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Teardown: Bluetooth Padlock
The Masterlock Bluetooth Padlock allows keyless entry using a built-in four-button keypad or Masterlock's Bluetooth apps.Rather than using a typical numerical passcode to access a padlock, the...
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Difference Between Petrol and Diesel
The importance of obtaining and processing petroleum is not solely in the production of petroleum products used as fuels for engine propulsion, lubricants, or as heating fuels, but also in chemical oil...
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NXP and Microsoft Collaborations Focus on Enhancing IoT Security
NXP Semiconductors, a Dutch manufacturer of semiconductor chips and SoCs, has recently announced a few new collaborations with Microsoft that will enhance Industrial IoT applications with it’s hardware...
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Marvell Implements Miniature Javascript to Embedded Applications
With Marvell's Execute in Place (XIP) technology, devices with only 512 KB of RAM can now run impressive JavaScript applications.Good news for those engineers looking for a way to utilize JavaScript on...
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Understanding Mesh Networking: The Future of Wireless Connectivity
Cloud computing has become a major topic of discussion and has opened up the world of the IoT. However, a new terminology is making its way into talks called "mesh networking". Here's a look at what...
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Connect a PICAXE to the Internet of Things
Curious about the "internet of things?" The info you need to get connected is provided here in easy-to-follow instructions.What is the IoT?The Internet of Things is nothing more than connecting...
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How the Internet of Things Will Change the Way We Grow and Eat Food
The IoT changes how we think about our personal data and security. But what's the "internet of food" and how might the IoT affect how we handle what we eat?The “Internet of Things” (IoT) is a fairly...
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Creating a Simple Data Logger with the RIOT (Realtime Internet of Things)...
RIOT, Realtime Internet of Things, is a framework designed to make using the ESP8266 with microcontrollers easy. In this project, we will demonstrate the simplicity of RIOT by creating a data logger...
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The Wi-Fi Eye, Part 4: Power System and Neopixel Lights
In part 4 of our Wi-Fi eye project, we 3D print some robot bodies, and wire up our servos, lights, and batteries to the controller we prepared earlier.Welcome back to the Wi-Fi Eye project! Please...
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The Wi-Fi Eye, Part 1: Introduction, Features, and Materials
Learn how to build a Wi-Fi-sensing and reporting robot! First step: program your controller.Let’s build some Wi-Fi robots! In this project series, we'll be using incredibly cheap components that you...
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The Wi-Fi Eye, Part 2: Firmware, Wiring, and Network Connection
In this project, we'll build a device that can detect Wi-Fi signals and "react" accordingly. Next up: firmware.Welcome back to the Wi-Fi Eye series! The goal of this project is to build a device that...
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The Wi-Fi Eye, Part 3: Choosing the Right Servos for the Job
Part 3 of this project focuses on choosing and configuring the servos you will use to create your Wi-Fi Eye's expressive reactions.If you're just joining us, make sure to read Part 1 and Part 2...
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How to Make a Wi-Fi Eye of Agamotto, Part 1: 3D Printing and Assembly
This little robot scans the local Wi-Fi environment and will react based on what it finds.This Wi-Fi eye can be placed inside of an Eye of Agamoto skin or a Destiny Ghost skin. You can find the files...
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X7R, X5R, C0G…: A Concise Guide to Ceramic Capacitor Types
This technical brief attempts to dispel some of the fog that surrounds the three-character cryptograms used to describe ceramic caps.Electrical Engineer 1:“Of course I would never use a Y5V capacitor...
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Two Programmable Buck Converters and Two Programmable Linear Voltage...
Texas Instruments recently announced their new dual high-current buck converter and dual linear regulator all in a single IC.Texas Instruments'LP87332D is being touted as a voltage regulator solution...
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Microsoft Experiment Looks Into the 7 Properties of Highly Secured Devices...
Microsoft Research's NExT Operating Systems Group released a list of properties that IoT devices should possess in order to be secure. Here's a look at the list and the hardware the group designed to...
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How to Build a Particulate Matter Detector for Air Quality Measurement
This project uses a Honeywell HPM series particle sensor to measure and display 2.5 µm PM and 10.0 µm PM concentrations of particulate matter in the air of your environment.Particulate matter (PM) is...
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MIT’s Encryption Chip Reduces Public-Key Encryption Power Consumption by 99.75%
Encryption is vital to securing IoT devices, but the encryption process requires energy resources when energy efficiency is already a pain point in IoT device design. MIT aims to help solve this...
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AC Energy Metering: A Single-Phase Energy-Metering IC with Autocalibration...
The ADE9153A from Analog Devices is a single-phase energy-metering IC that includes autocalibration.Analog Devices recently released the ADE9153A, which is a 5 × 5 × 0.75 mm 32-lead LFCSP (leadframe...
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SiP, SoC, SoM, CoM—What’s the Difference?
There's an increasing number of acronyms (and initialisms) associated with hardware products. Here's a quick look at four common terms and what they denote.While perusing through descriptions of...
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