CAT's S60 turned heads at MWC 2016 when they unveiled the S60, a waterproof phone with thermal imaging capability, but is it a practical phone for consumers?
CAT's S60 turned heads at MWC 2016 when they unveiled the S60, a waterproof phone with thermal imaging capability, but is it a practical phone for consumers?
Mitsubishi plans to commercially release a system that can display floating images by 2020. How do they work?
Mitsubishi plans to commercially release a system that can display floating images by 2020. How do they work?
Lasers are plentiful, inexpensive, and fun to use. Here's a target that reacts when it's hit by a laser beam.
Lasers are plentiful, inexpensive, and fun to use. Here's a target that reacts when it's hit by a laser beam.
Learn how to read electrical signals and data from an analog device using the Step Response technique in Part 5 of the…
Learn how to read electrical signals and data from an analog device using the Step Response technique in Part 5 of the Building Raspberry Pi Controllers series.
Soldering surface mount components by hand can be done, but reflow soldering in an oven is much quicker and produces more…
Soldering surface mount components by hand can be done, but reflow soldering in an oven is much quicker and produces more consistent results. Building a microprocessor controlled reflow oven is well within the abilities and budget of many hobbyists.
In this article I'll show you one way to use a PIC microcontroller to get the time and date from a GPS module.
In this article I'll show you one way to use a PIC microcontroller to get the time and date from a GPS module.
This project explains how to isolate signals to eliminate ground loops in electronic systems.
This project explains how to isolate signals to eliminate ground loops in electronic systems.
Gather data via USB from a BH1745NUC optical sensor and then display color characteristics and illuminance values.
Gather data via USB from a BH1745NUC optical sensor and then display color characteristics and illuminance values.
Learn LabVIEW FPGA by programming the on-board Xilinx FPGA of the student-focused embedded device NI myRIO.
Learn LabVIEW FPGA by programming the on-board Xilinx FPGA of the student-focused embedded device NI myRIO.
Learn how to collect and process RGB data generated by the BH1745NUC color sensor IC.
Learn how to collect and process RGB data generated by the BH1745NUC color sensor IC.
Display colors by precisely controlling the intensity of red, green, and blue LEDs.
Display colors by precisely controlling the intensity of red, green, and blue LEDs.
Use data from an RGB sensor to improve the accuracy of illuminance measurements.
Use data from an RGB sensor to improve the accuracy of illuminance measurements.
Learn how to translate the output of a photosensor into an illuminance measurement.
Learn how to translate the output of a photosensor into an illuminance measurement.
Build an LED chaser with a little twist: we'll be using a microcontroller and an LCD along with the usual 4017 counters.
Build an LED chaser with a little twist: we'll be using a microcontroller and an LCD along with the usual 4017 counters.
A practical introduction to quantifying perceived light intensity.
A practical introduction to quantifying perceived light intensity.
The Particle Photon is a powerful little board with the ability to easily connect objects to the internet. This series of…
The Particle Photon is a powerful little board with the ability to easily connect objects to the internet. This series of articles will be enough to get you up and running with the Particle Photon.
Smart LEDs are becoming increasingly popular and very inexpensive. It's a great time to pick some up and experiment!
Smart LEDs are becoming increasingly popular and very inexpensive. It's a great time to pick some up and experiment!
There are many so competing technologies in televisions, it can quickly become downright confusing. We discuss a handful…
There are many so competing technologies in televisions, it can quickly become downright confusing. We discuss a handful of them here including 4k / UHD, Framerate, OLED, HDR, Quantum dots, and Quantum LEDs
Take a few minutes to characterize a light dependent resistor (LDR) and you can build a simple and reasonably accurate…
Take a few minutes to characterize a light dependent resistor (LDR) and you can build a simple and reasonably accurate light meter can be built using an LDR and an Arduino.