Bicycle-riding egret kite From blog.adafruit.com 20 hours ago in PlatformsStores Is this not the loveliest kite of all time? Video from 馮燦煌 on YouTube, via Massimo on Twitter. This bicycle-riding egret kite is a creation by Taiwanese kite designer Feng Tsan Huang and was debuted at Taiwan’s Yilan International Children’s...
Smart Power 3 – A $45 smart power analysis tool for embedded systems developers From www.cnx-software.com 22 hours ago in News Hardkernel has launched a number of popular Arm SBC’s with the ODROID family over the years, but the Smart Power 3 is a different type of product, as the ESP32-based smart power meter can help embedded systems engineers optimize their...
The 25 Most Iconic Book Covers in History From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores Super fun post from Lit Hub.Before clicking and scrolling through, try to guess a few in advance and see how many you can get!First things first. What makes a book cover iconic? There are no hard and fast rules, of...
Chipilo Crisopario the Golden-Cheeked Warbler, Environmental Education and Indigenous Language Preservation From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores Read about Chipilo Crisopario and Golden-cheeked Warblers in this article from Audubon:Chipilo has become a cornerstone of Pronatura’s environmental education, a fun tool for helping to instill a conservation ethic in children, with the hopes that they will care about...
How the Brain Processes Speech With Other Sounds From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores The auditory system usually processes sound and speech simultaneously and in parallel.via Quanta MagazineThe work offers hints of a new explanation for how the brain can unbraid overlapping streams of auditory stimuli so quickly and effectively. Yet in doing so,...
My experience installing Libero SoC in Ubuntu and Windows 10 From www.cnx-software.com 1 day ago in News A few weeks ago, I received Microchip PolarFire SoC FPGA Icicle Kit with FPGA fabric and hard RISC-V cores capable of handling Linux. I wrote “Getting Started with Yocto Linux BSP” tutorial for the board, and I had initially titled...
Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: Feather M4 Adalogger, Adabox 020 Updates, Arduino Code, No-Code WipperSnapper Water Detection and 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...
Why do ducklings swim in a row? From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores The physics of why ducklings swim in a row behind their mother.via Science NewsEarlier measurements of duckling metabolism showed that the youngsters saved energy when swimming behind a leader, but the physics behind that savings wasn’t known. Using computer simulations...
Basics of Millimeter Wave Technology From www.allaboutcircuits.com 2 days ago in BlogsNews What is millimeter wave technology and how is it characterized compared to other lower-frequency technologies?
Open-Source Tele-Robotics Development Platform KenjiX1 for Active-Monitoring and Terrain-Exploration Applications on Land From www.electronics-lab.com 2 days ago in Blogs Introduction Tele-Robotics platform KenjiX1 enables new horizons of Human-Machine Interaction, and interfacing with the real world,... The post Open-Source Tele-Robotics Development Platform KenjiX1 for Active-Monitoring and Terrain-Exploration Applications on Land appeared first on Electronics-Lab.com.
Win an Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 Development Board From www.electronics-lab.com 2 days ago in Blogs Small, robust and powerful board with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity combined with its low power architecture... The post Win an Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 Development Board appeared first on Electronics-Lab.com.
How to upgrade a mini PC to Windows 11 and install WSL From www.cnx-software.com 2 days ago in News In this short article, I show how to install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and how to force the upgrade of Windows 10 to Windows 11 in a mini PC rather than waiting for Windows to offer it. The reason...
Minesweeper With a Million Cells Lasts Forever From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores Many remember Minesweeper as that classic pre-loaded time-waster game that started way back with Windows 3.1. Windows 95 offered the game with 100 cells. Andrew Stein has made built a version with one million cells with Regular Table.See project!
Tested: More Vishay PowerPAK SO-8 MOSFETs: SiR178DP, SiR167DP From goughlui.com 2 days ago in Blogs Having been guilty of being ignorant of the developments in low-Rds(on) MOSFETs as of late, I used to think that 30mOhm was a pretty decent Rds. But then I decided to stray outside of the parts I used to use...
Review: SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 Flash Drive (128GB, SDCZ48-128G-A46) From goughlui.com 2 days ago in Blogs Recently, I had some bad luck with my Sandisk Ultra Flair 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive which failed after a few years of read-mostly operation. While initial recovery seemingly went well, the RMA process was protracted as the replacement item...
What’s Inside Steam Deck From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores Follow along as the folks at Valve open up Steam Deck on YouTube:One of the most frequently asked questions we’ve received about Steam Deck is about the components inside it, and whether they’re replaceable or upgradable. The answer is a...
Adam Savage Incognito at New York Comic Con 2021! From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores Another delightful video from Adam Savage’s Tested on YouTube.Adam suits up with his completed Ghostbusters uniform to walk the floor of this year’s New York Comic Con and meet up with the local Ghostbusters cosplayers! Equipped with his personalized proton...
$99 Lepton FS module cuts the cost of FLIR thermal cameras by half From www.cnx-software.com 2 days ago in News Thermal cameras based on FLIR Lepton modules are pretty cool, but also quite expensive. Teledyne FLIR Lepton FS offers a much more cost-effective solution with the non-radiometric 160 x 120 resolution micro thermal camera module going for $99, or about...
The Most Important Device in the Universe – Blinking Tubes Without Function #SciFiSunday From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores Such a fun video, especially if you’re a fan of retro sci-fi. Video from Major Grin on YouTube.This Device has been spotted in numerous science-fiction movies and tv shows. It is the ultimate re-used prop, and there is not a...
Feather M4 Adalogger is Pretty in Pink …. From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores We’ve been meaning to do a little revision of our favorite Feather M4 – all the things we’ve learned to love in the last few years! From our RP2040 we’re borrowing the built-in STEMMA QT I2C port and 8MB QSPI...
New Products 10/20/21 feat. DIN Rail 10×10 to Terminal Block Adapter! From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores Browse through all that’s new here!NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEK Coming Soon: Raspberry Pi Build HAT – LEGO Robotics Add-On For Raspberry PiComing soon! Sign up to be notified when these are here and shipping!The Raspberry Pi Build HAT (Hardware Attached...
How do we make sense of the sounds around us? From blog.adafruit.com 3 days ago in PlatformsStores NPR discusses how our brains create meaning from sound.Our colleagues at All Things Considered chatted with neuroscientist Nina Kraus about her new book Of Sound Mind. She shares how our brains process and create meaning from the sounds around us.Read...
A Turning Point for Machine Learning: Google Unleashes First In-house Tensor SoC From www.allaboutcircuits.com 3 days ago in BlogsNews Joining the ranks of Apple with releasing its first custom in-house SoC comes Google. With the release of Pixel 6, Google makes a splash in the machine learning realm with its Google Tensor.
Diane Arbus Statue in Central Park through August 2022 From blog.adafruit.com 3 days ago in PlatformsStores Gillian Wearing’s sculpture of NYC native Diane Arbus is currently on display in Central Park! From the Public Art Fund:The presentation of the sculpture is unconventional: there’s no pedestal, the figure simply stands on the pavement. Like a photograph come...
Happy Mole Day 2021 From blog.adafruit.com 3 days ago in PlatformsStores Happy Mole Day folks! This year’s punny theme is HaMOLEton. Submissions for 2022’s theme open 11/1 here. Chem teachers and students – how are you celebrating Mole Day this year?If you’re wondering about this whole mole day thing, here’s some...
A Short Hasselblad History From blog.adafruit.com 3 days ago in PlatformsStores Learn about the history of Hasselblad cameras and why they’ve become so expensive in this video from Business Insider on YouTube:Hasselblad cameras have taken some of the most iconic photos of the 20th century. From the first moon landing, to...
The Evolution of Embodied Intelligence From blog.adafruit.com 3 days ago in PlatformsStores To study how virtual bodies affect the evolution of their intelligence, a computer-simulated playground was created for “unimals” are subject to mutations and natural selection.Via Stanford UniversityArtificial intelligence is quite smart as well. But unlike animal smarts, AI is often...
Rockchip RK3566/RK3568 SoM’s feature board-to-board connectors or castellated holes From www.cnx-software.com 3 days ago in News Rongpin Electronics has designed RK3566 and RK3568 systems-on-modules (SoM) with either board-to-board connectors or castellated holes for direct soldering to the carrier board, which adds competition to the Firefly Core-3568J AI Core Rockchip RK3568 system-on-module offered in a SO-DIMM form...
NASA’s Guide to Near-Light-Speed Travel #SpaceSaturday From blog.adafruit.com 3 days ago in PlatformsStores Here’s a kid-friendly guide to traveling just as fast as one can travel, from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.So, you’ve just put the finishing touches on upgrades to your spaceship, and now it can fly at almost the speed of...
NEW VIDEO: KiCad – Collin’s Lab Notes #adafruit #collinslabnotes From blog.adafruit.com 3 days ago in PlatformsStores KiCad is free, open-source, and an all-around excellent choice for PCB design.