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USTC Develops All-optically Controlled Non-Reciprocal Multifunctional Photonic Devices

“USTC Microcavity Research Group in the Key Laboratory of Quantum Information have perfected a 4-port all-optically controlled non-reciprocal multifunctional photonic device based on a magnetic-field-free optomechanical resonator is demonstrated for the first time. This achievement was published online in Nature …

Achieving Unprecedented Frequency Control in Miniature Lasers

“Only a few decades ago, finding a particular channel on the radio or television meant dialing a knob by hand, making small tweaks and adjustments to hone in on the right signal. Of course, we now take such fine tuning …

Engineers studying nanodefects suspected of causing early failures of electrical materials

“Tiny defects in electrical insulating materials may lead to breakdowns, robbing the power grid and even cell phones of reliability and efficiency. Xiaoli Tan, an Iowa State University professor of materials science and engineering, is working to understand how those …

ESP8266, BMP280, MQTT Weather Station

“This will guide you trough making a simple weather station with good accuracy. Here we use a ESP8266 WIFI development board to connect the sensor to the internet to save the data. A lot of flavorous exist and will work …

Fast SSD1306 OLED drawing with I2C bit banging

“The SSD1306 OLED displays are very popular with hobbyists due to their low cost and easy interfacing. The majority of the ones sold expose a two wire interface (TWI) aka I2C. The default speed for I2C is 100Khz and the …

Google announces a new generation for its TPU machine learning hardware

“As the war for creating customized AI hardware heats up, Google announced at Google I/O 2018 that is rolling out out its third generation of silicon, the Tensor Processor Unit 3.0. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the new …

How to Hack and Upgrade Your Car, Using CAN Bus

“This document is aimed at those unfamiliar with CAN bus or the reverse engineering process, it will cover some very basic and advanced concepts. It is assumed that the reader has moderate programming knowledge and basic electronics knowledge, however, links …

Infrared spectrometer on a chip

“Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometers, among the most frequently used research tools to identify and analyze chemicals, are too large to be used in the field to detect compounds. Several attempts have been made to develop miniaturized FTIR spectrometers for integration …

IR Remote Wand

“The IR Remote Wand is a universal remote control that you can program with up to five codes to control a variety of different products: IR Remote Wand universal remote control based on an ATtiny85. It supports some of the …

Low Cost DDS Function Generator for Makers

“Generating Sine, Square, Triangular, Sawtooth Waveform with Direct Digital Synthesizer method using PSoC 4 MCU and few passive components. Ever drooled over Oscilloscope, Function Generator, Logic Analyzer but can’t afford those cool stuffs? Then, here is the good news …