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Teardown Tuesday: Motion-Activated Trail Camera

Teardown Tuesday: Motion-Activated Trail Camera

In this Teardown Tuesday, we are going to take a look at the inner workings of a trail camera!


News Oct 17, 2017 by Alex Udanis
Infineon’s XMC4800 MCU | New Product Brief

Infineon’s XMC4800 MCU | New Product Brief

Infineon’s XMC4800 MCUs are designed for transportation, industrial connectivity, control, power conversion, and sensing, and integrate an EtherCAT node, up to 2 MB of on-chip flash with ECC, and an ARM Cortex-M4 core.


DARPA’s New Infrared Smart Sensor Can Operate with “Near-Zero” Power Consumption

DARPA’s New Infrared Smart Sensor Can Operate with “Near-Zero” Power Consumption

A research team from Northeastern University has created a near-zero power consumption sensor at standby.


News Oct 15, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
Texas Instruments TMP116 Digital Temperature Sensors | New Product Brief

Texas Instruments TMP116 Digital Temperature Sensors | New Product Brief

TI’s TMP116 is a low-power, high-accuracy digital temperature sensor that consumes less power and is easier to use than RTDs.


Using a Silego GreenPAK to Build a Temperature Sensing System

Using a Silego GreenPAK to Build a Temperature Sensing System

In this project, we'll test how the Silego GreenPAK can be used to build a temperature-sensing system.


How to Build a Weighing Scale Using a Load Cell and a Microcontroller

How to Build a Weighing Scale Using a Load Cell and a Microcontroller

In this project, we're making a weighing scale using a C8051 microcontroller development kit, a load cell, and the Simplicity Studio IDE. The measured weight will be displayed on an LCD screen.


Projects Oct 10, 2017 by Nick Davis
Molex MID Chip and Ceramic SMT Antennas | New Product Brief

Molex MID Chip and Ceramic SMT Antennas | New Product Brief

Molex offers MID chip and ceramic SMT antennas that provide excellent RF performance, and are easy to implement.


Maxim Integrated MAX14827A Transceiver | New Product Brief

Maxim Integrated MAX14827A Transceiver | New Product Brief

Maxim’s MAX14827A is an IO-Link Device Transceiver with integrated regulators, drivers, and auxiliary I/O for use with industrial sensors and actuators.


Structures for Implementing Finite Impulse Response Filters

Structures for Implementing Finite Impulse Response Filters

This article will review some basic structures to implement Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters.


Night Flight: Giving Drones Night Vision to Operate in Darkness

Night Flight: Giving Drones Night Vision to Operate in Darkness

Currently, under FAA rules, drones can only be operated during day-time hours, and within "civil twilight" hours, typcially 30 minutes before or after the sun sets.


News Sep 29, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Testing for a Robot’s Collision Detection System with Varying Impact Resistance

Testing for a Robot’s Collision Detection System with Varying Impact Resistance

We’ll use real collision data to refine the detection algorithm, and even better, we’ll confirm that the system actually works.


Projects Sep 28, 2017 by Robert Keim
Teardown Tuesday: Mini Air Compressor by Suaoki

Teardown Tuesday: Mini Air Compressor by Suaoki

In this teardown, we unscrew screws and disconnect plastic pieces to reveal the magical innards of this mini air compressor.


News Sep 26, 2017 by Nick Davis
Intelligence at the Edge Part 2: Reduced Time to Insight

Intelligence at the Edge Part 2: Reduced Time to Insight

In this multipart industrial IoT series, we will break down and explore the fundamental aspects of the edge node interpretation within the larger IoT framework: sensing, measuring, interpreting, and connecting data, with additional consideration for power management and security.


Honeywell SEK001 Sensor Evaluation Kit | New Product Brief

Honeywell SEK001 Sensor Evaluation Kit | New Product Brief

Honeywell’s SEK001 sensor evaluation kit is an Arduino shield for demonstrating Honeywell’s TruStability RSC series pressure sensors.


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.


Bosch Sensortec BME680 | New Product Brief

Bosch Sensortec BME680 | New Product Brief

Bosch Sensortec’s BME680 combines gas, air pressure, humidity, and ambient temperature sensing into a small, low-cost, and low power package for IoT, mobile, and wearable devices.


How to Train Your Door Lock

How to Train Your Door Lock

This article takes a look at how current- or next-generation technologies can provide the potential for innovative applications and the problems and solutions that may arise.


IoT/WT World Innovation Competition Pushes Creativity in Tech Applications

IoT/WT World Innovation Competition Pushes Creativity in Tech Applications

The Innovation World Cup Series is a collection of competitions targeting developers and "technpreneurs" to foster the development of open innovation.


News Sep 22, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
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
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