In part 8 of the “Building Raspberry Pi Controller” series, readers will learn how to attach a camera board to a Raspberry Pi and write Python code for photo imaging projects. Digital cameras have become common devices found on such electronic products as smartphones and tablets. With a push of a button, we’re able to capture …
Building a smart house of your dreams is as simple as PiRaspberry. To prove that, today’s project created by Jithin on the Electromaker website is a Raspberry Pi Pico powered project that controls the door key using Alexas’s voice and controls. The work works exactly as you thought it would be. It listens for the …
AMAZON ALEXA CONTROLS RASPBERRY PI PICO DOOR LOCK Continue Reading
Nordic Semiconductor’s multi-sensor kit supports LTE-M, NB-IoT, GPS, and Bluetooth low energy Nordic Semiconductor’s Nordic Thingy:91 multi-sensor prototyping kit is ideal for cellular IoT projects using the nRF9160 system-in-package (SiP). The kit is equipped with a diverse collection of sensors and interfaces that make it highly adaptable to rapid prototyping and getting a user’s proof-of-concept off the ground quickly. …
NORDIC THINGY:91 CELLULAR IOT PROTOTYPING KIT Continue Reading
Nordic Semiconductor announces that Dutch startup, Montr, is employing Nordic’s nRF9160 multi-protocol LTE-M/NB-IoT System-in-Package (SiP) in a small lithium battery-powered NB-IoT emergency alarm designed to protect people in vulnerable situations such as lone professionals at risk of physical attack or isolated accident, and seniors living at home. The 58 x 42 x 6 to 24mm …
CELLULAR PANIC BUTTON REVEALS AN NB-IOT FUTURE FOR PERSONAL SAFETY ALARMS Continue Reading
Device made from flexible, inexpensive materials could power large-area electronics, wearables, medical devices, and more. by Rob Matheson | MIT News Office Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that …
CONVERTING WI-FI SIGNALS TO ELECTRICITY WITH NEW 2-D MATERIALS Continue Reading
Gyrfalcon DevKit Simplifies Edge AI, Providing a complete suite of hardware and software tools for AI Model Creation. Gyrfalcon Technology Inc. (GTI), the world’s leading developer of low-cost, low-power, high-performance Artificial Intelligence (AI) processors from Edge to Cloud, today announced its DevKit, a set of development resources which makes it possible for smaller companies to …
In the time before smartphones for on-the-go visual entertainment, there were portable TVs. You might think of a portable TV as a luggable device, but the really cool ones were pocket-sized. Perhaps if you are familiar with pocket TVs you’ll be thinking of a Citizen or a Casio with a matchbox-sized LCD, but before those devices reached …
A VINTAGE SONY PORTABLE TV, BROUGHT UP TO DATE Continue Reading
The expansion of the line-up of the metal multilayer chip power inductor MCOIL MC series, from TAIYO YUDEN, which uses a metallic magnetic material, as well as the commercialisation of the tiny metal power inductor MCEE1005 (1.0×0.5×0.55mm, maximum height), has been announced. This power inductor is used as a power choke coil in power supply …
Commercialised 1005-size metal power inductor Continue Reading
Smartphones in recent times have contributed to the growth of the medical sensing industries with a major success in the usage of a smartphone camera and flash to detect heart rate. Specialized Apps installed on the phone can use the phone inbuilt camera and flash to read an individual heart rate with high accuracy but …
MediaTek Sensio, is a 6-in-1 biosensor module for smartphones Continue Reading
Today’s smartphones utilize a wide array of accelerometers, gyroscopes and various other sensors in their designs. Relatively unknown is the barometric pressure sensor, which measures air pressure. These sensors are currently being integrated into premium-grade smartphones, but are also becoming more common in mainstream phones or wearables such as fitness trackers and Internet of Things …
