Check out this Arduino-based project which shows you how to build your own IoT smart door lock system using a Nano ESP32 and the Arduino Cloud.
Picture of the Day: Pud’s novelty headphones
Following last week's humorous storage t-shirt, here is more fun for a Friday. We're talking customised, novelty headphones...
Enviro + Air Quality display is Raspberry Pi compatible
This is a nice one - the "Enviro + Air Quality" which works with your Raspberry Pi. It gives you information about your local indoor environment, including air quality measurements.
Picture of the Day: The Ascent of Storage
A bit of fun for a Friday: a comic t-shirt depicting the Ascent of Storage.
Arduino says goodbye Mbed and hello ZephyrOS
Arduino is transitioning from using ARM's Mbed IoT platform to the open source ZephyrOS RTOS (real-time operating system).
Fibre Optic Shield plugs into Arduino data apps
This one may be of interest to Gadget Masters: OMC has released a Fibre Optic Shield for use with Arduino boards...
Gadget Book: Microcontroller Exploits
There's seriously detailed microcontroller content in this book - Microcontroller Exploits - which documents a variety of microchip hacking techniques.
Gadget-in Extremis: Atomic clocking the effects of gravity
Researchers build an atomic clock that is more precise and accurate than any previous clock - for the first time, a clock can detect the effects of gravity predicted by Einstein’s theory of relativity at the microscopic scale.
Gadget in Extremis: Breaking world record data transmission speed
A team at Aston University can send data at a rate of 402 terabits per second, claiming a world record in the process. They were using “standard fibre” for the optical comms.
Raspberry Pi Pico aids cool coral
How cool is coral? I'm not asking about how fashionable it is, but about it's temperature - here's an interesting case of the Raspberry Pi Pico helping eco research...