Researchers Of RMIT University Develops Swalloable Gas Sensors That Can Improve Your Diet


https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/71382-2/

Researchers led by Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia have developed the first intestinal gas-diagnosing pill to be tested in human. During the study, which was published on January 8 in Nature Electronics, the swallowable gas sensors were tested in seven healthy participants who ate low and high-fiber diets. This ‘smart’ capsule is capable of measuring levels of Oxygen, […]

Talking Pi is a Voice Control Module for The Raspberry Pi


https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/talking-pi-voice-control-module-raspberry-pi/

Voice is the most simple and powerful medium. Everyone has it and it is the most personal way to convey our thoughts, messages, instruction, ideas, and questions. We have seen the rise of Voice Assistants like Alexa and Google Home; where someone can control things with only voice commands. Mid 2017, Google released the Voice Kit […]

WISP – Re-programmable Microcontroller That Runs On Energy Harvested From Radio Waves


https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/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 […]

Get Sensor Data From Arduino To Smartphone Via Bluetooth


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Hariharan Mathavan at allaboutcircuits.com designed a project on using Bluetooth to communicate with an Arduino. Bluetooth is one of the most popular wireless communication technologies because of its low power consumption, low cost and a light stack but provides a good range. In this project, data from a DHT-11 sensor is collected by an Arduino and then […]

A multi-protocol SoC for ultra low-power wireless applications


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Author: Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio The nRF52840 SoC of Nordic Semiconductor is based on a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4F CPU running at 64 MHz with flash and RAM integrated on chip. Ultra low-power wireless applications can use this advanced multi-protocol SoC with different communication protocols.  The 2.4 GHz transceiver supports Bluetooth low energy (Bluetooth 5), 802.15.4, […]

IkaScope: a wireless oscilloscope probe


https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/wireless-oscilloscope-probe-pocket/

Author: Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio IkaScope is a wireless oscilloscope probe that allows to observe the change of electrical signals over time. The probe is a handheld device, portable and fits perfectly in the hand and pocket. By using high-speed Wi-Fi connection, IkaScope wireless oscilloscope probe communicates with laptop, tablet or smartphone to share the […]

Sonnet Off-Grid Device, The Smartphone Walkie-Talkie


https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/sonnet-off-grid-device-smartphone-walkie-talkie/

At Sonnet Labs, a group of avid outdoor enthusiasts aim to democratize mobile communication with technologies that enable smartphones to send text messages, image data, and GPS locations without Internet connectivity, cellular coverage, or satellite reception. No need for cellular grid with Sonnet Therefore, they launched their product, Sonnet, the smartphone walkie-talkie! Sonnet is a wireless […]

Twiz – Tiny Wireless IMUs


https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/twiz-tiny-wireless-imus/

Tiny Wireless IMUs – 100% open & autonomous 9DoF motion sensor using BLE to control anything from your [objects] motion ! by Drix @ hackaday.io: We looked for tiny, autonomous, easy to use, and 9 Degrees of Freedom IMU, but none of the available wireless motion sensors were affordable enough to really unlock creativity, so […]

LoRa IOT Home Environment Monitoring System


https://www.electronics-lab.com/news/lora-iot-home-environment-monitoring-system/

RodNewHampshire @ instructables.com writes: The LoRa IOT Home Environmental Monitoring System consists of an Arduino Mega based IOT-to-Internet gateway and Arduino Feather based remote stations with environmental sensors. The remote stations communicate wirelessly with the gateway using LoRa radios. LoRa IOT Home Environment Monitoring System – [Link]

Multichannel Wireless Light Dimmer


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abhishek123 @ instructables.com writes: This project aims to Control the intensity of the dimmable lighting appliances via a trailing edge dimmer. Provide the user , ability to control lightsindependently and wirelessly over the Wi-Fi network and the Internet! Multichannel Wireless Light Dimmer – [Link]