Not a battery, not a cap: Murata’s small energy [storage] device
https://www.electronics-lab.com/not-a-battery-not-a-cap-muratas-small-energy-storage-device/
by Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com: To meet what the company sees as a gap in the available range of energy storage solutions, Murata has developed the UMAC, a small, high-capacity cylinder-type energy device for use in wearable and wireless sensor applications. Although lithium-ion based, Murata differentiates it from a battery. The UMAC is a miniature device […]
Logic PCB Business Card
https://www.electronics-lab.com/logic-pcb-business-card/
Floyd-Jones designed his own business card using logic circuitry. He writes: The card implements a digital finite-state machine which displays the next character of my last name on a 7-segment display each time the button is pressed. Luckily all 11 characters in my name can be reasonably shown, essentially spelling out FLoyd-JonES. I simulated the […]
Arduino WiFi Shield 101 is on sale
https://www.electronics-lab.com/arduino-wifi-shield-101-is-on-sale/
by Zoe Romano @ blog.arduino.cc: We are excited to announce that Arduino Wifi Shield 101 developed with Atmel is now available for purchase on the Arduino Store US (49.90$). Arduino WiFi Shield 101 is a powerful IoT shield with crypto-authentication that connects your Arduino or Genuino board to the internet wirelessly. Connecting it to a WiFi network […]
JIGMOD Electronic Circuit Building System
https://www.electronics-lab.com/jigmod-electronic-circuit-building-system/
Succeed with your Innovations by building reliable, high quality electronic circuits. by JIGMOD: Most electronic components aren’t compatible with breadboards. JIGMOD bridges the gap between those components and your breadboard. Don’t work hard – work smart! Avoid wasted time spent debugging and troubleshooting. Be amongst the first to use this revolutionary development platform. Develop circuits with […]
Humidity sensor using 8051
https://www.electronics-lab.com/humidity-sensor-using-8051/
by circuitstoday.com: This project is about a simple humidity sensor based on 8051 microcontroller. Humidity sensor is also called hygrometer. This circuit can sense relative humidity (RH) from 20% to 95% at an accuracy of 5%. The humidity information is displayed on a 16×2 LCD display. A relay is also provided which is set to be […]
3D Print the Ultimate Helping Hands for a PCB Workstation
https://www.electronics-lab.com/3d-print-the-ultimate-helping-hands-for-a-pcb-workstation/
by Giuseppe Finizia @ makezine.com: I am the Senior Analyst of the Electronic Forensics Unit of the Carabinieri (Italian Military Police) and I deal with technical investigations on seized electronic devices. I spend most of my day in a well-equipped electronic laboratory, but I was lacking a tool for performing technical assessments on printed circuit boards […]
Multifunction biosensor/vital signs monitor for wearables, from ams
https://www.electronics-lab.com/multifunction-biosensorvital-signs-monitor-for-wearables-from-ams/
by Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com: Sensor and mixed-signal IC specialist ams (Graz, Austria) has applied optical detection techniques to produce a sensor capable of accurate heart rate measurement; the company says its device is the first “total solution for 24/7 heart rate measurement for wearables”. AS7000 is the first in what is to be a family […]
DIY Motorized Combo Lock Cracking Device
https://www.electronics-lab.com/diy-motorized-combo-lock-cracking-device/
Combo Breaker is a motorized, battery powered, 3D printed, Arduino-based combination lock cracking device. It is portable, open source, 3D models provided, and exploits a new technique I’ve discovered for cracking combination locks in 8 attempts or less, but in an even more exciting, automated fashion. DIY Motorized Combo Lock Cracking Device – [Link]
Solar Cells Made Obsolete – 3D rectennas aim at 40-to-90% efficiency
https://www.electronics-lab.com/solar-cells-made-obsolete-3d-rectennas-aim-at-40-to-90-efficiency/
R. Colin Johnson @ eetimes.com: PORTLAND, Ore.–Now before you get all excited by the headline, which is not click-bait according to the researchers, a new kind of nanoscale rectenna (half antenna and half rectifier) can convert solar and infrared into electricity, plus be tuned to nearly any other frequency as a detector. The invention was made […]
Samsung launches industry’s first 12Gb LPDDR4 DRAM
https://www.electronics-lab.com/samsung-launches-industrys-first-12gb-lpddr4-dram/
by Samsung: Samsung Electronics announced that it is mass producing the industry’s first 12-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4 (low power, double data rate 4) mobile DRAM, based on its advanced 20-nanometer (nm) process technology. The newest LPDDR4 is expected to significantly accelerate the adoption of high capacity mobile DRAM worldwide. The 12Gb LPDDR4 brings the largest capacity and […]