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Introduction to Adaptive Front Lighting Systems (AFS)

Learn more about the design considerations that go into developing adaptive automotive lighting solutions.

November 06, 2019 by Steve Arar

Characterizing LED Performance with a Frequency Response Analyzer and Line Injector

This application note series explores the measurement of the dynamic resistance of an LED and how to create a usable SPICE model from the data.

October 28, 2019 by Steve Sandler

The MIT-i Color Blender! RGB LED Color Blending

Blending colors may sound elementary but it is vital in drawing attention to your project with RGB LEDs!

November 08, 2017 by Ryan Jones

Adding a Capacitive Touch Display Module to the BeagleBone Black

Pair a BeagleBone Black with a capacitive touch LCD display to create a development platform for small, cost-effective solutions.

June 13, 2017 by Markku Riihonen, 4D Systems

Beyond 4K Ultra HD: What’s Next for Advancing Display Technology?

Delivering screen innovations that offer noticeably better experiences for end users is an increasingly difficult challenge for manufacturers of all types of devices, from smartwatches and smartphones to PCs, televisions and home cinema.

May 30, 2017 by Robert Huntley, Mouser

How To: Find the Right TFT Display for Your Application

Struggling to find the right display for your project? Check out this video for some help.

March 20, 2017 by Chris Anderson

How to Use an E-Paper Display in Embedded Applications

Learn how e-paper displays work and how to integrate low power e-paper displays into your embedded projects.

December 09, 2016 by Scott Soong, Pervasive Displays

Build an Automatic Computer Display Rotator With an Arduino

Learn how to build a device which senses when your computer monitor is physically rotated, and automatically tells your computer to rotate the display accordingly.

April 12, 2016 by Matthew Davis

Design a Luxmeter Using a Light Dependent Resistor

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.

December 13, 2015 by David Williams

Make an LED Light Strip AHRS with Arduino and MPU-6050

Use a WS2812 RGB LED strip to visualize the pose of an MPU-6050 6-degree-of-freedom IMU in three dimensional space.

October 13, 2015 by Patrick Lloyd

How to Display an Image on an LCD using an EFM8 Microcontroller

Use the EFM8’s USB functionality to transfer an image from your PC to an LCD.

July 24, 2015 by Robert Keim

Use a PICAXE Microcontroller to Read and Display Temperature

The 08M2 is the smallest member of the PICAXE family of microcontrollers; it is inexpensive, versatile, and easy to program using free software.

July 15, 2015 by Charles R. Hampton

Interface a Seven Segment Display to an Arduino

For many applications, there's no need to use a more expensive liquid crystal display to display data. A simple seven-segment display is sufficient.

June 02, 2015 by Tim Youngblood