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Develop your IoT and robotics skills with this training bundle deal

Develop your IoT and robotics skills with this training bundle deal

As the internet of things evolves, understanding it is key to both better security and more efficient use. The 2022 Complete Raspberry Pi & Arduino Developer Bundle features nine courses to hone your open-source controllers and device skills. All nine courses are taught by Edouard Renard. In addition to Renard’s extensive work experience with open-source software as a software […]

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ODD INPUTS AND PECULIAR PERIPHERALS USING A COMMODORE LIGHT PEN ON A MODERNISH COMPUTER

ODD INPUTS AND PECULIAR PERIPHERALS: USING A COMMODORE LIGHT PEN ON A MODERN(ISH) COMPUTER

If you worked with computers back in the 1970s, there’s a good chance you used a light pen at some point: a simple input device that you’d point at the CRT screen to highlight text, choose menu options or manipulate graphic objects. Although ubiquitous in those days, the light pen lost the battle for ergonomics

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NEW AND IMPROVED GEIGER COUNTER – NOW WITH WIFI

NEW AND IMPROVED GEIGER COUNTER – NOW WITH WIFI!

In one of our previous tutorials, we examined the development of a DIY-Geiger Counter showing the efforts of “Instructable” user Prabhat who combined the ESP8266 with a touch screen display to create a truly intuitive version of his Geiger Counter. He recently created an updated version and today’s tutorial will focus on how this new version of the Geiger

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SIMPLE HARDWARE SWITCH FOR OS DUALBOOTING THANKS TO RP2040

SIMPLE HARDWARE SWITCH FOR OS DUALBOOTING, THANKS TO RP2040

Dualbooting your computer can be a chore, the more switching between OSes you have to do – which is why virtualization or having separate computers are the go-to for many. Failing that, we have no choice but to smooth over our dualbooting experience with various workarounds and helpers. [William Somsky] shares one such helper tool with us

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AXIOMTEK’S ANNOUNCED FOUR POE DIN RAIL EDGE COMPUTER FOR IP VIDEO SURVEILLANCE – ICO320 83C

AXIOMTEK’S ANNOUNCED FOUR-POE DIN-RAIL EDGE COMPUTER FOR IP VIDEO SURVEILLANCE – ICO320-83C

Axiomtek – a world-renowned leader relentlessly devoted in the research, development and manufacture of series of innovative and reliable industrial computer products of high efficiency – is proud to introduce the ICO320-83C, a fanless DIN-rail embedded system with four RJ-45 Gigabit PoE ports for facility monitoring systems, IP video surveillance, Access Point and intercoms. This endurable industrial

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THE APOLLO DIGITAL RANGING SYSTEM MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

THE APOLLO DIGITAL RANGING SYSTEM: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

If you haven’t seen [Ken Shirriff]’s teardowns and reverse engineering expeditions, then you’re in for a treat. His explanation and demonstration of the Apollo digital ranging system is a fascinating read, even if vintage computing and engineering aren’t part of your normal fare. The average Hackaday reader should be familiar with the concept of determining the distance

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VERSALOGIC TAKES CREDIT CARD SIZED COMPUTERS TO NEW HEIGHTS

VERSALOGIC TAKES CREDIT-CARD SIZED COMPUTERS TO NEW HEIGHTS

VersaLogic Corp., the embedded industry’s most trusted computer company, has announced a new SWaP-optimized embedded computing system with ECC memory. Named “Harrier”, this new embedded computer features the Intel®’s latest 5th generation Apollo Lake Atom™ processors with error-correcting memory. The Harrier includes a TPM 2.0 security chip, on-board power regulation, USB and Ethernet I/O ports, and Mini

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