Control ESP8266 over the internet
https://www.electronics-lab.com/control-esp8266-internet/
Here is a basic tutorial on how to control ESP8266 over the internet using two buttons on a browser window. The article goes through Arduino IDE configuration and example code is included. There are but a few things better than (succesfully) programming and using your Arduino. Surely one of those things is using your ESP8266 […]
DIY Morning Feed With LED Matrix
https://www.electronics-lab.com/diy-morning-feed-led-matrix/
Here is a LED matrix able to show useful information such as weather forecast, temperature and stock updates. The matrix is controlled by a Particle Photon board. You wake up in the morning. You’re groggy. You grab your phone lazily and start browsing. You check the weather, your stocks, your instagram. Before you know it, you’re […]
Low-side I/V sensing IC, with internal power calculation
https://www.electronics-lab.com/low-side-iv-sensing-ic-internal-power-calculation/
Maxim Integrated has posted details of the MAX44299, a low-side current, voltage, and power monitoring circuit that provides an analogue output current proportional to the measured current, voltage, and the internally calculated instantaneous power. The power monitor offers high precision and integration in tiny size. Instantaneous power is calculated internally by multiplying the load current […]
PiDrive – 314GB hard disk for the Raspberry Pi
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pidrive-314gb-hard-disk-raspberry-pi/
Western Digital have launched the WD PiDrive, a hard disk specially designed for the Raspberry Pi with a storage space of 314 GB. The engineers have modified the magnetic recording system and electronics to suit the characteristics of the RPi, and reduced the current consumption. The recommended retail price is $ 45,81 but a discount is […]
ESP8266 + I2S = Software-based 10-Base-T Ethernet Driver
https://www.electronics-lab.com/esp8266-i2s-software-based-10-base-t-ethernet-driver/
cnlohr @ github.com wanted to have an Ethernet interface for ESP8266 so he build one. more details on hackaday. This is a relatively unreliable and coincidentally functional ESP8266 Ethernet driver. It only uses two pins on the ESP, the I2S pins, but does provide Ethernet. It does all its own manchester encoding/decoding, framing, FCS, etc. It […]
WiGPSFi – ESP8266 + GPS module
https://www.electronics-lab.com/wigpsfi-esp8266-gps-module/
euerdesign.de has connected the ESP8266 to an GPS and a SD-Card to scan networks – coded a MySQL-DB with some PHP parsers and dynamic maps – and get fascinated by all the 2,4 GHz radiation arround him. In this blogpost, you can only read about finding and printing out maps with WiFi-Accesspoints and not how to […]
LoRaONE: the LoRa® IoT development board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/loraone-lora-iot-development-board/
LoRaONE is a new board to help you develop IoT applications fast and with ease. It’s an Arduino compatible board packed with features and sensors, making it the ideal solution for makers and creators that can’t wait to make the Internet of Things a reality. It is easy to program, connected to its surroundings through […]
Troubleshooting I2C for Arduino and nRF51822
https://www.electronics-lab.com/troubleshooting-i2c-arduino-nrf51822/
bitknitting.wordpress.com documented his efforts to transmit data over the I2C interface and analyze traffic using a USB login analyzer. The goal of this post is to transmit data over the I2C interface. Confirmation that the data was transferred will be output of the SDA/SCL lines when my Saleae Logic Analyzer is inserted between the I2C […]
SparkFun Electronics Eagle Libraries
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sparkfun-electronics-eagle-libraries/
Sparkfun has their own Eagle libraries available on github.com. This is a great resource for new board designs. They also have a guide on how to install the libraries and how to create custom footprints. This is the complete SparkFun Electronics default foot prints for Eagle 6.0+. We switched to Eagle back in 2006 and […]
Mikron 1663RU1 – 16 Mibit SRAM Die-Shot
https://www.electronics-lab.com/mikron-1663ru1-16-mibit-sram-weekend-die-shot/
Here is a die-shot, this time it’s a 1663RU1 from Russia’s Mikron semiconductor manufacturer. At the time of its release this was Russia’s first 90nm chip (by comparison 14nm is now available). Mikron is currently the most advanced microelectronic fab in Russia, located in Zelenograd. In 2010 they have licensed 90nm technology from STMicroelectronics, and equipment […]