If you’ve been following the Boston Dynamics project Spot, you’ve seen its capabilities and how we’re starting to see it being used in public more since its official release last year. But in a true display of how hobbyist electronics have been evolving and catching up with the big companies over the past few years, […]
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Track the 230 VAC power line with your favorite HW using a small, efficient, and inexpensive circuit. In my wireless doorbell tutorial I gave the advice about how to get a digital signal from a 12 Vac source so it could be read with any desired HW. That solution is not valid for high voltage, since the
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Accurately detects heat to identify types of heat sources and specific human behavior Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it will launch the Mitsubishi Electric Diode InfraRed sensor (MelDIR), a thermal sensor for applications in the fields of security, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and smart buildings, on November 1. MelDIR accurately distinguishes between humans and
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Mouser Electronics is now stocking the SAM R30 sub-GHz module from Microchip Technology. The industry’s smallest IEEE 802.15.4-compliant module, the SAM R30 combines an ultra-low-power microcontroller with a sub-GHZ radio in a 12.7 × 11 mm package, enabling long-lasting battery life in space-constrained designs like wireless-networked sensors and controls in home automation, smart city, and industrial applications. The Microchip
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Story What I Want to Do Select the most inexpensive, scalable and easily configured components available Program and deploy as many temperature sensors as possible and connect to a web gateway Use this data for more efficient automations via smart thermostat device, window controller, presence detection, smart lighting, pellet stove controller etc… Create master energy
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Using 23,248 plastic drinking straws together with the Raspberry Pi High Quality camera, maker Adrian Hanft has created a unique camera lens and photographic system capable of capturing some fantastic results. The unique build takes photographs using the Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera through a ‘lens’ of tiny drinking straws packed together. “The Start button launches
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Following the great demand for a high-resolution camera for i.MX8 processors, e-con Systems has launched a 4-lane MIPI CSI-2 13MP Autofocus camera integrated with Variscite’s i.MX 8 System-on-Module (SoM) platforms. The initial release is compatible with Variscite’s DART-MX8M SoM based on NXP’s iMX8M processor. However, the company has already announced its intentions to expand the
Classic motorcycles are the wild west of information displays. Often lacking even basic instrumentation such as a fuel gauge and sometimes even a speedometer, motorcycles have come a long way in instrument cluster design from even 20 years ago. There’s still some room for improvement, though, and luckily a lot of modern bikes have an
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The 4tronix M.A.R.S. Raspberry Pi robot is loosely based on the Curiosity and Mars 2020 rovers from NASA and JPL, using the same rocker arm, bogey and differential arm mechanism. Phil King from the official Raspberry Pi website explains more about what you can expect from the Raspberry Pi robot kit, which is now available
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[Ruchir] has been pretty into robotics for a while now and has always been amused by the ever-popular obstacle avoiding robot, but wanted something that could do more. So, like any good hacker, he decided to build something himself. He wanted to incorporate all the popular beginner robot capabilities into a single invention. His robot can
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