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A Drone That Can Map the World in 3D

A Drone That Can Map the World in 3D

3DR has teamed up with Autodesk and Sony to make a drone that can record 3D mapping for the cloud.


News Mar 10, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
Thermal Design with Linear Voltage Regulators

Thermal Design with Linear Voltage Regulators

Will your linear regulator function properly under all possible operating conditions? To find out, you need to understand power dissipation and thermal resistance.


Meet Microsemi Corp’s New ZL70550

Meet Microsemi Corp’s New ZL70550

Microsemi Corp has announced it will now offer the industry’s lowest power sub-GHz radio frequency transceiver. This is great news as it will offer an exceptionally low power solution to help secure the IoT, especially in medical uses.


News Mar 09, 2016 by Aaron LaBarbera
C-BISCUIT Power: Crowbar Protection Circuit for 5V Regulator

C-BISCUIT Power: Crowbar Protection Circuit for 5V Regulator

Over-voltage and over-current protection circuit for use with the C-BISCUIT platform's main computer, the Wandboard.


Projects Mar 09, 2016 by Patrick Lloyd
Electroluminescent Skin: How it Could Change the Future of Robotics

Electroluminescent Skin: How it Could Change the Future of Robotics

Cornell University has developed highly-stretchable skin for robotics and wearables.


News Mar 08, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
Teardown Tuesday: Dewalt USB Power Supply

Teardown Tuesday: Dewalt USB Power Supply

In this Teardown Tuesday, we are going to take a look at what makes a Dewalt USB power supply work.


News Mar 08, 2016 by Alex Udanis
5 Reasons to Get Hyped About IBM’s Watson IoT

5 Reasons to Get Hyped About IBM’s Watson IoT

You should be nerding out about IBM's Watson IoT... here's why!


News Mar 07, 2016 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Embedded PID Temperature Control, Part 6: Ziegler–Nichols Tuning

Embedded PID Temperature Control, Part 6: Ziegler–Nichols Tuning

In this article, we will use a simple, proven tuning procedure to find effective values for proportional, integral, and derivative gain.


Projects Mar 07, 2016 by Robert Keim
Microchip’s New 2D and 3D Gesture Sensing Development Kit

Microchip’s New 2D and 3D Gesture Sensing Development Kit

Microchip's new 3D gesture sensing development kit offers an accessible solution for new developers.


News Mar 06, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
Meet the New NINA-B1 from u-Blox

Meet the New NINA-B1 from u-Blox

The NINA-B1 Bluetooth module offers new possibilities in the world of IoT


News Mar 05, 2016 by Aaron LaBarbera
Hoverboards: How Do They Work?

Hoverboards: How Do They Work?

With all this news about hoverboards, we decided to see what the fuss is about.


News Mar 04, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
Building Raspberry Pi Controllers Part 6: Displaying Messages on a LCD with a RPi

Building Raspberry Pi Controllers Part 6: Displaying Messages on a LCD with a RPi

Readers will learn how to wire a standard 16x2 LCD (liquid crystal display) to a Raspberry Pi to display messages.


Projects Mar 04, 2016 by Don Wilcher
Program a PIC Microcontroller as an I2C Slave Device for Custom Sensor and I/O Interfacing

Program a PIC Microcontroller as an I2C Slave Device for Custom Sensor and I/O Interfacing

No I2C interface with that sensor? No problem. Program a PIC chip as an I2C slave device for custom sensor and I/O interfacing. Here, we use three DHT22 sensors on a single I2C interface.


How to: Send an SMS with PIC16F628A and SIM900A

How to: Send an SMS with PIC16F628A and SIM900A

In this article I'll show you one way of sending an SMS using a PIC 16F628A and a SIMCOM SIM900A module.


These Raspberry Pi Applications Are Probably Better Than Yours

These Raspberry Pi Applications Are Probably Better Than Yours

See how people around the world are using Raspberry Pis to spread information freely.


News Mar 02, 2016 by Tim Youngblood
x86 Architecture: Processes and Execution Environments

x86 Architecture: Processes and Execution Environments

This article will focus on explaining how programs run, modes of operation, and basic execution environments.


The Fatal Error 53 and Apple’s Delayed Response

The Fatal Error 53 and Apple’s Delayed Response

Error 53 bricked iPhones that had been tampered with, but now Apple is offering a solution.


News Mar 01, 2016 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Teardown Tuesday: Kwikset SmartCode Lock

Teardown Tuesday: Kwikset SmartCode Lock

In this Teardown Tuesday, we will take a look at the Kwikset SmartCode Lock.


News Mar 01, 2016 by Alex Udanis
Raspberry Pi 3 Is Here, but Is It a Worthy Successor?

Raspberry Pi 3 Is Here, but Is It a Worthy Successor?

The Raspberry Pi 3 has been released for sale, what's inside it, and what can you do with it?


News Feb 29, 2016 by Alex Udanis
Embedded PID Temperature Control, Part 5: Adjusting Gains

Embedded PID Temperature Control, Part 5: Adjusting Gains

We will explore how P, I, and D gain influences system performance, and in the process we will find a gain configuration that works well for our temperature controller.


Projects Feb 29, 2016 by Robert Keim