Embedded Computing

Remote e-Paper Messages Panel

3/5/2021

How to display messages on a remote screen? The project combines two technologies, e-paper screen and IoT, to solve this problem.

Read the full project on Hackster.io or in this website.

Connecting the EXT3 as easy as counting from 1 to 10!

2/28/2021

Thanks to the use of the standard electronics colours, connecting the Pervasive Displays e-Paper EPD Extension Kit Gen 3 is faster and safer.

Go to the section Connecting the e-Paper EPD Extension Kit Gen 3 to get detailed instructions for popular boards.

Pervasive Displays EPD Extension Kit Gen 3

2/17/2021

Pervasive Displays has just released the third generation of the EPD Extension Kit Gen 3 (EXT3) for the large line of e-paper screens. The new kit brings interesting improvements.

The board is more compact, supports the iTC screens with 24- and 34-way flat-cables, includes a 1 MB Flash memory and provisions pads for a second memory IC.

The 20-way cable now comes with the standard resistor colours for easier identification and connection.

Read the full review and discover the library.

Portable Particulate Matter Monitor

1/18/2021

There are many ways of measuring air quality. One of them is based on concentration of particulate matter, or dust in plain English.

This project combines Grove devices with the Xiao board. The colour of the RGB LED changes according to the PM10 concentration.

Discover the full project.

The $5 programmer-debugger

12/24/2020

In my review of the Xiao Expansion Board, I praised the availability of the SWD signals but regretted the use of standard 0.1" pins instead of the secure SWD standard connector.

Why not use another Xiao board as a DAPLink programmer-debugger? DAPLink is an open-source initiative by mbed: it provides SWD and JTAG connections and reroutes the serial port.

Read the full story.

4D Systems Pixxi-LCD Screens Reviewed

11/25/2020

The Pixxi-LCD screens are the fifth generation of intelligent screens from 4D Systems.

As with previous generations, the screens feature their own GPU, this time called Pixxi.

The real innovation from this new series is the unusual shapes: circle, square, elongated rectangle.

Read the full review.

Remote Contactless Temperature Monitor

8/20/2020

The previous Contactless Temperature Monitor project now turns remote.

The IoT extension relies on MQTT and Node-RED for remote monitoring.

Read the updated instructions at Hackster.io or on this page of the website.

Contactless Temperature Monitor

8/15/2020

How to check the temperature with no contact? The project combines PIR detection, IR camera and hand-gesture recognition for perfect safety.

The project is built around the Wio Terminal with three Grove sensors. The Wio Terminal brings a screen and WiFi for the IoT extension.

Read the detailed instructions at Hackster.io.

Seeeduino Wio Terminal • A Full System on a Stylish Case

6/10/2020

After the minimalistic Xiao board, Seeed continues to explore new options with the Wio Terminal.

This time, the Seeeduino Wio Terminal is more of a complete system. It comes on a stylish white case, brings Grove connectors and relies on a powerful Cortex-M4F SAMD51.

Read the full review.

High-Definition LaunchPad and BoosterPack Boards Pins Maps

4/6/2020

The pins maps of the recent LaunchPad and BoosterPack boards have been updated with high-definition images to ensure an optimal readability.

LaunchPad CC1310, CC1352R1, CC3200, CC32200S-SF, CC3235S-SF, LM4F120H5QR, LPSTK CC1352R1, MSP432P401R, TM4C1294NCPDT
BoosterPack Building Automation Sensors, CC2650 BLE, CC3100 WiFi, Educational MKII, INA226, Sensors, Sharp Memory LCD-128, TI-RSLK MAX, Ultra-Low-Power Sense

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