Joining the availability of the new Rock Pi 4 v1.4 mini PC, Radax has also introduced a newly re-designed Rock Pi 4 HAT in the form of the Rock Pi Poe HAT. The company has added an “optimised circuit” to the design and a fan that enables the mini PC to “drop from the peak 100°C […]
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The best thing about the Raspberry Pi is that you can use it to build all kinds of awesome contraptions, from robots to retro gaming consoles and fart detectors. Most of the sensors, motors, lights and other peripherals that make these projects possible connect to the Pi’s set of GPIO pins. Every Pi model since
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It’s hard to imagine a smart house without smart lighting. Maybe it’s laziness, but the ability to turn a light on or off without walking over to the switch is a must-have, particularly once the lap is occupied by a sleeping infant. It’s tempting to just stuff a relay in the electrical boxes and control
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Measurement Computing Corporation (MCC) has released a $99 measurement DAQ (Data acquisition system) HAT for the Raspberry Pi. It is highly optimized for single point and waveform voltage. MCC claims their board allows greater accuracy with high resolution. It has much faster sample rates than many other DAQ HAT add-ons for the Raspberry Pi. The new “MCC 118” provides
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The Rasberry Pi 3 and other boards like the Asus Tinker Board are Single Board Computers (SBCs) that gives the user the full power of a computer without the need of any external parts. SBC offers a ready-to-use embedded development platform and helps to accelerate the time to market for a new product with mitigating risks.
A Blend of Two Worlds – A SBC and a System-on-Module Powered by Rockchip RK3399 Read More »
Working with microcontrollers means managing GPIO pins at some point. Many configurations have been developed for modern microcontrollers which can lead to some “fancy” terms that may confuse programmers. Its important to understand all of this to avoid confusion and errors while programming. First, some terms need to be understood. GPIO pins have tri-state logic
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Ever miss the simple days of using a PC’s LPT1 parallel port to bit-bang GPIO over 8 output pins and 4 input pins of the DB-25 connector? I sure do. My first design project as a BSEE graduate in 1993 was to design a LPT1 controlled test fixture for the Motorola MDT-9100-T data terminal (shown
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VIA Technologies, a global leader in the development of embedded platform and system solutions have announced its VIA Smart Recognition Platform powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 embedded platform. The VIA Recognition platform offers a robust development suite for Vision-based applications with the possibility of developing applications that can be used for detecting facial expression, faces,
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The Rockchip RK3399 has revolutionized the open-spec single-board computer world. Hardkernel’s new Odroid project has made the multi-core SoC RK3399 to firm it’s grip further. Recently Hardkernel released images, specs, and extensive benchmarks on a prototype for its storage-oriented new Odroid-N1 board. The boards can be expected to launch for about $110 in May or
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In the ever-increasing uses cases for the Raspberry Pi, one major way to add an extra functionality to the Raspberry Pi is making use of Pmod Modules. Pmod devices or modules are trademarks of Digilent Inc. They are set of small input and output interface boards that can be used to extend the capabilities of
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