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Smartphone Thermal Imager

Smartphone Thermal Imager

A smartphone add-on from Seek Thermal turns your smartphone into a thermal imaging camera. Retailing at $199 the Seek comes in two flavors; one plugs into the lower micro USB connector of an Android device and the other connects to Apple devices running iOS 7.0 or above, which is optimized for the iPhone and iPod

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Inside the iPhone 6 Plus

Teardown: Inside the iPhone 6 Plus

Love it or hate it, there’s no question that Apple’s iPhone line is popular, and while the numbers haven’t officially been announced yet, the company has already broken its record for pre-orders online (roughly 4 million in a 24-hour period compared to the iPhone 5’s 2 million). The new smartphone comes in two flavors —

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Microchip announced MPLAB® Harmony Graphics Composer GUI Tool

Microchip Announces Graphical User Interface Composer Tool for MPLAB® Harmony MPLAB Harmony Graphics Composer Allows Engineers to Easily Develop and Design Professional-Looking Graphical User Interfaces CHANDLER, Ariz., June 1, 2016 — Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the MPLAB® Harmony Graphics Composer (MHGC), a

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Implantable transparent sensors give researchers a better view of brain activity

Implantable, transparent sensors give researchers a better view of brain activity

A team of University Wisconsin-Madison researchers, with support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Reliable Neural-Interface Technology (RE-NET) program, have developed “invisible” implantable medical sensor arrays that will not block views of brain activity. Their research was published in the Oct. 20 issue of Nature Communications. According to a recent Phys.org article, “electrical

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1000 steps Servo motor

1000 steps Servo motor

In many project like CNC machines people use stepper motors. They are probably always more expensive than servos. They can rotate 360°, 1 step = 1,8° (mostly). Servos can rotate only from 0° to 180°, 1 step = 1°. But why are they working this way, inside them we will find potentiometer which rotates as

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Battery charging considerations for

Battery-charging considerations for low-power applications

By Tahar Allag Systems Engineer, Switching Charger Solutions, Battery Charging Products Introduction The wearable and personal-electronics industries are booming. Devices in this market vary wildly by application and use. These multifunction devices are designed to help people in their daily activities and make their lives comfortable. They can be found in different shapes, colors, sizes,

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