In November 2018, Hrdkernel announced the ODROID H2 as a “new generation of single-board computers.” However, despite its success, they could not ship enough of them to satisfy the demand due to the Intel Gemini Lake J4105 CPU supply shortage. Due to the shortage of the ODROID H2, the Odriod-H2+ was introduced, which has a slightly faster CPU, and will ship in […]
Fonts sourcing/creation, usage and management, are some of the major challenges firmware developers face with projects where the display (TFTs, Epaper displays, etc.), is a critical element of the project’s performance. From access to clear and good looking fonts to managing the size of the font files when running on MCUs with limited memory, is
MEET FONTEDIT – THE CUSTOM FONT EDITOR FOR LCD, LED AND E-PAPER DISPLAYS Read More »
The Eowave Persephone was a beautiful thing—a monophonic ribbon synth capable of producing clean, smoothly varying tones. [Ben Glover] used to own a nice example that formerly belonged to Peter Christopherson, but lost it in the shifting sands of time. His solution was to build one of his own from scratch. Known as the Screech Owl,
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Vecow Co., Ltd., a team of global embedded experts, announces the release of the latest Industrial Multi-Touch Computer, MTC-7000 Series. With various LCD sizes from 10.1″ to 21.5” widescreen multi-touch computer, MTC-7000 Series is powered by 8th Gen Intel® Core™ U-series processor (Whiskey Lake) and is ideal for Machine Vision, Telemedicine, Factory Automation, Smart Retail and
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For a lonely person, elderly or otherwise, the sound of a ringing phone can be music to the ears, unless of course it’s another spam call. But what good is a phone when you can’t hear it well enough to answer? [Giovanni Aggiustatutto] was tasked with building an additional ringer for a set of cordless landline phones
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Piher Sensing Systems has re-designed its popular PT-6 Carbon Potentiometer for high temperature lead-free SMD production. High-temperature plastics, flat suction areas for vacuum pipettes optimum assembly and a new pad design enables PIHER’s customers to employ automated placement of this components on their circuit board using reflow solder and thus simplify their manufacturing processes. A
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The world of escape rooms has seen a significant evolution in recent years, with creators constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. One such creator, known by the username Wired_Workshop on Reddit, has taken this concept to a whole new level by creating an ‘Alien’-themed escape room puzzle for an event at the Maker Alliance
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High Performance Fixed Frequency PLO at 9.25 GHz Z-Communications, Inc. announces a new RoHS compliant fixed frequency phase locked loop model SFS9250C-LF operating in the X-band. The SFS9250C-LF is a simple to use plug and play PLO allowing for quick integration. It is designed to produce a fixed signal at 9250 MHz while locked to
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AFBR-S50MV85I is a multi-pixel optical distance and motion measurement sensor module, based on the optical Time of Flight principle AFBR-S50MV85I is a multi-pixel optical distance and motion measurement sensor module, based on the optical Time of Flight principle. The technology has been developed with a special focus on applications with the need for the highest speed
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Want to play the xylophone but don’t want to learn how? [Rachad]’s automatic xylophone might be just the ticket. It uses homemade solenoids to play tunes under computer control. Think of it as a player piano but with electromagnetic strikers instead of piano keys. You can hear the instrument in action in the video below.
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