For many of our readers, the classic 555 timer holds a special place in their heart, and cursed be the fool who dares to use an Arduino in its place. For the seriously devoted ones, or those who simply like a novelty decorative item, [acerlaguinto7] built just the right thing: a giant, actually functional, cardboard 555 […]
Engineer and developer Alex Tan based in Singapore has launched a new Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the SAMD21 M0+ Arduino-compatible board. Featuring a 32-bit 48MHz ARM Cortex M0+ w/ internal 32K Ram 256K Flash, 8M Ram 128M Flash onboard and more. “I have sourced and used many microcontroller boards for many projects and very often
SAMD21 M0+ mini Arduino compatible board now offers more power Continue Reading
We’re all pretty well-acquainted with the obstacle avoiding robot. These little inventions use a proximity sensor to detect an object in front of the robot, then circumvent the object accordingly. Brown Dog Gadgets’ little robot really caught our eye, mostly because it’s kind of cute. This little robot combines a few LEGO pieces, Arduino, and Brown Dog
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Along with all the colorful, geometric influence of Memphis design everywhere, giant wristwatch clocks were one of our favorite things about the 80s. We always wanted one, and frankly, we still do. Evidently, so did [Kothe]. But instead of some splashy Swatch-esque style, [Kothe] went the nerdy route by building a giant Casio F-91W to hang
IT’S TIME FOR WATCH CLOCKS TO MAKE A COMEBACK Continue Reading
Surface-mount fuses do a good job at protecting components from burning up – sadly, exchanging them is not a simple task manageable by end users. LittelFuse‘s RUEF series provide an attractive alternative, which is not widely known. Parts like the RUEF300 are based on the concept of the PTC. Designers switch them in series with
Despite struggles and delays with its 10nm processor, Intel has finally released five NUCs (Next Unit of Computing) mini-PC kits that comes with 14nm, 8th Generation Coffee Lake CPU. It also released two NUCs that comes with its 10nm Cannon Lake chips and comes configured with Windows 10 with shipments to begin in October or November. The coffee lake NUC supports any
INTEL RELEASES SEVEN NUCS WITH COFFEE LAKE AND 10NM CANYON LAKE CPUS Continue Reading
Imec, the distinguished Belgian research center has invented a new and cost-effective method of cooling chips. This achievement can be an important innovation to tackle the ever-increasing cooling demands of high-performance 3D chips and systems. Present powerful electronic systems have high cooling demands for integrated semiconductor chips. Conventional solutions operate with various passive (or occasionally active)
IMEC INVENTED UNIQUE COST-EFFECTIVE COOLING FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE CHIPS Continue Reading
Building a macro pad inside of a 3D printed enclosure is hardly news these days. Neither is adding 3D printed keycaps to the mix. But if you go as far as [James Stanley] has, and actually print the switches themselves, we’ve got to admit that’s another story entirely. Now you might be wondering how [James] managed
If you want strangers to give you well wishes on your birthday out in the real world, you have call attention to the occasion by wearing a pointy hat or a button that says ‘today is my birthday, gimme presents’. But on your reddit cakeday, aka the day you joined, you’re automatically singled out with
CAKEDAY COUNTDOWN CLOCK IS A SWEET LITTLE SCROLLER Continue Reading
Photographers searching for a professional style motorised camera slider and pan-tilt camera mount, may be interested in a new project by YouTuber “isaac879”. The project is open source with links to the design files and code provided via Github. Check out the first and second videos in the series below. “This is the pan tilt camera
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