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It’s becoming quite obvious that traditional batteries are limiting the progress of IoT devices. They are expensive, they contain harmful chemicals and most importantly All-Batteries-Will-Die. Vemund Kval Bakken chief technology officer and co-founder at ONiO say the real problem with the battery approach to IoT comes when you actually consider the battery shelf life as well as the environmental […]

Murata has successfully commercialized the world’s smallest PTC thermistor (resettable fuse) with part number PRG03BC181QB6RL, in a 0201-inch size (0.6 x 0.3 x 0.3mm) package targeted for mobile devices. With an operating temperature from -20 deg C to 60 deg C the new PTC can provide excellent long term stability in high-temperature environments. They has succeeded in commercializing the […]

This instructable will guide you to glow an LED using a touch sensor which means that the LED will glow when you touch on the probe of the sensor. The project uses the Mediatek linkit one connected to a touch sensor and an LED. As soon a touch is detected, the output goes high which […]

As the number of IoT devices increases, managing them all to keep online, secure, updated with the latest firmware, and remotely available, at all times, even when deployed behind firewalls and NATs, becomes quite the task. While quite a number of solution exists to some of these problems, they all usually have challenges like; the solution addressing […]

I decided to use the Linkit One’s GSM capabilities to create a weather indicator. This would allow me to make something both practical and visually pleasing, a wireless weather indicator. Step 1: Materials/Tools Tools Soldering Iron Computer Linkit One GSM anntenna Battery for Linkit One USB cord Wire Cutter Materials RGB LED White LED Solder […]

Picosun Group, global provider of leading AGILE ALD® (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions, reports record performance of silicon-integrated, three-dimensional deep trench microcapacitors manufactured using its ALD technology. Increasing efficiency and performance demands of portable and wearable electronics, along with their shrinking size in accordance with the Moore’s law, set new challenges to the power […]

NEXCOM has launched Neu-X300, a high performance fanless computer, powered with 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i-series processors. With its 190mm x 200mm x 54.4mm size, the modern-looking Neu-X300 uses a TPM2.0 IC to enhance cyber security. By specifically choosing an i5 or i7 processor, Neu-X300 is further equipped with vPRO remote management capability. And with its versatile I/O interface […]

In a bid to achieve full rate dual Gigabit, the FriendlyElec team is currently working on its latest open-source IoT application artifact which is an upgraded version of the NanoPi R1S SBC & Gateway, called the NanoPi R2S. In contrast to the NanoPi R1S which came with 512MB RAM, an Allwinner H3 / H5 processor […]

Everyone has experienced it: a summer heat wave. This Diy spritzer and fan is perfect to beat the heat in the summer. Step 1: Materials Water Bottle Sprayer head Motor Tape Fan Blade Jumper Wires LinkIT ONE Step 2: Sprayer Un-screw the cap of the water bottle and screw the sprayer head on. The sprayer […]

Acromag adds another military-grade measurement and control module to its AcroPack series of ruggedized mini PCIe I/O modules. The new AP730 multi-function I/O module performs analog input, analog output, discrete I/O and counter/timer functions. A variety of carrier cards can host up to four modules and are available in PCIe, VPX, XMC, CompactPCI-Serial, and mini-ITX […]