Arduino Uno Q : Hybrid Board Build Smarter Projects with Precise Control

Discover Arduino Uno Q, a hybrid Linux plus microcontroller board with four Cortex A53 cores, so you get precise control and ...
Electronic Design

Adapt DC Voltage To Perform PWM DImming Of High-Brightness LEDs

High-brightness LEDs (HBLEDs) are making inroads into more traditional lighting applications that include a dc distribution system (for example, 24-V MR-16 track lights). HBLEDs are more efficient, ...
Hackaday

A UI-Focused Display Library For The ESP32

If you’re building a project on your ESP32, you might want to give it a fancy graphical interface. If so, you might find a ...
CNET

I Found Out Why Our LED Bulbs Burn Out So Early. No, You Don't Need a New Fixture

It turns out the "10-year lifespan" printed on your LED box is often a total fantasy. I spent years falling for the marketing, only to end up standing on a ladder every six months replacing bulbs that ...
Science Daily

Shedding light on why blue LEDS are so tricky to make

Scientists have uncovered the mystery of why blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are so difficult to make, by revealing the complex properties of their main component -- gallium nitride -- using ...
Science Daily

Scientists mimic fireflies to make brighter LEDs: New bio-inspired coating that increases LED efficiency by 55 percent

The nighttime twinkling of fireflies has inspired scientists to modify a light-emitting diode (LED) so it is more than one and a half times as efficient as the original. Researchers studied the ...