Category: Industrial Automation

Round Display –

RP2040-LCD-1.28 Overview RP2040-LCD-1.28 is a low-cost, high-performance MCU board designed by Waveshare. Although it is tiny, it incorporates a 1.28inch LCD round display, Li-ion battery charger, 6-axis sensor (3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis gyroscope), and so on, adapting all GPIO and Debug headers, which makes it easy for you to develop and integrate it into products… Continue reading Round Display –

Color Sensor TCS34725

Assembly and Wiring Both color sensors come with all surface mount components pre-soldered. The breakout-board version comes with an optional header for breadboard use. Soldering the header is a simple process: Assembly (breakout version only) Position the header Trim the header to length if necessary and insert it (long pins down) into your breadboard. Position… Continue reading Color Sensor TCS34725

ArduRover

1.Introduction Rover is a sophisticated open-source firmware, specially designed for autopilots in ground and water vehicles. This firmware supports not only conventional 3 or 4 wheel configurations, but also extends to boats, sailboats, balance bots, and walking robots. This versatile system can run missions autonomously, which can be defined via mission planning software or manually… Continue reading ArduRover

Pancake Actuators: Revolutionizing Compact Design in Automation

In the realm of automation and robotics, the quest for efficiency often leads to the innovation of components that are not only powerful but also compact. One such marvel in the field of pneumatics is the pancake actuator, a device that has revolutionized the design and functionality of automated systems. The Genesis of Pancake Actuators… Continue reading Pancake Actuators: Revolutionizing Compact Design in Automation

LoraWAN – Modulation

Modulation and Demodulation   If an input signal (=message) is imposed onto a carrier signal this process is called modulation. The modulated signal is broadcasted to the receiver.  Demodulation is the opposite, where the original signal (= message) is recovered from the modulated carrier wave.  Basic modulation types  Modulation means how analog or digital information are… Continue reading LoraWAN – Modulation

Lorawan – Link Budget and Link Margin

 Link Budget and Link Margin  A link budget is the sum of all of the gains and losses from the transmitter, through the medium (aka free space), to the receiver in a telecommunication system. It is a way of quantifying the link performance.  Transmitter: The radio transmitter value must be specified in dbm, otherwise you… Continue reading Lorawan – Link Budget and Link Margin

LoraWAN – Propagation, Fresnel zone

Propagation is the way radio waves travel through free space (also known as medium). The way these waves travel may impact its signal strength.  Line-of-sight propagation The radio waves travels directly from sender to receiver without any obstacles. If the distance between sender and receiver gets larger, the signal will get weaker. This loss is… Continue reading LoraWAN – Propagation, Fresnel zone

ST Link V2

The ST-LINK/V2 is an in-circuit debugger and programmer for the STM8 and STM32 microcontroller families. The single wire interface module (SWIM) and JTAG/serial wire debugging (SWD) interfaces are used to communicate with any STM8 or STM32 microcontroller located on an application board.  Much similar in architecture for debugging, the ST-LINK/V2 and the ST-LINK/V2-ISOL share the… Continue reading ST Link V2

STM32 Categories and Naming schemes

The STM32 boards do not have nicknames like the Arduino boards more over they are known/named after the microcontroller chip they have. So lets familiarize their naming conventions Naming convention The name of every STM32 MCU starts with STM32, which denotes the MCU family. That is then followed by a single uppercase letter, which describes… Continue reading STM32 Categories and Naming schemes