About: Bilal

I Like Internet of Things. I like Automation in general. One issue i have with most outlet control systems is that you only have the choice of a per outlet solution like zwave through smart things. Or a DIY Solution using something like a Particle Photon and a Relay bank. The problem with the particle […]

The capabilities of sensors and sensing systems have grown considerably in recent years, making data acquisition (DAQ) systems increasingly complex as the amount of data flowing and the processing required in these systems multiplies. FPGA devices are perfectly suited to high performance DAQ because of their flexibility, configurability, performance, and parallel processing capabilities. Data ingress […]

The STTS22H temperature sensor from STMicroelectronics offers high accuracy with low operating and standby current and flexible operating modes. By Gina Roos @ electronicproducts.com STMicroelectronics has launched its STTS22H temperature sensor with typical temperature-reading accuracy of 0.25°C and low operating and standby current. The device enhances temperature and heat-flow monitoring in asset trackers, shipping-container loggers, HVAC systems, air humidifiers, […]

What is Intel® Quark™ microcontroller D2000? The Intel® Quark™ microcontroller D2000, is a low power, battery-operated, 32-bit microcontroller with a more robust instruction set than other entry-level microcontrollers. The first x86-based Intel® Quark™ microcontroller, Intel® Quark™ microcontroller D2000 also increases input/output options over other entry-level microcontrollers. Within its small footprint, the Intel® Quark™ microcontroller D2000 […]

Simply NUC, the company behind several Intel NUC based SBCs like the Apollo Lake based NUC 8 Rugged, recently announced the launch of a new mini-computers codenamed; “Sequoia”. The Sequoia is Simply NUC’s first AMD-powered mini computer and it is aimed at applications around AI, Edge Analytics, robotics, POS, digital signage and industrial IoT or computing, […]

Boardcon‘s new EM-IMX8M-MINI is based on NXP’s energy-efficient i.MX8M Mini ARM Cortex A53 processor. The iMX8M SBC has 2GB LPDDR4 and 8GB of eMMC flash with 2x USB 2.0, GbE. Display output is via MIPI LCD, PCIe. There is also optional support for SSD/4G. It runs Linux 4.14.98 and QT 5.0. EM-IMX8M-MINI SBC and its SOM-IMX8M-MINI module is Boardcon’s […]

Mobile photography is fast growing beyond a hobby or a way for people to capture important moments. Thanks to the week-on-week breakthroughs and improvements being made on the camera by the phone manufacturers, it is now becoming a mainstream method of documenting visual information, with both professionals (from Journalists to Magazine Photographers) and Semi-professionals (like […]

Yay – my first instructible 🙂 My 6 year old nephew wanted to have a robot to guard his room, so I decided to build one for / with him. It was supposed to have green eyes that turn red when an intruder is detected. And an alarm siren should go off. In the video […]

Widora, who has been one of the companies championing the development of open-source boards for IoT applications, with boards like the Widora AIR and the Widora Neo, recently announced the planned launch of  a new board; a RISC-V binocular facial recognition development board which according to the company’s post will be the smallest binocular facial recognition module yet. Based […]

The mass flow meter SFM4300 features improved sensitivity and precision, even for low flow rates. The small, compact sensor is calibrated for air, O2 and N2O gases and – in contrast to its predecessor, the mass flow meter SFM4100 – it can also be used to monitor gas mixing. With a zero-point accuracy of 0.005 slm for a total range of up […]