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“Connect” to an atomic clock in space! GPS, DCF77

“This project is a clock with radio receivers which can receive the exact time from the GPS satellites or from the DCF77 transmitter. This project is a clock with radio receivers which can receive the exact date and time from …

FCC approves Amazon’s internet-from-space Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites

“The Federal Communications Commission has approved Amazon’s plans for its ambitious Kuiper constellation, which entails sending 3,236 satellites into orbit to beam internet coverage down to Earth. The decision is a crucial regulatory step that paves the way …

FPGA to FPGA IR Communication

“Communicating between FPGA up to 40 metres apart using IR modulation. Processing at the edge is a rapidly increasing application for embedded systems, often these edge nodes are connected using a RF link e.g. Zigbee, WiFi etc. However, there …

GardenPi powered by Neptune. py

“Highly scalable and powerful irrigation / hydroponic & aquaponic control system managing up to 32 zones with automation and sensors. Overview & Theory of Operation GardenPi, powered by Neptune.py is designed to manage, monitor, and control a series or sprinkler valves and …

Getting Started with STM8S using STVD and Cosmic C Compiler

“Last time we examined how to program the STM8s microcontroller using the Arduino IDE. This way may work for developers who are familiar with the IDE and want to build quickly, and professional projects, but there are more ways to …

Hall Effect USB Joystick

“This instructables show how to use a industrial Hall Effect joystick to make a high presision USB joystick. There are another related instructables Tiny USB Joystick that can provide low cost solution ;> Normal USB joystick use 2 potentiometers as sensors …

How to Build SMARS Robot - Arduino Smart Robot Tank Bluetooth

“To build the basic model of SMARS robot you just need few parts. Divided into two main parts, 3D printed parts and electronics components. For 3D parts you can print yourself using a 3D printer, you can download the complete …

Inside the 8086 processor, tiny charge pumps create a negative voltage

“Introduced in 1978, the revolutionary Intel 8086 microprocessor led to the x86 processors used in most desktop and server computing today. This chip is built from digital circuits, as you would expect. However, it also has analog circuits: charge pumps …

Linus Torvalds Releases the “Really Big” Linux Kernel 5.8

“Linus Torvalds has recently shipped Linux kernel 5,8, nearly a month of a half after he announced this release as a “really big” update that reminds of the 4.9 version. “I considered making an rc8 all the way …

Project  LongHive

LongHive

“An end-to-end beehive monitoring solution enabled by the Helium Network and deep learning. Bees are critical to the livelihood of our ecosystem, but unfortunately in the past decade, bee populations have decreased by 30% [1]. In addition to the ecological …