Colour grabbing Scribble Pen
https://www.electronics-lab.com/colour-grabbing-scribble-pen/
The Scribble Pen represents a real breakthrough, simply point the pen’s scanner at a colour, and draw in that colour with the Scribble Pen or Scribble Stylus. “We’re passionate about making people’s lives more colourful, artistic, energetic and happy and that’s exactly what our breakthrough products offer,” commented a spokesperson from Scribble. “Scribble allows an […]
Mid-power UV LED operates at 365 nm
https://www.electronics-lab.com/mid-power-uv-led-operates-365-nm/
A ceramic-based UV LED, the VLMU1610-365-135 from Vishay provides typical radiant power of 18 mW at 20 mA and 50 mW at 60 mA over a wavelength range of 362.5 nm to 370 nm. The silicone lens of the device enables extremely long lifetimes of up to 25,000 hour, compared to typical mercury lamp lifetimes […]
Review: Siglent SDS 2304X oscilloscope
https://www.electronics-lab.com/review-siglent-sds-2304x-oscilloscope/
Jack Ganssle @ embedded.com reviews the Siglent SDS 2304X oscilloscope. I’ve had a Siglent SDS1102CML two channel 100 MHz bench scope here for the last two years. I demand a lot from my test equipment so had low expectations when it arrived. After all, how good can a $359 unit be? Turns out, quite a […]
The smallest camera module for mobile devices
https://www.electronics-lab.com/smallest-camera-module-mobile-devices/
Nidec Copal, the world’s biggest manufacturer of camera shutters, has developed the smallest, thinnest and lightest camera module for mobile devices. It measures just 8.5 x 8.5 x 4.2 mm and weighs 0.57 g. The new camera module is about half the size of Nidec Copal’s previous module. by Harry Baggen @ elektormagazine.com The new camera module has a 16 megapixel, 1/3.1″ […]
Your laundry is done!
https://www.electronics-lab.com/your-laundry-is-done/
Tinkerman @ tinkerman.cat tipped us with his latest project. It’s a laundry notification system that will message you when it’s finished. I often forget my wet clothing in the washer and after a day they really smell… so I thought about monitoring my washer and get a notification in my phone when the laundry is […]
Thunderboard React – A New BT 4.2 IoT Kit From Silicon Labs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/thunderboard-react-new-bt-4-2-iot-kit-silicon-labs/
Silicon Labs recently introduced a new platform that enables users to develop their own sensor driven IoT application, this platform is called Thunderboard React and it’s for 29$. Thunderboard contains Silicon Labs’ BGM111 bluetooth smart module connected with punch of sensors which are: Silicon Labs’ Si7021 relative humidity and temperature sensor, Silicon Labs’ Si1133 ambient […]
RTL8710 Is a New ESP8266 Competitor
https://www.electronics-lab.com/rtl8710-new-esp8266-competitor/
In the last two years, ESP8266 was the Wifi Chip/Module which dominated the market of hobbyists, even a lot of commercial products use ESP8266, due to the low price, ease of use and large community around ESP8266. RTL8710 is a Wifi network solution from the Taiwanese Company Realtek. It can operate independently, or as a […]
IEEE Ranking for Programming Languages – 2016
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ieee-ranking-programming-languages-2016/
Are you an embedded system programmer? Checkout the rank of your favorite programming language according to IEEE Spectrum ranking. C language is in the first place for programming devices controllers, followed by C++, Arduino, then Assembly. IEEE Spectrum has special methods to figure these ranks, for example they “measure the number of hits for each […]
TFoC: FPGA & Forth = VGA
https://www.electronics-lab.com/tfoc-fpga-forth-vga/
Here is a fun project, created from start to finish by Matthias Koch: In itself, this is no big deal. The generated pattern is a 16×16 expanded pixel image, and 640×480 displays are pretty basic by now – although they’re fine for presenting text-mode information and retro games. TFoC: FPGA & Forth = VGA – […]
Opto-isolated laser controller build
https://www.electronics-lab.com/opto-isolated-laser-controller-build/
Scott Harden built his own opto-isolated laser controller and wrote a post on his blog detailing its assembly: My goal was to utilize a free hardware output line to signal to a device that I build to modulate the laser in a special way. This way there would be no modification to any existing equipment, […]