Hackaday Prize Entry: Elephant AI

From hackaday.com 2 hours ago in Blogs

[Neik K. Sheridan]’s Automated Elephant Detection System was a semi-finalist in last year’s Hackaday Prize. Encouraged by his close finish, [Neil] is back at it with a refreshed and updated Elephant AI project. The purpose of Elephant AI is to help...

Sometimes You Just Need a Transistor: A New Low-Side Driver Array from Texas Instruments

From www.allaboutcircuits.com 3 hours ago in BlogsNews

ICs such as the TPL7407LA provide convenient, high-performance switching for a variety of common applications.

Amazing Motion-Capture of Bendy Things

From hackaday.com 4 hours ago in Blogs

Have you, dear reader, ever needed to plot the position of a swimming pool noodle in 3D  and in real time? Of course you have, and today, you’re in luck! I’ve compiled together a solution that’s sure to give you the jumpstart on solving...

Converting a Robotic Motor For Lego Blocks

From hackaday.com 5 hours ago in Blogs

The Internet has brought a lot of advantage to life, not the least of which is access to really cheap electronic parts. [KarelK166] was buying cheap geared motors for projects, but they didn’t easily work with Lego blocks. He found...

Ask Hackaday: SawStop — Bastion of Safety or Patent Troll

From hackaday.com 7 hours ago in Blogs

At first glance, SawStop seems like a hacker’s dream. A garage tinkerer comes up with a great idea, builds a product around it, and the world becomes a better place. As time has gone on, other companies have introduced similar...

Detecting Mobile Phone Transmissions With a Sound Card

From hackaday.com 10 hours ago in Blogs

Anyone who had a cheap set of computer speakers in the early 2000s has heard it – the rhythmic dit-da-dit-dit of a GSM phone pinging a cell tower once an hour or so. [153armstrong] has a write up on how...

OnePlus 5 Smartphone Linux Kernel & Android Source Code Released

From www.cnx-software.com 11 hours ago in News

OnePlus 5 is a premium smartphone powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, 6 to 8 GB LPDDR4x RAM, 64 to 128 GB UFS 2.0 storage and a 5.5″ Full HD display, as well as the usual LTE, WiFi,...

Hacked Sea Scooter Lives Another Day

From hackaday.com 13 hours ago in Blogs

The Seadoo GTI Sea Scooter is a simple conveyance, consisting of a DC motor and a big prop in a waterproof casing. By grabbing on and firing the motor, it can be used to propel oneself underwater. However, [ReSearchITEng] had...

THL Box 1 Pro TV Box Review – Part 1: Unboxing and Teardown

From www.cnx-software.com 13 hours ago in News

Today we will be taking a look at the THL Box1 Pro box. We will take this is two parts, first being the unboxing and teardown then software and performance. Let’s start with the unit’s specs. THL Box...

From the mail bag…

From blog.adafruit.com 16 hours ago in PlatformsStores

From the mail bag! Dear Lady Ada and Phil, Besides the great products for makers, enthusiastic customer support, and promises like no blinking Christmas trees, what makes me confident Adafruit will stay a cool company is something that didn’t even...

PacMan Magnets #3DThursday #3DPrinting

From blog.adafruit.com 16 hours ago in PlatformsStores

Shared by CD_MT on Thingiverse: These are quick designs and prints. I thought they would be fun on my whiteboard at work. They are designed to press-fit 2mm x 2mm circular magnets into the holes on the back, so I...

Decoding NRSC-5 with SDR to Get In Your Car

From hackaday.com 16 hours ago in Blogs

NRSC-5 is a high-definition radio standard, used primarily in the United States. It allows for digital and analog transmissions to share the original FM bandwidth allocations. Theori are a cybersecurity research startup in the US, and have set out to...

Making + Learning introduces a framework to support learning in library and museum makerspaces #NationOfMakers #WeekofMaking @NationOfMakers

From blog.adafruit.com 16 hours ago in PlatformsStores

Making + Learning introduces a framework to support learning in library and museum makerspaces. . This project aims to share ways that we can nurture and grow conditions for learning within making experiences. We do this through a description of...

Today is the day! Our Week of Making sale ends tonight! #WeekofMaking #Sale #AdafruitSale

From blog.adafruit.com 16 hours ago in PlatformsStores

We have been celebrating National Week of Making all week with 15% off selected products. If you haven’t grabbed any (or enough) deals yet do it quick! Our sale ends tonight at 11:59 PM EST Go to Adafruit.com/sale The sale...

Inforce 6309 Snapdragon 410E micro SBC is Now Selling for $89 (Promo)

From www.cnx-software.com 17 hours ago in News

With its Snapdragon 410E processor,  Inforce 6309 single board computer is similar to Qualcomm DragonBoard 410c board, except it adds a Gigabit Ethernet port with optional PoE/RS484 add-on, switches...

React to the Software Shift

From www.eetimes.com 17 hours ago in News

If you are looking to make a switch from hardware engineering to software programming, Facebook and Stanford have created a shortcut for you.

4DS ReRAM Hits DRAM Speeds

From www.eetimes.com 17 hours ago in News

Interface Switching ReRAM has overcome the hurdle of high bit rate errors without error correction techniques that have historically slowed read access time

Much Ado About China's Big IC Surge

From www.eetimes.com 17 hours ago in News

It's been two years since China announced a huge capital investment intended to kick-start an indigenous semiconductor industry. So, how's that working out for China?

Samsung Announces Mass-Production of its Exynos i T200 WiFi Processor for the Internet of Things

From www.cnx-software.com 17 hours ago in News

Exynos i T200 is an ARM Cortex R4 + Cortex M0 WiSoC for the Internet of Things, potentially used in the Samsung ARTIK-053 IoT module, and the first Exynos IoT processor from Samsung. The company has...

ASK AN ENGINEER – LIVE electronics video show! 6/21/17 @adafruit #adafruit #electronics #programming

From blog.adafruit.com 21 hours ago in PlatformsStores

ASK AN ENGINEER – LIVE electronics video show! 6/21/17 (video). What is “Ask an engineer”? From the electronics enthusiast to the professional community – “Ask an Engineer” has a little bit of everything for everyone. If you’re a beginner, or...

SHOW-AND-TELL Google+ LIVE Hangout! 6/21/17 @adafruit #adafruit #showandtell

From blog.adafruit.com 21 hours ago in PlatformsStores

SHOW-AND-TELL Google+ LIVE Hangout! 6/21/17 (video). Want to join the #showandtell Here’s how and video.

Robot Draws Using Robust CNC

From hackaday.com 22 hours ago in Blogs

While initially developed for use in large factory processes, computer numeric control (CNC) machines have slowly made their way out of the factory and into the hands of virtually anyone who wants one. The versatility that these machines have in...

Handling Authentication Secrets in the Browser

From blog.miguelgrinberg.com 22 hours ago in Blogs

I gave a talk titled Handling Authentication Secrets in the Browser at Fluent 2017 in San Jose (you can see the slides above). As a complement to the talk, I thought it would be a good idea to write down...

Multirate DSP and Its Application in A/D Conversion

From www.allaboutcircuits.com 23 hours ago in BlogsNews

Multirate DSP leads to a more efficient A/D conversion.

Arduino Based “Row Bots” Test Rowing Efficiency

From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in PlatformsStores

What is the most efficient way to row a boat? Should all the oars pull simultaneously or out-of-phase?  French researchers in Paris’s Laboratory of Hydrodynamics (LadHyX) explored this question by actually building arduino based robotic rowers. At this point, everyone...

Detail-Focused Loki Costume

From blog.adafruit.com 24 hours ago in PlatformsStores

Silhouette Cosplay has applied her skills to a variety of characters from the worlds of film and television, including Loki. She’s completed a couple of different versions of the the Marvel trickster’s costumes, including his ensemble from Thor: The Dark...

Dumping Synth ROMs and Avoiding Bitrot

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

Bitrot is setting in, and our digital legacy is slowly turning to dust. Efforts preserve our history are currently being undertaken numerous people around the Internet, and [Jason Scott] just got an automated CD ripper, so everything is kinda okay....

MinnowBoard 3 will offer Apollo Lake, triple M.2s, and Raspberry Pi expansion

From hackerboards.com 1 day ago in News

Minnowboard.org is prepping an open spec “MinnowBoard 3” SBC with a quad-core Apollo Lake, 4GB LPDDR4, 8GB eMMC, 3x M.2 sockets, and an RPi connector. The Intel-backed Minnowboard.org project has posted preliminary specs for an open-spec MinnowBoard 3 model to...

“Engineering Ella” – Thanks to @at_makers & Penn High School Students | #WeekOfMaking @NationOfMakers

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

Spinal muscular atrophy is a debilitating deficiency of SMN proteins. But thanks to assistance from AT Makers and Mishawaka, Indiana Penn High School students Ella is regaining control with the aid of assistive technology. Thanks to Bill for sending this...

Hackaday Prize Entry: A Go-Kart For a Special Child

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

ScottCar is a go-kart for a special Kid and is [Alain]’s entry in this years Hackaday Prize. Will it race to victory? The concept behind ScottCar is simple: There isn’t much out there for disabled kids when it comes to go-karts. [Alain...