Introduction to LoRa – Send data between two Arduino using LoRa
https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/introduction-lora-send-data-two-arduino-using-lora/
Selecting the right communication protocol is an important part of any IoT project as not being able to communicate with the server/device cloud quickly takes away the “I” in IoT and could lead to the ultimate failure of the project. Several communication protocols exist, from WiFi and Zigbee to 2G, LTE, and even satellite communications, […]
Inkplate 6 is a programmable Kindle e-paper display
https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/inkplate-6-programmable-kindle-e-paper-display/
If you have ever wondered if there could be a better use for old Kindle screens, then you have to check out the new e-paper display made by e-radionica. The Inkplate 6 is made from recycled Amazon kindle screens. E-paper or electronic paper is an invention which has provided a solution to a pressing problem; […]
Arduino library to draw text and graphics on BLE Thermal Printers
https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/arduino-library-to-draw-text-and-graphics-on-ble-thermal-printers/
BitBank Software, Inc., written by Larry Bank, bitbank@pobox.com This Arduino library allows you to easily generate text and graphics and send them to a BLE thermal printer. Since there are many different BLE APIs depending on the board manufacturer, I decided to support the more popular ones – ESP32 and Arduino (Nano BLE 33). The […]
Piksey Atto: An incredibly tiny, Arduino compatible board with USB!
https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/piksey-atto-incredibly-tiny-arduino-compatible-board-usb/
This cost-effective, yet tiny USB dev. board is designed for makers. It can be soldered onto PCBs, used with a breadboard or by itself. The author recently started creating DIY projects on their YouTube channel and they ran into a similar issue, time and again. Most of the sensors and modules that they commonly use […]
Arduino RFID Reader using the ArduiTouch MKR Enclosure
https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/arduino-rfid-reader-using-arduitouch-mkr-enclosure/
RFID based projects are one of the most popular Arduino projects out there and we have also built a couple of them here too, but I recently came across an RFID access control project by hwhardsoft that was built using the ArduiTouch MKR enclosures. The ready-made nature of the enclosures and their existence for different […]
Seeeduino XIAO is an Arduino Microcontroller based on SAMD21 Cortex M0+
https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/seeeduino-xiao-arduino-microcontroller-based-samd21-cortex-m0/
Take a look at Seeeduino XIAO. What a small size and cute looking! It is the smallest member of the Seeeduino family. Seeeduino XIAO still carries the powerful CPU-ARM® Cortex®-M0+(SAMD21G18) which is a low-power Arduino microcontroller. On the other hand, this little board has good performance in processing but needs less power. As a matter of fact, […]
Meet the Arduino Portenta!
https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/meet-arduino-portenta/
CES 2020 has been full of the usual intrigue and amazing display of technological advancements across different industries. As usual, it has featured the release/launch of several new products by different companies and one of such announcements we know will interest the community, is the launch of the Arduino Portenta Family of Boards, with the […]
uLisp for Serpente boards
https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/ulisp-serpente-boards/
A version of the Lisp programming language for Serpente ARM board. This is a version of uLisp 3.0 designed to work with the tiny Arturo182 Serpente boards: It’s a slightly modified of the ARM version of uLisp; at some stage I may incorporate it into the standard ARM version. For more information about uLisp see: […]
Isolated CAN BUS Transceiver Arduino Shield
https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/isolated-can-bus-transceiver-arduino-shield/
The module described here is an isolated CAN Transceiver module. This module can be used as a standalone module or as an Arduino Uno shield. A controller area network is a two-wire high-speed serial network typically used to provide data communication between host and nodes. The high-speed controller area network transceivers offer integrated isolation, high […]
Arribada Horizon Platform – An Open Source based ARGOS transmitter.
https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/arribada-horizon-platform-open-source-based-argos-transmitter/
Argos is a satellite-based system that collects, processes, and disseminates environmental data from fixed and mobile platforms worldwide. What makes Argos unique is the ability to geographically locate the source of the data anywhere on the Earth utilizing the Doppler effect. The Argos system itself comprises of six satellites, which follow polar orbits at an altitude of about 850km […]