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Cypress Unveils PSoC 6, the Industry’s Lowest Power, Most Flexible MCU Architecture, Setting a New Standard for Battery-powered, Secure IoT Devices

“Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced PSoC® 6, its newest microcontroller (MCU) architecture that is purpose-built for the Internet of Things (IoT). The architecture is built on ultra-low-power 40-nm process technology and delivers the industry’s lowest power and …

gesture-keyboard

“Gesture keyboard is a library used to convert accelerometer data to a sequence of characters and sentences. The Gesture Keyboard is a device that translates gestures into letters. It’s made by an Arduino Pro Micro, an HC-06 module …

HF Antenna Analyser With Arduino and DDS Module

“In this Instructable I’ll show you how I built a low-cost antenna analyser which can measure an antenna and display its VSWR over any or all of the HF frequency bands. It will find the minimum VSWR and corresponding …

Intel Acquisition of Mobileye

“Intel and Mobileye announced on March 13 that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Intel will acquire Mobileye. Under the terms of the agreement, a subsidiary of Intel will commence a tender offer to acquire all …

Italian Word Clock

“My passion for Arduino watches, led me to make a “Word Clock”, since I live in Italy, I did speak in Italian. For the realization of the project, I was inspired by a tutorial “Word Clock Javelin”, I made a …

Jonsson School Engineers Shrink Microscope to Dime-sized Device

“Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have created an atomic force microscope on a chip, dramatically shrinking the size — and, hopefully, the price tag — of a high-tech device commonly used to characterize material properties. “A standard atomic force …

New tinyAVR® MCUs Increase System Throughput While Lowering Power Consumption in Embedded Applications

“Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, has further expanded its AVR® microcontroller (MCU) portfolio by adding three new devices to the tinyAVR® MCU family. The new ATtiny1617 series of MCUs …

Opening paths to progress with programmable materials

“The job would typically require a team on site using a variety of specialized tools and devices to perform tests and take measurements. Given the many interconnected components of modern bridges, some of which can be difficult to access, the …

Pantograph Engraver

“A Pantograph Engraver is a very handy piece of equipment, for the hobbyist. This machine was developed by me for engraving name plates, it could also be used for various other purposes… Like Cutting miniature parts on wood and acrylic …

Physical Pattern Lock

“The pattern lock of Android device fascinates me. From the inspiration of Android pattern lock I made a physical pattern lock using IR sensors and Arduino microcontroller. You can use the lock where some sort of security is required such …