Simple setup enables a 2D radar to trigger a camera to capture an image of an approaching object (animal, person, vehicle).
If you always wanted to learn more about the art of animatronics, you're in luck. Steve Koci, a master in the field, wrote a book based on a series of articles he wrote for SERVO magazine, The Ultimate Guide to DIY Animatronics. What can you expect from his book? Here is my review!…
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Radar uses simple detection filtering to count people, vehicles, or other objects.
What technology stands behind e-paper? About new partnership with Lummico - the innovative e-paper tag producer.
FMCW radar reports distances to multiple objects over a wide field of view.
Choosing options with one touch on our smartphones has become intuitive for us. Touch screens are very common nowadays - coffee machines, audio devices, car settings, etc. If they are such a vital part of our everyday life, wouldn't it be nice to know more about them? :)
We are happy to introduce the newest generation of the popular EVE displays – the EVE3 modules.
Visualize ROS topics including PointCloud2, Image, NavSatFix, time-series plots, and more from inside the terminal using ASCII/Unicode art.
Riverdi company is the leader in intelligent TFT display modules. We use cutting-edge technologies and the experience gained for years on the market, thus we can provide the best display solution for the specific application. The modularity of our products makes it possible to accomplish va…
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Learn how to build your own IoT temperature logger with data uploaded to the cloud. This project uses itbrainpower.net dual SIM full-size GSM shield [a-gsmII] for data transmission (or itbrainpower.net dual SIM full-size GSM GNSS shield [b-gsmgnss]) and Dallas/Maxim 18B20 1wire temperature sensor.
For robots, being able to understand or navigate their environment is often critical to functioning properly. While there are plenty of sensors that allow robots to glimpse their surroundings, one category of sensors that is rapidly gaining popularity is light and laser-based (LiDAR) distance me…
This tutorial enables you to power your Raspberry PI II / B+ / ZERO/ 3 from any power sources that supplies voltage between 6.5V up to 20V and current >1A.
Build yourself your own Arduino temperature SMS alarm - thermal monitoring system having MAXIMUM and MINIMUM temperature thresholds, keep alive messages and (oldies but goldies as) SMS paging and remote ARM/DISARM system. You can supervise one or more 1WIRE temperature sensor(s) and page via SMS th…
This project will show you how fast you can build your own alarm system capable of supervising one or more magnetic contacts and inform you via SMS of the "burglar event". You even have the possibility to control (ENABLE/DISABLE) the alarm system remotely, via SMS commands. For SMS communicati
