Heat Transfer kits, ready to be sent out The Department of Mechanical Engineering has continued to deliver practical activity kits for remote learning. “Heat Transfer” packages were sent at home to 168 second year students. The packages contained a water proof temperature sensor and an Arduino UNO that…

Heat Transfer kits, ready to be sent out The Department of Mechanical Engineering has continued to deliver practical activity kits for remote learning. “Heat Transfer” packages were sent at home to 168 second year students. The packages contained a water proof temperature sensor and an Arduino UNO that…

Cecilia Schmitz is a statewide winner of the 2021 Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Award.The Hutchinson High School senior’s selection was announced by The National center for Women and Information Technology and Minnesota State’s IT Center of Excellence. Schmitz is one of 18 in Minnesota to be recognized as…

Diodes Delight has launched a $39 “Piunora” carrier for the Raspberry Pi CM4 with Arduino, ADC, and Qwiic expansion, and Mirko Electronics is prepping a “MirkoPC” carrier with dual HDMI and a DAC. Lately, it seems, most of the interesting embedded Linux news has been about carrier boards…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCustom machine stand yells at you if the drill bits aren’t stored properly Arduino Team — March 30th, 2021 YouTuber Cranktown City recently acquired a new milling machine/drill press, and needed somewhere sturdy to place it. Rather than buying something, he went to work…

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe IoT Cricket (£16) is a small package based on the ubiquitous ESP8266 chipset, popular for its solid wireless LAN support. ESP microcontrollers are widely available and some can be had for just a couple of pounds, so it may come as a surprise to…

Biodegradable materials, inflatable robots, plant-based building structures among highlights of exhibit titled Makers of Change: Design at DIDI in 22 Projects Climate change, robotics and sustainable fashion are among the issues Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI) students have addressed in a new 22-piece exhibition debuting at…

We use electricity to move things with the help of motors and magnets all the time. But if you have enough voltage, you can move things with voltage alone. As [James] found out, though, it works best if your objects — ping pong balls, in his case —…

While the PlayStation 3 and Gamecube come from opposing sides of the aisle, and in fact aren’t even from the same generation of hardware, this DIY adapter built by [Jeannot] allows Nintendo’s console to use Sony’s Bluetooth controllers with surprisingly little fuss. This might seem unnecessary given the…

Home News (Image credit: Adafruit) Adafruit’s smallest RP2040 board is still coming soon, but in a recent video, Adafruit founder Limor “Ladyada” Fried demonstrated the QT Py 2040, a tiny board powered by the same chip as a Raspberry Pi Pico, using a community Arduino core that enables…