Measure Stress Levels Using a Smartphone
https://www.electronics-lab.com/measure-stress-levels-using-a-smartphone/
Researchers have developed a smartphone device that measures the cortisol concentration in saliva in order to define your stress levels. The new test is done in under 10 minutes and there is no need to send a salvina sample on a lab. The cost for each measurement is less than 5$ and the smartphone uses its […]
A biometric sensor for wearables – LG Innotek
https://www.electronics-lab.com/a-biometric-sensor-for-wearables/
LG Innotek has released an ultra-thin optical biometric sensor module designed to be used in wearables and smartphones to measure health parameters such as heartbeat, stress indicators and blood oxygen saturation level. The new sensor is more accurate than it’s predecessors achieving ±5 bpm range of error and consumes very little power to operate. At stable heartbeat […]
SolarBoost – Make Your Own USB Solar Mobile Charger
https://www.electronics-lab.com/solarboost-make-your-own-usb-solar-mobile-charger/
SolarBoost is an open source smart interface that allows you to build your own powerful and portable solar charger for your phone and other mobile devices. It has two USB ports and can provide 5V @ 2A at each of them and is controlled by a 8-bit 32MHz Microchip PIC microcontroller. It is also equipped […]
Ryet IKEA LED Bulb teardown
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ryet-ikea-led-bulb-teardown/
Here is a quick tear down of an IKEA 400 lm “Ryet” bulb. Cheapest bulb with full safety listing that I have ever seen. Selling for less than $2.00! Ryet IKEA LED Bulb teardown – [Link]
UP/DOWN counter with memory using PIC16F88
https://www.electronics-lab.com/updown-counter-with-memory/
Here is an up-down counter based on PIC16F88 and 7-segment display. The counter is using SMD components and features a RS-232 interface. This is a simple digital counter with a serial rs-232 and a 7 segment display, i started this project to count items on some shelfs, but it can be used for anything, it […]
-5V @100mA Switched Capacitor Converter
https://www.electronics-lab.com/project/5v-100ma-switched-capacitor-converter/
The circuit diagram presented here is about a negative voltage regulator. It is based on LT1054, which is a switched capacitor voltage converter with regulator from Texas instrument. This device has many advantages over other previously available switched capacitor voltage converters. It provides higher current and has lower voltage losses. Features: Input Voltage: 3.5VDC to […]
Choose the right step-up/down voltage regulator for portable applications
https://www.electronics-lab.com/choose-the-right-step-updown-voltage-regulator-for-portable-applications/
Reno Rossetti & Inyong Kim discuss about the power needs on portable devices and help us choose the right regulator. A popular power source for portable devices is a single lithium-ion cell with 4.2V at full charge and 2.8V at end of discharge. However, some functions within portable electronics, such as a SIM card and […]
LTC7813 – Low IQ, 60V Synchronous Boost+Buck Controller
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ltc7813-low-iq-60v-synchronous-boostbuck-controller/
Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC7813, a dual output (boost + buck), low quiescent current synchronous DC/DC controller. When cascaded, its independent step-up (boost) and step-down (buck) controllers regulate the output voltage from an input voltage that can be above, below, or equal to the output voltage, including during an automotive load dump or cold […]
Open-source microprocessor
https://www.electronics-lab.com/open-source-microprocessor/
Fabio Bergamin @ phys.org writes about PULPino which is an open source processor to be used on wearables and IoT. In future, it will be easier and cheaper for developers at universities and SMEs to build wearable microelectronic devices and chips for the internet of things, thanks to the PULPino open-source processor, which has been developed at […]
Nanocounter: Frequency Counter with an Android Interface
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nanocounter-frequency-counter-with-an-android-interface/
Andy published his accurate and open source frequency counter that uses an Android phone as a display. It’s based on a high accuracy temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) fed into a phase locked loop (PLL) to create a high frequency reference clock. The reference clock along with the input signal is processed by a Xilinx […]