Embedded Wireless Made Simple
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Last week at the 2013 Sensors Expo in Chicago, Anaren had interesting wireless embedded control systems on display. The message was straightforward: add an Anaren Integrated Radio (AIR) module to an embedded system and you’re ready to go wireless. Bob … Continue reading

Infrared Communications for Atmel Microcontrollers
The receiver circuit (Source: B. Land, Cornell University ECE4760
Infrared Communications
for Atmel Mega644/1284 Microcontrollers)

Are you planning an IR communications project? Do you need to choose a microcontroller? Check out the information Cornell University Senior Lecturer Bruce Land sent us about inexpensive IR communication with Atmel ATmega microcontrollers. It’s another example of the sort … Continue reading

CC269: Break Through Designer’s Block
A heatsink epoxied atop the linear regulator on this Arduino MEGA board helped reduce the operating temperature to a comfortable level. This is certainly not recommended engineering practice, but it’s an acceptable hack. (Source: E. Nisley, CC269)

Are you experiencing designer’s block? Having a hard time starting a new project? You aren’t alone. After more than 11 months of designing and programming (which invariably involved numerous successes and failures), many engineers are simply spent. But don’t worry. … Continue reading

Pi-Face: A New Raspberry Pi Accessory
Pi-Face at Electronica 2012 (Sourece: Elektor.tv)

Ready for the Pi-Face Digital? What’s that? you ask. Pi Interface Digital, or Pi-Face Digital, is a Raspberry Pi accessory board Premier Farnell will begin distributing in early 2013. You can plug it into a Raspberry Pi and start designing … Continue reading

DIY Green Energy Design Projects
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Ready to start a low-power or energy-monitoring microcontroller-based design project? You’re in luck. We’re featuring eight award-winning, green energy-related designs that will help get your creative juices flowing. The projects listed below placed at the top of Renesas’s RL78 Green … Continue reading