Most people look at an Arduino board and see a piece of hardware. I see a conversation between the digital world and the real world. Arduino is an open-source electronics platform built around ...

Blackmagic supports camera control and tally signals back over SDI to many of their cameras. They utilize a program return feed back to the camera to send it both video and ancillary data. When you ...

These days, a movie night usually involves cuddling up on the couch, turning on Netflix, and picking another rom-com movie from its list of never-ending shows. However, before the age of streaming ...

The following project is an update of Gary D. Patterson’s “Simplified CTC signals” in the July 1988 issue of MR. Bringing the project up to date was a large endeavour. The block control project now ...

Not long ago I wrote an article on TM FAST, a technological module from Siemens, equipped with FPGA, which allows the execution of very fast tasks in parallel to the PLC to which it is connected. The ...

The FastLED Cookbook provides practical guides, step-by-step examples, and copy-paste recipes to help you create stunning LED effects - from your first blink to advanced animations. src/README.md ...

Cherie is a Creative Technologist who joined MUO in 2021. She's an avid maker and technical writer, with experience using Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Micro:bit, ATtiny, and ATMega devices as well as ...

Cherie is a Creative Technologist who joined MUO in 2021. She's an avid maker and technical writer, with experience using Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Micro:bit, ATtiny, and ATMega devices as well as ...

There are several critical machines or expensive equipment which suffer damage due to vibrations. In such a case, a vibration sensor is required to find out whether the machine or equipment is ...

Presented here is the circuit that drives twenty LEDs in a random manner. LED flashers and sequencers are used in decorative lights to give pretty colour combinations by glowing LEDs in random or ...

The art of creating and using tools has been instrumental to the survival of mankind and human evolution. Tools extend human abilities; optical devices and sensors expand the range of our perception, ...