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How to replace an 8051 by an AVR...
June 19, 2018
Proposal
by Clemens Valens

How to replace an 8051 by an AVR...

To update the software of an old microcontroller system you can simply replace the whole system or try to modify it. Replacing often means throwing away parts that work perfectly fine, which some people find hard to accept. If the old hardware is based on an 8051 microcontroller then here is a way to replace it by an AVR while keeping all the rest. Immediate access to the wonderful world of Arduino is thrown in for free.
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Nanoscale molecule insulates better than a vacuum
June 18, 2018 by Thomas Scherer

Nanoscale molecule insulates better than a vacuum

Researchers at Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science have synthesized the first nanoscale molecule that offers better electrical insulation than a vacuum. To make the breakthrough the team exploited the wave nature of electrons. They made a rigid silicon-based molecule less than 1 nm in length that creates destructive interference signatures, thereby producing a novel method to block tunneling conduction at the nanoscale level and allow even smaller transistors to be fabricated...
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Q&A with MOWEA Co-Founders: On Small, Scalable, Modular Wind Turbine Technology
June 18, 2018 by Elektor Team

Q&A with MOWEA Co-Founders: On Small, Scalable, Modular Wind Turbine Technology

MOWEA from Berlin, Germany, wants to be the biggest in the smallest of wind turbines. This may sound like a marketing statement. But co-founders Dr. Till Naumann and Andreas Amberger do not consider themselves to be marketing managers. They consider themselves to be engineers.
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Counterfeiting parts on the decline? Xilinx remains most popular target
June 18, 2018
Source: ERAI blog

Counterfeiting parts on the decline? Xilinx remains most popular target

According to EIRA in 2017 clearly less counterfeited parts have been reported than in earlier years. Why? Have fewer parts been copied or have they become more difficult to detect? Or, on the other hand, have electronic component buyers become better at avoiding them?
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New Book: Programming with STM32 Nucleo Boards
June 18, 2018 by Elektor Team

New Book: Programming with STM32 Nucleo Boards

The new book Programming with STM32 Nucleo Boards is about developing projects using the Nucleo-L476RG development board. For a limited time only, you take advantage of a €5 pre-order discount on the regular retail price!
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Switching with molecules
June 18, 2018
Source: Technische Universiteit München

Switching with molecules

An international team of physicists, under the leadership of the Technical University of Munich, has succeeded in switching special molecules between two different structural states by the application of a voltage. Such 'nano switches' could form the foundation of a new type of component, not based on silicon, but instead based on organic molecules…
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Mobile generator on formic acid
June 15, 2018
Source: TU Eindhoven

Mobile generator on formic acid

Team FAST, a student team from the TU Eindhoven, has developed a generator for construction sites that produces electricity from sustainably produced formic acid. Using this generator, a pilot project will be initiated for the construction of the N211, in cooperation with construction company BAM Infra and the Province of South-Holland...
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Phone as digital passport based on Blockchain technology
June 15, 2018
Source: TU Delft

Phone as digital passport based on Blockchain technology

In addition to your passport and driver's licence, also an application on your phone with which you could quickly and securely prove your identity, and offers even more privacy options? TU Delft has — together with the Netherlands Identity Data Agency (RvIG), IDEMIA (the current producer of Dutch passports) and law firm CMS, as part of the Dutch Blockchain Coalition — developed a first prototype for a digital stamp that potentially could serve this purpose in the future...
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Elektor Business Edition 3/2018 Now Available: Sensors & Measurement
June 14, 2018 by C.J. Abate

Elektor Business Edition 3/2018 Now Available: Sensors & Measurement

The "Sensors & Measurement" edition of Elektor Business is now available. The issue covers: sensor network design; sensor-driven mobile supercomputing; machine vision for the IoT; innovative sensor companies to watch; and much more.
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New tabletop milling machine from Elektor: it’s up and going!
June 14, 2018 by Denis Meyer

New tabletop milling machine from Elektor: it’s up and going!

The new 3-axis CNC milling machine which has been undergoing testing at Elektor Labs holds a lot of promise. Here is a new video with three trials which are representative of its capabilities. We milled 3 gear wheels in 3 different materials: plywood and Plexiglas®, both 5mm thick, and 6mm Aluminium. Without cooling!
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