Using an RTL-SDR Dongle to Receive Pictures from the ISS From www.rtl-sdr.com 3 weeks ago in Blogs Over on YouTube we've seen a good video from channel Ham Radio DX where presenter Hayden shows how to use an RTL-SDR to receive slow scan television (SSTV) images from the International Space Station (ISS). Often the ISS will transmit...
EZ-PD PMG1: A Portfolio of High-voltage MCUs with USB-C Power Delivery From www.electronics-lab.com 2 days ago in Blogs Infineon Technologies has launched the industry’s first 28V high-voltage microcontroller with USB Power Delivery (USB PD)... The post EZ-PD PMG1: A Portfolio of High-voltage MCUs with USB-C Power Delivery appeared first on Electronics-Lab.com.
SDR++ Version 1.0.0 Released From www.rtl-sdr.com 2 days ago in Blogs SDR++ is an open source, cross platform, C++ based GUI general receiver program for various SDRs including the RTL-SDR. Since it's alpha release in mid 2020, it has undergone huge amount of development, and is quickly becoming the main program...
ASRock Industrial’s iEPF-9000S/ iEP-9000E Series Edge AIoT Platform Empowers Smart Factory and Autonomous Vehicle From www.electronics-lab.com 3 days ago in Blogs As strong demands of Edge AI storm across industries, ASRock Industrial delivers the most reliable, flexible,... The post ASRock Industrial’s iEPF-9000S/ iEP-9000E Series Edge AIoT Platform Empowers Smart Factory and Autonomous Vehicle appeared first on Electronics-Lab.com.
Decoding HFDL ACARS with a WebSDR and PC-HFDL From www.rtl-sdr.com 1 week ago in Blogs In the previous episode Rob from the Frugal Radio YouTube channel showed us how to decode HF ACARS using PC-HFDL and an HF capable SDR such as the Airspy HF+. In that episode he mentioned that it is possible to...
Low-cost embedded router SBC offers 2.5 GbE, WiFi 6 through Qualcomm IPQ5018 SoC From www.cnx-software.com 3 weeks ago in News Wallys Communication has been offering Qualcomm-based embedded router boards for several years, including the higher-end DR8072A with dual 2.5GbE and WiFi 6 connectivity, followed by a lower-cost WiFi 6 SBC based on IPQ6010 with Gigabit Ethernet ports. But if you’d...
Down the Fabrication Rabbit Hole to Build a Recumbent Bike From hackaday.com 3 weeks ago in Blogs ‘Tis the time of the year to find as many reasons as possible to shut off the smartphone and get yourself outside. [Rich Olson’s] newest excuse is a recumbent bicycle …read more
FLAKE Multimeter Watch by Alexander Schmid From blog.adafruit.com 4 weeks ago in PlatformsStores FLAKE Multimeter Watch by Alexander Schmid – video.
How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts @IEEESpectrum From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores IEEE Spectrum looks at the current chip shortage, noting that fabs using older process nodes are the key:The supply relief will not be coming from the big, national investments in the works right now by South Korea, the United States,...
Scientists Create What May Be The Loudest Sound Possible #MusicMonday From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores If you’ve ever owned a bird, had a child, lived in New York, or danced all night in front of a legendary sound system, you may think you’ve heard the loudest sound in the world. You haven’t. Here’s more from...
STEVAL-VOICE-UI Amazon qualified Alexa Smart Home evaluation kit is based on STM32H7 MCU From www.cnx-software.com 2 days ago in News We’ve already covered plenty of Amazon-qualified development kits working with Alexa Voice Services. But here’s another one with STEVAL-VOICE-UI evaluation kit making it to the list of Smart Home Dev Kits, which Amazon describes as “reference designs for creating smart...
Resistive Current Sensing: Low-Side vs. High-Side Sensing From www.allaboutcircuits.com 2 days ago in BlogsNews What's the difference between high-side and low-side resistive current sensing? This article explains the basics, as well as when each is the more appropriate design choice.
Large price increases for silicon chips from official distributors From blog.adafruit.com 5 days ago in PlatformsStores Over the last 6 months we’ve all gotten hit by the massive silicon shortage that is affecting the electronics industry. Like many manufacturers, we’ve put in scheduled multi-year purchase orders to try and ‘get in the queue’ for when chips...
Amazon Alexa certified ESP AFE leverages ESP32-S3 AI & DSP instructions From www.cnx-software.com 5 days ago in News While most Amazon Alexa certified products are hardware designs, Amazon website also includes a Software Audio Front End (AFE) Dev Kits section that lists software algorithms that optimize audio detection in noisy environments, and the latest addition is Espressif’s Audio...
XGO Mini Pro robot dog features Kendryte K510 AI processor (Crowdfunding) From www.cnx-software.com 5 days ago in News Kendryte K510 RISC-V AI processor is the successor of Kendryte K210 with much more AI processing power (2.5/3 TOPS) that makes it suitable for robotics projects demanding much lower latency and quasi-real-time inference. One of the first products to make...
Orbiter is Now Open Source From hackaday.com 6 days ago in Blogs We always have it on our list to learn more about Orbiter. If you haven’t seen it, it is a hyperrealistic space simulator. Granted, you can put it in an …read more
Trailer for Blade Runner: Black Lotus #cyberpunk From blog.adafruit.com 7 days ago in PlatformsStores The trailer for Adult Swim’s forthcoming animated cyberpunk series, Blade Runner: Black Lotus, is out. I wish I could say it looks promising, but it was a snoozer for me. I found the pop music soundtrack to be particularly misplaced....
ADABOX 019 UNBOXING LIVE on Ask an Engineer TONIGHT! 7/28/21 @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #adabox019 @digikey #MAKEWITHDIGIKEY From blog.adafruit.com 7 days ago in PlatformsStores JOIN US at 8pm Eastern Time TONIGHT, 7/28/2021 for the live Unboxing of AdaBox 019 — We’ll have a Q&A, live demos, and more!Get ready to tune in for a special AdaBox 019 Unboxing take-over on Ask an Engineer! Join...
ICYMI Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: EuroPython 2021, CircuitPython 7.0.0 alpha 5 and more! #Python #ICYMI #CircuitPython @micropython @ThePSF From blog.adafruit.com 7 days ago in PlatformsStores If you missed Tuesday’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version.To never miss another issue, subscribe now! – You’ll get one terrific newsletter each Tuesday (before this post). Over 8,925 subscribers worldwide!The next newsletter...
TechMinds: Testing the RadioBerry an HF SDR Transceiver Raspberry Pi Hat From www.rtl-sdr.com 1 week ago in Blogs The RadioBerry is a HF transceiver board designed to be used as an add on 'hat' for the Raspberry Pi. It uses the same AD9866 chip as the Hermes Lite 2 SDR which gives it a 12-bit ADC with one...
The P-CNC Plotter is a DIY drawing machine ‘disguised as a quadruped robot’ From blog.arduino.cc 1 week ago in PlatformsStores In their quest to create a portable CNC plotter, Instructables user tuenhidiy combined several PVC pieces with a couple of motors to build the P-CNC Plotter. The small machine — which was designed to resemble a quadruped robot — features an Arduino Uno...
See This Hybrid Approach to Folded 3D Printed Mechanisms From hackaday.com 1 week ago in Blogs 3D printers are quite common nowadays, but we’re still far from exhausting new ideas to try with them. [Angus] of [Maker’s Muse] recently got interested in 3D printing small mechanical …read more
Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything From blog.adafruit.com 1 week ago in PlatformsStores If the name Katsushika Hokusai sounds familiar, you may be have seen The Great Wave off Kanagawa.Over 100 unpublished drawings by the Japanese painter and printmaker will be shown at the British Museum this fall.via HyperallergicExquisitely rendered in Hokusai’s expert...
$2 MXCHIP EMC3080 WiFi and Bluetooth LE IoT module integrates Cortex-M33 MCU From www.cnx-software.com 1 week ago in News While nowadays most people from the maker community are working with ESP8266 or ESP32 modules or boards for IoT projects requiring Bluetooth LE and/or WiFi connectivity, we’ve also covered some low-cost alternatives such as Bouffalo Labs BL602 or Realtek RTL8710....
Check Out These Mussels: Minneapolis Using Mollusks To Monitor Water Quality From blog.adafruit.com 1 week ago in PlatformsStores This is so awesome! Via WCCO | CBS Minnesota.Most people are used to seeing mussels on a dinner plate, steamed in white wine and swimming in garlic. But at Minneapolis Water Treatment and Distribution Services, 12 mussels are the muscle...
Tweezers of sound can pick objects up without physical contact #Science From blog.adafruit.com 1 week ago in PlatformsStores Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new technology which allows non-contact manipulation of small objects using sound waves. They used a hemispherical array of ultrasound transducers to generate a 3D acoustic fields which stably trapped and lifted a...
Elektro-L3 Geostationary Weather Satellite: Easy to Receive LRIT Signal Being Tested From www.rtl-sdr.com 1 week ago in Blogs Back in September 2020 we posted about the release of an X-Band decoder for the Elektro-L2 and Elektro-L3 Russian geostationary satellites. These satellites are receivable from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, South America and Australia. Unlike the HRIT and...
Pico 2G Expansion adds GSM/GPRS & GNSS to Raspberry Pi Pico (Crowdfunding) From www.cnx-software.com 1 week ago in News You may have heard about the 2G/3G sunset with the older cellular networks being phased out in many countries. But it’s not always straightforward, as telecom operators may have to obtain regulators’ permission for the shutdown notably because of the...
Zidoo M6 RK3566 mini PC & SBC supports GbE, WiFi 6, 5G connectivity From www.cnx-software.com 1 week ago in News Zidoo M6 is both a complete mini PC and a single board computer based on Rockchip RK3566 processor with up to 8GB RAM with plenty of peripherals connectivity options including built-in Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5, and support for...
Avoid Awkward Video Conference Situations With PIR and Arduino From hackaday.com 2 weeks ago in Blogs Working from home with regular video meetings has its challenges, especially if you add kids to the mix. To help avoid embarrassing situations, [Charitha Jayaweera] created Present!, a USB device …read more