Pi-oT 2 IoT module adds 24V digital inputs, RS-485, and UPS to Raspberry Pi (Crowdfunding)

From www.cnx-software.com 20 hours ago in News

Pi-oT was launched last year as a Raspberry Pi add-ons designed for commercial and industrial IoT automation. It features 5V I/Os, relays, and ADC  inputs suitable for light-duty projects and prototyping. The company, called Edge Devices, has now launched an...

Calendar Printer Makes You A Hard Copy On The Daily

From hackaday.com 21 hours ago in Blogs

We’re blessed to have cloud-based calendars that store all the relevant data on our hyper-busy lives for easy access anywhere and everywhere. However, sometimes a hard copy is nice for when you’re tired of looking at screens. In this vein,...

Tinker Board 2

From hackerboards.com 21 hours ago in News

The Tinker Board 2 is based on Rockchip's 64-bit hexacore RK3399 SoC, plus 2GB or 4GB RAM and optional 64GB eMMC. Key features include GbE, WiFi, and BT connectivity, multiple A/V and USB ports, a microSD slot, and Raspberry Pi...

M5Paper ESP32 IoT development kit features a 4.7-inch e-Ink touchscreen display

From www.cnx-software.com 23 hours ago in News

M5Stack has just launched its unique and latest core device with a touchscreen e-Ink display. M5Paper ESP32 IoT Development Kit is a fully programmable microcontroller-based platform that can be an ideal choice for your IoT applications. This low-power device could...

Hackaday Links: November 29, 2020

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

While concerns over COVID-19 probably kept many a guest room empty this Thanksgiving, things were a little different aboard the International Space Station. The four-seat SpaceX Crew Dragon is able to carry one more occupant to the orbiting outpost than...

Endtime Dioramas from Jana Hoffmann

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

German diorama artist, Jana Hoffmann, has a series of post-apocalyptic scenes, such as his Apocalypse Route 66 series.Here he is building a scene called On the Road Endtime of a grandad and grandson living out of their Land Rover.

STEMMA Sunday – TE Connectivity HTU31D temp/humidity sensor

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

TE just released an upgrade to their popular HTU21D sensor, the HTU31 – we’re trying it out, it has an enable-able heater element and oversampling manager. This one also has adjustable I2C address, we’re just trying it out. It was...

MQTT Dashboard Uses SHARP Memory LCD

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

One of the more interesting display technologies of the moment comes from Sharp, their memory display devices share the low power advantages of an e-ink display with the much faster updates we would expect from an LCD or similar. We’ve...

Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up November 22 – 28: Adafruit Holiday Shipping, Gift Guides, Sale(s?) & More!

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging...

Review – Limerick Quest

From blog.templaro.com 1 day ago in Blogs

I really admire the effort it must have taken to write an entire game in limerick meter and even more for finding a way to incorporate puzzles — also in limerick meter. Additionally, I was impressed that the game managed...

Making A “Unpickable” Lock

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

Every time manufacturers bring a new “unpickable” lock to market, amateur and professional locksmiths descend on the new product to prove them wrong. [Shane] from [Stuff Made Here] decided to try his hand at designing and building an unpickable lock,...

A Hunger for Social Contact

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

MIT researchers discovered brain activity in isolation is similar to hunger.via MIT“People who are forced to be isolated crave social interactions similarly to the way a hungry person craves food. Our finding fits the intuitive idea that positive social interactions...

Pimoroni deals #BFCM #ADADEALS @pimoroni

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

Pimoroni deals and more! We’ll be offering different chunky discounts from Mon 23 Nov. Up to 40% off on Pimoroni gear and discounts on hundreds of other choice items until they’re all sold out. There is a new theme to...

Review – Electric word, “life”

From blog.templaro.com 1 day ago in Blogs

Some of the entries in this IFComp are novel size, but this one is the ideal length for a short story. In a few screenfuls of text, the author lays out the scene, gives some insight into key characters through...

DIY Induction Heater Draws 1.4 kW And Gets Metal Hot

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

Induction heaters can make conductive objects incredibly hot by generating eddy currents within the metal. They’re used in a wide variety of industrial processes, from furnaces to welders and even heat treatments. [Schematix] whipped up his own design, and put...

Sea Urchin Wear Shells Like Hats So Aquarists Made Tiny Hats for Them To Wear Instead

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

Did you know sea urchins sometimes wear sort of hats? Did you also know if you happen to 3D print a top hat, a sea urchin will wear said top hat? Well, you’re welcome.Via My Modern Met:There are 950 species...

Review – Lore Distance Relationship

From blog.templaro.com 1 day ago in Blogs

There was something cinematic about this story. Yes, I was occasionally clicking on my mouse, but mostly I was watching this go by, fully immersed and emotionally engaged in deciding whether to steer the story towards more dramatic but potentially...

What’s the perfect cyber-gift? We’ll tell you, an #Adafruit #GiftCertificate! Check ’em out 🤖 adafruit.com/giftcertificates

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

Know someone who loves electronics but doesn’t know the difference between an XBee, a soldering iron, and a SMA to uFL/u.FL/IPX/IPEX RF Adapter Cable? Want to buy the perfect gift but don’t know whether your Maker friend is a BeagleBone...

Advanced Printer Control Aims To Stop Idle Waste

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

3D printers are capable of creating complex geometries with a minimum of fuss, but one of the tradeoffs is the long period of time it takes to print a part. Often, printers are left to run for many hours with...

An Astronaut Card Game from the 1960s

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

The Science Museum in London has some wonderful collections. A recent acquisition is an Astronaut card game made by Castell Brothers Ltd. in 1960. Here’s more from the Science Museum:In a game of ‘Astronaut’, your mission to the moon consists...

What to Call Your Distant Relative

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

If you’re missing family, might as well start filling in this chart from FlowingData and see how far you can get before you have to start sending texts. Super fun challenge is to apply this logic to friend families!When you...

A Clap-Activated Machine For All Your Applause Needs

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

Applause is greatly revered as a symbol of warmth and adoration from a crowd. TV shows that film in front of a live audience often cue their audiences to clap in order to generate the desired auditory atmosphere. Of course,...

IKOULA hosts Raspberry Pi 4 “micro server” for 4.99+ Euros per month

From www.cnx-software.com 2 days ago in News

Hosting services for Arm single board computers where you pay a monthly fee for a board, and have it hosted in a datacenter with Internet access and easy provisioning have been around for over six years. Last summer, we reported...

The 17 Best (and Worst) Cartoon Sidekicks of 1980s Television

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

This list from Leah Schnelbach on Tor.com is full of so many forgotten throwbacks, I found myself spiraling into Wiki-hole faster than you could say “Lemme at ’em! I’ll splat ’em!”After years wandering the wilderness, Princess Adora and her bad-ass...

Open Hardware GPS Tracker Works On Your Terms

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

These days, there’s plenty of options if you want to get a GPS tracker for your vehicle. Unfortunately, they come with the sort of baggage that’s becoming increasingly common with consumer tech: subscription fees, third-party snooping, and a sneaking suspicion...

The True Story of Hitchcock’s The Birds

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

At least part of my fear and distrust for birds can be traced back to a 7th grade sleepover party where we watched the Hitchcock classic The Birds. I didn’t really understand who Hitchcock was at the time, beyond Psycho,...

A breakout for the Google Coral edge TPU accelerator

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

The Coral accelerator chip is an all-in-one pick-n-placeable edge TPU that is designed to speed up inferences on TensorFlow. It has PCIe and USB interfaces and is just so cute! We made a simple breakout for this chip, to just...

Colorful ultra-high-density LED strips

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

We love these ‘chip on board’ ultra-flexible white LED Strips with hundreds of SMT LEDs per meter, soldered side-by-side, and diffused with a silicone epoxy! They look a lot like neon or incandescent tubing or maybe really-nice EL wire, but...

Ham Radio Needs To Embrace The Hacker Community Now More Than Ever

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

As many a radio amateur will tell you, ham radio is a hobby with as many facets as there are radio amateurs. It should be an exciting and dynamic place to be, but as those who venture forth into it...

Finishing a DiResta “Skeleton Knife” @JimmyDiResta

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

In the last few years, YouTube maker, Jimmy DiResta, has been creating an increasing number of products to sell. His ice pick has become both a useful everyday tool (I use mine nearly every day) and a sort of must-have...