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My new third hand

luca May 14, 2018 0

I recently brought from Banggood a support for having a third hand during soldering operations… the support is made by an aluminum base and three arms which end with a crocodile clamp with insulating sheath: The assembly is

First look at JQ6500 modules

luca April 9, 2018 4

For some time, on different chinese webstores (for example Banggood) there is a module called JQ6500 for sale: it’s often described as a voice sound module or as an MP3 player sound module. Actually JQ6500 is the name

WGX iBeacons

luca March 19, 2018 0

In a recent tutorial I explained how to detect the presence of an iBeacon with the esp32 chip. The iBeacon used to demonstrate the program is manufactured by a chinese Company, Wellcore, and sold by Banggood. The transmitter

MegunoLink

luca August 10, 2013 0

In some blog post, I’ve already show how to receive data from Arduino and display them on a chart using .Net applications, PHP or JavaScript scripts. Some friends wrote comments suggesting me to try MegunoLink tool

Stepper kit for Arduino

luca December 1, 2012 24

I was looking for a cheap solution to add a motor to my Arduino and I found a kit that includes an unipolar stepper motor and the driver board

Lipo Fuel Gauge

luca November 17, 2012 2

In my recent review about the Li-po Rider module, I wrote that a little problem was the absence of a chip that could monitor the state of charge (SoC) of the connected battery. You can find several IC

Li-po Rider

luca October 27, 2012 1

I’m working on a project that will be powered by a Li-Po battery, so I was looking for a power module that was able to charge the battery and to supply 5V to my circuit. Seeed Studio

mbed NXP LPC11U24, review

luca June 6, 2012 0

Farnell kindly offered me to test and review the new microcontroller in mbed family, the NXP LPC11U24. mbed microcontrollers are designed for rapid prototyping: Since a few weeks, the new model NXP LPC11U24 is available

Bluegiga WT11 – Review

luca April 21, 2012 6

Thanks to Farnell, I was able to test the Bluegiga WT11 bluetooth module. The module, which is Bluetooth 2.1 compliant, contains three main elements: The power transmission – it’s a class 1 device – is 17dBm that corresponds to