LCD color and high-performance touch screens can work with Arduino here is how to use them. Arduino has become the most famous open-source hardware and software development platform in the world, by virtue of its potential and ease of use. As you well know, simply connect it to the Personal Computer with a…
Building our centralized web-controlled home video surveillance system. Last episode In the previous posts, dedicated to the creation of a video surveillance system based on Raspberry Pi and the MotionEye application, we saw how to install the software necessary for our architecture and how to configure a first video camera connected via USB and…
Building our centralized web-controlled home video surveillance system. Second episode. In the first episode of this series, dedicated to the creation of a video surveillance system, based on Raspberry Pi and the MotionEye application, we saw how to install the software necessary for our architecture and how to configure a first video camera connected…
From printing urgently needed medical equipment to cater to other specific needs through the use of 3D printing, this is a technology that has gained an unprecedented angle of social impact. That’s why we’re even more strongly committed to enabling the ease of use and affordability of this technology by developing the CR-6 SE 3D…
On March 11, WHO (World Health Organization) officially declared the COVID-19 or SARS-CoV2 virus, a global pandemic. The situation is critical: more than 210,000 infected in 159 countries and nearly 10,000 deaths with very high contagion curves. The risk of contagion is very high due to the volatility of the virus and the long…
The moment we are living, in China before and all over the world now, is among the most difficult and dramatic. The COVID-19 that saw its first appearance in China, it’s also rapidly spreading to the rest of the world. Open-Electronics is a brand that is part of the group FuturaGroup, an Italian company. We…
We build a lamp to set the desired colour via Bluetooth using a special App. The project is based on Mercury System, created for the development of connectivity and IoT applications. The lighting sector, like many other so to speak “historical” sectors, is experiencing, in recent years, increasing penetration by electronics and connectivity….
In an industrial setting, the use of flow meters is highly encouraged as its use can define both profit and loss, and especially the safety of the workers on site. Although there are a lot of flow meters to choose from, the main goal of a flow meter is to measure the flow rate…
We make a device that allows GPRS connectivity via the USB port of any PC or USB host device. Internet connectivity via mobile phone network is now an extremely widespread reality and many of us use it in a transparent and unconscious way using common objects such as tablets and smartphones. However, this is…
We analyze the software of the project and the user interface, which is an App developed with Android Studio. A well defined message map determines how app and firmware should exchange information. Second and last episode. In the previous post we have described how to configure and assemble in a few steps the hardware of…
As the hot season comes closer, the problem of watering the lawn in the garden or the plants on the balcony or terrace arises again. For the management of small and medium systems, there are many commercial solutions, but these are often systems that have been in use for years, which are struggling to…
Complete charger in breakout board format based on the integrated BQ76920, capable of managing 3 to 5 cells. The charging of lithium batteries, whether common Li-ion, LiPo or LiFePO4, requires particular precautions that make it more difficult and delicate than it is in accumulators such as lead batteries (for which it is enough…
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