See What Technologies 700 IoT Developers are Using in 2017


https://www.electronics-lab.com/see-technologies-700-iot-developers-using-2017/

Taking a look at what other people do in a certain aspect can give you an insight and an indicator in your own journey. Maybe IoT is one of the cutting edge technologies with rapid changes year after year, if not month after month. About 700 developers answered Eclipse foundation IoT developer survey. The survey […]

Lightweight GSM Mobile With Arduino UNO and Nextion Display


https://www.electronics-lab.com/lightweight-gsm-mobile-arduin-uno-nextion-display/

Avishek Hardin at Arduino Project Hub designed a lightweight mobile using a GSM module, an Arduino UNO, and a Nextion touch screen display. The lightweight mobile has the following features: Make calls Receive calls Send SMS Receive SMS Delete SMS In this project, he uses a GSM SIM900A module to establish the cellular communication. The GSM SIM900A is an […]

XOD, Visual Coding For Microcontrollers


https://www.electronics-lab.com/xod-visual-coding-microcontrollers/

XOD is a new visual programming language for microcontrollers launched now. Pronounced [ksəud], this programming language idea was inspired by vvvv,  a hybrid visual/textual live-programming environment for easy prototyping and development which is designed to facilitate the handling of large media environments with physical interfaces, real-time motion graphics, audio and video that can interact with many users simultaneously. Like Code, […]

Sound to RC Servo Driver


https://www.electronics-lab.com/sound-rc-servo-driver/

This project is designed for Animatronics and Puppeteer applications, however it can be used in other applications like sound responsive toys, robots etc. Especially this project helps to move the jaw or mouth of animatronics creature. The project moves RC servo once receives any kind of sound.  Rotation angle depends on sound level, more the […]

Sound to RC Servo Driver


https://www.electronics-lab.com/project/sound-rc-servo-driver/

New Version: A new version of the Sound to RC Servo is available “Sound to RC Servo Driver v2.0 – Arduino Compatible” This project is designed for Animatronics and Puppeteer applications, however, it can be used in other applications like sound-responsive toys, robots, etc. Especially this project helps to move the jaw or mouth of […]

Embedded Cryptography For Internet Of Things Security


https://www.electronics-lab.com/iot-needs-embedded-cryptography-for-security/

As Internet of Things (IoT) devices are optimized for lower power consumption and affordability, most of them have poor computing resources. As consequence, these devices are more vulnerable to hacking attacks. The good news is there are several options for using cryptography to make it difficult for hackers to gain access to IoT devices of your smart […]

Household Power Consumption IoT Meter with Anti-theft Feature


https://www.electronics-lab.com/household-instruments-power-consumption-iot-meter-anti-theft-feature/

BSP Embed published a video demonstrating a new project to build a connected device to measure the power consumption of household instruments. The presenter relied in his project on the feature of having a blinking led in modern power meters where each blink means that 1 KWh is consumed. The device features the following: ESP8266-12E […]

Control Your Raspberry Pi Remotely


https://www.electronics-lab.com/control-raspberry-pi-remotely/

Sometimes while building a Raspberry Pi based project, it may be difficult to connect a screen, mouse and keyboard each time you want to edit something. If the Raspberry Pi is connected to a network, then running a remote desktop on it could be a good solution. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a proprietary protocol […]

Cheap ARM Cortex-m0 MCU Printed on Plastic Costs as low as 0.01$


https://www.electronics-lab.com/cheap-arm-cortex-m0-mcu-printed-plastic-costs-low-0-01/

Flexible electronics is one of the emerging technologies with the rise of connected things in IoT age. This increases the need of low cost electronics to use. PragmatIC the specialized company in low cost flexible electronics wants to enable trillions of “smart objects” to sense and communicate with their environment, but the problem is: to […]

Pulsar™ – a 4G cellular board


https://www.electronics-lab.com/pulsar-4g-cellular-board/

openh.io released their 4G Cat M1 cellular board bringing connectivity and remote management to low-bandwidth projects. The board is compatible with Arduino Zero and includes SAMD21 CPU for user code. Your project can now evolve, even after release, with groundbreaking remote device management and debugging. Pulsar contains a Remote Cortex M0 to help maintain a connection […]