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Engineer Spotlight: The Pi Platter Team on Developing Raspberry Pi Zero Shields

Engineer Spotlight: The Pi Platter Team on Developing Raspberry Pi Zero Shields

All About Circuits spoke with Dan Julio and Mike Seiler about crowdfunding the Solar Pi Platter and how their involvement with makerspaces has helped them professionally.


News Mar 22, 2017 by Tim Youngblood
John Bannister Goodenough: A Brief History of the Inventor of the Lithium Cobalt Oxide Cathode

John Bannister Goodenough: A Brief History of the Inventor of the Lithium Cobalt Oxide Cathode

If being one of the inventors of the most widely used battery cathodes in the world wasn’t already good enough, Dr. John Goodenough was also recently in the news for a new solid state battery that not only surpassed the charge density of the lithium-ion battery, but promised to be much safer, more efficient, cheaper, and longer lasting than the current standard.


News Mar 22, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Teardown Tuesday: Projector Alarm Clock with Humidity and Temperature Sensors

Teardown Tuesday: Projector Alarm Clock with Humidity and Temperature Sensors

In this Teardown Tuesday, we will tear down an LED projector alarm clock with integrated humidity and temperature sensors.


News Mar 21, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Into the Fukushima Reactor: A One-Way Journey for Drones

Into the Fukushima Reactor: A One-Way Journey for Drones

Drones being sent into Fukushima are malfunctioning much faster than expected. Why is this the case and how can drones be used to prevent further loss of life in dangerous environments?


News Mar 21, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
More Affordable LiDAR Sensors Open a Range of Possibilities When Combined with IoT Applications

More Affordable LiDAR Sensors Open a Range of Possibilities When Combined with IoT Applications

LiDAR is highly useful in a range of applications. While it has been primarily used in scientific and industrial settings, the increasing availability of off-the-shelf components is making it a highly valuable tool and sensor for IoT applications.


News Mar 20, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Metallic Hydrogen: Long-Awaited Semiconductor or Laboratory-Bound Experiment?

Metallic Hydrogen: Long-Awaited Semiconductor or Laboratory-Bound Experiment?

Researchers from Harvard University claim that they've created metallic hydrogen for the first time.


News Mar 19, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
IOTA: A Cryptoplatform for Securing Transactions on the IoT

IOTA: A Cryptoplatform for Securing Transactions on the IoT

IOTA is a decentralized, micro-transaction token that is geared towards the Internet of Things (IoT). The crypto-token runs off of Tangle, which has similarities to a blockchain but is much more versatile.


News Mar 18, 2017 by Donald Krambeck
BeagleBone Blue for Robotics Applications: The Latest BeagleBone Single Board Computer

BeagleBone Blue for Robotics Applications: The Latest BeagleBone Single Board Computer

The BeagleBone Blue is now available. You can learn more about this open source robotics computer and its BeagleBone predecessors here.


News Mar 17, 2017 by Tim Youngblood
LEDs and Solar Cells Combine into Devices that Emit and Absorb Light

LEDs and Solar Cells Combine into Devices that Emit and Absorb Light

Researchers have developed double-heterojunction nanorods which can be biased to both send and receive light—in other words, a device that is both an LED and solar cell, capable of emitting and absorbing light.


News Mar 17, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Simple Home Automation with a Remotely Accessed Raspberry Pi: An Investigation into Dataplicity

Simple Home Automation with a Remotely Accessed Raspberry Pi: An Investigation into Dataplicity

AAC writer Johnathan Powell investigated Dataplicity, a program that allows remote access to and control of Raspberry Pis. Here are his conclusions.


News Mar 16, 2017 by Johnathan Powell
The Value of Customization: Customizable Raspberry Pi Computers vs PCs

The Value of Customization: Customizable Raspberry Pi Computers vs PCs

Could customizable single-board computers ever compete with PCs?


News Mar 15, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Teardown Tuesday: Portable Power Bank and Solar Charger

Teardown Tuesday: Portable Power Bank and Solar Charger

In this teardown, we look at the Hiluckey solar charger with an inbuilt lithium-ion battery.


News Mar 14, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
New Wind River Software Platform Designed to Battle Infrastructure Obsolescence with the IIoT

New Wind River Software Platform Designed to Battle Infrastructure Obsolescence with the IIoT

In this News Brief, Wind River introduces advancement to the Industrial IoT with a new software virtualization platform for cloud infrastructure.


News Mar 14, 2017 by Karissa Manske
WikiLeaks’ Release on CIA Hacking Tools Raises Concerns about IoT Security to New Heights

WikiLeaks’ Release on CIA Hacking Tools Raises Concerns about IoT Security to New Heights

The CIA has a trove of tools that takes advantages of exploits in connected devices. Have we set ourselves up for a perfect storm of constant surveillance and vulnerability?


News Mar 13, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
How Silicon Photonics Are Helping Data Centers Keep Up with the IoT, Big Data, and Cloud Computing

How Silicon Photonics Are Helping Data Centers Keep Up with the IoT, Big Data, and Cloud Computing

The use of photonics in networking and electronics is one of many possible solutions for handling the growing demand on data centers.


News Mar 11, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
New Class D Amplifiers and a DSP for Your Audio Applications

New Class D Amplifiers and a DSP for Your Audio Applications

In this article we’ll look at three new components for amplifying and processing audio signals.


News Mar 10, 2017 by Robert Keim
The MAXREFDES155 Development Kit for IoT Security

The MAXREFDES155 Development Kit for IoT Security

Maxim just released the MAXREFDES155 development kit and reference design aimed to secure IoT systems. Learn more about it here.


News Mar 09, 2017 by Tim Youngblood
What 2017’s Potential Component Shortage Means for Design Engineers

What 2017’s Potential Component Shortage Means for Design Engineers

Veteran engineers and market forecasters alike have fears of an impending component shortage this year. What evidence is there to suggest such a claim and if true, how will engineers be affected?


News Mar 09, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Drones and LiDAR Combine to 3D Render Landscapes

Drones and LiDAR Combine to 3D Render Landscapes

Learn about how LiDAR-equipped drones are helping us preserve historic sites.


News Mar 08, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Teardown Tuesday: Sound-Activated LED Party Lighting

Teardown Tuesday: Sound-Activated LED Party Lighting

See what's inside a sound-activated LED for use in DJ environments.


News Mar 07, 2017 by Robin Mitchell