Green energy startup NDB, which is developing a high-power self-charging diamond-based alpha, beta, and neutron voltaic battery that it claims provides up to thousands of years of charge, has announced the completion of two successful Proofs of Concept tests of its nano diamond battery (NDB). by Rich Pell @ smart2zero.com In the tests, which were conducted […]
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AKM’s coreless current sensors are high-accuracy and achieve both creepage and clearance distance Corresponding to the UL safety standard UL61800-5-1 for industrial equipment, AKM has developed the CZ-3A0x series coreless current sensor which achieves both creepage distance and clearance distance greater than 8 mm. It supports a working voltage of 600 VRMS (with reinforced insulation), making insulation design easy. With a wide current
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Scientists at the National University of Science and Technology MISiS (Moscow, Russia) say they have developed a compact atomic battery that can last up to 20 years. by Rich Pell @ smart2zero.com Based on an original patented microchannel 3D structure of a nickel beta-voltaic element, the device, say the scientists, has dimensions that have been decreased
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In the Darwin family, the MAX32670 is an ultra-low power, cost-effective, high reliability 32-bit microcontroller enabling designs with complex sensor processing without compromising battery life. It combines a flexible and versatile power management unit with the powerful Arm® Cortex®-M4 processor with floating point unit (FPU). The MAX32670 also offers legacy designs an easy and cost optimal
This slim, plug and play, free-standing thermal screening system offers a touch-less way to protect environments from risks of illness and viruses via advanced thermal imaging, providing instant body temperature measurements with an accuracy of +/-0.5°F Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced the PF08H1 Facial Temperature Screening Kiosk – an easy-to-use, self-contained personnel temperature screening device that scans in under 3
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This lesson introduces the basic concepts of TinyOS and the nesC language in which the system is written. It includes a quick overview of the nesC language concepts and syntax to help you get started with programming in this environment. Introduction The TinyOS system, libraries, and applications are written in nesC, a new language for
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This is the final project for ECEN1400: Introduction to Digital and Analog with Professor Alex Fosidck at University of Colorado at Boulder (Spring 2017). The goal of this project was to make a ball full of sensors which could detect changes in its environment and alert its operator. The ball consists of a custom printed
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1.1 Introduction Line following car is a system that traces black lines on white surfaces. There arevarious sensing methods available to sense these lines. The choice of these schemesdepends upon sensing accuracy and required flexibility. In my project, I have used 6 TxLEDs and 6 IR sensors to accurately calculate the position of the robot
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I would first like to acknowledge my adviser, Dr. Yanjun Yan, for her patience, kindness, and mostof all her assistance in completing this thesis. I would like to thank Dr. Martin Tanaka, Dr. PeterTay, and Dr. Paul Yanik for serving on my thesis committee. ABSTRACT Inspired by the emergent behavior of swarms, we want to
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Researchers from the Smart Management of Infrastructure Laboratory (SMILab), located in the Center for Advanced Research Computing, have developed a new strain sensor as a part of the Low-Cost Efficient Wireless Intelligent Sensors (LEWIS) project. The new sensor, called the LEWIS-S, is easy to use, wireless, and can be offered at about 5% of the cost of
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