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Tutorial and Overview of Infineon’s 3D Magnetic 2Go Kit

Tutorial and Overview of Infineon’s 3D Magnetic 2Go Kit

The 3D Magnetic 2GO kit is a development kit for the TLV493D from Infineon that can detect magnetic field strength in x, y, and z directions.


The End of the Age of MOSFETs? Carbon Nanotubes Finally Outperform Silicon in Transistors

The End of the Age of MOSFETs? Carbon Nanotubes Finally Outperform Silicon in Transistors

Research published earlier this month benchmarks a new carbon nanotube (CNT) transistor performing with a current 1.9 times higher than state-of-the-art silicon counterparts.


News Sep 30, 2016 by Zabrel Holsman
The Affordable LiDAR Movement—Researchers Aim to Drastically Reduce Sensor Costs

The Affordable LiDAR Movement—Researchers Aim to Drastically Reduce Sensor Costs

As of today, we are always looking to innovate our products as well as create new ones to make things more simplistic. Whether it be fully autonomous vehicles, agriculture, or marine surveying, companies are engineering a more efficient and cost-effective LiDAR systems to make these a reality.


News Sep 29, 2016 by Donald Krambeck
Retro Teardown: The ZX Spectrum

Retro Teardown: The ZX Spectrum

In this Retro Teardown, we will look at the most iconic computer of British History—the ZX Spectrum!


News Sep 29, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Industrial Instrumentation and Control: An Introduction to the Basic Principles

Industrial Instrumentation and Control: An Introduction to the Basic Principles

In part one of this instrumentation and control (I & C) series, we'll go over the fundamental terminology and concepts used when working with industrial plants.


eMMC Interfaces Compliance Test with an Oscilloscope

eMMC Interfaces Compliance Test with an Oscilloscope

Embedded multi-media cards (eMMC) are widely used in the industry as the primary memory for portable devices.


ORNL Is Developing Methods to Recover Rare Earth Magnets from Used Hard Drives

ORNL Is Developing Methods to Recover Rare Earth Magnets from Used Hard Drives

Researchers have designed a process to recover rare earth magnets made using neodymium from used hard drives.


News Sep 28, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar
The Aha! Moment – Can We Get There Quicker?

The Aha! Moment – Can We Get There Quicker?

Your brain knows what to do even when you don't.


News Sep 27, 2016 by Raymond Genovese
Teardown Tuesday: Bluetooth Headphones

Teardown Tuesday: Bluetooth Headphones

Let's crack open some Bluetooth headphones and see the direction the mobile industry is going.


News Sep 27, 2016 by Alex Udanis
Can Graphene OLEDs Bring Flexible Displays to the Consumer Market?

Can Graphene OLEDs Bring Flexible Displays to the Consumer Market?

Recently researchers in South Korea have published their work on a new OLED stack in NPG Asia Materials journal. This new OLED is not only ultra-flexible but is also extremely efficient. What does this mean for new OLEDs? Are we going to see more OLEDs in products?


News Sep 26, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Testing Conducted Emission in the R&D Lab with an Oscilloscope

Testing Conducted Emission in the R&D Lab with an Oscilloscope

Conducted emissions are electromagnetic disturbances caused by a device and conducted out by interconnects such as the power supply lines.


EMI Debugging with an Oscilloscope

EMI Debugging with an Oscilloscope

Meeting EMI and EMC requirements is critical to bringing electronic products to market. Compliance testing requires expensive equipment and test time at a compliance laboratory.


The Crop Duster Buster! A Launchpad-Controlled Clapper

The Crop Duster Buster! A Launchpad-Controlled Clapper

The Crop Duster Buster is sure to keep your pet's toot smell away!


Projects Sep 26, 2016 by Ryan Jones
The 2016 Airborne Delivery Challenge: Young UAV Builders Show How Drones Could Save Lives

The 2016 Airborne Delivery Challenge: Young UAV Builders Show How Drones Could Save Lives

"Outback Joe" is a dummy who badly needs his medicine. Fortunately, the annual UAV Challenge is a series of competitions which show how drones can be used to save lives, so help is on the way.


News Sep 25, 2016 by Jeremy Lee
Engineer Spotlight: Josh Vekhter on the Whoa Board’s Touch Sensor and Tech Born from Art

Engineer Spotlight: Josh Vekhter on the Whoa Board’s Touch Sensor and Tech Born from Art

An interview with Josh Vekhter from Foolish Projects.


News Sep 24, 2016 by Ebony Calloway
Power Integrity Test with an Oscilloscope

Power Integrity Test with an Oscilloscope

Today’s highly integrated electronic devices use smaller voltage levels and, as a result, require much smaller ripple levels on the power rails for reliable operation.


EU Aims to Supply Free Wi-Fi to Eurozone by 2025

EU Aims to Supply Free Wi-Fi to Eurozone by 2025

By 2025, the European Union intends to establish free Wi-Fi coverage for all. But what is the motivation for such a move? How will it be implemented? And is this even a feasible goal to begin with?


News Sep 23, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
Engineer Spotlight: FarmBot’s Rory Aronson Explains the Challenges and Benefits of Automated Farming

Engineer Spotlight: FarmBot’s Rory Aronson Explains the Challenges and Benefits of Automated Farming

FarmBot is an automated system that can plant, weed, and grow vegetables organically. Here at AAC, we interviewed Rory Aronson of the brilliant FarmBot team to get a better understanding of this invention!


News Sep 23, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
DIY Tools—Build Your Own Logic Probe

DIY Tools—Build Your Own Logic Probe

Having a logic probe handy is always a must for an electronics workshop. But instead of buying one, why not build your own for a fraction of the cost and have it working in an hour?


Projects Sep 22, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
The Future of Wearables: Material That Can Recognize Patterns

The Future of Wearables: Material That Can Recognize Patterns

New research attempts to achieve a hybrid material system which can sense, communicate, and compute.


News Sep 22, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar