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How to Program an MSP430 Microcontroller to Gather Data from an Inclinometer

“This article goes over the design of firmware for a custom PCB project: a precision inclinometer subsystem. I recently designed a custom PCB with a muRata SCA103T-D04 inclinometer IC. My goal was to build a subsystem with truly ridiculous …

International collaboration publishes concept design for a post-LHC future circular collider at CERN

“Geneva. Today, the Future Circular Collider (FCC) collaboration submitted its Conceptual Design Report (CDR) for publication, a four-volume document that presents the different options for a large circular collider of the future. It showcases the great physics opportunities offered by …

Introduction to the MQTT Protocol With Ubidots - ESP32

“Today, we are going to introduce the Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT), a very useful method for IoT (Internet of Things). The main use of the MQTT is to provide communication between machines, that is, Machine-to-Machine (M2M). Let us therefore …

IO Control With Arduino + Esp8266 (NodeMCU) and Ubidots

“Here i show you in simple steps how to control any device over the internet using the Ubidots IoT platform and the NodeMCU WiFi module with the Arduino IDE.”

News  Light up logic

Light up logic

“Engineers from UTokyo and RIKEN perform computational logic with light. For the first time, researchers performed logic operations — the basis of computation — with a chemical device using electric fields and ultraviolet light. The device and the pioneering methods used open …

LilyPad Vibe Board Hookup Guide

“The LilyPad Vibe Board is a small vibration motor that can be sewn into projects with conductive thread and controlled by a LilyPad Arduino. The board can be used as a physical indicator on clothing and costumes for haptic feedback …

Project  Lisp Badge

Lisp Badge

“This is a self-contained computer with its own display and keyboard, based on an ATmega1284, that you can program in the high-level language Lisp: You can use it to run programs that interface to components such as LEDs and push-buttons …

More efficient solar cells imitate photosynthesis

“The smallest building blocks within the power stations of organisms which get their energy directly from the sun are basically miniature reactors surrounded by collectors which capture photons and forward them to the centre. The close correlation between structure and …

Project  Multi_OLED

Multi_OLED

“Control multiple OLED displays on one or more I2C buses simultaneously. The purpose of this code is to easily control mulitple SH1106/SSD1306 OLED displays using a minimum of GPIO lines. The number of displays is not tied to the …

New materials could help improve the performance of solar cells

“New research could lead to the design of new materials to help improve the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Perovskite solar cells are an emerging photovoltaic technology that has seen a remarkable rise in power conversion efficiency to above …