homefeatured Archives - Open Electronics https://www.open-electronics.org/tag/homefeatured/ Open source electronic projects Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:06:49 +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 homefeatured Archives - Open Electronics https://www.open-electronics.org/tag/homefeatured/ 32 32 32754084 makeITcircular 2024 content launched – Part of Maker Faire Rome 2024 https://www.open-electronics.org/makeitcircular-2024-content-launched-part-of-maker-faire-rome-2024/ https://www.open-electronics.org/makeitcircular-2024-content-launched-part-of-maker-faire-rome-2024/#respond Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:06:49 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=37363 Applications to MakeITcircular must be in by October 3, 2024 with the top prize of €3000 MakeITcircular is the contest that promotes the Circular Consumption Charter and the values of recycling, reuse and co-design. Shifting from a linear to a “circular economy” model is the key to enabling economic growth that respects material and natural resources and to making […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/makeitcircular-2024-content-launched-part-of-maker-faire-rome-2024/feed/ 0 37363 Application For Maker Faire Rome 2024: Deadline June 20th https://www.open-electronics.org/application-for-maker-faire-rome-2024-deadline-june-20th/ https://www.open-electronics.org/application-for-maker-faire-rome-2024-deadline-june-20th/#respond Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:25:19 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=37236 Learn More About the Ideas, Makers + Projects at Maker Faire Rome 2024 Developing a multitude of technologies for the sustainability of the planet and for environmental care is imperative today. The depletion of natural resources and the need to conserve what remains have brought technological innovation into our lives, especially at events and expositions […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/application-for-maker-faire-rome-2024-deadline-june-20th/feed/ 0 37236 Creating a Unique Electronic Musical Instrument: The Sound Wall https://www.open-electronics.org/creating-a-unique-electronic-musical-instrument-the-sound-wall/ https://www.open-electronics.org/creating-a-unique-electronic-musical-instrument-the-sound-wall/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 07:49:18 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=36178   We place metal foil notes on a panel and play our music by touching them, creating a melody from a truly original instrument. Those who know a little about music or have good memories of the “music education” hours at secondary school (or secondary school, to put it in a modern way), will certainly […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/creating-a-unique-electronic-musical-instrument-the-sound-wall/feed/ 1 36178 Maker Faire Rome – The European edition and FAE Technology launch the contest “MY Maker PCBA: your electronics for a better planet” https://www.open-electronics.org/maker-faire-rome-the-european-edition-and-fae-technology-launch-the-contest-my-maker-pcba-your-electronics-for-a-better-planet/ https://www.open-electronics.org/maker-faire-rome-the-european-edition-and-fae-technology-launch-the-contest-my-maker-pcba-your-electronics-for-a-better-planet/#respond Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:07:48 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=36377 The initiative rewards the most innovative projects in areas related to environmental sustainability. FAE Technology will manufacture the electronic board prototypes for the top three winners. The contest is organized in collaboration with FAE Technology S.p.A. an Innovative SME operating in the design, prototyping, engineering, and production of integrated electronic solutions, announces the launch of […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/maker-faire-rome-the-european-edition-and-fae-technology-launch-the-contest-my-maker-pcba-your-electronics-for-a-better-planet/feed/ 0 36377 Efficient and Compact Stereo Power Amplifier: Unleash High-Quality Audio with the PAM8610 https://www.open-electronics.org/efficient-and-compact-stereo-power-amplifier-unleash-high-quality-audio-with-the-pam8610/ https://www.open-electronics.org/efficient-and-compact-stereo-power-amplifier-unleash-high-quality-audio-with-the-pam8610/#comments Sat, 10 Jun 2023 15:51:06 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=36186   Stereo power amplifier 10+10W into 8 ohms based on the integrated PAM8610, suitable for systems that require high efficiency and little heat to be dissipated.   By now, the miniaturization of electronic circuits is advancing unstoppably. It involves even those devices of traditional electronics such as audio amplifiers, which do not have a strict […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/efficient-and-compact-stereo-power-amplifier-unleash-high-quality-audio-with-the-pam8610/feed/ 1 36186 Terminus FE1.1 USB hub board: the solution to connect four USB devices https://www.open-electronics.org/terminus-fe1-1-usb-hub-board-the-solution-to-connect-four-usb-devices/ https://www.open-electronics.org/terminus-fe1-1-usb-hub-board-the-solution-to-connect-four-usb-devices/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:49:50 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=35777   Based on a single chip from Terminus, it allows you to connect four USB devices starting from a micro USB port; the form-factor is designed for pairing with Raspberry Pi Zero.   We all know what a USB hub is, since at least once we all had to deal with it at home or […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/terminus-fe1-1-usb-hub-board-the-solution-to-connect-four-usb-devices/feed/ 2 35777 SDS011 the Air Quality Sensor https://www.open-electronics.org/sds011-the-air-quality-sensor/ https://www.open-electronics.org/sds011-the-air-quality-sensor/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2022 15:35:01 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=35932 Measure the quality of the air around us using a laser technology sensor that can quantify the concentration of the infamous micro-dust. Air pollution, and in particular the presence, quantification and concentration of so-called ‘fine dust’, is a very topical problem, especially in large urban agglomerations and near the large industrial areas bordering large cities. […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/sds011-the-air-quality-sensor/feed/ 1 35932 NIXIE STYLE LED DISPLAY https://www.open-electronics.org/nixie-style-led-display/ https://www.open-electronics.org/nixie-style-led-display/#respond Sun, 25 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=33307 We pick up the fascinating Nixie tubes through displays based on packages of laser-engraved plexiglass plates, illuminated by Neopixel LEDs. For those born in the era of solid-state displays, be they LED, 7-segment, dot-matrix, or even liquid crystal, it is difficult to imagine how text and numbers were displayed before their advent; Well, those who […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/nixie-style-led-display/feed/ 0 33307 TOTEM: learning by experimenting https://www.open-electronics.org/totem-learning-by-experimenting/ https://www.open-electronics.org/totem-learning-by-experimenting/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:01:22 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=35845   Let’s learn about an interesting educational platform that allows you to make and study a real multitude of electronic circuits and their applications. Among the techniques to approach students and very young people, the one of using ecosystems related to prototyping boards such as Arduino has proved to be very effective; next to it […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/totem-learning-by-experimenting/feed/ 0 35845 PRO MIDI 1284P developer’s board https://www.open-electronics.org/pro-midi-1284p-developers-board-2/ https://www.open-electronics.org/pro-midi-1284p-developers-board-2/#respond Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:43:17 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=35765   We develop and test applications with the Pro midi 1284P board.   Recently we have introduced and described a new prototyping board called PRO midi 1284, based on an ATmega 1284P microcontroller; after this presentation, made in a previous post, we start to work with it and we explain how to interface it in […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/pro-midi-1284p-developers-board-2/feed/ 0 35765 The cheapest Arduino alternative: PRO MIDI 1284P https://www.open-electronics.org/the-cheapest-arduino-alternative-pro-midi-1284p/ https://www.open-electronics.org/the-cheapest-arduino-alternative-pro-midi-1284p/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2022 09:41:14 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=35754   It is halfway between an Arduino Mini (in size) and an Arduino Mega in terms of computational capacity, available memory and integrated peripherals. Since the creation of the Arduino project and the subsequent spread of the original boards, the electronics industry and especially the nascent electronics industry for Makers, has moved in two directions: […]

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]]> https://www.open-electronics.org/the-cheapest-arduino-alternative-pro-midi-1284p/feed/ 3 35754 Environmental monitoring with uChip https://www.open-electronics.org/environmental-monitoring-with-uchip/ https://www.open-electronics.org/environmental-monitoring-with-uchip/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:10:31 +0000 https://www.open-electronics.org/?p=35665   Equipped with an SD card and RTC, it detects and stores temperature, humidity and barometric pressure using a combined sensor, showing the data graphically on a touch display.   Nowadays, also and above all in environmental monitoring, we are moving towards connected solutions and more and more integrated into the IoT concept, but not […]

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