IoT
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Low-Power Consumption TXZ+ Family of Advanced Class Microcontrollers Released for IoT Based Applications Toshiba Electronics has made new additions to its TXZ+ family of microcontrollers. The new Arm Cortex-M4 core-based M4K, M4M, M4G, and M4N groups and Arm Cortex-M3core-based-M3H group of microcontrollers offer low power consumption and are suitable for a wide variety of applications such as home appliances, industrial devices, office automation, and audiovisual devices,… |
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Join the Largest LoraWAN Event - Time to Ride a Wave of Change The world’s largest LoRaWAN event goes virtual from Jan 25 to 29, 2021. Join the global, week-long virtual LoRaWAN conference to level-up your skillset, get access to top-notch LoRaWAN products and services, and have thousands of professional connections at your fingertips. We’ve come a long way since the market inception of LoRaWAN in February 2015… |
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DIY Battery Powered NodeMCU Motor Driver Shield for Robotic Applications When developing robotic projects, motors are one of the most important parts of the whole project and there is always a need for multiple motors. But GPIO pins of the Microcontroller boards don’t allow you to draw the amount of current required for a motor. That’s why the motor driver ICs are used. You can build a motor driver circuit by using some electronic components or… |
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Arduino based Roller Blinds to Automate and Control your Window Curtains with Google Assistant “Good morning. It’s 7 A.M. The weather in Malibu is 72 degrees…” these were the first words of JARVIS when being introduced in the Marvel Cinematics Universe. Most Iron Man fans should be able to recollect this scene and remember that JARVIS was able to open a window (kind-of) in the morning and give updates on time and weather. In the movie, the window Glasses were actually… |
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Azure IoT with Raspberry Pi - Publish Temperature and Humidity Sensor Data to Azure IoT Hub using Python Azure IoT Hub, the cloud computing service by Microsoft enables developers to connect, monitor, and manage billions of IoT devices on a single platform. It is already used in various IoT applications like home automation systems, security, surveillance, and monitoring systems. To demonstrate the capabilities of Azure IoT hub, we are going to build a… |
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Performing MQTT Communication with ESP8266/NodeMCU using Arduino IDE Over the past few years, IoT (Internet of Things) devices have become an indistinguishable part of our daily lives. From smart homes, smart bulbs to smart appliances; creators and developers are incorporating this technology to create a network of connected devices that makes our day-to-day life a little more exciting. All this has been made possible because of the ease… |
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How to build an IoT-based Voice Controlled Smart Rocket Igniter As the winter season approaches; comes that time of the year when the festival of lights is celebrated. Yes, we are talking about Diwali which is a true Indian festival celebrated across the globe. This year, Diwali is already over, and seeing people firecrackers, I came up with the idea of building the Alexa based Voice Controlled Rocket Launcher or Igniter… |
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IoT Based Solar Panel Power Monitoring using ESP32 and ThingSpeak In the area of renewable energy, solar energy is at the forefront, because producing energy by using the power of the sun is the easiest and commercially viable way of renewable energy. Speaking of solar panels, the output power of a solar panel output needs to be monitored in order to get optimum power output from the panels. This is why a real-time monitoring system… |
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Ultra-Low Power RA2L1 Microcontrollers with Advanced Capacitive Touch Sensing for Cost-Effective and Energy-Efficient IoT Node HMI Applications The new 32-bit RA2L1 from Renesas Electronics is a series of Arm Cortex-M23-based ultra-low-power MCUs with advanced capacitive touch sensing for cost-effective and energy-efficient IoT node HMI applications. These general-purpose MCUs operate up to 48 MHz and come with several integrated features to lower BOM costs, including capacitive touch sensing, embedded flash memory… |
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AJAX with ESP8266: Dynamic Web Page Update Without Reloading In many IoT applications, there are situations where the sensor data needs to monitor continuously, and the simplest way to do that is by enabling an ESP8266 webserver which serves an HTML webpage; but the problem with this methodology is that the web browser needs to be refreshed at a certain time interval to get an updated sensor data. This is not only… |
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New ESP32-C3 Microcontroller from Espressif with RISC-V Single Core CPU for Ultra-Low Power, Secure IoT Applications To address the most common needs of security in cost-sensitive IoT devices, Espressif has released a low power, cost-effective, single-core, 32-bit RISC-V-based ESP32-C3 microcontroller. This new ESP32-C3 MCU with 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE 5.0 connectivity can be used for simple and secure IoT applications. It’s 400KB SRAM is capable of running at 160MHz and… |
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Robust and Reliable Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/BLE Combo Chip with Next Generation WPA3 Security Standard for Smart IoT Applications Infineon Technologies has released a reliable and optimized Wi-Fi 4 solution with next-generation WPA3 Security standard for IoT applications like smart thermostats, smart lighting, etc. This new Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/BLE combo chip named CYW43439 makes it easier for product designers to comply with new security regulations that are currently emerging worldwide. … |
