iCEBreaker FPGA – Open source iCE40 FPGA development board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/icebreaker-fpga-open-source-ice40-fpga-development-board/
The first open source iCE40 FPGA development board designed for teachers and students. It’s comming soon on CrowdSupply. Are you ready to venture into the brave new world of digital logic design? The iCEBreaker FPGA board is specifically designed for you. It’s designed to work out of the box with the newest open source FPGA […]
Retro-uC – An open silicon microcontroller with a Z80, MOS6502, and M68K
https://www.electronics-lab.com/retro-uc-an-open-silicon-microcontroller-with-a-z80-mos6502-and-m68k/
Chips4Makers have launched a campaign to fund their open silicon microcontroller with a Z80, MOS6502, and M68K cores. The Retro-uC allows to use of these legendary instruction sets for your to days electronics projects. Are you a maker that pines for the early years of personal computing or are you curious about historical CPUs? The […]
Estimote LTE Beacon – A Union Between Indoor and Outdoor Tracking For Asset Management
https://www.electronics-lab.com/estimote-lte-beacon-a-union-between-indoor-and-outdoor-tracking-for-asset-management/
Beacons which became popular back in 2013 when Apple introduced the iBeacon, are Bluetooth powered devices. They promised so many applications and created hype around the business world, that was believed to be the next big technology seeing applications in several industries from retail, movies, security and to the advertising industry. I even wrote a piece […]
Save My Child: The smart sensor that sends text messages if you forget the child in the car
https://www.electronics-lab.com/save-my-child-the-smart-sensor-that-sends-text-messages-if-you-forget-the-child-in-the-car/
It is installed in cars, and thanks to a detector placed on the child seat, it warns us – via SMS or phone call – if we get away without bringing the child with us. Boris Landoni writes: Among the most saddening (and at any rate, infrequent) accidents in the news, there are those of […]
UltraV: a Portable UV-index Meter
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ultrav-a-portable-uv-index-meter/
fmarzocca @ instructables.com build a portable UV index meter with Arduino. He writes: Being unable to expose myself to the sun due to a dermatological problem, I used the time I would have spent on the beach to build an ultraviolet rays meter. UltraV. It is built on an Arduino Nano rev3, with an UV […]
Osram promises better facial recognition with IR VCSELs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/osram-promises-better-facial-recognition-with-ir-vcsels/
Osram Opto Semiconductors is launching a new product family with Bidos PLPVQ 940A, its first Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) for new areas of application such as 3D sensing and facial recognition for mobiles. [via] This announcement comes shortly after the acquisition of US specialist Vixar. The VCSEL acts as a light source, illuminating […]
NIMO Clock – Recreating the look of a 60’s CRT display
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nimo-clock-recreating-the-look-of-a-60s-crt-display/
Recreating the look of a 60’s CRT display with small LCDs. By Paul Bricmont @ hackster.io: My design uses six 1.44-inch TFT LCD displays to display NIMO-style digits. These small LCD displays are cheap (around $3.50 US each) and use the ST7735 chipset and SPI bus. To drive the displays I’m using the Adafruit Metro […]
Raspberry Pi-based industrial computers
https://www.electronics-lab.com/75823-2/
The proven Raspberry Pi-based industrial computers from Janz Tec AG have now been updated with the new Raspberry Pi 3 B+ module for long-term availability and enhanced specs. [via] The emPC-A/RPI3+ embedded PC and the emVIEW-7/RPI3+ 7″ panel PC both now offer a faster CPU, dual-band wireless LAN, and long-term availability. An outstanding innovation for […]
Bluetooth 5 SiP module for easier connectivity
https://www.electronics-lab.com/bluetooth-5-sip-module-for-easier-connectivity/
ON Semiconductor has added to its RSL10 family of Bluetooth 5 certified radio SoCs with a ready-to-use 6 x 8 x1.46 mm System-in-Package (SiP) module. [via] The RSL10 SIP has a built-in antenna, RSL10 radio and the required passive components in a small package. Certified by the Bluetooth SIG, the RSL10 SIP cuts design time […]
Arduino launches a Command Line Interface (CLI)
https://www.electronics-lab.com/arduino-launches-a-command-line-interface-cli/
As a new Linux user or even a window pro user, you will probably be familiar with the terminal or command prompt as known in windows. Those tools give user extra control when using a pc, as you can perform actions faster, automate things and so much more as compared to using the equivalent of GUI […]