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Daily Archives: October 3, 2015

Windows 10 will run Android apps?

The last couple of hours there are a lot of rumours on many internet tech websites that Microsoft will announce plans to allow users to run Android apps in Windows 10. If this is true then definitely we are talking about a game changer decision.

DragonBoard 410c will run Windows 10

The DragonBoard 410c is roughly the same size as a Raspberry Pi 2, but it has a faster 64-bit CPU, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS connections — four features which the 32-bit Pi 2 lacks. The DragonBoard 410c costs $75, but its beefier specs could make

Arduino IDE for ESP8266

Arduino-compatible IDE with ESP8266 support This project brings support for ESP8266 chip to the Arduino environment. ESP8266WiFi library bundled with this project has the same interface as the WiFi Shield library, making it easy to re-use existing code and libraries. Basic Wiring functions pinMode, digitalRead,

UDOO NEO

  UDOO NEO is an open hardware low-cost computer equipped with a FreescaleTM i.MX 6SoloX applications processor for Android and Linux. The processor embeds an ARM® Cortex-M4 microcontroller which makes the board compatible with the Arduino environment allowing high performance at a low price. Ideal as a

Arduino IDE 1.6 released

Finally a new version of Arduino Ide released few days ago. 1.6.0 includes a lot of new features. Here is a not so brief list of them: Support for multiple platforms Boards are detected and listed on “ports list” menu together with the serial port Drivers

RaspberryPi 2 will run windows 10!

Wow! Fantastic news for all the makers. The company behind raspberrypi announced today that the new model “RaspberryPi 2” will be able to run windows 10. It seems that microsoft stripped down a lot windows 10 so now they can be used even in low

Find easily electronic components

One of the biggest challenge if you are a maker, is to find the correct electronic components for your circuits. How many times did you wish for a place with all the information about the parts you might need for your next build? Now there is

Average brainpower consumption

—Resting metabolic rate: 1300 kilocalories, or kcal, the kind used in nutrition —1,300 kcal over 24 hours = 54.16 kcal per hour = 15.04 gram calories per second —15.04 gram calories/sec = 62.93 joules/sec = about 63 watts —20 percent of 63 watts = 12.6 watts

MIPS Creator CI20

One more “raspberry pi” style board is going to hit the market in January and it comes from the company “Imagination”. Specs look a lot better than raspberry but the price is almost double. No surprise here as the general rule is if you need