Month: October 2020

Many applications these days require a small or bigger display, either for displaying the time, temperature or other sensor value, or even just a battery indicator, in a simple manner. With them, you usually want some sort of animation, such as a blinking, so that the system feels more...

Driving innovation in energy harvesting, e-peas has gained another major endorsement for its cutting-edge technology. The company’s highly optimised power management ICs are set to feature in a large scale remote monitoring application that is being rolled out across New York. IoT...

Introduction Users of a microscope always want one with big viewing screen, and excellent image quality. One microscope that falls into this category and we had the chance to review, is the Andonstar ADSM302. ADSM302 is a multifunctional digital microscope individually designed,...

A mobile phone nowadays is an essential, probably the one thing we can't live without, with 7.2 mobile devices being in use worldwide. But did you ever take a moment to realize where all the old phones are? Electronic waste is a big concern, with 50 million tons being generated this...

The project presented here is an open source 2-digit 7 segment Arduino compatible display board. It can used in many applications that require 2-digit display and switches inputs. Possible application of this board is a 2-digit counter, 2-digit countdown timer, token display, score...

After the introduction of Intel's Tiger Lake U-series processors that have support for TDPs up to 28W, notable vendors started adopting the Tiger Lake-U series to launch interesting systems that give a twist to the original NUC's 100mm x 100mm ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF), and one of...

New IDS lenses with 5, 8 and 10 MP: Excellent price-performance ratio. IDS is now offering more than 20 new C-mount lenses. Thanks to lens resolutions of 5, 8 and 10 MP as well as different focal lengths and optical classes, they can be used in numerous application scenarios. In...

Choosing the right interface for your machine vision application is a key decision in your camera selection process. The following sections provide an overview of the different types of cables and connectors available for machine vision applications along with associated pros and...