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Build an Arduino BLE-Enabled Indoor Air Quality Monitor

Build an Arduino BLE-Enabled Indoor Air Quality Monitor

Use an Arduino/Genuino 101 with iAQ-Core air quality and HIH-6131 temperature/humidity sensors to make an Indoor Air Quality Monitor with Bluetooth low energy (BLE) connectivity.


Basic Waveform Analysis with an Oscilloscope

Basic Waveform Analysis with an Oscilloscope

In this first part of a multi-part series, we will use a Tek MDO Mixed Domain Oscilloscope to illustrate options to measure various circuit elements.


Teardown Tuesday: Thermal Camera

Teardown Tuesday: Thermal Camera

In this Teardown Tuesday, we are going to take a look at the insides of an inexpensive thermal camera.


News Sep 13, 2016 by Alex Udanis
C-BISCUIT: Robot System Architecture

C-BISCUIT: Robot System Architecture

The C-BISCUIT saga continues as we combine the various system components into a demo bot.


Projects Sep 08, 2016 by Robert Keim
Build a Wireless “Tipping Bucket” Rain Gauge, Part 3—Receiver, PICAXE, and LCD

Build a Wireless “Tipping Bucket” Rain Gauge, Part 3—Receiver, PICAXE, and LCD

Here's a rain gauge that empties itself and that you can read from your easy chair. Best of all, you can build it, yourself.


How to Build a Raspberry Pi Camera

How to Build a Raspberry Pi Camera

In part 8 of the "Building Raspberry Pi Controller" series, readers will learn how to attach a camera board to a Raspberry Pi and write Python code for photo imaging projects.


Projects Aug 01, 2016 by Don Wilcher
Facebook’s Aquila Drone Completes First Flight—And Faces Criticisms

Facebook’s Aquila Drone Completes First Flight—And Faces Criticisms

Facebook plans to incorporate a fleet of wing-shaped drones to provide internet connectivity in remote areas.


News Jul 29, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar
Teardown Tuesday: Credit Card Reader

Teardown Tuesday: Credit Card Reader

Ever wonder what's inside a credit card machine? In this Teardown Tuesday, we are going to take a look at one!


News Jul 26, 2016 by Alex Udanis
See Your IoT Digital Footprint (and Security Vulnerabilities) with Shodan

See Your IoT Digital Footprint (and Security Vulnerabilities) with Shodan

Shodan is an IoT search engine which provides information about every device connected to the internet.


News Jul 16, 2016 by Ebony Calloway
Driving LED Arrays with an Arduino

Driving LED Arrays with an Arduino

All you need to know about LED arrays. If you want to learn about them, drive one using an Arduino, or build them, this is the place to start.


How Piezoelectric Speakers Work

How Piezoelectric Speakers Work

Piezoelectric materials change shape when exposed to electric fields. By causing them to change shape at specific times, we can use them to create sound.


DSPs Power Deep Learning SoCs

DSPs Power Deep Learning SoCs

DSPs mark the third credible silicon choice for deep learning products, especially the embedded systems that require affordable and low-power solutions.


News Jun 17, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
How to Build a Control Circuit with Adjustable Working Time via Wi-Fi

How to Build a Control Circuit with Adjustable Working Time via Wi-Fi

Learn how to build a system that can turn DC loads on and off using a mobile application. You'll also learn how to perform this task via immediate actions or via timers set in advance.


Projects Jun 15, 2016 by Yahya Tawil
Deep Learning with FPGAs

Deep Learning with FPGAs

Here is why FPGAs are making inroads despite the fact that GPUs are a de facto standard for implementing deep learning algorithms.


News Jun 13, 2016 by Majeed Ahmad
House-Monitoring Framework with Arduino and Raspberry Pi: The Paranoid App

House-Monitoring Framework with Arduino and Raspberry Pi: The Paranoid App

Learn how to use a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino to develop a system for monitoring and controlling your home.


Projects Jun 03, 2016 by Cezar Chirila
Bridge Amplifiers for Single-Supply Applications

Bridge Amplifiers for Single-Supply Applications

This article describes the bridge-amplifier configuration and explains why it’s especially handy when you don’t have a negative voltage supply.


MicroFAT: A File System for Microcontrollers

MicroFAT: A File System for Microcontrollers

File systems can be great for handling data and organizing memory, but most file systems require large amounts of memory. This is where MicroFAT comes in!


Build a Development Platform for a PICAXE 40X2

Build a Development Platform for a PICAXE 40X2

The PICAXE 40X2 features 32 I/O ports and speeds up to 64MHz; a development platform simplifies project design using this workhorse.


Teardown Tuesday: Wearable Audio Recorder

Teardown Tuesday: Wearable Audio Recorder

Never miss that cute moment again! Kapture is a unique audio recorder that constantly records. What's inside of it?


News May 17, 2016 by Alex Udanis
The Future of 2D Memory Semiconductors: Atomically Thin Low-Heat Data Storage

The Future of 2D Memory Semiconductors: Atomically Thin Low-Heat Data Storage

A research team consisting of Stanford and NMSU engineers may have found a material capable of revolutionizing the 2D memory semiconductor market.


News May 16, 2016 by Zabrel Holsman