Legacy Personal Blogs

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Security and ease

luigimorelli

Nowadays trying to violate the security of a system has become quite easy. Today I received the visit of a colleague of mine, working on the IT security staff. He asked me if I could give an eye to a C program, and I obviously accepted; b...
- 7 Nov 2019
AI-CV-Parrot, the first smart pet bird/personal recorder/genius rolodex OR personal assistant for the blind/memory-challenged people

clickio

I've always envied pirate ship captains. Not for their looks or for their hooks, but for the funny/witty parrot sidekick they always seemed to have (sometimes even smarter than them, arrr!). It is therefore time, mateys, to envision and build th...
- 5 Nov 2019
YAPS Part Twelve Reprise - Design revisited

Andrew J

Edit: 22/11/19 - updated navigation link Following the rather disastrous last PCB update, I had it remade with a footprint that could take a 50uH inductor - and 10uH if I wanted to experiment. Required a little jiggery pokery to fit the ot...
- 3 Nov 2019
Researchers build a silicon-graphene-germanium transistor for future THz operation

airnautical

by Chinese Academy of Sciences In 1947, the first transistor, a bipolar junction transistor (BJT), was invented in the Bell Laboratory and has since led to the age of information technology. In recent decades, there has been a persistent demand ...
- 3 Nov 2019
Enhancing my soldering station

three-phase

For years I have had an Aoyue 2738 rework station as my main soldering station. It has always been the standard basic kit and has served me well. The soldering iron stand is starting to look a little tired and recently the iron has been cutting out. ...
- 2 Nov 2019
Setting up Autodesk Fusion 360 for upcoming webinars!

xeonaj

I hope learning Fusion 360 without a 3D printer is not wrong! {gallery} STARTUPI got a Student License for Autodesk Fusion 360 Looking forward to attend these webinarsGetting Started on Autodesk 360 Fusion: Pt 1: The Basics of 3D Model Mapp...
- 2 Nov 2019
Finally got my first Multimeter!

xeonaj

After a long time I finally got my first Multi-meter. i wont be able to judge its performance cause its my new Multi-meter.This is a Mextech MAS830L https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01BHML9M2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1&nbsp...
- 1 Nov 2019
Project Revive Robot #1

skywalker1211

visited my friend's lab few days back. found a lot robot bodies in junk. it has been sometime since i last build a robot. i think it is a good time for me to pick it up again, since there are ready made robot bodies for me to work on. found a robot s...
- 31 Oct 2019
Arduino Controlled Wind Turbine Diversion Load Project

jim914

www.youtube.com/watch
- 30 Oct 2019
Blue Man Robot : Synchronised Dancing

dubbie

Once you start on the Blue Man Robot bandwagon, there's just no stopping. No excuses today, as it isn't raining - yet, so, here we go with synchronised (sort-of) Blue Man Robot dancing .players.brightcove.net/.../index.html Dubbie
- 25 Oct 2019
Which is Best? The Blue Man Robot or the Multi-coloured Robot

dubbie

Some years ago I saw some small wind-up robot figures in a shop and decided to buy some as they just looked good. Then, recently, Element14 produced the Blue Man Robot which are of similar construction and size. Ever since I have been wondering which...
- 24 Oct 2019
Modifying my Motor Winding Simulator

three-phase

Those of you that have followed my insulation tester series may have noticed that I have a little winding simulator to carry out winding resistance and insulation tests on, to save going out and finding a motor. The simulator also produces consistent...
- 23 Oct 2019
Interfacing PS3 with ESP32

skywalker1211

I came across this blog, https://github.com/jvpernis/esp32-ps3 showing how to connect ps3 with esp32.This is a great one as I am looking alternative for USB host shield. To save some IOs and space.My plan is to change from: to esp32 arduin...
- 22 Oct 2019
Unboxing Molex Antenna Sample Kit

xeonaj

I received the Molex Antenna Sample Kit for asking some good questions during an RF webinar -> Antenna Essentials: Key fundamentals that impact your RF system and steps to optimize antenna performance So now am just going to show the antennas...
- 21 Oct 2019
IP Geolocation Ground Data Collection

djfraz

As part of a University project in partnership with industry, I am conducting research into the accuracy of geolocation databases. This requires collecting current IP geolocation Data. For this I have setup up a simple web server to collect thi...
- 19 Oct 2019
My Entry for Sensing the World Challenge -- The Light is ON!

skruglewicz

I finished the challenge and being new to this blog and new to the Azure Sphere, it was a real challenge to get something interesting up and running. Also, The changes By Microsoft to the SDK and OS, added more challenges to a moving target. But Thin...
- 17 Oct 2019
MiniZed Midi Notes

mfetting

MiniZed Midi Notes Create a wind chime that transmits the XY position of its sail as a value to a receiving station. The receiving station (MiniZed development board) converts the XY position to a midi value which in turn can be sent a ras...
- 16 Oct 2019
Making more coils for the current amplifier

three-phase

As part of my current amplifier project for providing test currents for clamp meters, I have been winding and testing coils to obtain the best compromise between the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the coils. Amplifier test board&nb...
- 13 Oct 2019
Tiny Issue with KEMET's Pyro Sensor module

mudz

UPDATE 17 Oct, 2019 :- ...
- 12 Oct 2019
First of All, Tame the roaming beast, BBB AI.

fyaocn

Just got the BBB AI, But one shouldTame the roaming beast first.Unlike normal BeagleBone_xx I used before, the BBB AI is one beast, roaming and heating instantly, then overheat tohalt.But I like it. I know that is just what I want, as Nvidia GPU has ...
- 11 Oct 2019
Release 2019-7 testing my blog

rachfasi

Release 2019-7 testing my blog
- 9 Oct 2019
Nexty Italia presents USB bracelets and keychain

luigimorelli

Nexty, a recently born Italian company, started the distribution of its new technology products: USB bracelets and keyrings to recharge your device and grant data transmission on smartphones.But look, they are very special bracelets and keyrings, as ...
- 4 Oct 2019
Micro:bit code club Post 8: Summer Gaming Challenge Entry

ashutosh_pandey

Greetings from India! As the previous 7 posts have documented, the students here absolutely loved being a part of the code club. For the Summer Gaming challenge, I will be uploading the game made by two of our 8th grade students. The code, Worki...
- 1 Oct 2019
Installiamo l'IDE di Arduino sul Raspberry PI

luigimorelli

In questo articolo mostreremo come utilizzare il nostro Raspberry PI per caricare l'IDE di Arduino ed utilizzarlo per caricarvi i programmi.Come è oramai universalmente noto, per scrivere codice da inviare ad Arduino è necessario un computer. Ma esis...
- 27 Sep 2019
My AM Station. The top panel is an audio mixer that I built to run all of my audio into a common amplifier. Below that is an old FAA receiver and transmitter that I use for 2 meters AM. The scope is tapped on the detector of the SP-600 receiver below it.

froggy19510^
- 25 Sep 2019