WarpPi is a Hackable Raspberry Pi Algebra Calculator
https://www.electronics-lab.com/warppi-is-a-hackable-raspberry-pi-algebra-calculator/
Have you ever been given an algebra homework where there were a problem and its answer, but you couldn’t figure out how they went to the solution? Well, you’re in luck! With Andrea Cavalli’s WarpPi calculator and its CAS (Computer Algebra System), you can go ahead and build your own algebraic calculator and even modify […]
Imec Invented Unique Cost-effective Cooling For High-Performance Chips
https://www.electronics-lab.com/imec-invented-unique-cost-effective-cooling-for-high-performance-chips/
Imec, the distinguished Belgian research center has invented a new and cost-effective method of cooling chips. This achievement can be an important innovation to tackle the ever-increasing cooling demands of high-performance 3D chips and systems. Present powerful electronic systems have high cooling demands for integrated semiconductor chips. Conventional solutions operate with various passive (or occasionally active) […]
CCPROG PAT – USB-C Power Adapter Programmer and Tester
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ccprog-pat-usb-c-power-adapter-programmer-and-tester/
The PAT is designed for Validation, Test, and Debug of USB Type-C (Power Delivery capable) power adapters. Simple and user friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) packaged with this tool enables an easy demonstration of the power adapter capabilities (PDOs). The project is coming soon on CrowdSupply. Key Features Voltmeter Display Listing of PDOs supported by […]
EaglePanelizer – EAGLE CAD artwork panelizer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/eaglepanelizer-eagle-cad-artwork-panelizer/
This is simple tool for panelize EAGLE CAD artwork. Motivates from this tweets “Specify X, Y on the EAGLE just make faces with Gerber in 1 shot.” EaglePanelizer – EAGLE CAD artwork panelizer – [Link]
iCEBreaker FPGA – Open source iCE40 FPGA development board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/icebreaker-fpga-open-source-ice40-fpga-development-board/
The first open source iCE40 FPGA development board designed for teachers and students. It’s comming soon on CrowdSupply. Are you ready to venture into the brave new world of digital logic design? The iCEBreaker FPGA board is specifically designed for you. It’s designed to work out of the box with the newest open source FPGA […]
Retro-uC – An open silicon microcontroller with a Z80, MOS6502, and M68K
https://www.electronics-lab.com/retro-uc-an-open-silicon-microcontroller-with-a-z80-mos6502-and-m68k/
Chips4Makers have launched a campaign to fund their open silicon microcontroller with a Z80, MOS6502, and M68K cores. The Retro-uC allows to use of these legendary instruction sets for your to days electronics projects. Are you a maker that pines for the early years of personal computing or are you curious about historical CPUs? The […]
Estimote LTE Beacon – A Union Between Indoor and Outdoor Tracking For Asset Management
https://www.electronics-lab.com/estimote-lte-beacon-a-union-between-indoor-and-outdoor-tracking-for-asset-management/
Beacons which became popular back in 2013 when Apple introduced the iBeacon, are Bluetooth powered devices. They promised so many applications and created hype around the business world, that was believed to be the next big technology seeing applications in several industries from retail, movies, security and to the advertising industry. I even wrote a piece […]
Save My Child: The smart sensor that sends text messages if you forget the child in the car
https://www.electronics-lab.com/save-my-child-the-smart-sensor-that-sends-text-messages-if-you-forget-the-child-in-the-car/
It is installed in cars, and thanks to a detector placed on the child seat, it warns us – via SMS or phone call – if we get away without bringing the child with us. Boris Landoni writes: Among the most saddening (and at any rate, infrequent) accidents in the news, there are those of […]
UltraV: a Portable UV-index Meter
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ultrav-a-portable-uv-index-meter/
fmarzocca @ instructables.com build a portable UV index meter with Arduino. He writes: Being unable to expose myself to the sun due to a dermatological problem, I used the time I would have spent on the beach to build an ultraviolet rays meter. UltraV. It is built on an Arduino Nano rev3, with an UV […]
Osram promises better facial recognition with IR VCSELs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/osram-promises-better-facial-recognition-with-ir-vcsels/
Osram Opto Semiconductors is launching a new product family with Bidos PLPVQ 940A, its first Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) for new areas of application such as 3D sensing and facial recognition for mobiles. [via] This announcement comes shortly after the acquisition of US specialist Vixar. The VCSEL acts as a light source, illuminating […]