A discovery from 2007 fully exploited in 2026 - hacking the Casio calculator serial protocol
The Arduino Uno is the board most schools already own for senior classes. Using these as cross-curricula sensor units requires adding a display, a keypad, SD…
How would you control the next generation of robots?
Covering ams OSRAM’s range of emitters and sensors for Robotics applications, you’ll learn about Visible light and Infrared LEDs and their drivers, multispectral and magnetic position sensors. Find…
MIT researchers have turned a smartphone LiDAR sensor into a system that can see around corners. (Image Credit: Aaron Young/ MIT Media Lab )
One might think it’s impossible to see around corners without special equipment. But MIT researchers have changed…
Cloud computing keeps expanding at lightning speed, but the growth isn’t free.
Data centers power everything from online shopping and streaming to AI tools, and in the process, they consume huge amounts of electricity (up to 6.7% – 12% of U.S. by 2028…
The integration of Artificial Intelligence into embedded systems is becoming increasingly important in technical and vocational education. Students are expected to develop intelligent systems capable of sensing, processing information, and...
Woking, UK - 27, May 2026 - TT Electronics, a global provider of mission-critical power and sensing technology, has been selected to supply Hallogic® Hall-effect sensors for integration into fan assemblies on NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft mission. The sensors…
This TT Electronics white paper gives power system architects a practical framework for selecting, calculating, and maintaining optical isolation components designed to last 25 years in demanding grid environments.
Optical Isolation Fundamentals…
Hello All, My Parent Company has been using Opto22 Groov Rios for expanding Analog IO to PLC systems. The issue we have with these devices is that the IO periodically freezes, maintaining the analog outputs. We make compression based hot water heaters…
In the landscape of industrial automation, the debate between maintaining fixed legacy systems and migrating to adaptable optical sensors is not just about technology; it is about operational philosophy. For decades, fixed optical systems—standard logic…
Dr. Donna Strickland invented the chirped pulse amplification system with Gerard Mourou. (Image Credit: University of Waterloo )
Dr. Donna Strickland , called the ‘laser jock,’ has made a huge impact in the scientific world. She’s recognized for her…
Harvard researchers developed a device that differentiates the left-or-right handedness of light. (Image Credit: Mazur group at Harvard SEAS )
Researchers at Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) recently developed…
Storm Eddie produced an ocean wave that reached 19.7 meters tall. (Image Credit: ESA /Planetary Visions)
Ocean waves that grow to over twenty meters could threaten maritime safety, offshore infrastructure, and coastal communities. However, measuring…
NASA’s reference grid of sea surface height anomalies. (Image Credit: NASA )
For over three decades, NASA has been using Sea Surface Height (SSH) products derived from satellite altimetry (TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason series, and Sentintel-6) to track weekly…
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Previously we discussed the importance that inertial measurement units (IMUs) play in localization for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in a Localization: The Key to Truly Autonomous Mobile Robots - element14 Community . Today…
These images demonstrate on-resonance tunneling ionization through the Coulomb potential, with non-resonant ionization shown in A) and C). Meanwhile, B) shows resonant ionization producing a two-node wave function pattern. (Image Credit: Stodolna et al…
(Image credit: CES )
CES 2026 in Las Vegas made one thing clear: embedded hardware and on-device intelligence are no longer interesting curiosities; they’re core technologies shaping robotics, industrial automation, AI at the edge, and even playful…
I am working on an Electronic Nose / gas sensing project using ESP32 . I want to know how many gas sensors can be connected to ESP32 and what are the limitations .
by Sarvesh Pimpalkar
In our previous blog Finding the Right Fit for your Industrial Automation Need - AGVs or AMRs we explored the key differences between Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs). One major takeaway was that…
Image showing the tsunami recorded by the DART buoys and SWOT satellite. (Image Credit: The Seismic Record )
On July 29, 2025, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the Kuril-Kamchatka region, triggering a huge tsunami that rolled across the Pacific. Luckily…
Astronomers and astrophotographers can rent prime space to deploy their telescopes to explore the night sky. (Image credit: Starfront Observatories )
Located near Rockwood, in central Texas, Starfront Observatories built a unique facility that allows…
"LoRa BME280 Sensor Network" a collaboration between Anthropic's Claude and William Lucid.
Project requires two, "Ebyte" EoRa-S3-900TB Development Boards; one for Gateway and one for Node. One 74HC04 for each node to reroute the Lora DIO1 signal to…
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I’m tinkering with AI for a vehicle project and have been looking for ways to make AI local and responsive in real time. I’m working with a Raspberry Pi 5 (16GB), along with various controllers, LEDs, matrices, and sensors to bring it all…
An IMU-MEMS sensor. (Image Credit: Gladiator Technologies )
The research and development of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology started in the 1960s. It has seen commercial adoption and industry growth since the 1980s, accelerating in…
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A comprehensive guide to power management integrated circuits (PMICs), focusing on the principles, design techniques, and practical considerations for creating efficient…
