Projects include groundwater and surface water treatment systems, water storage, transmission and distribution systems, and water metering.

Having had such quick success making a microcontroller project using an 8pin ATtiny85 and programming it with Arduino, I though I would try a more elaborate project, one that has been on the back burner for several years now. The whole thing worked because of all the generous people who have written Arduino code, and …

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Imagination is to press ahead with the sale of MIPS to Silicon Valley investment group Tallwood Venture Capital after another potential bidder pulled out of the process.

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Toshiba is in mass production of  optocouplers in a new wide leadform package type SO6L(LF4). The wide leadform option is available for three high-speed IC photocouplers and five IGBT/MOSFET driver photocouplers. The new photocouplers can be directly mounted on PCB pads intended for SDIP6(F type) products. The SO6L(LF4)’s 2.3mm (max.) low profile package offers a …

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Optical polarisation can be switched up to 60° in under a picosecond, according to scientists at King’s College London. Repetition rates of 300GHz are predicted.

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ADI has brought out a metering IC that includes mSure diagnostics technology enabling direct and noninvasive monitoring of electric meter accuracy and faults in real-time. mSure-enabled meters, combined with a cloud analytics service, provide utility companies with real-time data and actionable insights to protect revenue from tampering, manage field resources more effectively, cut equipment cost, …

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The answers include a teardown of the new Apple iPhone 8, the hardy perennial of a DIY plant monitor, a laser trip wire, a bike power meter, voice recognition, an electric ‘hypercar’ and, of course, the Raspberry P…

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e-peas, the Belgian energy-harvesting IC start-up, has raised a new $4.2 million funding round. The round was led by Partech Ventures and comprises Airbus Ventures, JCDecaux Holding, Semtech, SRIW and Vives. Having initially gained both local government grants and private seed investment funding back in 2014, e-peas brought its AEM10940  energy harvesting chip to market. Through this …

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Audi has revealed its 2017/2018 season all-electric racing car, the e-tron FE04, with an Audi motor and gearbox, developed with Schaeffler. “After nearly 40 years of being active in motorsport, Audi now becomes the first German automobile manufacturer to compete in Formula E in order to test and advance the development of new technologies for production,” said …

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We are now accepting entries for EW BrightSparks 2018. If you would like to enter, or nominate someone you know, head over to the page!

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