New Alcohol Monitoring System from University of California, San Diego
https://www.electronics-lab.com/new-alcohol-monitoring-system-university-california-san-diego/
A new alcohol monitoring system from UCSD consists of a temporary and one-time use tattoo that clings to the human skin and a flexible electronic board that attaches to the tattoo magnetically transfers the results of sensing the blood alcohol concentration via Bluetooth to a smart device paired with it. The UCSD researchers tried to […]
OpenCellular – An Open Source Wireless Access Platform From Facebook
https://www.electronics-lab.com/opencellular-open-source-wireless-access-platform-facebook/
Promised projects from Google and Facebook may change our world connectivity. We saw previously Loon project from Google and the Internet drone Aquila from Facebook. Facebook this time is trying to find a general solution to improve the connectivity infrastructure. The project called OpenCellular. This new project is a software-defined wireless access platform, and this […]
16 Channel Tiny InfraRed Remote Controller – NEC Code
https://www.electronics-lab.com/16-channel-tiny-infrared-remote-controller-nec-code/
16 Channel Infra-Red remote controller is built around PIC16F73 Microcontroller from Microchip. The receiver part follows NEC Code Format. Tiny receiver provides 16 latch outputs. All outputs are TTL and can drive Relay board or solid state relay. The circuit uses TSOP1738 Infra-Red receiver module which provides high degree of noise immunity against interfering light […]
An Atmega library for multiple HD44780 LCDs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/atmega-library-multiple-hd44780-lcds/
Davide Gironi has posted an I2C multiple HD44780 AVR Atmega library: This library implements a driver for HD44780 lcd connected through PCF8574 port expander. Data is transmitted using only 2 wire over i2c with the PCF8574. This library can drive up to 8 LCD concurrently. Lcd driver is based upon Peter Fleury’s lcd driver HD44780 […]
DIY PCB inspection microscope
https://www.electronics-lab.com/diy-pcb-inspection-microscope/
Saulius made a DIY PCB inspection microscope and wrote a post on his blog about it: Despite how good microscope you have, stand is still very important part of final assembly. And while there are many commercial ones made of cast iron, they might cost more than a microscope head itself. I decided to make stand from […]
The DIY diabetes kit that’s keeping us alive
https://www.electronics-lab.com/diy-diabetes-kit-thats-keeping-us-alive/
Alistair Samuelson uses open source code to track the blood sugar levels of his son George. by Zoe Kleinman @ bbc.com: Frustrated with traditional monitoring and its risks, Mr Samuelson and George have since joined a growing group of T1 sufferers who are building their own solutions to manage their diabetes – even though they […]
How to interface Keypad 4×4 with Arduino
https://www.electronics-lab.com/interface-keypad-4x4-arduino/
In this tutorial we are going to learn some basics on using Keypad 4×4 on Arduino. by mybotic @ instructables.com This keypad consists of 4 rows x 4 columns of buttons. It is ultra-thin that it provides an useful human interface component for microcontroller projects. Convenient adhesive backing provides a simple way to mount the […]
A New Record for Single-molecule Diode
https://www.electronics-lab.com/new-record-single-molecule-diode/
Diodes are one of the most common used electronic components in our designs used to direct the current flow. Single-molecule electronics is a “branch of nanotechnology that uses single molecules, or nanoscale collections of single molecules, as electronic components.” according to Wikipedia definition, and shrinking the size of components is one of the biggest target […]
A Bench Power Supply using computer PSU
https://www.electronics-lab.com/bench-power-supply-using-computer-psu/
As we know, PSU in computers provides various DC voltages, 3.3V, 5V and 12V. These 3 levels are the most common ones needed in our labs, so usually PC PSUs are used by a lot of makers and hackers as their personal bench power supply. The PSU has a standard connector called ATX, you can […]
Samsung and Toshiba Will Start 64-layer 3D NAND Production Soon
https://www.electronics-lab.com/samsung-toshiba-will-start-64-layer-3d-nand-production-soon/
Toshiba will start mass production of 64-layer 3D NAND, BiCS3, with 3-bit-per-cell technology and a 64GB capacity in the first half of 2017. The applications of this new massive storage chip include enterprise and consumer SSD, smartphones, tablets and memory cards. This achievement succeeds the 48-layer BiCS FLASH one. Western Digital, the well known industry-leading […]