisely what [Ben Makes Everything] has achieved by using a Framework laptop’s motherboard and battery to create a slab-style cyberdeck. (Video, embedded below.) The Framework motherboard presents an excellent choice for custom portable computer projects due to its […]
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Direct Insight has introduced a QSMP Solder-down module featuring the STMicro ST32M1 single/dual core ARM Cortex-A7 processor. The module has been manufactured by the Direct Insight’s partner, Aachen-based Ka-Ro Electronics. The SOM has been built around an ST32M1 family processor that is powered by a single or dual 650MHz ARM Cortex-A7 core, which is supported by a
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With all due respect to the Utah Opera’s production of La bohème, we just couldn’t resist poking a little fun at master electrician [David Smith]’s quick lighting hack for the opera. And who knew an opera from 1896 would need a garbage can fire? Live and learn. In what appears to be a case of “The show must
STAGE LIGHTING HACK KEEPS LA BOHÈME FROM BECOMING A DUMPSTER FIRE Read More »
Salland Engineering delivers over 28 years of services to develop and build custom ATE instruments for the semiconductor industry. CEO, Paul van Ulsen said; “Building high density instruments is always about finding the right balance between performance, density/throughput within the right available power and cooling at the right cost per channel.“ To address these challenges,
SE-DPIN: 16 TO 256 CHANNEL I/O CARD FOR PXIE AND ATE INSTRUMENTS Read More »
Coil winders are a popular project because doing the deed manually can be an incredibly tedious and time consuming task. After building one such rig, [Pisces Printing] wanted to find even further time savings, and thus designed an improved, faster version. At it’s heart, it’s a straightforward design, using a linear rail and a leadscrew driven
ARDUINO-CONTROLLED COIL WINDER Read More »
For all that modern washers and dryers do, they don’t let you know when they’re finished. Or they do, but it’s only a short victory song that plays once and can be easy to miss. What most of us need is a gentle reminder that there’s damp laundry festering in the washer, or fresh laundry
SPINNING UP A NEW LAUNDRY MONITOR Read More »
To celebrate OEMsecrets’ 10 Year Anniversary this month, the price comparison search engine for electronic parts has partnered with Digilent to give away 2 x Digilent development boards worth over $500 each. Digilent is a leading manufacturer of FPGA development boards and microcontrollers serving students, universities, and OEM’s worldwide with technology-based educational design tools. This prize
The arduino-cli tool just got some new exciting features with the release of 0.11.0: Command-line completion External programmer support Internationalization and localization support (i18n) Command-line completion Finally, the autocompletion feature has landed! With this functionality, the program automatically fills in partially typed commands by pressing the tab key. For example, with this update, you can type arduino-cli bo: And,
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Spare a moment’s pity for the process engineer, whose job it is to keep industrial automation running no matter what. These poor souls seem to be forever on call, fielding panicked requests to come to the factory floor whenever the line goes down. Day or night, weekends, vacations, whatever — when it breaks, the process
SIMPLE CIRCUIT KEEPS PROCESS CONTROL LOOPS IN TUNE Read More »
In the days before every piece of equipment was an internet-connected box with an OLED display, engineers had to be a bit more creative with how they chose to communicate information to the user. Indicator lights, analog meters, and even Nixie tubes are just a few of the many methods employed, and are still in
NOBLE GRAPHS: DISPLAYING DATA WITH NEON LIKE ITS 1972 Read More »
