Opinions Archives - Open Electronics https://www.open-electronics.org/category/opeds/ Open source electronic projects Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:44:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.open-electronics.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-logo-32x32.jpeg Opinions Archives - Open Electronics https://www.open-electronics.org/category/opeds/ 32 32 32754084 PCB Recycling: The Core of Your Electronics Is More Valuable Than You Think https://www.open-electronics.org/pcb-recycling-the-core-of-your-electronics-is-more-valuable-than-you-think/ https://www.open-electronics.org/pcb-recycling-the-core-of-your-electronics-is-more-valuable-than-you-think/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:50:31 +0000 http://www.open-electronics.org/?p=11930 The screen you are looking at this very moment will someday be recycled. Electronic recycling is fast becoming just as important as plastic and steel recycling. This is because your household electronic devices – old VCRs, stereo systems, television sets and desktop computers – contain valuable metals and components that can be broken down, recycled […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/pcb-recycling-the-core-of-your-electronics-is-more-valuable-than-you-think/feed/ 4 11930 PCB CAD, A SELECTION GUIDE https://www.open-electronics.org/pcb-cad-a-selection-guide/ https://www.open-electronics.org/pcb-cad-a-selection-guide/#respond Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:10:16 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=26117 Getting to know and evaluate the software offer for PCB, in order to choose the best one for our needs.   Designing an electronic board is a considerable and varied effort, both in terms of board design, starting from its functional specs, and in terms of construction. In order to create an integrated board, we […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/pcb-cad-a-selection-guide/feed/ 0 26117 The Open Source community united against Covid-19 https://www.open-electronics.org/the-open-source-community-united-against-covid-19/ https://www.open-electronics.org/the-open-source-community-united-against-covid-19/#respond Fri, 20 Mar 2020 09:10:22 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=30874 On March 11, WHO (World Health Organization) officially declared the COVID-19 or SARS-CoV2 virus, a global pandemic. The situation is critical: more than 210,000 infected in 159 countries and nearly 10,000 deaths with very high contagion curves.   The risk of contagion is very high due to the volatility of the virus and the long […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/the-open-source-community-united-against-covid-19/feed/ 0 30874 Coronavirus: Now Is The Time For Solidarity https://www.open-electronics.org/coronavirus-now-is-the-time-for-solidarity/ https://www.open-electronics.org/coronavirus-now-is-the-time-for-solidarity/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:29:48 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=30861 The moment we are living, in China before and all over the world now, is among the most difficult and dramatic. The COVID-19 that saw its first appearance in China, it’s also rapidly spreading to the rest of the world. Open-Electronics is a brand that is part of the group FuturaGroup, an Italian company. We […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/coronavirus-now-is-the-time-for-solidarity/feed/ 0 30861 5 Types of Industrial Flowmeter https://www.open-electronics.org/5-types-of-industrial-flowmeter/ https://www.open-electronics.org/5-types-of-industrial-flowmeter/#respond Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:29:06 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=30826   In an industrial setting, the use of flow meters is highly encouraged as its use can define both profit and loss, and especially the safety of the workers on site. Although there are a lot of flow meters to choose from, the main goal of a flow meter is to measure the flow rate […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/5-types-of-industrial-flowmeter/feed/ 0 30826 The Best Gadgets for Seniors That Will Help Improve Their Everyday Lives https://www.open-electronics.org/the-best-gadgets-for-seniors-that-will-help-improve-their-everyday-lives/ https://www.open-electronics.org/the-best-gadgets-for-seniors-that-will-help-improve-their-everyday-lives/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2019 07:31:57 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=28883 The majority of adults would, for the most part, rather age in place, meaning to linger in their home as long as possible. As a matter of fact, ninety percent of adults at least sixty-five years of age report that they would rather stay in their residence as they age. Aging in place, as defined […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/the-best-gadgets-for-seniors-that-will-help-improve-their-everyday-lives/feed/ 0 28883 What Neural Networks/Deep Learning Books Should I Read? https://www.open-electronics.org/what-neural-networks-deep-learning-books-should-i-read/ https://www.open-electronics.org/what-neural-networks-deep-learning-books-should-i-read/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:01:19 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=28798   There are lots of deep learning books on the market and is a common question for who want to start to understand somethings. In this post, we collect some info, and please leave your comment and suggestion for other books. ;-)   Free ebook to learn Neural Networks/Deep Learning The Michael Nielsen online text […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/what-neural-networks-deep-learning-books-should-i-read/feed/ 0 28798 Bitcoin & Blockchain https://www.open-electronics.org/bitcoin-blockchain/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:50:11 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=28322   We are going to take advantage of one of the most known real-life examples in order to introduce the concept of blockchain, its characteristics and its practical usefulness, also explaining how to mine Bitcoins using an essential hardware platform such as Raspberry Pi.   In today’s society, everything evolves really fast: lifestyle, communication… Even […]

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]]> 28322 The end of the Makers movement? What happened at Maker Media? https://www.open-electronics.org/the-end-of-the-makers-movement-what-happened-at-maker-media/ https://www.open-electronics.org/the-end-of-the-makers-movement-what-happened-at-maker-media/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:48:24 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=28383     Big financial problems for Maker Media that blocked all operations and fired all the staff. For the uninitiated Maker Media means MAKE magazine and above all Maker Faire. Some rumors were born with the last Maker Faire Bay Area: the loss of sponsors like Autodesk, Intel and Microsoft had led Dale Dougherty to […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/the-end-of-the-makers-movement-what-happened-at-maker-media/feed/ 1 28383 An innovative solution in the blockchain market: 25MB Block Size – can it be real? https://www.open-electronics.org/an-innovative-solution-in-the-blockchain-market-25mb-block-size-can-it-be-real/ https://www.open-electronics.org/an-innovative-solution-in-the-blockchain-market-25mb-block-size-can-it-be-real/#respond Tue, 14 May 2019 08:40:48 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=28129 Sponsored post by ILCoin     In the past 10 years, many blockchain companies were working on the projects, arming their systems with decentralized, secure and anonymizing functionalities. And with a desire to resolve current problems, many of them didn’t think about upcoming future needs. That created a set of unsolved issues and bottlenecks that […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/an-innovative-solution-in-the-blockchain-market-25mb-block-size-can-it-be-real/feed/ 0 28129 RISC-V, THE ERA OF OPEN SOURCE CPU HAS BEGUN https://www.open-electronics.org/risc-v-the-era-of-open-source-cpu-has-begun/ https://www.open-electronics.org/risc-v-the-era-of-open-source-cpu-has-begun/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2018 11:07:12 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=25772   Open architectures for processors too? It looks like it can be done, and probably in the near future.   The project of an “open hardware” CPU, entertained only in the academic work until now, is now ripe for commercial purposes. At FOSDEM in Brussels (international conference on open-source projects), which took place in February […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/risc-v-the-era-of-open-source-cpu-has-begun/feed/ 1 25772 Things You Didn’t Know Could Be Open Source https://www.open-electronics.org/things-you-didnt-know-could-be-open-source/ https://www.open-electronics.org/things-you-didnt-know-could-be-open-source/#respond Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:29:33 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=23143   There are a number of different factors that led to the beginnings of the free software movement, but there is one name that is closely linked to it: Richard Stallman. A passionate activist for the free software scene, Stallman is the man behind a number of the organizations that pave the way for the […]

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