So, is anyone near the Toon next weekend? Our techno-cousins from CPC are heading up to Newcastle to host a stand at the country's biggest Maker Faire, and they want to meet as many Community members as possible! It's shaping up to be a ...
NXP brought its IoT World Tour truck home today, visiting its long-standing offices just outside Manchester in the north of England. Given that it's only just over the Pennines from us here in Leeds, we thought it'd be rude if we didn't drop in to pl...
Google's put its doodle to use today in remembering Clara Rockmore; a highly accomplished musician from the early 20th Century, most famous for her expert use of one of the first ever electronic instruments, the theremin. Today would mark Clara&#...
Valentine's Day is almost upon us. So before you carry on reading this, make a note in your diary or Google Calendar or whatever reminder system you use that you need to order those flowers/chocolates/feather-lined handcuffs or whatever else it m...
element14 Share the Love Promotion & Competition - Terms and ConditionsThis opportunity is organized and sponsored by element14 (the “Organizer”).The application period will be open from 01 FEBRUARY, 2016 – 29t FEBRUARY, 2016 23:59 PM BSTEntries ...
Celebrate Chinese New Year with element14! Day Eight: Happy New Year! Hao xie nian! The holidays are upon us, which is wonderful news, albeit the end of our element14 celebrations. And here we are, welcoming in the Year of the Monkey, and a...
Celebrate Chinese New Year with element14! Day Seven: The Lantern Festival Nimen hao! Admittedly, the Lantern Festival actually takes place on the closing day of the Chinese New Year celebrations, but it feels a little too important to leav...
Celebrate Chinese New Year with element14! Day Six: Zao Jun Nimen hao! We're now sprinting toward the Year of the Monkey, and it's time to start preparing for all the visitors and feasting! And who better to help out than Zao Jun, t...
Celebrate Chinese New Year with element14! Day Five: Guan Yu and Me Nimen hao! Perhaps you remember our Christmas advent calendar shenanigans, when members of the element14 team all gave away their deepest, darkest secrets, and we asked you...
Celebrate Chinese New Year with element14! Day Four: Red Dog Day Nimen hao! Yesterday it was lions, and today it's dogs! We're well into our run up toward the Chinese New Year now, and this is a part of the festivities that I, for one, wish...
Celebrate Chinese New Year with element14! Day Three: Lion Dance Nimen hao! One day closer to the Chinese New Year, and today we're feeling inspired by an art form that's an equally integral part of Chinese culture as the New Year itself. L...
Celebrate Chinese New Year with element14! Day Two: Hong Bao Nimen hao! As we draw another day closer to the Chinese New Year, we're ready with our second look at how electronics engineers and makers can get the most out of the Far East...
Celebrate Chinese New Year with element14! Day One: The Lunar Calendar Nimen hao, wo pengyou! In celebration of the Chinese New Year, which begins on February 8, we're launching a brand new badge for all you cheeky monkeys to get your ...
A search on the internet will quickly bring up a load of AM and FM radio modules which can be used for remote control and data acquisition. The 433 MHz AM modules retail at around £1.50 for a Tx and Rx pair while the FM modules deliver a better range...
Your New Years RevolutionsTomorrow we wave goodbye to old man 2015, and welcome in a brand new year full of hopes, dreams and possibilities.And, for us here at element14, lots of great new electronics projects!So to usher in the New Year, we want to ...
element14 Blog PostsThere's simply so much content on the element14 Community that is almost sounds nebulous saying "top blog posts". Every project and conversation and competition could be included here, so what exactly is it that we're looking for ...
Was there a defining moment when electronics became a fascination, grew into a hobby, and eventually turned into a career? Pinpointing that exact moment of realisation might be tricky, but I'm willing to bet a lot of us found our way toward ...
We've gathered up a list of great Star Wars projects and posts from right here on element14 to get you ready for the new movie, but I'm going to subject you to a bit more shameless self-promotion as I dazzle, impress and astound you with my o...
I was exactly the right age when Star Wars first arrived, both for the movies and for the torrent of desirable merchandise that followed in its wake. Because of this, I've been a lifelong fan, and although I've not seen it yet (NO SPOILERS!), I'm ver...
Here are a couple of interesting relays that I salvaged out of some older Dental X-Ray equipment. I am guessing they are 1960's era. The first one is a 24 VAC solenoid that uses a cantilever to switch between the activation of one SPDT micro swit...
This blog was inspired by shabaz and his 50 year ago post.Sometime around Christmas 1965 I built this Eico 324 RF Signal Generator Kit which still works. For the fun of it but with a little fear of what kind of a solder job I might find inside, I als...
I thought it might be interesting to see what was around 50 years ago in the electronics world (will also check to see what I've got from 40 and 30 years ago etc. Would be cool to see what others have too). This was from the December issue o...
IBM 701 Plug-in Unitfigure 1.The 701's vacuum tubes were collected into "pluggable units", a concept introduced with IBM's 604. The 701 was developed in 1952 in the Poughkeepsie Laboratory. The 701 known as the Defense Calcula...
