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Nextchip SoC Teams Up with CEVA Platform to Boost Real-Time Image Processing for ADAS

Nextchip SoC Teams Up with CEVA Platform to Boost Real-Time Image Processing for ADAS

In this News Brief, we take a look at Nextchip's Apache4 pre-processor SoC, which was recently licensed to the CEVA-XM4 imaging and vision platform.


Modular, Vacuum-Powered Robot Adds Versatility to Soft Robotics

Modular, Vacuum-Powered Robot Adds Versatility to Soft Robotics

Researchers introduce a modular robot powered by vacuums instead of pressurized air.


Build a Temperature and/or Humidity Controlled Fan with a Picaxe 08M2 Microcontroller

Build a Temperature and/or Humidity Controlled Fan with a Picaxe 08M2 Microcontroller

A Picaxe 08M2 microcontroller and an HIH6030 sensor team up to easily control a ventilation fan using temperature or humidity or both.


How to Protect Your Robot with Automatic Collision Detection

How to Protect Your Robot with Automatic Collision Detection

In this article, we’ll develop and test an algorithm for automatically shutting down a robot in response to a collision (or some other violent event).


Projects Sep 21, 2017 by Robert Keim
Engineer Spotlight: Brian Gerkey of Open Robotics Talks ROS and Robotics

Engineer Spotlight: Brian Gerkey of Open Robotics Talks ROS and Robotics

AAC's Chantelle Dubois spoke with Brian Gerkey of Open Robotics to talk about the many (and sometimes surprising) applications of robotics, how ROS made it to space, and the open source revolution.


News Sep 19, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Teardown Tuesday: Gas Leak Detector

Teardown Tuesday: Gas Leak Detector

In this Teardown Tuesday we are going to take a look at the insides of a gas leakage detector. This device is designed to detect the presence of halogen gases.


News Sep 19, 2017 by Alex Udanis
Intelligence at the Edge Part 1: The Edge Node

Intelligence at the Edge Part 1: The Edge Node

The industrial Internet of Things (IoT) encompasses the broad transformation underway that will make pervasive sensing across connected machines not just a competitive advantage, but an essential fundamental service. The industrial IoT starts with the edge node, which is the sensing and measurement entry point of interest.


How to Build a Tachometer/Speedometer with an Optoelectronic Sensor, a Microcontroller, and a Disc

How to Build a Tachometer/Speedometer with an Optoelectronic Sensor, a Microcontroller, and a Disc

Learn how to make a tachometer and speedometer using a C8051 microcontroller, an optoelectronic sensor, and a spinning disc.


Projects Sep 06, 2017 by Nick Davis
How Pairing Drones with AI, the IoT, and RFID Tracking Is Making Business More Efficient

How Pairing Drones with AI, the IoT, and RFID Tracking Is Making Business More Efficient

Mixing and matching tech domains can produce some amazing results and sophisticated solutions to today’s problems.


News Sep 04, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
What People Are Talking About: Highlights from the  Hot Chips Symposium

What People Are Talking About: Highlights from the Hot Chips Symposium

A hub for technological innovation and inspiration, Hot Chips delivered tutorials, presentations, and more.


Lapis Semiconductor Introduces New Soil Sensor that Links with IoT Infrastructure

Lapis Semiconductor Introduces New Soil Sensor that Links with IoT Infrastructure

Here is how two key facets of the IoT world come together to create a holistic solution.


News Aug 18, 2017 by Majeed Ahmad
New Lithography Technique Allows Precise Nanomaterial Patterning for Nanoscale Circuit Manufacturing

New Lithography Technique Allows Precise Nanomaterial Patterning for Nanoscale Circuit Manufacturing

A new process dubbed DOLFIN enables inexpensive and scalable nanofabrication and patterning of a broad range of materials.


News Aug 09, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
Battle of the SBCs: BeagleBone Black, Raspberry Pi 3, and ASUS Tinker Board

Battle of the SBCs: BeagleBone Black, Raspberry Pi 3, and ASUS Tinker Board

With a variety of different single board computers, it can be difficult to choose which computer is right for your project. This article will look at the basics of three single board computers available.


News Aug 02, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Isolation in Digital Power Supply—Why and How

Isolation in Digital Power Supply—Why and How

Digital power supplies are widely employed in high-end servers, storage, telecom brick modules, and more. For these applications, isolation is often required. This article discusses the digital isolation techniques with Analog Devices’ iCoupler products in digital power supply design.


“The Earable”: A 3D-Printed, Bluetooth-Enabled Wearable Temperature Sensor

“The Earable”: A 3D-Printed, Bluetooth-Enabled Wearable Temperature Sensor

Researchers from the University of California Berkeley have created a wearable device worn on the ear that can monitor core body temperature in real time.


News Jul 29, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
What Makes a Good VNA?

What Makes a Good VNA?

This article explores specific components and design solutions that maximize the performance of a VNA, in part by comparing modern VNAs with designs of the last century.


Apple to Enter the Automotive Game as Siri Begins to Lag in Personal Assistant AI

Apple to Enter the Automotive Game as Siri Begins to Lag in Personal Assistant AI

Is Apple going to go up against Waymo and Tesla in the autonomous car industry?


News Jul 13, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Isolation and Gain: A New Isolation Amplifier from Texas Instruments Suited for Current Sensing

Isolation and Gain: A New Isolation Amplifier from Texas Instruments Suited for Current Sensing

Amplifiers such as the AMC1301-Q1 are a convenient solution for isolated current and voltage measurements.


News Jul 07, 2017 by Robert Keim
Make a Web Server with ESP8266

Make a Web Server with ESP8266

In this project, we first examine how to install an ESP8266 add-on on Arduino IDE and then we make a configurable web server with an ESP8266 and show the simplicity of this process.


An Introduction to Robot Operating System (ROS)

An Introduction to Robot Operating System (ROS)

Developing a robot with a computer brain needs a bunch of software tools on the computer side—like software drivers, third party tools for computer vision, simulation tools, and more. ROS framework gathers all these tools and manages how you develop a code for your robot.