Electronics For You
July 2016 Issue
Vol. 48 No. 7
Tech Focus
Is A Smarthome Safe Enough For You?
It would be clichéd to begin this article by saying sci-fi visions of the past have now become real.
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Automotive
Vehicles’ Ethernet Emerging Trends And Challenges Connected car is the buzz word today. In reality, the connected car already relies on the Ethernet.
| Test & Measurement
From Spying To Dynamic Traffic Control With Thermal Cameras The first thermal camera developed for the US army took about an hour to generate a single image. The devices have developed quite a bit since then, and now we have a live feed from thermal imaging cameras.
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Defence Electronics
Directed Energy Weapons: High-Power Microwaves (Part 4 of 8) In the previous parts of this article we talked about particle beam weapons and their technology, in addition to touching base on high-power microwaves (HPMs). In this part, we learn more about HPMs.
| Innovation
Car Head-Up Display Based Smart Infotainment System Let us imagine a fine day when you are going with family to a picnic in a car. Music and movies keep the kids entertained.
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eStyle Do-It-Yourself
How To Clean Up Your Gmail Inbox Most of us have a Gmail account these days, but at some point we have all found that the space in the inbox gets filled up pretty quickly.
| Buyers Guide
Oscilloscope: Get The Best At The Best Price Are you planning to buy an oscilloscope? Pause and read this article first, because it might help you get complete value for your money.
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Manufacture
High-Speed PCB Design For Electromagnetic Compatibility (Part 1 of 5) In the world of electronics goods, where margins are razor thin, manufacturers try to keep product cost low to maintain a competitive edge.
| Design
Technologies That Drive Communication Devices Evolution of mobile communication has increased the need for faster, quicker and efficient means of sharing data, mobile payments, product tracking, human identification, health and others.
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Information Technology
The Power Of Grid Computing The concept of tapping unused CPU cycles was born in the early 1970s. This was the time when computers were first getting linked together using network engineering.
| EFY Plus DVD
Blend Fine Artistry In engineering And Design Through This DVD OrCAD is a proprietary software tool suite used primarily for electronic design automation (EDA)...
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Do-It-Yourself
Low-Cost Air-Quality Meter Air pollution and concern about air quality is not something new. Complaints were recorded even in the 13th century when coal was first used for industrial purposes in London.
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SMS Based Home Automation Using Arduino Today, GSM networks are widely-used, whether for making calls or sending SMSes. In this project we will be controlling home appliances by sending SMSes.
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Tech News
Nanogenerator for harvesting wind, solar energy to power IoT devices The Internet of Things (IoT) could make cities smarter by connecting an extensive network of tiny communications devices to make life more efficient.
| Make in India: New Products
Test & Measurement
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Education
How Modern Technology Is Revolutionising The Academic Sector All college graduates leave the final year with hopes of joining some prestigious firm and making a name for themselves in a field of their choice.
| Embedded
The Latest In Storage Products Let us take a look at what a minute looks like to a Big Data analyst.
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Make In India
Market Survey: Will Home Automation Create A Bull Market? The trend of automating home activities by using intelligent terminals to control appliances and equipment has opened up a huge market globally, bringing new and exciting opportunities for technology companies.
| eStyle Buyers’ Guide
Selecting The Best Wi-Fi Solution You Can Get Today The Paradox of Choice (Schwartz, 2004) argues that, eliminating consumer choices can greatly reduce anxiety for shoppers.
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Do-It-Yourself
Basic Image Processing Using MATLAB I read ‘Create Superlative Images Using OpenCV’ software article in September 2015 issue under EFY DVD Plus section and found it to be very good.
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| EFY Plus DVD
PCB123 For Easier And Faster PCB Turnout PCB123 is a software tool for printed circuit board (PCB) designing.
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EFY Plus DVD
eCos For Limitless Configurations Of Your Embedded OS When the acronym for software tells you only what it is and nothing else, you can surely expect a no-nonsense approach from it.
| Information Technology
The Outernet: Information From The Sky “For 60 per cent of the world’s population, regular Internet access is about as common as flying cars but where the Internet has failed, the Outernet hopes to succeed,” according to Gizmodo.
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Do-It-Yourself
Lost Plane Finder The lost plane finder introduced here is a little onboard beacon, also known as lost model alarm/crashed aircraft beacon, which helps you find a crashed or downed radio-controlled plane.
| Do-It-Yourself
Audio Noise Limiter Audio noise can be annoying, especially if you are trying to listen to a very weak radio station. Peaks of unwanted background noise completely swamp the broadcast signal, making it unintelligible.
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Do-It-Yourself
Wireless Water-Level Indicator Without Microcontroller A wired water-level indicator uses many wires, whose resistance increases as their length increases.
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Raspberry Pi Based SMS Server Until recently, for sending an SMS we had to use third-party services from the Internet.
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EFY Plus DVD
CometCAD: From Symbol To PCB Layout CometCAD is a tool for creating circuit schematics and printed circuit boards (PCBs).
| Useful Websites
Open Source Hardware Open source hardware are such hardware where designs like mechanical drawings, schematics, bills of material, PCB layout data and others are released under free/libre terms. Here are a few websites that will introduce you to a few commonly-available open source hardware and communities
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Make in India: Industry News
Government cleares investment proposals worth Rs.173 billion in electronics sector The government of India has given a nod to proposals worth Rs.173 billion in the electronics manufacturing sector.
| First Look
.Smartphone from LG .Zebronics introduces speakers .Kingston launches SSD .HyperX launches gaming headset .Amosta launches Windows PC .Personal fitness trainer from Panasonic .LED TV from Intex .GizMo ByTes
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