From the Adafruit Learning System: Reverse Engineering a Bluetooth Low Energy Light Bulb @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores from the Adafruit Learning System This is a fun project that walks through how to reverse engineer a smart light bulb that uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to change its color. I stumbled on the Smart Bulb Colorific! bulb recently at a...
Flex Electronics Approach an Inflection From www.eetimes.com 1 day ago in News The next five years in flexible electronics can be the most exciting we have witnessed if we can seize a bounty of opportunities and overcome remaining challenges.
Videostrong VS-RD-RK3399 Development Board Review – Part 1: Unboxing, Kit Assembly, SDK and Documentation From www.cnx-software.com 1 day ago in News Videostrong VS-RD-RK3399 development board is a full-featured development based on Rockchip RK3399 hexa-core processor with up to 4GB RAM, and 32GB eMMC flash, and plenty of I/Os. The company has...
Raspberry PI-TIMOLO #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores From pageauc on GitHub: pi-timolo is a python picamara module application for a Raspberry PI computer (RPI). A RPI camera module must be attached. pi-timolo can take timelapse and motion detection images/videos, separately or together. Takes Long exposure Night (lowlight)...
DIY Complete Philips Hue Home Automation @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores Fun project tutorial from Motea Marius up on Hackster.io. This project emulates a Philips Hue Bridge that is able to control Hue lights (using original Hue Bridge), IKEA Tradfri lights (usign Tradfri Bridge), Mi-Light bulbs (using MiLight Hub), Neopixel strips...
Raspbian Stretch Has Arrived for Raspberry Pi @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores via RaspberryPi.org It’s now just under two years since we released the Jessie version of Raspbian. Those of you who know that Debian run their releases on a two-year cycle will therefore have been wondering when we might be releasing...
Single Core ESP32-S0WD WiSoC Datasheet and Price From www.cnx-software.com 1 day ago in News I’m subscribed to Espressif Systems’ notification system so that I received an email each time there’s a documentation update on their website, and this morning they posted...
Catch the Eclipse with a Wearable Pinhole Camera From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs You say you didn’t have enough warning to order eclipse glasses, and now they’re too expensive to buy? Or maybe you did order some but they ended up being those retina-combusting knock-offs, and now you’ve got nothing to protect you...
Chicken Coop Livestream #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores From FrederickVandenbosch.be via Hackster.io: We have two chickens, and their coop is located at the back of the garden. Looking for a project idea for element14’s Going Green challenge, I decided to build a Pi-based streaming device to check on...
Bqeel MVR9 (NT-N9) TV Box Review – Part 2: Android Nougat Firmware, RKMC, YouTube 4K, and More From www.cnx-software.com 1 day ago in News Bqeel MVR9 is another TV box powered by Rockchip RK3328, but that model comes with Gigabit Ethernet and 2GB RAM contrary to the cheaper A95X R2 TV box I previously reviewed. If you want to check...
Control a motor with the AIY projects Voice HAT @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores Handy tutorial from The MagPi Magazine. In our recent AIY Projects tutorials, we’ve looked at how to move beyond using the Voice Assistant, and towards using your Voice HAT with basic electronics. If you’ve been following our tutorials, you will...
Power Planer Brought Back To Life From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs Having the right tool for the right job is not always possible, but it’s an ideal that’s nice to try to live up to. The problem is that a lot of the time, the right tool is often very expensive....
Mobile Object for Drawing, MOD, Combines Analog and Digital Drawing for Liver Cinema #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores From AliMomeni.net: This is MOD (Mobile Object for Drawing)–a portable instrument for combining analog and digital drawing. MOD is intended for live performance and content creation efforts that mix common analog drawing interfaces (i.e. paper, transparency, pencil, marker) with digital...
DRAM Supply Improves Amid Record Sales From www.eetimes.com 2 days ago in News The DRAM shortage improved in the second quarter as sales hit an all-time high of more than $16.5 billion, according to a market watcher.
Trump, Truth and American Manufacturing From www.eetimes.com 2 days ago in News The President's strained credibility and controversial stance on the ugly incident in Charlottesville has imperiled potential opportunities to revitalize high-tech manufacturing in the U.S.
Startup Runs MCU on 5 MicroW From www.eetimes.com 2 days ago in News Startup Eta Compute will demo at Hot Chips a Cortex-M3 running at 5 microW, targeting SoCs run on energy harvesters for the Internet of Things.
$14 Orange Pi R1 Allwinner H2+ Board Comes with Two Ethernet Ports, 256 MB RAM From www.cnx-software.com 2 days ago in News Shenzhen Xunlong has introduced the new Orange Pi R1 board with Allwinner H2+ quad core Cortex A7 processor that’s a bit different from their other models, as it includes two 10/100M Ethernet...
New Method for Measuring Lots of Resistors Using Very Few Wires From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs [Daqq] is back at it again with the linear algebra, and he’s now come up with a method for determining the resistance of lots of resistors using little of wires and loads of math. Like any reasonable person, [daqq] decided...
Circuit Playground pegboard holder #3DThursday #3DPrinting From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores NerdAlert3D shares: I have decided to dive into the world of Arduino and to help keep my bench clear while I am programming my Uno or Adafruit Circuit Playground I made a simple little holder that fits both PCBs. Unfortunately,...
USB Dongle Case for Raspberry Pi Zero W #3DThursday #3DPrinting From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores kapakai shares: USB dongle case for Raspberry Pi Zero W. Designed for use with male USB iPhone plug. Use hotglue to keep USB in place after soldering wires to pads. Use #4 3/8″ screws or similar in size. download the...
Crowdsourcing The Study Of An Eclipse’s Effect On Radio Propagation From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs If you are an American, you’ll probably now find yourself in one of three camps. People who are going to see the upcoming solar eclipse that will traverse your continent, people who aren’t going to see the eclipse, and people...
Petit Robot #3DThursday #3DPrinting From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores saandial shares: Pedro Petit Robot is an Open Source Robotic Arm 4 axes designed in France and fully 3D printed. This robot is easy to program with an Arduino Software (IDE), it can catch and move some objects with a...
Stretchable EEG Temporary Tattoos From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores Found on QuantifiedSelf: Where: UC San Diego Who: Professor Todd Coleman’s Neural Interaction Lab, and recent graduate Dr. Dae Kang What it does: Continuous monitoring of vital signs can be uncomfortable, high noise, and restricted to hospital environments. However, recent developments in flexible,...
Water pump #3DThursday #3DPrinting From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores NikodemBartnik shares: Working 3D printed pump very simple to make, just 3 parts. More info here:https://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-Water-Pump/ download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2467758 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid...
Guardians of the Galaxy Yondu Cosplay with Unique Details From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has inspired a popular costume for conventions since May: Yondu mashed with Mary Poppins. The blue-skinned character has a line in the movie that references the practically perfect in every way nanny, and I’ve...
Kayak Paddle Clippers #3DThursday #3DPrinting From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores rodrigo5 shares: I designed these paddle clippers for my Fusion 124 kayak. They are for a 30 mm diameter paddle, and they use M5 machine screws and bolts. These paddle clippers will only work with Fusion 124 kayaks since it’s...
Under $15 open spec SBC offers Allwinner H5, GbE, and WiFi From hackerboards.com 2 days ago in News The Orange Pi Zero Plus is a quad -A53 version of the Zero that advances to Gigabit Ethernet. You also get WiFi, USB host and OTG, and Linux/Android images. Shenzhen Xunlong is clearly trying to mess with our minds. The...
Wearable Superconductors From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs What do you do with a discarded bit of superconducting wire? If you’re [Patrick Adair], you turn it into a ring. Superconducting wire has been around for decades now. Typically it is a thick wire made up of strands of...
Phone brass-knuckles style horizontal hand mount #3DThursday #3DPrinting From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores pyronimous shares: A brass-knuckles style phone hand horizontal mount. With this mount it’s much easier to maintain a cell phone in a horizontal position using only one hand. And therefore, it eases taking horizontally oriented pictures and videos. download the...