IoT stuffs changed the management of our country houses. Today, we can control the external lights from other house and can view the live videos via connected security cameras. Thieves and animals avoid houses which seem to be under control under human. Light-dependent resistor control and motion sensors alone are not great to exert the effect of human control of the house from a different house. … [Read more...]
Pikocube : ESP8285 MCU Powered PCB LED Cube With Gyroscope
Pikocube is a funny, geeky LED cube dice project with 54 LEDs, gyroscope and Wi-Fi-control made by maker Moekoe from Germany. The dice consists of an ESP8285-01F MCU, six PCBs, a 150mAh lithium battery and charging circuit, an ADXL345 gyroscope, and 54 LEDs. Its structural design is quite clever. Of course, the project is open source with all the files available. However, it is not among the … [Read more...]
EZVIZ C6CN IP Camera Review and Tips
EZVIZ C6CN is a motorized indoor internet camera which supports single unit usage as well as NVR, local storage, cloud storage, over-the-internet remote viewing and has video management software for Android (you'll get on Google Play) and Microsoft Windows (EZVIZ Studio is the name of their Windows app). EZVIZ is a sub-brand of HIKVision to deliver "smart" cloud-based security cameras. You can … [Read more...]
IoT Based Pulse Oximeter With ESP32, MAX30102 and IBM Watson IoT
Pulse oximeters are in use since long during an operation, in intensive care, in the emergency room and other places such as in unpressurized aircraft. The COVID-19 pandemic made pulse oximetry technology for the consumers. Most of the finger pulse oximeters in the market lack BLE and Wi-Fi. There are only a few finger pulse oximeters which have a BLE to transmit data to the smartphone. Having a … [Read more...]
Convert a Normal TV to a SmartTV With TVFix Caster
Not all have a smart TV which supports Miracast. We are living in a golden era of technology where highly innovative gadgets have overwhelmed the world. These gadgets have made our lives much simpler and amazing. One of such amazing gadgets whose demand is seen reaching the heights is a TV Fix Caster. You must have heard the name before, right? So as the title implies, this device fixes your … [Read more...]
DIY Power Bank With TP4056 and MT3608 (3.3V to 12V)
For any electronics project, we require a power source. In our previous article How to Run an ESP32 on Battery, we have discussed about the challenges with direct powering with battery. As most of the projects require 3.3V DC to 5V DC, we need some system which can be charged with a mobile charger and the output voltage can be adjusted for different configurations of the power supply plans. … [Read more...]
Advantages and Disadvantages of Convertible Laptops
Traditional laptops are portable enough but many of us are now used with touch and pen interface because of the penetration of the smartphones. The tablets with an i7 processor are just too damn expensive. Within a budget of $2,000, convertible laptops with 2K to 4K displays are simply ludicrous. The convertible laptops are designed for the budget-conscious audience who do not need a graphics … [Read more...]
Does Intel Optane Memory Module Work?
These days especially for the laptops, the salespersons will tell you "This model has 16GB of Intel Optane Memory. You can upgrade it to 32GB." Intel Optane memory module is the worst form of pushing a thing before which there is a lot of hardware needs to get upgraded. A computer's performance becomes better with more amount of faster RAM (right now that is 16GB to 32GB), a faster SSD and a good … [Read more...]
How Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) Works
An autonomous emergency braking system is an extension of the emergency braking assistant. An emergency braking assistant is a predictive driver assistance system for motor vehicles that warns the driver in case of danger, supports emergency braking (brake assistant) or brakes automatically. This is to avoid collision with an obstacle or reduce the collision speed. Some emergency braking … [Read more...]
ESP32 as Hardware Random Number Generator
The capability of the ESP32 to generate truly random numbers is important for cryptographic operations. A random number generator generates a sequence of random numbers. A hardware random number generator is also known as a true random number generator. It generates random numbers from some physical process, not from code. A fundamental distinction is made between non-deterministic and … [Read more...]
How Server-Based Gaming (SBG) Works
The casino industry uses the server-based gaming (SBG) hardware system to operate Video Lottery Terminals slot machines. General non-casino gaming systems differ from the casino systems in various ways. Server-Based Gaming (SBG) is built upon the server-centric gaming technology borrowing the principles from thin client. Reliability, scalability and stability are few of the requirements in the … [Read more...]
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