LibreVNA Is A Quality Open Hardware Vector Network Analyser From hackaday.com 3 weeks ago in Blogs There was a time when a Vector Network Analyser or VNA was the type of instrument that cost as much as a very fancy car or even a small house. …read more
Silicon Carbide Chips can go to Hell From hackaday.com 1 week ago in Blogs IEEE Spectrum had an interesting read about circuits using silicon carbide as a substrate. [Alan Mantooth] and colleagues say that circuits based on this or some other rugged technology will …read more
Genetically Modified Mosquitos: Biohacking for Disease Prevention From hackaday.com 1 week ago in Blogs Many years ago, I took a summer trip to the Maryland shore with some friends. One of my buddies and I got bored with playing football on the beach, so …read more
Keep Livestock from Razing Your Field with an Overgrazing Shield From hackaday.com 1 week ago in Blogs You know, not every solution needs to be complicated to be absolutely awesome. Take the humble clothespin, for example, two pieces of cleverly carved wood (or plastic; we won’t judge) …read more
Reverse Engineering Self-Powered Wireless Switches From hackaday.com 1 week ago in Blogs The plethora of wireless communications technologies have cut the comms wire for many applications, but these devices still require power. For home automation, this might mean a battery or mains …read more
Two Techniques to Linearize Resistive Sensor Bridges From www.allaboutcircuits.com 1 week ago in BlogsNews Measuring the minuscule resistance changes in resistive sensors can be a daunting task. Here are two hardware methods to eliminate bridge non-linearity errors.
Thin-Film Battery can attach to wearables and medical biosensors From www.electronics-lab.com 2 weeks ago in Blogs Molex’s battery can attach to wearables and medical biosensors and conform to a patient’s body for... The post Thin-Film Battery can attach to wearables and medical biosensors appeared first on Electronics-Lab.com.
FPGAs in the Storm From www.eetimes.com 2 weeks ago in News There are two distinct and very different technological paths for FPGAs, and that is creating a dilemma for FPGA vendors. The post FPGAs in the Storm appeared first on EETimes.
Allwinner V831 NPU (Neural Processor Unit) reverse-engineered From www.cnx-software.com 2 weeks ago in News When Sipeed introduced MAIX-II Dock AIoT vision development kit, they asked help from the community to help reverse-engineer Allwinner V831‘s NPU in order to make an open-source AI toolchain based on NCNN. Sipeed already had decoded the NPU registers, and...
Allwinner Processor 2021-2022 Roadmap – Allwinner T827, T723 and T1033 SoC’s From www.cnx-software.com 2 weeks ago in News Last year, we published the Allwinner A-series processor roadmap for 2020-2021 with notably Allwinner A33E, A100, and A200 SoCs. Allwinner A100 was supposed to be released in 2019, but a search on Aliexpress showed exactly zero matches. We did write...
Gorizont Linux 2.0.4 Update From www.rtl-sdr.com 2 weeks ago in Blogs Thank you to Steve Cox, creator of the Gorizont Linux distribution for letting us know that the latest update is now out, although it is a small update only. Gorizont Linux is a custom distribution based on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS...
Experian’s Credit Freeze Security is Still a Joke From krebsonsecurity.com 2 weeks ago in BlogsSecurity In 2017, KrebsOnSecurity showed how easy it is for identity thieves to undo a consumer's request to freeze their credit file at Experian, one of the big three consumer credit bureaus in the United States. Last week, KrebsOnSecurity heard from...
Stepper Motor Analyzer Reveals All From hackaday.com 3 weeks ago in Blogs In theory, you really don’t need much to work with electronics. A scope ought to do everything. However, for special purposes, it is handy to have meters, logic analyzers, and …read more
InfiniTime 1.0 firmware released for PineTime smartwatch From www.cnx-software.com 3 weeks ago in News The PineTime smartwatch was unveiled and first launched in 2019, as a low-cost, open-source wearables development kit/platform for developers wanting to work on firmware development for the Nordic nRF52 powered device. Progress was made on various solutions such as ATCwatch...
NRSC5-DUI: An Updated NRSC-5 HD Radio Decoder for RTL-SDR From www.rtl-sdr.com 3 weeks ago in Blogs Recently we've seen on GitHub the release of NRSC5-DUI, a fork of NRSC5-GUI which was the first fully functional RTL-SDR compatible HD Radio decoder that we posted about back in 2017. HD Radio is a digital broadcast protocol replacement for...
This Pineapple Keyboard is the Bomb From hackaday.com 3 weeks ago in Blogs Now why didn’t we think of this? While building a dactyl manuform — a semi-ergonomic split keyboard — [dapperrogue] had the life-changing epiphany that keyboards can be any shape or …read more
Tightly Packed Raspberry Pi Tricorder Impresses From hackaday.com 4 weeks ago in Blogs We’ll say upfront that we don’t have nearly as much information about this 3D printed Star Trek: The Next Generation tricorder as we’d like. But from the image galleries [Himmelen] …read more
Customizable artificial intelligence and gesture recognition From blog.arduino.cc 4 weeks ago in PlatformsStores Fraunhofer IMS set itself the task of training an AI to recognize gestures with very limited resources. And they succeeded. The post Customizable artificial intelligence and gesture recognition appeared first on Arduino Blog.
TDK Sensor Shows How Capacitive MEMS and Low-power IoT Go Hand in Hand From www.allaboutcircuits.com 4 weeks ago in BlogsNews TDK recently announced the so-called "lowest power waterproof MEMS barometric pressure sensor." Why did TDK choose capacitive MEMS as the go-to architecture for low power?
Murata Power Solutions MYR Series Ultra-small .5A to 2A DC/DC Converters From www.electronics-lab.com 4 weeks ago in Blogs Murata’s MYR series are the PicoBK™ DC/DC converters that integrate a coil and a control IC.... The post Murata Power Solutions MYR Series Ultra-small .5A to 2A DC/DC Converters appeared first on Electronics-Lab.com.
Allwinner launches the first RISC-V application processor From www.eetimes.com 4 weeks ago in News Allwinner Technology today announced the launch of 「D1」 processor, which is the world’s first mass-produced application processor equipped with T-Head Xuantie 906 based on RISC-V, providing an exciting new smart chipset for immediate use in today’s developing Artificial Intelligence of...
Frugal Radio: Monitoring General Aviation VHF Communications From www.rtl-sdr.com 4 weeks ago in Blogs Rob from Frugal Radio has recently uploaded the next part his airband monitoring series. This episode covers the topic of monitoring General Aviation communications, which consists of communications with non-military and non-airline aircraft. In the video Rob discusses what you...
NEW VIDEO: Mechanical Key Switch, Tactile & Clicky – Collin’s Lab Notes #adafruit #collinslabnotes From blog.adafruit.com 4 weeks ago in PlatformsStores Which mechanical key switch do you choose? The rounded bump of tactile or the definitive snap of clicky? Take your pick right here at Adafruit
A first look at Allwinner D1 Linux RISC-V SBC and Processor From www.cnx-software.com 4 weeks ago in News Last year, we reported that Allwinner was working on an Alibaba XuanTie C906 based RISC-V processor that would be found in low-cost Linux capable single board computers selling for as low as $12. The good news is that we won’t...