Arrggghhh! Now I Want an NI mioDAQ! (Ignore the ‘!’)

For those who don the undergarments of authority and stride the corridors of power, pompously parading the insignia of the punctuation police and SEO security, it should be noted that the title to this column in no way ends with an exclamation mark, so there are no SEO concerns to concern you there!

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What if Your Strawberries Could Talk?

So, there I was, happily minding my own business, when my email system went “ping” and I looked up to see a message with a subject line saying, “What if Your Strawberries Could Talk? Now They Can!” Unfortunately, I was obliged to lose the “Now They Can!” part from my column title. This is because—as I’ve mentioned before—those who don the undergarments of authority … Read More → "What if Your Strawberries Could Talk?"

Welcome to the Wild Goose Lodge, a LoRaWAN hotel where you can check in and out any time you like

On a recent trip through Oregon, my wife and I stopped in a very small town named Merrill, which is the closest town to the Lava Beds National Monument in northern California – a must-see part of the country managed by US National Park Service. We spent the night in Merrill at a tiny motel called the Wild Goose Lodge, with 13 rooms and two larger “cabins.” … Read More → "Welcome to the Wild Goose Lodge, a LoRaWAN hotel where you can check in and out any time you like"

Next Stop: Space! LEO and Lunar Rideshares with SEOPS

My podcast guest this week is Mike Johnson, Co-Founder and CTO of SEOPS. Mike and I chat about the motivation behind the creation of this innovative aerospace company and how SEOPS supports space solutions for national security, scientific, and educational endeavors. We also investigate the different solutions SEOPS offers including end-to-end mission integration, LEO and lunar ride share services, tailored mission design and consultation services.

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Humanoid Robots Will Be Serving You Soon

As I always say, if you show me a picture of a robot or an elephant, you will have my full and undivided attention. This happened to me recently when Matthew Cossel sent me a picture of a robot called ADAM serving drinks in a fast-food restaurant. This picture was accompanied by a message that essentially said: “Interested? Want to learn more?” To which I heard a … Read More → "Humanoid Robots Will Be Serving You Soon"

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Ultra-low Power Fuel Gauging for Rechargeable Embedded Devices
Fuel gauging is a critical component of today’s rechargeable embedded devices. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton and Robin Saltnes of Nordic Semiconductor explore the variety of benefits that Nordic Semiconductor’s nPM1300 PMIC brings to rechargeable embedded devices, the details of the fuel gauge system at the heart of this solution, and the five easy steps that you can take to implement this solution into your next embedded design.
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Posted on Oct 31 at 8:10am by Larra Morris
Man, you send one work email about title punctuation - one! - and Max *goes to war*
Posted on Oct 25 at 7:10am by Max Maxfield
After my third cocktail, I really don;t care if they are shaken or stirred LOL
Posted on Oct 25 at 12:41am by John
Better than a grumpy human, but can it *shake* a cocktail?
Posted on Oct 24 at 8:18am by Steven Leibson
It's amazing how the anonymity of Internet avatars can bring out the worst tendencies in some.
Posted on Oct 24 at 8:14am by Steven Leibson
Perhaps you're confusing the Raspberry Pi, based on a cellphone processor and often used as an entry-level tool for learning how to program, with the Raspberry Pi Pico, which is a very capable microcontroller. The two are very different. I'm aware of some very advanced embedded products based on the ...
Posted on Oct 23 at 11:26pm by Ansi_Kenabi17
RasPi has a strong tendency to attract morons that couldn't initialize a microcontroller, much less program even a simple loop if their life depended on it. Their "projects" and "solutions" are usually heavilly duck-taped braindead blobs that one wouldn't want to stand anywhere near, let alone use them.
Posted on Oct 23 at 11:24pm by Ansi_Kenabi17
F*#k NE555. GreenPaks eat them for dinner. They are at similar price, but MUCH smaller, programmable and WAY more powerful. And they can do MANY mroe things. some have FET switch, some have ADC or DAC, there is at leasst one with a FRIGGIN "H" MOSFET BRIDGE. GreenPaks rule.
Posted on Oct 23 at 12:31pm by Steven Leibson
The Basic variant I used was HP Basic, starting with the HP 1000 minicomputer and HP 9830 desktop computer.
Posted on Oct 22 at 7:06am by Max Maxfield
Zeke's call with the ISS was wonderful to watch -- all the kids got to ask their questions of ISS crew member will be Sunita Williams -- if you missed it, you can watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/Yarcl0FgiA4?si=7tcSDnWMeJSk8haM
Posted on Oct 21 at 9:11am by traneusee
Microsoft BASIC vs DEC BASIC vs Dartmouth BASIC: Dartmouth BASIC was a compiler running on Dartmouth Time-Sharing System, a multi-processor mainframe disk-based system, so had features that diskless microprocessor BASIC interpreters lacked. 1960s shortwave radio-receiver radio-frequency circuits, bipolar transistors vs vacuum tubes: Transistors were lower power, but tubes had better ...
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On Board Charger Solutions Enable Vehicle Electrification
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ForgeFPGA™: Low Density FPGA Solutions from Renesas
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In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton and Matthew Leonard from Renesas explore the benefits that ForgeFPGAs, low density FPGA solutions from Renesas, bring to a variety of applications including computing and storage, wearables, consumer electronics and more. They also investigate the LUT structure of these low density FPGAs, how these solutions can be utilized for drone sensor aggregation and how Renesas is breaking barriers of entry for FPGA solutions with their ForgeFPGAs.
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High Power Charging Inlets
All major truck and bus OEMs will be launching electric vehicle platforms within the next few years and in order to keep pace with on-highway and off-highway EV innovation, our charging inlets must also provide the voltage, current and charging requirements needed for these vehicles. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton and Drew Reetz from TE Connectivity investigate charging inlet design considerations for the next generation of industrial and commercial transportation, the differences between AC only charging and fast charge and high power charging inlets, and the benefits that TE Connectivity’s ICT high power charging inlets bring to these kinds of designs.
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