Chip-scale atomic clocks bring accuracy and stability to portable applications

Chip-scale atomic clocks bring accuracy and stability to portable applications

Microsemi released a chip scale atomic clock reference bringing stability and accuracy to portable devices.


Everything You Need To Know About Bluetooth beacons in A White Paper

Everything You Need To Know About Bluetooth beacons in A White Paper

Bluetooth 4.0 introduced the Bluetooth low energy (BLE), which is a version of Bluetooth protocol designed for devices with power...


Combo sensors fit wearable devices

Combo sensors fit wearable devices

Two combination accelerometer-gyro sensors, the KXG07 and KXG08 from Kionix, a subsidiary of Rohm, provide six axes of motion...


SubPos: a WiFi Positioning Solution for Places GPS Can’t Reach

SubPos: a WiFi Positioning Solution for Places GPS Can’t Reach

SubPos Positioning System – A “dataless” Wi-Fi positioning system that can be used anywhere GPS can’t.


Review & Teardown of a cheap GPS Jammer

Review & Teardown of a cheap GPS Jammer

phasenoise has posted his teardown of a cheap GPS Jammer.


FeatherHAB (Balloon Tracker) Firmware & Hardware Source Released

FeatherHAB (Balloon Tracker) Firmware & Hardware Source Released

Ethan Zonca has released the firmware and hardware of FeatherHAB.


LSM6DSL – 3D accelerometer and 3D gyroscope

LSM6DSL – 3D accelerometer and 3D gyroscope

Two low-power 6-axis inertial modules introduced from STMicroelectronics, the LSM6DSL and LSM6DSM.


ESP8266-based touchscreen clock and light controller with WiFi

ESP8266-based touchscreen clock and light controller with WiFi

Spiros Papadimitriou build a nice clock based on ESP8266 Wifi and 2.4″ LCD module.


Portable GPS Data Logger

Portable GPS Data Logger

elm-chan.org has build a portable GPS logger based on ATMega328 mcu: I have built a GPS Logger and it works very well to trace...


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9-axis motion sensor and MCU reside in tiny package

9-axis motion sensor and MCU reside in tiny package

by Susan Nordyk: Housed in a 5.2×3.8×1.1-mm package, Bosch Sensortec’s BMF055 9-aix sensor combines an accelerometer, gyroscope, a...


DIY Digital Compass

DIY Digital Compass

by DaAwesomeP @ instructables.com: I’m astounded that some cars don’t have a digital compass always visible.


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Arduino Watch With Altitude, Temperature, Compass And Pedometer

Arduino Watch With Altitude, Temperature, Compass And Pedometer

by benhur.goncalves @ instructables.com: Hi folks!