About: Ibrar Ayyub

I received my Mini 7-Segment Clock PCBs. I’m pretty excited to put one together. I think it’s going to look pretty cool, being so tiny. I’ve always liked 7-segment displays. With the popularity of LCDs, TFTs, and touch screens, etc, you’d think these displays would be obsolete by now. If you keep an eye out […]

Buying a nice display is only the beginning of creating a home theater — you’ve got to buy something to pump in the movies and television programs. Get the right video accessories and source equipment for that new HDTV and surround sound system, and you’ll be ready to start enjoying your home theater. From VCRs […]

Grenoble, France and Cambridge, UK – 10th June 2013 – ISORG and Plastic Logic have co-developed the first conformable organic image sensor on plastic, with the potential to revolutionise weight/power trade-offs and optical design parameters for any systems with a digital imaging element. First mechanical samples will be publicly unveiled at LOPE-C 2013 (ISORG / […]

Forecasting Future Trends Futurologists predict likely futures through refined and systematic versions of the same methods we use every day: brainstorming ideas imagining situations (gaming, scenario building) considering the past (historical analysis) gathering opinions (polling) following trends (scanning, trend analysis and monitoring) picturing desirable futures (visioning) Of course, they take a wider view and employ […]

FTDI chip provides really excellent USB chips, that will handle all the USB communication for you with really excellent bandwidth performance. FTDI provide an exhaustive documentation for their cross platform driver. In contrast with the VCP (Virtual Com Port) mode, the D2XX driver allows direct access to the USB device ports in a completely transparent […]

Meltdown: Thermal Transfer Fax Machine Though thermal paper is still useful for thermal printers of receipts and bar codes, a different kind of thermal method has taken over for most modern thermal fax machines [source: Sems]. Whereas thermal paper allows for direct application of heat to the paper, the thermal transfer method uses a third […]

A light meter is a device that measures the intensity of light. It finds applications in schools, hospitals, production areas, passageways and more to measure and maintain proper lighting levels. It is often used by photographers to determine the proper exposure for a photograph. Today we are going to build a simple light meter using […]

Cell phones are complex electronic devices, sensitive to heat, cold and excess moisture. But a cell phone’s sensitivity isn’t limited to extreme weather conditions. Analog cell phones, as opposed to the newer digital phones, can be cloned. This means that someone can tap into your cell phone’s personal identification number and makes calls on the […]

Displays from 4D Systems can be used even if you don´t have experience with programming of graphic displays. Let´s look at how … No doubt, that a graphic display significantly improves a user interface of practically every product. Maybe a little less obvious is the fact, that already a relatively small display with a touch […]

Reality Show Structure So, just how real is reality TV? While it certainly varies from show to show, consider this: All of the concepts were created by someone (usually the producer), the people who populate the show were auditioned or hired in some way, and, while the footage may be real, it is usually extremely […]