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Review: PicoScope 2208B-MSO USB Oscilloscope

Review: PicoScope 2208B-MSO USB Oscilloscope
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New Dremel 3D printer under test

New Dremel 3D printer under test
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Review: pi-top DIY laptop for your Raspberry Pi

Review: pi-top DIY laptop for your Raspberry Pi
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Who’s that knocking on my door? With Raspberry Pi

Who’s that knocking on my door? With Raspberry Pi
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What’s happened to the real audiophiles?
September 30, 2016 by Harry Baggen

What’s happened to the real audiophiles?

Nowadays it looks like we’re all listening to music from compressed files. Spotify and the like are of course easy and convenient, but surely you miss the authentic details? From where we sit, it looks like the number of people who are truly interested in top-end audio and are willing to pay what it takes can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Why is that?
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Review: eC-pre-heater and eC-fume-cube
September 29, 2016 by Thijs Beckers

Review: eC-pre-heater and eC-fume-cube

There are numerous devices to help us with the soldering of modern circuits and PCBs. The eC-pre-heater and the eC-fume-cube from Eurocircuits are two of these, which we would like to take a closer look at.
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AEM10940: More efficient energy harvesting
September 29, 2016 by Denis Meyer

AEM10940: More efficient energy harvesting

The Belgian company e-peas announces the commercial availability of the AEM10940 for more efficient energy harvesting for embedded electronics, notably applications of very low power wireless sensors (IoT), portable technology, domestic automation, industrial control, wireless geolocalisation, etc.
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    The idea is simple: download the poster before October 4! (And no, this is not the one!)
    September 29, 2016 by Elektor Team

    Final Call: Grab that free STM32 ODE Poster!

    This is your last chance! An info-poster jointly created by Mouser Electronics and Elektor is waiting for you to download, free of charge.
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    Magic Eye CPUshow for Windows 10
    September 28, 2016
    Proposal
    by Clemens Valens

    Magic Eye CPUshow for Windows 10

    In January 2010 Elektor published a USB magic eye, an electron-ray indicator tube, to visualize the processing charge of the CPU in a PC. The glowing tube, more aesthetic than useful, was intended for PC modders seeking that special thing to make their box stand out. The project came with a driver for Windows that unfortunately does not work under Windows 10. Here is a libusb-win32 based solution to this problem.
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    Free Project: 16x16 LED Matrix with Arduino
    September 28, 2016 by Elektor Team

    Free Project: 16x16 LED Matrix with Arduino

    The MAXREFDES99#, RD99 for friends, is an Arduino form-factor extension board sporting a 16x16 LED array and the necessary drivers for it. The board is intended for signage applications and its 256 LEDs probably allow displaying any international alphanumeric character that you can think of.
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    Extremely precise MEMS temperature-controlled oscillators feature ±100 ppb frequency stability
    September 28, 2016 by Clemens Valens

    Extremely precise MEMS temperature-controlled oscillators feature ±100 ppb frequency stability

    Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers, 4G/5G networks and Synchronous Ethernet are all examples of applications that need very precise timing for synchronization, time-of-flight calculations, and the like. Not only is high precision important, stability under all circumstances is too as this kind of equipment tends to be installed in places subject to extreme temperatures and temperature changes (thermal shock), vibration and unpredictable airflow.
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    Embedding Motion and Grip Sensing in Small Tangible Objects
    September 27, 2016 by Denis Meyer

    Embedding Motion and Grip Sensing in Small Tangible Objects

    SmartTokens are small-sized tangible tokens that can sense multiple types of motion, multiple types of touch/grip, and send input events wirelessly as state-machine transitions. By providing an open platform for embedding basic sensing capabilities within small form-factors, SmartTokens extend the design space of tangible user interfaces.
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    Make: Arduino Special plus Arduino Uno for only €24.95
    September 27, 2016 by Sarah Quilter

    Make: Arduino Special plus Arduino Uno for only €24.95

    From the creators of Make: Magazine comes a new 60-page Arduino special, sold together with an original Arduino Uno. This attractive bundle is now available from the Elektor Store for only €24.95 (£21.95 / US $26). Elektor GREEN and GOLD Members take advantage of 10% discount.
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    The Bell Labs prize winners
    September 27, 2016 by Thomas Scherer

    Shifting data at 1 Tb/s over fibre optic

    Nokia Bell Labs, Deutsche Telekom T-Labs and the Technical University of Munich have developed a signal modulation technique which has achieved data rates of over 1 Tb/s using optical fibre. This speed is getting close to the theoretical maximum...
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