Imagina Book, For Augmented Reality Education
https://www.electronics-lab.com/imagina-books/
Virtual reality and Augmented reality became essential technologies these days. They have an important role in making products much exciting and entertaining, especially in education. Recently, Livit Studios announced its new augmented reality book series “Imagina Book“. Imagina Books is an educational book series that converts the classic and traditional book into an interactive and 3d visualized. […]
Ubuntu Core to the i.MX6 based TS-7970
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ubuntu-core-mx6-based-ts-7970/
Technologic Systems,Inc. announced that it will be partnering with Canonical to make Ubuntu Core available for their newest single board computer: the TS-7970. The TS-7970 is a high-performance single board computer based on the NXP i.MX6 CPU which implements the ARM® Cortex A9 architecture clocked at 1 GHz. Bob Miller, founder of Technologic Systems said, […]
Most Accurate Digital Temperature Sensor STS35
https://www.electronics-lab.com/accurate-digital-temperature-sensor-sts35/
Sensirion, a leading provider of environmental and flow sensor solutions, presents the STS35 temperature sensor – the most accurate sensor of the versatile STS3x series. The high-accuracy temperature sensor has been designed to fulfill the needs of demanding markets such as the medical and automotive sectors. Typical applications include body temperature measurement and temperature control. […]
ICECool – An Intra-Chip Cooling System That Is More Efficient
https://www.electronics-lab.com/icecool-intra-chip-cooling-system-efficient/
In the Moore’s Law race to keep improving computer performance, the IT industry has turned upward, stacking chips like nano-sized 3D skyscrapers. But those stacks have their limits, due to overheating. Researchers from IBM have solved this problem by developing an intra-chip cooling system as a contribution to ICECool program research project by the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects […]
Teardown & Repair of an Agilent E3632A DC Power Supply
https://www.electronics-lab.com/teardown-repair-agilent-e3632a-dc-power-supply/
In this episode Shahriar & Rosanah investigate an Agilent power supply which does not appear to power on. It can be quickly observed that the fuse has failed on the unit. Using an isolation transformer a small amount of AC voltage is applied to the unit after the fuse replacement. It is clear that a […]
Four-Channel Thermometer on OLED display
https://www.electronics-lab.com/four-channel-thermometer-oled-display/
David Johnson-Davies @ technoblogy.com build a four-channel thermometer that monitors the temperature at four temperature sensors, and gives a continuous readout on a small 128×32 OLED display. It’s a useful project for various applications like PSU or PC monitoring. The article describes 1-wire and code in details. It could be used in any application where […]
DevDuino – Learn and Explore Arduino World
https://www.electronics-lab.com/devduino-learn-explore-arduino-world/
DevDuino is a Fully Redesigned and Enhanced Arduino-Compatible Board with Plenty of Must-Have Features. It features a 128×64 OLED display, along with a variety of LED indicators, RTC module, a slot for a micro SD card, and many other convenient features. The project is live on kickstarter and has 29 days to go. [via] DevDuino […]
WISP – Re-programmable Microcontroller That Runs On Energy Harvested From Radio Waves
https://www.electronics-lab.com/wisp-re-programmable-microcontroller-runs-energy-harvested-radio-waves/
A new research initiative between the University of Washington’s Sensor Lab and the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands has created a microprocessor that can power itself through stray radio waves and receive programmable updates in the same fashion. While the RISC-derived 16-bit microcontroller CPU is very weak compared to modern standards, it’s much more powerful […]
ESP32 WiFi Weather Station with a Nextion Display
https://www.electronics-lab.com/esp32-wifi-weather-station-nextion-display/
Our friends at educ8s.tv uploaded a new video about how to build a ESP32 Wifi enabled weather station: In this video, we are going to make this. It is yet another weather station project I know, but this time we use the new ESP32 chip! We also use the new BME280 sensor which measures the […]
TSL2540 Ambient Light Sensor matches eye-response
https://www.electronics-lab.com/tsl2540-ambient-light-sensor-matches-eye-response/
ams (Graz, Austria) has posted details of the TSL2540, a very-high sensitivity light-to-digital converter. Evaluation kit is available: The TSL2540 is a very-high sensitivity light-to-digital converter that approximates the human eye response to light intensity under varying lighting conditions and transforms this light intensity to a digital signal output capable through a 1.8V I²C interface. […]