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johndsd

Articles

August 21, 2017 12:56

Version control of design files - Tortoise SVN

SVN is open source so its free to use and is a far better method than saving different versions of files with the version (or date) in the filename e.g. myFileV1.c, myFileV2.c etc

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ruthamos

Articles

August 19, 2017 18:01

Kids Invent Stuff Make Car Contraption Designed by 9 Year Old

At the beginning of the month we picked 9-year-old Connor’s invention idea to bring to life for our In-Car Entertainment Challenge. We asked kids around the World for their ideas for inventions to make long car journeys more fun.

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awong

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August 18, 2017 15:45

Infra-Red (IR) Vision on Digilent Arty Z7-20 Xilinx Zynq 7020 Development Board

Infra-Red is very popular in a range of applications from wildfire detection to defense applications. Adam Taylor makes use of Arty Z7-20 and FLIR Lepton IR camera to create an IR vision application to support future design projects.

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RobDixon

Automotive

August 18, 2017 15:35

Relay switching solution for electric car battery charging systems

The ability of an electromechanical relay to withstand high voltage spikes between control circuit and load circuit of over 10kV along with inrush current capacity against current spikes

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RobDixon

Sensors

August 18, 2017 14:46

Panasonics Plug & Play PIR Motion Sensor Solution for Occupancy Detection & Presence Applications

The Panasonic NaPiOn and PaPIR are currently the world’s smallest PIR motion sensors with built in amplifier.

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RobDixon

Sensors

August 18, 2017 08:56

PaPIR – a new approach to occupancy detection

A basic requirement for building automation originates in the fact that there is a need to identify the presence of people in the controlled areas. The solution to this problem is to use some form of occupancy sensor to detect the presence of people

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Alex_CH

Sensors

August 18, 2017 07:59

Trying Out Intel RealSense

We tried a sample of Intel RealSense SR300 and R200 devices which use an infrared camera to measure distances from objects. This is combined with a regular camera image to act as a 3D camera.

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Richard Craven

News

August 17, 2017 10:11

XP Power Selector Guides

XP Power have recently released new marketing documentation making it easier than ever to select from their market leading AC-DC, DC-DC & DC-High Voltage product range.

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karlwoodward

Electronics Design

August 17, 2017 09:13

A first look at the Digilent Digital Discovery

We recently got to use the Digilent Digital Discovery, this little device performs the function of both a logic analyser and signal generator in a robust neat little package.

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Andrew Back

Articles

August 17, 2017 08:22

Five Things Not to Miss at Wuthering Bytes 2017

With this year’s Wuthering Bytes festival about to get off to a start in a little over 2 weeks time here is a quick list of five things that are not to be missed!

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New Products From RS Components

August 15, 2017 15:40

Li-ion Battery Pack Monitor Evaluation Kit

These Li-ion multi cell battery monitors allow you to accurately monitor, protect and balance rechargeable battery packs. Find out more.

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GreigRS

New Products From RS Components

August 15, 2017 15:40

Get going quickly with the ARIS Internet of Things Development Board

An IoT hardware and software platform using the Renesas Synergy S7 MCU, a 240MHz ARM Cortex-M4. Features BLE 4.1/4.2, Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity, plus motion detection with an accelerometer, two-axis gyroscope, temperature and humidity sensors.

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