A fully transparent solar cell that could make every window and screen a power source
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Electronics Design
Autodesk Open Source 3D Printer
I have been interested in 3D printing related technology – I have followed the development on the field and written on it. There has been many interesting open source ED printers starting from RepRap to all kinds of 3D printer designs. It is interesting to see what makes those cheap FDM devices to run. But →
Rooting Out Malware With a Side-Channel Chip Defense System – IEEE Spectrum
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Gigahertz Antenna-on-a-Chip Theory Is Questioned – IEEE Spectrum
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Graphene Filament Enables Fabrication of Electronic Devices with 3-D Printing – IEEE Spectrum
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PrintPut Integrates Touch Sensors Into 3-D Printed Objects – IEEE Spectrum
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Interesting signal generators
Function generator in an important tool in electronics laboratory. It allows to generate different types of electrical waveforms over a wide range of frequencies. Traditionally function generators have been built using analogue electronics. There have been special ICs that have been widely used for this: Exar XR2206 and the Intersil ICL8038integrated circuits can generate sine, →
Friday Quiz: Transformers and Inductance
Friday Quiz: Transformers and Inductance has an interesting set of questions about the important components in nearly every power supply. Try to answer them and check how many of your answers you get correct. It could show that you have some misconceptions on transformers. You most propably get learning experience from correct answers. →
Europe Mismanages 10 Times the Amount of E-Waste It Exports – IEEE Spectrum
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ESP8266 mains dimmer
Here are two interesting looking ESP8266 projects for controlling mains power: MPDMv3 – WIFI Mains Power Dimmer / Switch – Web Interface Arduino IDE – WIFI MAINS Power Switch – ESP8266 MPSMv2 P3 – WIFI Mains Power Dimmer / Switch with CBDBv2 →