QuickLogic’s Hearable Reference Design enables Alexa Voice-Initiated Devices

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

Last year we saw QuickFeather board featuring EOS S3 Cortex-M4F MCU with embedded FPGA, which was a crowdfunding project. This year the company has launched its smart hearable reference design based on a similar processor by QuickLogic. The device is...

The IEEE Builds a Smart Watch

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

It used to be that building your own watch was either a big project or it meant that you didn’t really care about how something looked on your wrist. But now with modern parts and construction techniques, a good-looking smart...

Backpack Theft Deterrence Using Diamond Knots

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

This nifty paracord “lock” using diamond knots wont prevent a determined thief from getting into your backpack, but it offers just enough annoyance in figuring it out and opening it, that it will deter the quick pick-pocket from boosting your...

New Products 3/03/2021 Feat. Adafruit Feather RP2040! @adafruit #adafruit #newproducts

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

Browse through all that’s new here!NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKRaspberry Pi Compute Module 4 IO Board: Exposing every interface from Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, the Compute Module 4 IO Board provides a development platform and reference base-board design for the...

Giaco Whatever Makes a Satisfying Wall o’ Tools

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

Maker and designer, Giaco Whatever, never does anything half way. So, when he decided to re-organize his shop tools, he went hog wild with a lovely and elaborate tool wall that is a true thing of beauty. As Giaco writes:“I...

Waterjet-Cut Precision Pastry

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

We need more high-end, geometric pastry in our lives. This insight is courtesy of a fairly old video, embedded below, demonstrating an extremely clever 2D CNC mechanism that cuts out shapes on a cake pan, opening up a universe of...

X-Ray Defeats Letterlocking — Unfolds and Reads Letter Sealed Since 1697

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

Over recent years we’ve been treated to a series of fascinating advances in the world of x-ray imaging, as  researchers have developed their x-ray microtomography techniques and equipment to the point at which they can probe and then computationally reconstruct...

New ITX-M-CC452-T10 Board with Built-in Storage Spans microSD, SATA and mSATA

From www.electronics-lab.com 2 days ago in Blogs

WINSYSTEMS Debuts Industrial-Rated Mini-ITX Form Factor Carrier for COM Express Type 10 Mini Modules U.S.-made ITX-M-CC452-T10... The post New ITX-M-CC452-T10 Board with Built-in Storage Spans microSD, SATA and mSATA appeared first on Electronics-Lab.com.

ON Semiconductor NTx015N065SC1 silicon carbide MOSFET

From www.electronics-lab.com 2 days ago in Blogs

Silicon Carbide Technology has a better thermal conductivity (3x times) and a higher breakdown field strength... The post ON Semiconductor NTx015N065SC1 silicon carbide MOSFET appeared first on Electronics-Lab.com.

TLV62595 2.5 V to 5.5 V Input 4 A Step-Down Converter

From www.electronics-lab.com 2 days ago in Blogs

Texas Instruments’ converter offers 1% output accuracy in 1.5 mm x 1.5 mm QFN package Texas... The post TLV62595 2.5 V to 5.5 V Input 4 A Step-Down Converter appeared first on Electronics-Lab.com.

Under Pressure, Biden Orders Review of U.S. Chip Supply Shortage

From www.allaboutcircuits.com 2 days ago in BlogsNews

President Biden has signed an executive order to compel the federal government to conduct a 100-day review into semiconductor supply chains.

The Cameras on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

There are a total of 23 cameras on the Perseverance rover. Learn about the functions of these cameras from NASA:The Perseverance rover has several cameras focused on engineering and science tasks. Some help us land on Mars, while others serve...

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Makes Its First Martian Tracks

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

There’s a special kind of anxiety that comes from trying out a robotic project for the first time. No matter the size, complexity, or how much design and planning has gone into it, the first time a creation moves under...

Erez Nevi Pana’s Dead Sea Salt Small-Scale Architecture

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

The Israeli artist examines the boundaries of the material and its sustainability.via dezeenIsraeli designer Erez Nevi Pana used five tons of salt from the Dead Sea to create his Crystalline collection, which showcases how the material can be used as...

99% Inspiration, 99% Perspiration, and 99% Collaboration

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

I was watching an oldish TEDx talk with Rodney Mullen, probably the most innovative street skater ever, but that’s not the point, and it’s not his best talk either. Along the way, he makes a claim that ideas — in...

Sony’s latest patent application: a banana PlayStation controller #PlayStation

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

Is Sony taking a cue from MakeyMakey and turning fruit into controllers?From Polygon:The patent (spied by GamesIndustry.biz on Tuesday) is actually for a method that turns a “non-luminous passive object being held by a user” into a controller, recognizing virtual...

Summer Winston Questions and Starts To Answer, “Where Are All the Black Photographers?”

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

So excited to watch through more of Summer Winston’s videos, the suggested creator’s videos and see how my own YouTube algorithm changes! From Summer Winston on YouTube:I decided to start the year by paying respect and appreciation to Black photographers...

Lost a Lightweight Quadcopter? Here Are The Best Ways To Find It

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

Lost aircraft are harder to find when they are physically small to begin with. Not only are they harder to see, but the smaller units lack features like GPS tracking; it’s not normally possible to add it to a tiny...

Print Chess Pieces, then Defeat the Chess-Playing Printer

From hackaday.com 3 days ago in Blogs

Chess is undoubtedly a game of the mind. Sadly, some of the nuances are lost when you play on a computer screen. When a game is tactile, it carries a different gravity. Look at a poker player shuffling chips, and...

Dr. Paul Fuchs Explains Our Ears

From blog.adafruit.com 3 days ago in PlatformsStores

Dr. Paul Fuchs explains how damage and hearing-loss can lead to the degeneration of neurons connected to inner ear hair cells.via The Johns Hopkins News-LetterUnderstanding the gritty details of mechanotransduction is important, Fuchs said, because the several dozen proteins that...

Sonoff Si7021 Teardown

From kaspars.net 3 days ago in BlogsPodcasts

Here are the photos of the Sonoff Si7021 temperature and humidity sensor which uses the Silicon Labs Si7021 sensor attached to the Silicon Labs EFM8BB10F2G-QFN20 microcontroller. The other side of the PCB is completely blank. The sensor is actually pretty...

CHAIN – The Secret Life of Components, A series of guides for designers and makers

From blog.adafruit.com 3 days ago in PlatformsStores

Tim Hunkin is an English engineer, cartoonist, writer, and artist best known for creating the television series The Secret Life of Machines. Tim Hunkin shared the first episode of a new series The Secret life of Components on Youtube!

Common-Mode Rejection: A Key Feature of Instrumentation Amplifiers

From www.allaboutcircuits.com 3 days ago in BlogsNews

In this article, we’ll examine a bridge measurement system to show why an in-amp needs to have a high common-mode rejection to successfully extract a small differential signal.

buttonpusher Automates Animal Crossing Tasks

From hackaday.com 3 days ago in Blogs

Press button, wait, press button again, repeat. There must be a better way! If that kind of interaction drives you nuts, you’ll probably appreciate [Tommy]’s buttonpusher, which has only one job: automate away some of the more boring parts of...

ANNKE CZ400 AI security camera review – Part 1: Specs, unboxing and teardown

From www.cnx-software.com 3 days ago in News

We’re starting to see more and more security cameras with built-in AI features such as Reolink RLC-810A 4K camera with people & vehicle detection or the lower cost Vacom Cam Full HD camera with person detection only, which I have...

Explore the Cosmos with this DIY Digital Telescope

From hackaday.com 3 days ago in Blogs

Getting a closer look at the Moon isn’t particularly difficult; even an absolute beginner can point a cheap telescope towards our nearest celestial neighbor and get some impressive views. But if you’re looking to explore a bit farther, and especially...

Making a Mandalorian Flamethrower Gauntlet #starwars

From blog.adafruit.com 3 days ago in PlatformsStores

On Hacksmith, the team has just launched a new series where they are going to build a head-to-toe suit of Mandalorian armor, complete with blaster, grapple gun, jet pack, all of it. In this first episode, they build a flamethrower...

Custom PCB Silkscreens: Moving EAGLE CAD to Adobe Illustrator

From blog.adafruit.com 3 days ago in PlatformsStores

The custom PCB silkscreens you see on many Adafruit boards avoid that common “CAD look” while making these devices easier to read and more enjoyable to use. Sadly there is no “make silkscreen” button — it’s quite a process to...

The Future According to Arm

From www.eetimes.com 3 days ago in News

Technologists believe that attitudes and behaviors that people adopted during the pandemic are likely to linger for some time to come. The post The Future According to Arm appeared first on EETimes.

The Class-D Amplifier Is the Star of Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems, ST Suggests

From www.allaboutcircuits.com 3 days ago in BlogsNews

ADAS and AVAS are known to add a number of speakers to an automotive audio system. Class-D amplifiers, however, may be a useful solution for cutting size, costs, heat, and power consumption.