About: Ibrar Ayyub

Change list 11 Nov 2014 – added at as a dependancy, minor doc changes 5 Nov 2014 – added firmware validation, fixed multiple startup issues, support for buggy udevs 7 May 2014 – included .deb and .rpm files for Linux installation 29 Apr 2014 – added first part of Windows installation, added pics 22 Feb […]

ntroduction Our final project was a modified version of the video game “Monkeyball” available for the Nintendo Gamecube. Our version of the game involves 2-4 players. Players control a circle on a rectangular playing field while trying to knock the opposing players off of this field by collisions. A point is scored each time a […]

This device was built at Recursive Software Development Labs in order to be mounted on a rally car competing in the Estonian National Rally championship. The racing team needed help realizing a reliable measurement device which would output the currently inserted gear on a large, bright led display. The biggest challenge to overcome was that […]

Dr Zhang Yixin of Nanjing University, China, talks about his development of a true random number generator using only the camera of a smartphone, with no other specialized equipment. To date, true random number generators have required the use of expensive, dedicated auxiliary equipment, and Dr Zhang’s innovations may lead to new, widespread applications in secure communications.

Introduction Let us introduce the Breath-o-Matic alcohol sensor. The Breath-o-Matic is an electronic, non-invasive method of measuring a human’s blood alcohol content (BAC). Its elegant, yet discombobulated design embodies a cheerful mix of mechanical and semiconductural components. Simply blowing into the mouthpiece causes the Breath-o-Matic to automatically begin taking a sample of your own foul […]

Main features CPU Atmel AT91SAM9G25 SoC (ARM9 @ 400Mhz) DDR2 Ram 128 or 256 MByte Power supply: 5VDC via microUSB or 3.3VDC using the PCB pads Line levels: TTL 3.3V (NOT 5V tolerant) Operative temperature range: ARIETTA-G25 (128MByte RAM): -20 +70 °C ARIETTA-G25-256 (256MByte RAM): -0 +70 °C Size: 53x25mm PCB layers: 8 RoHS and […]

MP3 is presently a household term; the reader will likely own a few, barring any intervention from the RIAA. Since it’s not always practical to sit in front of a monitor and keyboard when you want to listen to music (e.g. in a car, on the couch, in the bathroom), we decided to create a […]

China has made significant progress increasing access to tap water and sanitation services, and has sharply reduced the burden of waterborne and water-related infectious diseases over the past two decades. However, in a study published in the latest edition of Nature Climate Change, researchers from Emory University found that climate change will blunt China’s efforts at further reducing these diseases in the decades to come.

Climate change is expected to disrupt ecosystems by changing the life cycles of insects and other organisms in unpredictable ways – and scientists are getting a preview of these changes in cities. Research from North Carolina State University shows that some insect pests are thriving in warm, urban environments and developing earlier, limiting the impact of parasitoid wasps that normally help keep those pest populations in check.

On a quest to design an alternative to the two complex approaches currently used to produce electrons within microwave electron guns, a team of researchers from Euclid TechLabs and Argonne National Laboratory’s Center for Nanoscale Materials have demonstrated a plug-and-play solution capable of operating in this high-electric-field environment with a high-quality electron beam.