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Electronics For You
January 2015 Issue
Vol. 47 No. 1
Buyers’ Guide
Is Application Knowledge Enough to Buy the Right Programmable Power Supply
Being a test engineer, what is the first question you ask yourself when you decide to buy a programmable power supply (PPS)? Is it the price or features you look for?
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Tech Focus
Internet of Things and Big Data: Predict and Change The Future
Branded as the most over-hyped technology by Garner’s hype cycle report, the Internet of Things (IoT) has seen a large number of technologies being built to harness the symbiotic relationship between data from the IoT and analytics of Big Data.
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Today’s M2M Solutions Accelerate Your IoT Design’s Time-to-Market
It is a well-known fact that wireless connectivity is a key component of the Internet of Things (IoT). Embedded systems in various disciplines, such as transportation, medical, smart grid, industrial, home and automation, are more often than not integrated with wireless connectivity called machine-to-machine (M2M) communication
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Test & Measurement
Handheld Test And Measurement Devices Growing to The Standards of Benchtops
The continuously-evolving technology, modification and creation of standards, and increasing requirements of customers are pushing the test and measurement equipment industry to move at a faster pace
| Security
Towards an Extra Layer of Security:
Two-Factor Authentication (Part 1 of 3)
The buzz in the web market is two-factor authentication (also known as TFA, 2FA, two-step verification, multi-factor authentication)
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Telecom
Broadband Internet Access Using ADSL
Services like video streaming, voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP), online video gaming, online shopping, telemedicine and broadcasting of TV programmes are a few things that require high-speed Internet access for effective operation
| Innovation
ALPS: Bridging Academia-Industry Gap
In this highly-competitive scenario, engineering firms prefer the most-skilled fresher candidate so as to reduce the time and resources spent on training
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Interview
"If you have pervasive wireless charging, you will want to optimise for high-rate designs..."
High-rate wireless charging means adopting special designs to overcome heat released due to the pressure that builds up. Stuart Lipoff, IEEE fellow, speaks to Sneha Ambastha from EFY regarding many such design challenges and the steps to overcome them
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"Indian automotive engineers are gaining significant ground..."
This interview takes a look at the automotive design scene in India and how it has evolved over the years with the presence of both Indian and off-shore design houses. It also takes a look at the exciting SAM project race car and how it works. Natarajan M.M., VP, Arrow South Asia, speaks with Dilin Anand of EFY
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Buyers’ Guide
Selecting 3D Television Made Easy
3D technology has entered into our lives smoothly with 3D televisions. Almost all big names in the world of consumer electronics have recognised the power of 3D technology and come up with 3D televisions. Whether Plasma, LCD/LED, 3D televisions have managed to grab eyeballs
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Current-Control Circuit for LED Lighting
LED is basically a low-voltage device, which requires specified DC current and voltage across it for its operation
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DO-IT-YOURSELF
Crystal-Locked Medium-Wave Transmitter
Here is a low-power AM transmitter for the medium-wave broadcast band. This circuit is perfect for broadcasting your favourite music around the house
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Low-Cost 6-Bit DAC
For controlling the load of appliances such as cooling fans, low-wattage heaters, thermostats, low-wattage light sources, small electrical toys and test benches for loudspeakers, we need a power source whose voltage can be controlled in small steps and is capable of providing current of more than 1A
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DO-IT-YOURSELF
Illuminated Optical Magnifier
We often face problem while reading the values of ICs and miniature SMD components, detecting cracks or shorts in tracks in a PCB, or reading a finely-graduated vernier scale
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Capturing Images with USB Camera, Wi-Fi and Raspberry Pi
Ever since this tiny, credit-card-sized computer, Raspberry Pi, appeared in the market, it has caught the imagination of every electronics and computer hobbyist around the world
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DO-IT-YOURSELF
Live-Colour Detection Using MATLAB
Many real-world applications like motion detection, object detection and colour detection require real-time image processing
Download source code
| EFY Plus DVD
Electronic Design Automation Using Altium Designer 15
Electronic product design is never a single-step process. Right from conceptualisation of the idea to its fabrication and packaging, the design should account for a variety of factors
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EFY Plus DVD
Create PostScript And Netlist Using XCircuit
With so many design tools and features, it is really difficult to identify which design tool to select without knowing about its features, working ability and advantages
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Multi-Level Neuronal Simulation Using iqr
Human brain is one of the most complex systems that we have ever come across. Despite valuable contributions of neurosciences, our knowledge of this system is very limited. Creating a model that can effectively describe the brain is a big challenge in itself
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Futuristic
Blue Brain: World’s First Virtual Brain
Blue Brain is the world’s first virtual brain. It can think, take decisions and store anything in memory, just as the human brain does
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Physics Nobel Prize 2014 for LEDs as Future Lighting Devices
According to Nobel committee citation, this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, Nagoya University, Japan, and Shuji Nakamura, University of California, Santa Barbara, for the invention of efficient blue-light emitting diodes (LEDs)
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Tech Focus
Internet of Things, Made in India
Far from the days of racing to catch-up with technologies, an era has now dawned where Indian start-ups are forerunners in trendy fields like the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data
| EFY Plus DVD
This Month’s DVD Contents
This month’s DVD brings a collection of software that contains both design and simulation tools, along with utility software, to enable an easier design process. It also has a free SCADA tool for you to try
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Make in India
Market Survey: LED Market Could Grow Manifold
in Next 15 Years
A few years ago we did not consider LED lights as a viable option, but today the scenario has changed. The price of LED lights has come down, awareness has increased and the quality of lights has also improved
| First Look
.Google Chromecast Launched In India
.iBall Launches Voice-Calling 3G Tablet
.HP Launches Chromebook 14 G3 With Full-HD Touch Display
.ASUS Launches Strix Pro Headphones
.Vivo Unveils X5Max In India
.GizMo ByTes
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Make In India
Govt approves electronics development fund
To boost local manufacturing, the Cabinet has approved communications ministry’s policy to set up an electronics development fund (EDF), which will invest in electronics and information technology (IT) entrepreneurial ventures
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IDC Connector
FCI’s new Griplet connector offers a robust solution for miniature IDC wire-to-board connections. The low-profile and compact design makes it an ideal connector where space is tight and ease-of-installation is important
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DO-IT-YOURSELF
Wireless Gesture-Controlled Robot
In this project we are going to control a robot wirelessly using hand gestures. This is an easy, user-friendly way to interact with robotic systems and robots
Download source code
| DO-IT-YOURSELF
Process Monitor
This utility program is used for monitoring the working of a real-time file system, registry and process or thread activity in a PC
Download source code
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Useful Websites
The Internet of Things
Creating a network and connecting embedded devices to the Internet has always been fun. This month we have some websites that will introduce you to the world of the Internet of Things (IoT) and allow you to explore more
| Tech News
Powering slums with rejected laptop batteries
IBM India, in association with RadioStudio, a hardware R&D firm, has come up with a technology that can power slums in India and other developing countries using discarded laptop batteries
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First Look
.Google Chromecast Launched In India
.iBall Launches Voice-Calling 3G Tablet
.HP Launches Chromebook 14 G3 With Full-HD Touch Display
.ASUS Launches Strix Pro Headphones
.Vivo Unveils X5Max In India
.GizMo ByTes
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