Farnell element14 is to start manufacturing the BeagleBone Black, open source embedded system design module. The BeagleBone Black will be manufactured by Premier Farnell’s subsidiary Embest Technology. This differs from the approach to the Raspberry Pi computing modules, which are manufactured by Sony UK Technology Centre in Wales for Farnell element14 and rival distributor RS Components. David …
EC funds SMEs to develop cyber-physical systems for robotics and industry
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe can apply for up to €150,000 to develop new products and components for cyber-physical systems under the latest call from the EuroCPS project. A cyber-physical system (CPS) effectively describes a control system combining embedded computing and analogue interfaces for control and sensing. Examples are factory automation, aerospace systems …
EC funds SMEs to develop cyber-physical systems for robotics and industry
Fable: The Sapper
There was once a British Sapper who lit out to California to work for Fairchild and then became the first CEO of a start-up company working on an innovative chip idea which became a new semiconductor product category. He loved old cars and attended motoring events around the world where he could pick up old …
De-magnetising conundrum
I have googled this without finding a satisfactory answer. How long does it take a well-magnetised Alnico magnet to loose magnetism once its keeper/armature is removed? The question arose from a discussion the wise Steve Kurt about removing the armatures from old permanent magnet generators – specifically old Sturmey Archer Dynao Hubs. I vaguely remembered …
Where are the flicker ratings?
Having been hunting around for downlights, I have noticed that, quite rightly, fire ratings are now published in their data sheets. But where are the flicker or strobe ratings? And I don’t mean the sort of flicker that comes along with dimmer incompatibility. I mean the residual 50, 60, 100 or 120Hz that comes from …
Top 5 Raspberry Pi 3 Project Ideas
Raspberry Pi projects are always popular and the distributor RS Components has compiled a list of its Top 5 Raspberry Pi 3 project ideas.
Arduino shield goes all Siri-like
Arduino now has a standalone voice recognition and synthesiser, and apparently it doesn’t require an internet connection or cloud-based processing.
Osram smart lighting app lets TV viewers relight Stockholm in response to Eurovision song contest
Smart lighting will help home watchers rate the songs broadcast on one of the world’s most viewed television extravaganzas.
LIFX enhances smart lighting color control
New app can replicate, share, and dial-back specific settings for the company’s smart lamps.
AWS Application Discovery Service
AWS Application Discovery Service helps Systems Integrators quickly and reliably plan application migration projects by automatically identifying applications running in on-premises data centers, their associated dependencies, and their performance profile. Planning data center migrations can involve thousands of workloads that are often deeply interdependent. Application discovery and dependency mapping are important early first steps in the migration process, but difficult to perform at scale due to the lack of automated tools. AWS Application Discovery Service automatically collects configuration and usage data from servers, storage and networking equipment to develop a list of applications, how they perform, and how they are interdependent. This information is securely retained in an AWS Application Discovery Service database which you can export as a CSV or XML file into your preferred visualization tool or cloud migration solution to help reduce the complexity and time in planning your cloud migration.