Posts by Ibrar Ayyub:
SiC/GaN Poised for Power
Posted on: 26 Nov 2016
PORTLAND, Ore.—Today Yole Development predicted that power transistors would radically shift from silicon wafers to silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) substrates—to achieve higher power in smaller spaces, according to its GaN and SiC Devices for Power Electronics Applications report. One of the big drivers behind the shift is the electric vehicle (EV) and […]
Milk in Fridge – Internet of Things
Posted on: 24 Nov 2016
I think that one day, all food cupboards & fridges/freezers will be smart. All products will have an RFID or video recognisable label which will update a list of product usage. Your local supermarket will gather this information & replenish your products as required – who knows ?? So, I came up with the idea […]
50,000V High Voltage Power Supply
Posted on: 23 Nov 2016
DISCLAIMER: This is an extremely dangerous project, and it should only be attempted by people with experience in electronics, and specifically, High Voltage. If it’s your first time seek help for your own safety. Homemade High Voltage supplies are unlikely to meet any international standards, the safety and correct operation is NOT guaranteed at all, […]
Automotive Chip-On-Glass LCD Dot Matrix Driver
Posted on: 22 Nov 2016
Summary The automotive products are quite recognized nowadays. It brings high demand on automotive chip and other related electronic devices. These demands are diverse, which brings difficulties to automotive developers. In this design, users are provided a modifiable firmware using In-System/In-Application Programming (ISP/IAP) via USB. It features the Vertical Alignment (VA) Chip-On-Glass (COG) display module […]
DIY Smart Plant pot
Posted on: 21 Nov 2016
it was one year ago that i have published the plant pot – world’s first stand alone smart plant pot that can email you when it’s thirsty, cold, hot, sleeping etc. a lot has changed since the first release. today I would like to share with you our latest and most stable version yet. the […]
Specan – A reboot of the W7ZOI/K7TAU spectrum analyzer
Posted on: 20 Nov 2016
If you don’t want to read this long long write-up, here is a summary: This spectrum analyzer costs less than $100 to make. It is just a superhet radio that has a log amp where the speaker should have been. You can hack it. It has an Arduino. Works as well as a commercial spectrum […]
Therm: a Tiny PID Controller
Posted on: 19 Nov 2016
Therm is a very small PID controller with an OLED display, thermocouple interface, and USB port. It can switch an external solid-state relay for driving large loads, or a transistor for driving small loads. When attached to a computer, it enumerates as a USB serial port for easy control and logging of data. The design […]
Visaton Exciter – an exciting loudspeaker
Posted on: 18 Nov 2016
Fans of HiFi sound and similar „audiophils“ usually don´t cover their loudspakers and surely not their membranes. Firstly, to cover a beautiful top-class loudspeaker is almost a sin 🙂 and naturally all that stands in a way of sound usually influences it in a negative way. However, totally different situation is in traffic, audio bells, […]
The Atmel SAM L22
Posted on: 17 Nov 2016
Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, today announced the company has expanded its popular family of secure, ARM® Cortex® M0+-based MCUs with the SAM L22 series. The Atmel | SMART SAM L series is the highest scoring product family in the EEMBC ULPBench, the leading independent low-power benchmark. […]
Posting a Tweet with the ESP8266
Posted on: 16 Nov 2016
Writing Your Lua Script Don’t forget that first you need to flash your ESP with NodeMCU firmare. Copy and paste the code below into ESPlorer. Then edit line 5 with your network credentials and line 13 with your API KEY. — Rui Santos — Complete project details at http://randomnerdtutorials.com wifi.setmode(wifi.STATION) wifi.sta.config(“YOUR_NETWORK_NAME”,”YOUR_NETWORK_PASSWORD”) — A simple http […]
