A Connected Lamp to Wake Me Up
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Limpkin has modified his IKEA lamp to use 10W LEDs. So for some reason I bought 2 IKEA lamps at a flea market. As IKEA furniture has a long history of being hacker-friendly, I figured they shouldn’t be an exception to the rule. My plan? Fit a few 10W RGB LEDs in there together with […]
Fake TV Security Light
https://www.electronics-lab.com/fake-tv-security-light/
by Marcus Jenkins: This gadget steps up the game from leaving a light on at home when you’re out. Place it near a window to make it look like somebody’s at home watching TV. The idea of leaving a light on at home while you’re out is to give the burglar an uneasy feeling that […]
Graphics on Nokia 5110 Lcd using Arduino
https://www.electronics-lab.com/graphics-on-nokia-5110-lcd-using-arduino/
by Akshay Jha @ instructables.com: In this short instructable I am gonna displ some graphics on Nokia 5110 LCD using ARDUINO UNO R3 this is very helpful for beginners`s here is a testing video . Graphics on Nokia 5110 Lcd using Arduino – [Link]
Sit.Up – alerts the user if sitting to long
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sit-up-alerts-the-user-if-sitting-to-long/
electrobob.com has build a device that alerts you if sitting to long: Sitting for long periods has become more common in today’s jobs causing serious health issues. Unfortunately the plethora of activity trackers fail to address the issue: being rather active while sitting does not provide a good picture of the amount of time spent […]
Siglent SDM3055 5.5 Digit Bench Multimeter Review
https://www.electronics-lab.com/siglent-sdm3055-5-5-digit-bench-multimeter-review/
SIGLENT’s SDM3055 series is a dual display digital desktop multimeter. The SDM3055 provides a rich and powerful feature set at an excellent price. This DMM family is well suited for production testing, R&D and certification work, as well as any place ｗｈｅｒｅ an accurate and powerful full-function DMM is needed. In the SDM3055’s design and […]
Teardown & Analysis of a Keysight InfiniMax III N2802A 25GHz Active Probe
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In this episode Shahriar takes a close look at one of Keysight (Agilent) InfiniMax III active probes. The model N2802A offers 25GHz of analog bandwidth, 17.5pS of rise time and a total differential input capacitance of 32fF at 10k-Ohm input impedance. The front-end amplifier of this active probe is designed in an in-house InP process, […]
TSG4106A RF signal generator unboxing and mini feature review
https://www.electronics-lab.com/tsg4106a-rf-signal-generator-unboxing-and-mini-feature-review/
Always an exciting day when a new piece of equipment arrives at the lab! The basic features of the lab’s new Tektronix TSG4106A RF Signal Generator are reviewed, including a peek at some of the auxiliary signals available on the rear panel. TSG4106A RF signal generator unboxing and mini feature review – [Link]
ESP8266 touchscreen WiFi light controller and clock
https://www.electronics-lab.com/esp8266-touchscreen-wifi-light-controller-and-clock/
Spiros Papadimitriou has build a WiFi light controller and clock based on ESP8266: A couple of months ago I picked up cheap WiFi-controlled LED bulbs (one among dozens of very similar devices), after seeing them at a friend’s place. This turned out to be an excuse to play with the ESP8266, which has inspired several […]
Resistor Scanner Android App
https://www.electronics-lab.com/resistor-scanner-android-app/
Resistor Scanner is an Android app that uses OpenCV to scan resistor colour bands and determines their values.Uses OpenCV to scan resistor colour bands and determines resistor values. Source available here: https://github.com/thegouger/ResistorScanner/ Resistor Scanner Android App – [Link]
Raspberry PI answers, “Is the internet up?”
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whiskeytangohotel.com has build a internet monitoring device based on Raspberry Pi: It is a pretty commonly uttered question (sometimes loudly) around the home or office; “Is the internet up?” As the goto IT Support Manager around the house this can get a little tiresome. Most of the time the internet is up and it’s a […]