Well, here’s a fresh idea! [flurpyflurples] is back from hiatus with the Mintboard, a 40% that fits inside of an Altoids tin. Who could ask for more than a rugged little Bluetooth keyboard with a built-in cover that fits in your pocket? This build started with meticulously measuring the tin to figure out what kind of […]
ALTOIDS TIN KEYBOARD IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR Continue Reading
New RYZ012 Module Provides Multi-Standard Wireless Communication Supporting Bluetooth Low Energy 5 and IEEE802.15.4 Based Standards Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced sample shipment availability of the new RYZ012 Bluetooth® module targeting ultra-low power IoT applications. The RYZ012 is Renesas’ first Bluetooth Low Energy 5 module. It integrates a 2.4 GHz
RENESAS INTRODUCES BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY MODULE FOR ULTRA-LOW POWER IOT APPLICATIONS Continue Reading
Fighting against a tough headwind on your daily cycle can be a drag, but [Emiel] of The Practical Engineer, has a loud and bold solution. In the Dutch video after the break, he builds a transforming backpack with two electric ducted fans (EDFs), and takes to the bike paths. An EDF moves a small volume of air at
TRANSFORMING EDF BACKPACK FOR A SPEED BOOST Continue Reading
Greg Davill has posted on GitHub an Espressif Systems ESP32 based development board called the ObsidianBoa. Recently Greg Davill had a successful OrangeCrab crowdfunding campaign, he has however directed his attention to the Espressif Systems ESP32. There are a lot of ESP32 development boards today in the market, however, there is only a handful with a tiny form factor, like the
TINY OBSIDIANBOA DEV BOARD FEATURES ESPRESSIF SYSTEMS’ ESP32-S2 BOARD Continue Reading
GMK is planning to debut its in-house palm-sized 4K mini PC named GMK NucBox on Indiegogo, and its pre-launch page is ready. They claim it’s the Most Powerful Palm-Sized 4K Mini PC, world’s smallest that we’ve ever known, as they manage to pack everything into a metal case with dimension of 626242mm. GMK NucBox comes with 8GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 128/256/512GB of
GMK NUCBOX–MOST POWERFUL PALM-SIZED 4K MINI PC COMING ON INDIEGOGO SOON Continue Reading
Many of us will have sat and idly watched the flaps and other moving parts of an airliner wing as we travel, and it’s likely that most of you will know the basics of how an aircraft wing works. But there’s more to an aircraft wing than meets the eye, which is why the Aerospace
MAKING AN AIRCRAFT WING WORK FOR AN AUDIENCE Continue Reading
Last time we examined how to program the STM8s microcontroller using the Arduino IDE. This way may work for developers who are familiar with the IDE and want to build quickly, and professional projects, but there are more ways to get the same result. Thus for today’s tutorial, we are going to examine how to use
GETTING STARTED WITH STM8S USING STVD AND COSMIC C COMPILER Continue Reading
The Arduino platform, beloved by hobbyists and professionals in the open-source electronics community, has recently made strides in improving its user experience with a significant update to its Arduino documentation. This update, tweaks and enhancements to the documentation have been added to make learning and project development with Arduino more intuitive and accessible than ever before. At the
Newly updated official Arduino 2024 Documentation now available Continue Reading
Over the past few years, we have seen companies unveil their Alexa Connect Kit (ACK) for smart homes, like the STM32GO71. However, ESpressif has announced its forthcoming Alexa Connect Kit (ACK) module known as ESP32-PICO-V3-ZERO. The ESP32-PICO-V3-ZERO enables an easy way for customers to create Alexa-compatible devices. With Alexa Connect Kit (ACK) you can quickly and easily build products your
New Generation Ring Coil Tester: LCR-Reader-MPA with Coil Test Unit A Popular All-in-one Digital Multimeter from Siborg now has the option of performing ring test with a new accessory LCR-Reader-MPA from Siborg Systems Inc. is an All-in-One Digital Multimeter that offers quick, high accuracy testing for SMT with little or no set-up between measurements. The device
NEW RING COIL TESTER PROVIDES LARGE AND SUPER LARGE CAPACITANCE TESTING TO 640 MF Continue Reading
