If you’ve ever played with motors, you’ve probably noticed their musical hum as they turn at different speeds, but have you ever thought of putting your motors to use as a musical instrument? While this project probably won’t be something…
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How to Control A 4-Digit 7-Segment LED Display Using Phidgets
Phidget user hammerstan set out to create a 5-digit display using a single multiplexed 7-segment LED display and minimal electronic components. Without having an extensive electronics background, he’s found using an IC/chips based method overly complex. So, he wired a 5-digit 7-segment LED directly…
Launching a Web Server for Home Monitoring
Last year we talked about setting up simple home automation. Building off of that, let’s talk about setting up a web server on the SBC to share data on the world wide web.
Tagged with: home automation, how-to, port forwarding, sbc, single board computers, web server
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Posted in How-Tos
Sensor Sunday: Wearables for Baby, Underground/Undersea Sensors, and Sensors in the Environment
There’s a ton of sensor news this week covering all aspects of the technology. We’ll look at city sensors, pipeline sensors and a few different environmental sensors. But first, let’s talk about wearables for babies.
Sensor Sunday: Wearable magnetic sensors, sensing escaped prisoners, preventing railway fatalities and more
This weeks sensor news comes from all over the world and from all fields. We’ll start with the emergence of a new smart city, talk about a new sensor being developed and finish it off with some creative uses of senses that we’ve seen. Read on to find out more.
4 Projects You Can Do With Raspberry Pi and Phidgets
Connecting Phidgets to Raspberry Pi is increasing in popular. The Raspberry Pi allows Phidgets to work in more remote places where a user might not want to put a PC.
Sensor Sunday: Sports Sensors, Pollution Sensors and Wine Robots
News this week is all about Super Bowl, and even sensors can’t escape being drawn into the media flurry. Plenty more sensor news is out there to cover including bike sensors, pollution sensors for marathon runners and much more! Footballers Find Sensors…
Tagged with: agriculture, earthquakes, home automation, sensor sunday, superbowl, vinyeard
Posted in Sensor Sunday
Posted in Sensor Sunday
Sensor Sunday: Self-Cleaning Sensors, Environmental Sensors and Sensing Art
Sensors are more and more prevalent, and with this weeks news, we see how they’re presence is growing, from self-cleaning sensors to sensors in art to environmental sensors.
Sensor Sundays: Detecting Life, Fighting Pollution and the ISS Sensors
Last weeks, sensors dominated the Consumer Electronics Show. They showed up in everything from wearables to home automation. In fact, Jack Smith, managing partner and director of digital platforms at GroupM said to Adweek that “sensors will have bigger impact on marketing than the internet did.” 2015 is going to be an exciting year for the sensor industry, and even just a couple of weeks in, there are some amazing developments.
Whitepaper: Choosing the Right Hardware for Prototyping
When prototyping an idea, it’s important to choose components that will help prove the concept, allow the design to be evaluated and give a basis from which the final product can be derived. There are many options for hardware to use in prototypes, from the costly, proprietary packages like National Instruments to the low-cost and open source options like Arduino, and the multilingual, mid-cost solutions like Phidgets.
Different projects have different requirements, but Phidgets safely falls in the middle of the two extremes providing easy integration and cost-effectiveness. However, both National Instruments and Arduino type products can be useful depending on your goal.
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