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Instrument Control Panel - Prototyping the Power Section, Iteration 2

Andrew J

Following on from the first attempt which was moderately successful, Michael Kellett posted a schematic of how he has approached a multi-rail output using inductors - see the comments in the first iteration. I decided it would be interesting to...
- 17 Dec 2020
Crawling Worm Robot #2 : ATTiny85 Controller Added

dubbie

Having made the Crawling Worm Robot kit ( Worm Robot | element14 | Dubbie Dubbie ) which doesn't have any form of controller, the obvious next step is to add a controller and then see what might be achievable, so that is what I have done. I have...
- 14 Dec 2020
Common handheld enclosure applications and devices

camdenboss

5 Common handheld enclosures to house todays technologies CamdenBoss 66 series For some, electronic devices being desk bound or mounted to a wall just won’t cut it. Instead, they need the enclosure that houses them to be portable, lig...
- 14 Dec 2020
Vintage milliAmmeter - ex school/college lab demonstration

neilk

I first spotted this large milliAmmeter in the window of an Antiques Shop in Castle Donnington, Derbyshire, a few weeks ago. Unfortunately the shop was closed, but I decided to go back for a closer look when the shop was open. I found the shop o...
- 12 Dec 2020
Crawling Worm Robot

dubbie

I have seen these crawling worm robot kits around for some time and always thought they looked interesting, so while I was buying other people Christmas presents, I bought one for myself as well. It has some neat design features to make it...
- 11 Dec 2020
Testing release2020-9 own

rachfasi

Testing release2020-9
- 9 Dec 2020
VR Development

carson2026

Welcome to my project, I will post more as time goes on and as I learn. I am so thankful in advance for any suggestions or comments that my help me on my journey. -TheGreenDev
- 9 Dec 2020
Electromyography (EMG) | Robotic | Prosthetics ARM

_vishaladitya

Electromyography (EMG) measures muscle response or electrical activity in response to a nerve’s stimulation of the muscle. The test is used to help detect neuromuscular abnormalities.www.youtube.com/watch Solutions/Features:Control Robotic ARM u...
- 8 Dec 2020
A Low Power ATtiny85 System

dubbie

For some years I have wanted to create a low powered Arduino compatible system. The Arduinos themselves do not seem to be suited to this as they do not have the low power features implemented into the Arduino IDE. So, after looking around at alternat...
- 8 Dec 2020
ToBe An Engineer or Not

nickgray

I have a friend who told his kids “If you go into engineering, I will break both of your knee caps!” I do not think that this is the right attitude, although I respect a person’s right to his opinion. We should encourage young people to do whatever t...
- 5 Dec 2020
AI Inference on ARM Cortex-M4 - Bringing AI to the Edge

stevaras

The B-L475E-IOT01A is an IoT development board based on STM32L4 (ARM Cortex-M4) that includes a plethora of sensors and wireless connectivity options such as WiFi, Sub-GHz and BLE. It also supports expansion modules using the Arduino shield form-fact...
- 4 Dec 2020
Edge Computing: When Computing comes to the Edge

finnyphilip

Orginal article written for IETE SF MEC medium page. https://medium.com/iete-sf-mec/edge-computing-when-computing-comes-to-the-edge-2c938aef117e This is my first technical writing. Kindly forgive for any errors, language or info. Please feel free to ...
- 3 Dec 2020
Digispark ATtiny85 Lowest Power : Does Anyone Know?

dubbie

In the past I made a very low power LED flasher circuit using a PIC microcontroller that worked continuously for at least two years on the same set of 2 x AA batteries. I retired before the batteries ran out so I never did find it's maximum life ...
- 27 Nov 2020
I Just Sat Down ...

dubbie

I just sat down to look at the winners of the E14 Sustain the World Challenge and somehow six hours have passed. Have I invented Time Travel? I'm going to close the Element14 website now and go for a walk before it gets dark, just in case it happens ...
- 26 Nov 2020
Surf Report 2020-11-20

airbornesurfer

The holiday season is ramping up here in the USA along with COVID numbers, but we're going to make the best of it. Perhaps we're not having ideal family time this season, but I have hope that we should not have to live with so many onerous restrictio...
- 20 Nov 2020
My First Ever Crimping Experience

dubbie

For my Sand Based Cat Detector (Cat Detector Using Sand #2 : The Implementation ) I used a lead acid battery with spade connections. I have never properly used spade connections before (I usually use crocodile clips or solder directly) so I thought t...
- 20 Nov 2020
OpenVino and Neural Stick 2 in a companion robot

jarain_78

OpenVino and Neural Stick 2 as embedded AI tools in a companion robot for the detection of cardiac anomalies. Computer systems often have the CPU supplemented with special purpose accelerators for specific tasks, known as co-processors. As deep learn...
- 19 Nov 2020
Molex Antenna Adventures starring a RPi4

wolfgangfriedrich

Some time ago, I received a Molex Antenna Kit consisting of a boatload of different antenna types. A big thanks to E14, Avnet and Molex. These are the contents: {gallery}Molex Antenna KitAntenna Kit: Molex Sample KitAntenna Kit: Cellular A...
- 18 Nov 2020
Surf Report 2020-11-13

airbornesurfer

Friday the 13th in the year 2020. It seems like anything that could go wrong should go wrong today. Fortunately, I've managed to clear up a lot of outstanding work this week and I'll be taking the day to catch up on a little extra R&R before the ...
- 13 Nov 2020
Upcoming Product Release: Get a sneak peak on what is coming up this December

keysight

Keysight continues to demonstrate our commitment to innovation in measurement, data management and analysis and superb usability with our latest general bench instrument release. Check back early December to get more details! For more info...
- 13 Nov 2020
Alps Alpine's Encoder

alpselectric

Alps Alpine's EncoderWhereas a potentiometer converts a change in mechanical position into an analog electrical signal, an encoder converts into a digital signal. Encoders, like potentiometers, are used as both position sensors and control device...
- 11 Nov 2020
Testing 20202-8 blog 2

rachfasi

Testing 20202-8 blog 2
- 11 Nov 2020
How many sunny hours do we have?

alainlavanchy

German version available here: https://reterra.ch/sonne-auf-dem-dach/ For quite some time my neighbours and us were thinking of adding a solar system to the roofs of our houses. While we have a lot of sun during summer months, in autumn, w...
- 10 Nov 2020
Surf Report 2020-11-09

airbornesurfer

Well, it seems that election fever has toned down a bit here in Southern California since the results have been called by the major media outlets. At this point, perhaps life can go back to some level of normal (at least as normal as things can be du...
- 9 Nov 2020
Instrument Control Board - Prototyping the Power section

Andrew J

IntroductionThis post is continuing the series on creating a control board for an electronic load. Having created a prototype board to test various configurations of features, described in this post, I have spent some time evaluating the Power ...
- 8 Nov 2020