Kontron has introduced its SMARC-sAL28 module, which operates on Linux on a dual-core Cortex-A72 LS1028 SoC with -40 to 85°C temperature range. It offers up to 5x GbE ports with Time Sensitive Networking. We can see that this marks the first time Kontron has offered a module we have seen in any form factor with NXP’s dual-core, Cortex-A72 powered QorIQ […]
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What is it about useless machines that makes them so attractive to build? After all, they’re meant to be low-key enraging. At this point, the name of the game is more about giving that faceless enemy inside the machine a personality more than anything else. How about making it more of a bully with laughter
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A research team at Imperial College London have created a new aerial sensor deployment system which uses a drone capable of firing Sense darts into tree trunks for data collection from hard to reach locations. The drone firing mechanism uses a compressed spring together with a shape-memory alloy (SMA) trigger to fire the sensor pods
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Choose the hue of light that makes you feel more comfortable. Simple bluetooth remote control from which you can modify lighting from your mobile device or tablet. You have two separate RGB channels where you can get different colors per channel. Control adjustable intensity. Do it yourself . Thanks to the arduino platform in minutes
MiniNodes has launched a $259 carrier board for developers seeking to build a mini Arm Cluster. The board supports up to 5x Raspberry Pi Compute Modules 3 modules. The 5 Node Raspberry Pi 3 CoM Carrier Board offers a switched Gigabit Ethernet port to enable networking accessibility to each of the modules. A DC jack for power is also available.
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Microcontroller-based products sometimes require rotary switches. As many microcontrollers have an onboard ADC, it is easy to replace the rotary switch with a low cost potentiometer, when a rotary switch is too expensive or unavailable. Although digitizing a potentiometer setting to act like a switch requires only a few instructions, an immediate problem is that
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Hackers love a good clock build, but its longer term cousin, the calendar, is more seldom seen in the wild. Regardless, they can be just as useful and elegant a project, as this cryptic design from [Wolfspaw] demonstrates. The project consists of a series of rotating wheels, displaying a series of arcane symbols. When the markings
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To satisfy electronic DIY hobbyists, ICStation has developed MAX7219 Dot Matrix Module. It uses the Max7219 chip which do a great job on saving of MCU I/O. It can not only control each point individually, but also can be extended without limitation to meet your requirements on LED Sign, Team Logo and so on. What’s
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Braiins Systems has taken the initiative of releasing the first bitcoin mining pool, which is compatible with Antminerand Dragonmint mining rigs, and works with Braiins’ Slush Pool mining pool. This is a new alpha version of a new Linux distribution designed for ASIC mining. Based on OpenWrt Braiins OS, it is dubbed as the “first fully open-source, Linux-based system for
I often use Arduino to test out my project prototype before complete it. Sometimes, I wanted to test more than one project at the same time. I would need more Arduino, but the original Arduino is over my budget for prototyping purpose. Therefore, I decided to make my own Arduino. Some of the benefits of making
