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Semiconductor Devices: Theory and Application - Laboratory Manual

“This manual is the companion to my OER text Semiconductor Devices: Theory and Application. It is intended for use in introductory semiconductor devices courses and is appropriate for two and four year electrical engineering technology curriculums. The manual contains sufficient …

Semiconductor Devices: Theory & Application

“Welcome to the first edition of Semiconductor Devices, an open educational resource (OER). The goal of this text, as its name implies, is to allow the reader to become proficient in the analysis and design of circuits utilizing discrete semiconductor …

Simple RFID Scanner Battery Powered (MiFare, MFRC522, Oled, Lipo, TP4056)

“In this instructable I show you how I made a simple RFID UID reader which reads the UID of a Mifare RFID card. The program is quite simple and on a breadboard the reader was quickly made. Then I soldered …

Soft Wearable Health Monitor Uses Stretchable Electronics

“A wireless, wearable monitor built with stretchable electronics could allow comfortable, long-term health monitoring of adults, babies and small children without concern for skin injury or allergic reactions caused by conventional adhesive sensors with conductive gels. The soft and conformable …

Stanford camera can watch moving objects around corners

“By analyzing single particles of light, this camera system can reconstruct room-size scenes and moving objects that are hidden around a corner. This work could someday help autonomous cars and robots see better. David Lindell, a graduate student in electrical …

Stanford researchers develop technology to harness energy from mixing of freshwater and seawater

“A new battery made from affordable and durable materials generates energy from places where salt and fresh waters mingle. The technology could make coastal wastewater treatment plants energy-independent and carbon neutral. Salt is power. It might sound like alchemy, but …

Project  StickLock

StickLock

“Using a YubiKey (or other USB security token) to unlock physical things. While researching locks and lockable storage for a new premise I found lots of LockPicking information about how to hack and break into products from even renowned companies …

Supercomputers use graphics processors to solve longstanding turbulence question

“When a fluid, such as water or air, flows fast enough, it will experience turbulence – seemingly random changes in velocity and pressure within the fluid. Turbulence is extremely difficult to study but is important for many fields of engineering, such …

Project  switchBox

switchBox

“The Switch Box (IS6DB2032) is a low cost wireless Arduino IDE compatible (the Atmel ATMega328P) microcontroller with HopeRF RFM69 868\915 or NRF24L01+ 2.4 GHz radio on-board. Best sutable for Home Automation, IOT. Could be used as switch board …

Taking the Quantum Leap!

“What’s in store for the future of computing? Steven Ashby, director at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, tackles the tale of its advancement in the latest issue of CIO Review. Beginning in 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy will …