About: Bilal

Physical storage drives have not changed a lot over the years. They have improved in terms of storage capacity and technology but they are definitely still a bit bulky (compared with how small things are becoming) and relatively slow. To offer an improvement to what is currently in the market, GrowthLabs recently announced the launch of a […]

Device communication is done in two ways: parallel and serial. In the parallel mode, data transfer is fast and uses more number of lines. This mode is good for short range data transfer. But, Serial communication uses only one or two data lines to transfer data and is generally used for long distance communication. In […]

Even with the advent of several file-sharing platforms and the proliferation of internet access to enable their use, the “old” regular way of moving a file from one place to the other via USB drives is still in vogue. Especially for large files like the video and picture contents which creatives need to move around […]

This is a keystroke injection device (also called badusb). It is similar to a well-known USB rubber ducky made by hak5, but has much extended functionality, lower price and is also completely open source. It looks and feels like an ordinary USB flash drive, but acts as a keyboard that types in a preprogrammed payload. This payload […]

The main hallmark of a truly skilled business professional is being able to delegate responsibilities. Hiring someone to answer the phone for you doesn’t indicate that you unable to perform the task yourself. However, business owners can’t work their way to the top and also run every aspect of their companies themselves. Software can help […]

In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to build a BeatFlower: A flower shaped, USB powered “wall light” that doubles as a color display for e.g. music on your computer. I use the following components in this tutorial: 5x 12 bit RGB LED ring using the WS2812b controller 1x ATtiny85 microcontroller on a Digispark […]

Advantech, a leading embedded computing provider announces its latest fanless embedded system EPC-U2117. The palm-sized system uses the latest Intel® Atom® E3900 processor technology to give a 30% CPU performance enhancement and a 45% graphic performance boost. EPC-U2117 is designed with dual display output, multiple I/O, and wide range 12-24V DC power inputs, which target smart […]

This instructables show how to flash NodeMCU firmware to WeMos D1 mini Pro. Step 1: Introduction WeMos D1 mini Pro is a new ESP8266 dev board. It is thin, light weight, built-in USB to serial chip and 16 MB flash! Recently, it is the only board with built-in 16 MB flash (at least 4 times […]

Expanding its PanL building automation portfolio, Bridgetek has now formally launched solutions targeted at the office environment – enabling better use of assets situated there and resulting in significant reductions in day-to-day operational costs. Through the new PanL Desk Manager (PDM), companies can automatically manage shared working facilities where ‘hot desking’ policies are in place. Desk bookings can be […]

Mixed-mode regulation merges a switch-mode power conversion design with linear final regulation to give excellent noise and transient characteristics resembling linear supply performance but at greatly reduced weight. Saelig Company, Inc. has announced the introduction of the AIM-TTi  MX100Q Series Power Supplies, versatile 4-output laboratory power sources which use mixed mode regulation to provide up to 210W […]