Have you ever wanted to install a security camera in your home, garden or office? Although commercial Wi-Fi security cameras on the market are not expensive, if you want to install multiple ones in different scenes or rooms, it will cost a lot of money. Young engineer Max can develop a wireless security camera based on Espressif's ESP32 chip with only $15.
Have you ever thought about attaching an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to an object to track its posture and motion? Tracer provides high-performance, safe, reliable and low-cost object tracking. Tracer can be easily attached to objects using Velcro. It can tilt and track rhythm as the bike's frame tilts, it can record the number of shots taken with a tennis racquet, and it can even differentiate between topspin and chip shots. Let your imagination run wild and explore more interesting applications of Tracer!
USB-Cereal is a powerful, fully open source development tool that simplifies testing, development, debugging and manufacturing of devices using USB-C. Using the extended capabilities of USB-C, this unique hardware saves time and effort by simplifying debugging and factory log capture, as well as firmware update procedures.
The basic concept of this work is slightly different from standard tools such as a reflow oven or soldering iron. Heat is provided from the bottom of the PCB.
This is what smart home enthusiasts want to control their entire lights, thermostat, or any other smart device from their couch without having to activate a wall switch.
Picoclick is a simple IoT button in a very small package. The size of the PCB is only 18x20mm, and the height with the 300909 battery is only about 10mm. It's able to connect to your local WiFi at an impressive speed of about 1.5 seconds on average. Yes, since it calls IOT-Button, it uses WiFi of course! This opens up countless possibilities for that little device.
Picoclick-C3 The name relates to its new processor, the ESP32-C3, a single-core RISC-V 160MHz CPU. Picoclick C3T is a small WiFi and BLE IoT button suitable for a variety of applications. Originally designed for smart homes, Picoclick can also be used as an actuator for IFTTT automation or as an MQTT device. It is based on the single-core ESP32-C3 RISC-V processor, so it has a lot of useful features. The C3T measures just 10.5mm x 18mm.
The WiFi remote control is based on ESP32 Pico D4 MCU and 160x80 pixel mini TFT display. Additionally, there are onboard I2C temperature and humidity sensors and an accelerometer.
Reflow-Controller is designed to control different types of reflow ovens, hot plates, etc. It's based on the ESP32-S2, so it can be programmed to work with WiFi applications, but it also has an onboard OLED display and three buttons for use as a standalone solution.
A practical heating table for PCB reflow soldering. It is quite cool. It may be the most beautiful and functional heating table on the market. Parameters: The hardware is based on the ESP32PICO-D4 chip, the input power is 24V/10A, the maximum power is 200W, and the heating temperature is up to 300°C. It has Bluetooth function. If I have time later, I will develop a mobile APP to set the temperature rise curve.
The cost of the board should be less than 50RMB, and it provides a lot of information, which is very suitable for novices to use as a development board to learn Linux.
This is a new design for a universal gear indicator that can be installed on any motorcycle as an aftermarket accessory. Its main advantage is that its operation depends entirely on the movement of the gear lever, rather than being connected to speedometer and tachometer sensors (found in expensive commercial equipment), which are rarely found in older motorcycles. It consists of a main circuit including a 7-segment LED indicator, two Hall sensors attached to the motorcycle frame, and a small magnet placed on the gear lever.
Somu is a small FIDO2 security key that you can use with your Google, Twitter, and GitHub accounts for two-factor authentication, or with your Microsoft account for passwordless login.
This board and associated firmware can be used to switch between two serial NMEA GPS feeds based on repair status. The resulting feed is transmitted over a third serial line with RS232 levels. This board is designed around the Cypress PSoC CY8C27143. The PCB is designed using KiCAD.
Portenta X8 is a powerful industrial-grade SOM with a pre-installed Linux operating system onboard and can run device-independent software thanks to its modular container architecture. Securely perform OS/application OTA updates with onboard Wi-Fi/Bluetooth® Low Energy connectivity. It is basically two industrial products combined into one, with a power of no less than 9 cores. Utilize the Arduino environment to perform real-time tasks, while Linux handles high-performance processing. Portenta X8 features NXP® i.MX 8M Mini Cortex®-A53 quad-core up to 1.8GHz per core + 1x Cortex®-M4 up to 400MHz, and STMicroelectronics STM32H747 dual-core Cortex®-M7 up to 480Mhz +M4 32-bit Arm® MCU, up to 240MHz.
Battery-operated fluorescent lighting projects often appeared in hobby electronic magazines in the 1980s. I always thought that fluorescent lamps were devices that only used AC power at that time. Those articles about using batteries to light miniature fluorescent lamps attracted me. I made some fluorescent lights, but I couldn't get good practical use out of them from a lamp efficiency and longevity perspective. That's because I was just reading the article and knew nothing about the theory of discharge lamps or even electronics. I don't know what to change to get good results, and I'm losing interest in it. However I found a battery powered fluorescent light project online that was identical to the schematic I was working on. So I "revived" the project after 30 years with modern driver circuits and correct theory.
In early 2005, NEC Electronics launched small-pin-count microcontrollers such as PIC/AVR based on the 78K0S architecture. The 78K architecture has a register set similar to the i8085 and additional bit manipulation instructions. It is said to be a classic architecture, but the memory organization is simpler than PIC/AVR. There are various devices with dedicated peripherals, and the 78K series occupies a considerable share of industrial equipment. In the early days, only OTP/Mask products were available, so they were not popular among electronic crafts. However, the small pin count 78K series with flash memory is getting some attention from Japanese microcontroller geeks. Powerful IDEs (compilers, assemblers, simulators, etc.) are also provided for free. I built a very simple 78K0S flash programming adapter for these devices. Additionally, I built a universal programming adapter for V850ES, LPCxxxx, STM32F, etc.
The author noticed that the AC line frequency changes in spans of 0.4 Hz and periods of several minutes, so I wanted to examine long-term changes in AC line frequency and voltage. This is a project to build a line voltage frequency monitor. It is not a complete instrument but a simple measurement adapter designed to be embedded in some measurement system with a PC or microcontroller.
During the dry season we often get electrocuted by metal objects, especially door handles. This is due to the charged static electricity in the human body. Any object can be charged, and often objects have electrical potentials of several thousand volts or more. Static electricity often causes malfunction or damage to electronic equipment. I've always wanted to know how much static electricity is carried in an object or human body, so I made a surface potentiometer to measure the potential of a charged object.
Grapevines use a lot of water and the soil dries out quickly, so they need to be watered twice a day. This project is about using an unmanned watering system to water flower pots.