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Watchy: The Hackable $50 Smartwatch

“This Arduino-compatible watch uses an ESP32 microcontroller and an e-ink display Like many of you, for the past year I’ve led a pretty static existence living and working in my apartment. But with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations …

‘Wearable Microgrid’ Uses the Human Body to Sustainably Power Small Gadgets

“Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a “wearable microgrid” that harvests and stores energy from the human body to power small electronics. It consists of three main parts: sweat-powered biofuel cells, motion-powered devices called triboelectric generators …

World’s Smallest Micro-Mirror Scanning Technology from STMicroelectronics Chosen for Intel® RealSense™ High-Resolution LiDAR Depth Camera L515

“STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has developed a tiny MEMS mirror with Intel enabling spatial scanning of an environment. Intel developed a LiDAR system based on this micro-mirror, providing high-resolution …

10kHz to 225MHz VFO/RF Generator with Si5351 - Version 2

“For use in DIY homebrew radio equipment such superheterodyne receivers, SDR, HAM QRP transceivers or RF generator. This is a project of a VFO (variable frequency oscillator) for use in DIY homebrew radio equipement such as Superheterodyne Receivers, DCR, SDR …

3D Printed Arduino Based Analog Digital Clock

“This is a Digital Clock design that was built from 24 custom 3D printed analog clocks. It shows the digital time. Between time displays, it shows moving artwork. It is composed of 3D printed parts, 25 Arduino nanos and 48 …

A quantum internet is closer to reality, thanks to this switch

“When quantum computers become more powerful and widespread, they will need a robust quantum internet to communicate. Purdue University engineers have addressed an issue barring the development of quantum networks that are big enough to reliably support more than a …

A Simple 3D Printed Frame for an RGB LED Panel

“Unlike our instructable on aluminum frames for RGB LED panels( https://www.instructables.com/Simple-Extruded-Alu…), which is scalable to almost any size display, this design is targeted at a display using one specific type of panel (191mm x 96mm). The …

Accurate clock just using an Arduino

“An accurate clock with date displayed on a 16x2 LCD using just the Arduino, the display and few buttons. No RTC module required. I started this as an academic exercise, but ended up with a very accurate clock. After running …

An Introduction to RP2040 PIO with CircuitPython

“Inspired by COVID-19 prevention, we have developed a system which measures the temperature of persons before they enter a building. A feature that sets the Raspberry Pi Foundation RP2040 microcontroller apart from other microcontrollers is “PIO”. The RP2040 datasheet …

Announcing the Arduino IDE 2.0 (beta)

“The Arduino IDE is the well-known software we all use to program our boards. Its development started in 2005 based on the graphical interface of the Processing project and has never stopped since. During these years, countless hours of development …