About: Ibrar Ayyub

Do you wish to earn your geek card – pronto? Lets get started! This guide will start you on the path to the dark side using the open source Arduino development and prototyping platform. It will introduce you to microcontrollers, get you started with a platform for physical computing and give you the confidence to […]

Learn how to use infrared LEDs to send signals to your TV and other electronic devices via an Arduino.  First, the Arduino will interpret IR pulses sent out by the TV remote, save them to memory, then “replay” them upon the user’s command. You can use these techniques to make other electronics controllable via IR […]

Here’s how to add lights, sound and action to your favorite Halloween project using the open source Arduino microcontroller. Arduino is easy to learn to use and it opens up a whole new world for costume builders and creature creators. If you want to learn how to connect wires, servos, LEDs and use sound effects […]

Since iRobot hasn’t provided linux users with a way to use the command module, I had to figure it out myself. Don’t be intimidated, its not hard at all, really. All you need to do is run a couple of scripts. Lets get started, shall we? Step 1 Get the goods For this tutorial, I’m […]

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) April 23, 2012 ESCORT Inc. (ESCORTinc.com), designer and manufacturer of the world’s best premium automotive accessories, is presenting two of its new products at the NAFA 2012 Institute and Expo Show (National Association of Fleet Management/Managers) this week in St. Louis the multi-award winning [ESCORT Live real-time ticket protection network and […]

I’m not a huge fan of Microsoft, but man, they do make one slick programming IDE.  In searching around for a solution to use the IDE to program AVR’s I came across some scattered instructions.  As I love the intellisense feature of Visual Studio (VS) that automatically makes suggestions for class methods and structure functions […]

This instructable will show you how to construct a laser tripwire that can twitter and grab an image from a webcam, as well as execute any command you can put in a bash script. This instructable is actually quite simple and is even suitable as a beginner arduino project. It requires a GNU/linux (or possibly Mac) operating […]

NORWOOD, Mass. (PRWEB) June 17, 2008 “Precision sensing requires a low noise, high resolution signal conversion architecture,” said Mike Britchfield, product line director, Precision Signal Processing, Analog Devices. “With its on-chip 24-bit sigma-delta ADCs, the ADuC706x provides the resolution required by today’s high-performance industrial and instrumentation equipment, while keeping the noise low. This performance, complemented […]

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) October 04, 2011 The Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) announced today that another leading distributor, Newark/element 14, is the latest company to sponsor the associations new, authorized-only inventory search site. The distributors available-to-sell electronic components inventory can be viewed at http://www.eciaauthorized.com.   A business of Premier Farnell, Newark/element14 is a fully authorized, […]

New York, NY (PRWEB) April 23, 2012 With so many patients coming in and out of the hospital on any given day, keeping track of customer satisfaction data, and making sure that both mother and child maintain their health after discharge can be a difficult task. Many hospitals are taking initiative to keep track of […]