TinySA is a $49 Spectrum Analyzer From hackaday.com 4 weeks ago in Blogs The NanoVNA made network analyzers cheap enough for almost everyone. Now you can get a $49 spectrum analyzer to go with it. Is it worth it? Watch [IMSAI Guy]’s video after the break for his opinion. From the tinySA.org website:...
Argon One M.2 Case for Raspberry Pi 4 Adds SATA Support, Full-Sized HDMI Ports From www.cnx-software.com 2 days ago in News Yesterday, we noted that DeskPi Pro Raspberry Pi 4 case offered an interesting alternative to Argon One enclosure thanks to support for 2.5-inch SATA SSD/HDD, full-sized HDMI ports, and a PWM fan. What I did not know at the time...
DeskPi Pro Raspberry Pi 4 Case Comes with 2.5-inch HDD/SSD Bay, Full-sized HDMI Ports, PWM Fansink From www.cnx-software.com 3 days ago in News If you’d like to connect a 2.5-inch SSD or hard drive disk to your Raspberry Pi 4, and are not a fan of the micro HDMI ports, DeskPi Pro enclosure might be what you are looking for. The...
Can TI’s New DC-DC Converter Really Extend Battery by 50 Percent? From www.allaboutcircuits.com 3 weeks ago in BlogsNews This week, Texas Instruments released a buck-boost converter with two heavy-hitter claims: that it extends battery life by 50% and that it offers the lowest IQ in the industry.
Ask Hackaday: Is Windows XP Source Code Leak a Bad Thing? From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs News comes overnight that the Windows XP source code has been leaked. The Verge says they have “verified the material as legitimate” and that the leak also includes Windows Server 2003 and some DOS and CE code as well. The...
Magnum Opus Keyboardus, or Build Ad Infinitum? From hackaday.com 1 week ago in Blogs It happens to pretty much everyone who gets into keyboards. No commercial keyboard can meet all your needs, so you start building them. Use them a while, find problems, build a new keyboard to address them. Pretty soon you think...
M5Stack Launches Core2 ESP32 IoT Development Kit with 2-inch Touch Display From www.cnx-software.com 4 weeks ago in News M5Stack has just launched an upgrade to its M5Stack Core development with M5Stack Core2 based on the same Espressif ESP32 WiFI + Bluetooth SoC, but adding capacitive touchscreen support to the 2-inch TFT LCD, as well as a motion sensor...
Espressif Unveils ESP32-S2-MINI Modules, ESP32-S3 and ESP32-C3 SoC’s Coming Soon From www.cnx-software.com 4 weeks ago in News Espressif Systems has unveiled two new ESP32-S2 WiFi modules part of the new MINI series modules, namely ESP32-S2-MINI-1U with IPEX antenna, and ESP32-S2-MINI-1 with a PCB antenna. The press release...
Tesla Turbine Boat Uses Lily Impeller From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs Typically in the RC community, radio control boats rely on small nitro engines or electric motors to get around. Fitted with traditional propellers, they’re capable of great speed and performance. Of course, there’s more than one way to skin a...
NanoPi M4V2 From hackerboards.com 2 days ago in News The NanoPi M4V2, based on a 2GHz Rockchip RK3399 SoC, has a Raspberry Pi B3+ style form-factor and expansion bus. Key features include 4GB RAM, eMMC and microSD storage, WiFi/BT, 4x USB3.0, 4k HDMI 2.0, 2x MIPI-CSI, PCIe, and more.
Amazon Fire TV Stick 3rd Gen is Powered by MediaTek MT8695D SoC From www.cnx-software.com 3 days ago in News Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K powered by a MediaTek MT8695 quad-core SoC for launched for $50 about two years ago. The company has now introduced two cheaper variants with Amazon Fire TV Stick Lite and...
Spin Partners with ARM, Applied in MRAM Manufacturing From www.eetimes.com 6 days ago in News MRAM specialist Spin Memory attracted some important allies as it goes after the U.S. military memory market. The post Spin Partners with ARM, Applied in MRAM Manufacturing appeared first on EETimes.
This Week in Security: AD has Fallen, Two Factor Flaws, And Hacking Politicians From hackaday.com 1 week ago in Blogs The big news this week is the huge flaw in Microsoft’s Active Directory, CVE-2020-1472 (whitepaper). Netlogon is a part of the Windows domain scheme, and is used to authenticate users without actually sending passwords over the network. Modern versions of...
Introducing the Radio Resilience Competition From www.rtl-sdr.com 1 week ago in Blogs Thank you to Matt Knight for submitting news about the Radio Resilience Competition which is all about finding ways to building the best wireless PHY layer via SDR. Anyone around the world can participate from the comfort of their own...
Wokwi.com Arduino Simulator Introduction From www.electronics-lab.com 2 weeks ago in Blogs Have you ever wanted to simulate an Arduino? Either for convenience or to ensure the project... The post Wokwi.com Arduino Simulator Introduction appeared first on Electronics-Lab.
Rapid Charging Supercapacitors From hackaday.com 2 weeks ago in Blogs Battery technology is the talk of the town right now, as it’s the main bottleneck holding up progress on many facets of renewable energy. There are other technologies available for energy storage, though, and while they might seem like drop-in...
Chuwi GemiBook 13″ 2K Gemini Lake Refresh Laptop Sold for $299 (Promo) From www.cnx-software.com 2 weeks ago in News Chuwi is running a promotion on Aliexpress where they sell some products at a discount including some previously launched devices such as LarkBox mini PC but also took the opportunity to launch Chuwi...
iSYS-6030 60 GHz Radar System From www.electronics-lab.com 3 weeks ago in Blogs InnoSenT’s radar is a highly precise distance measurement system for level determination and collision protection InnoSenT’s... The post iSYS-6030 60 GHz Radar System appeared first on Electronics-Lab.
Army-Developed Sensor System Helps Drones Avoid Power Lines From www.allaboutcircuits.com 3 weeks ago in BlogsNews Power lines are a consistent obstacle for small autonomous drones. Now, U.S. Army researchers say they have a solution.
CarPiHat Connects Raspberry Pi to your Car with Opto GPIO, CAN Bus, 12V Outputs From www.cnx-software.com 3 weeks ago in News OpenAuto Pro software is a Raspberry Pi-based head-unit solution that brings various features to your car including Bluetooth hands-free Profile, music streaming, integrated media player, navigation...
Arrow Chameleon96 Arm + Cyclone V FPGA Board Sold for $32 (Promo) From www.cnx-software.com 3 weeks ago in News First introduced in 2017, Arrow Chameleon96 96Boards SBC comes with an Intel / Altera Cyclone V SE SoC featuring a dual-core Arm Cortex A9 processor clocked at up to 800 MHz and FPGA fabric with 110K...
The Astronomical Grit of Ronald McNair From hackaday.com 3 weeks ago in Blogs There is more than one way to lead a successful life. Some people have all the opportunity in the world laid out before them, and it never does them any good. Others have little more than the determination and desire...
Developer Board 4 V3 From www.board-db.org 4 weeks ago in Blogs Geniatech's Developer Board 4 V3 is a 96boards CE style SBC based on a Snapdragon 410E SoC, with 2GB DDR3 RAM and 16GB eMMC storage. I/O includes HDMI, MIPI-CSI, WiFI, BT, GbE, and GPS, plus 40- and 60-pin expansion headers.
GW7300 From hackerboards.com 4 hours ago in News The GW7300 is based on an NXP i.MX8M Mini Quad SoC, plus up to 4GB RAM and 64GB eMMC, and a microSD slot. Interfaces include display, camera, GPIO, serial, and 3x mini-PCIe sockets.
Soldering Practice Kit Remains Useful After Completion From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs Unsatisfied with the standard fare of soldering practice kits that offer little to no purpose once they’re built, [Jim Heaney] decided to take matters into his own hands and design an easy-to-assemble kit for his class that, once put together,...
Cheap Current Probe Gets Good Review From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs A current probe isn’t a very common fixture on most workbenches because they are pretty expensive. [VoltLog] looks at a fairly inexpensive current probe from Micsig. He seemed impressed with the workmanship and it looks similar to more expensive offerings....
Orbital Tracking on the NES From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs It’s easy to dismiss the original Nintendo Entertainment System as just, well, an entertainment system. But in reality the 6502 based console wasn’t so far removed from early home computers like the Apple II and Commodore 64, and Nintendo even...
Twitter: It’s Not the Algorithm’s Fault. It’s Much Worse. From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs Maybe you heard about the anger surrounding Twitter’s automatic cropping of images. When users submit pictures that are too tall or too wide for the layout, Twitter automatically crops them to roughly a square. Instead of just picking, say, the...
Linear Clock Ratchets up the Action From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs On the face of it, making a clock that displays the time by moving a pointer along a linear scale shouldn’t be too hard. After all, steppers and linear drives should do the job in a jiffy. Throw an Arduino...
Fermenting Yogurt With The Help Of Hardware From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs Fermentation is a natural process that has been exploited by humanity for millennia. Behind such favorites as cheese and beer, it takes just the right conditions to get the desired results. To aid in this process, and to explore the...