Zero W, New €10 Raspberry Pi with WLAN and Bluetooth
https://www.electronics-lab.com/zero-w-new-e10-raspberry-pi-wlan-bluetooth/
Five years ago (on 29 February 2012, to be exact) the original Raspberry Pi was unveiled – on this celebrated first day the available stock was sold out within a few minutes, more than 100,000 boards were ordered and the Farnell and RS Components web stores where down for while because of the high demand… […]
Bluetooth chip is only 4x4mm
https://www.electronics-lab.com/bluetooth-chip-4x4mm/
by Julien Happich @ edn-europe.com: Part of the Swatch group, EM Microelectronic announced what the company believes to be the world’s smallest Bluetooth chip. Offered in a 4x4mm QFN-28 package, in a WLCSP-21 or as a bare-die, the EM9304 is optimized for Bluetooth v4.2 low energy enabled products. Bluetooth chip is only 4x4mm – [Link]
Send Touch Over Distance With HEY Bracelet
https://www.electronics-lab.com/send-touch-distance-hey-bracelet/
HEY is an innovative bracelet that really makes you feel connected to a loved one. It uses a unique technology to send your touch as far as needed. It’s the first bracelet that mimics a real human touch, not by producing a mechanical vibration or buzzing sensation, but an actual gentle squeeze. On Valentine’s Day […]
DIY BLE Thermometer With Arduino and Blynk
https://www.electronics-lab.com/diy-ble-thermometer-with-arduino-and-blynk/
Konstantin Dimitrov has shared a new tutorial on Arduino Project Hub on how to make an Arduino/Genuino 101 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) thermometer with TMP102 and Blynk. Blynk is a platform with iOS and Android apps to control Arduino, Raspberry Pi and the likes over the Internet. You can easily build graphical interfaces for all […]
The Winkel Board, All-in-one Arduino Compatible Board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/winkel-board-one-arduino-compatible-board/
Mintbox Technologies is an Indian tech startup who build smarter connected devices for everyone. It is specialized in consumer electronics, open source software & hardware, PCB design services. Mintbox latest product is The Winkel Board, a powerful new Arduino-compatible, open source hardware platform for development and prototyping. Based on the Atmel ATmega128 microcontroller, The Winkel […]
Bluetooth 5 Is Here!
https://www.electronics-lab.com/bluetooth-5-is-here/
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has officially launched the core specifications of the new version of Bluetooth: Bluetooth 5. These specifications include longer range, faster speed, and larger broadcast message capacity, as well as improved interoperability and coexistence with other wireless technologies than recent Bluetooth versions, making it possible to advance IoT applications and […]
MDBT42Q, nRF52832-based BLE module
https://www.electronics-lab.com/mdbt42q-nrf52832-based-ble-module/
The open hardware innovation platform Seeedstudio produces the MDBT42Q, a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module. It is a BT 4.0, BT 4.1 and BT 4.2 module designed based on Nordic nRF52832 SoC, a powerful, highly flexible ultra-low power multiprotocol SoC ideally suited for Bluetooth low energy, ANT and 2.4GHz ultra low-power wireless applications. MDBT42Q features […]
FiPy, The Future IoT Module
https://www.electronics-lab.com/fipy-future-iot-module/
The hardware startup Pycom have been working hard to create a fast-develop-and-connect hardware portfolio, a portal and gathered enough developer manpower to unleash the IoT growth potential. Pycom has just launched its newest product: FiPy! FiPy is the new IoT module that connects your device to other networks. According to what the company describes, it […]
BLE Carbon, The New $28 IoT Edition SBC
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ble-carbon-new-28-iot-edition-sbc/
Linaro, a collaborative engineering organization consolidating and optimizing open source software and tools for the ARM architecture, is bringing together industry and the open source community to work on key projects, reduce industry wide fragmentation, and provide common software foundations for all. During the last Linaro Connect event at Las Vegas, a new BLE (Bluetooth […]
Web-Bluetooth Devices Integration
https://www.electronics-lab.com/web-bluetooth-devices-integration/
Chrome Browser version 53 came out with a new feature: Origin Trial for Bluetooth which allows websites to use this feature and enable Web Bluetooth for all their visitors. Web Bluetooth is a new technology that connects the Web with the Internet of Things, this technology will provide a level of integration in the IoT […]