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Free Back Article: Using E-paper with the Arduino
February 21, 2020 by Elektor Team

Free Back Article: Using E-paper with the Arduino

With the compliments of the Elektor Labs and Editorial teams, here comes another back article that's free to download by all registered Elektor e-zine readers. "Free Back Articles" are published at two-weekly intervals in the Elektor e-zine, alternating with "Free Fresh Articles".
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The Infinity Wall, a 30 by 7 Meter Full-Colour 3D LED Display
February 20, 2020 by Clemens Valens

The Infinity Wall, a 30 by 7 Meter Full-Colour 3D LED Display

You can spend many days on YouTube watching videos about anything from tutorials to blogs to art to TV shows and what not, from silly to impressive. Out of this huge audio-visual ocean we dragged up a jewel that we would like to present here.
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Start-Up Update: The Elektor Investment Program
February 20, 2020 by Elektor Team

Start-Up Update: The Elektor Investment Program

The Elektor Investment Program enables electronics-focused start-ups and investors to connect and excel. Opportunities abound!
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Review: Experimenter's Briefcase for Raspberry Pi
February 20, 2020 by Jochem Brouwers

Review: Experimenter's Briefcase for Raspberry Pi

An experimenting set for the Raspberry Pi that, after opening, resembles the briefcase used (in movies) by not-so-smart presidents to launch their arsenal of rockets? That demands closer inspection!
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embedded world: Rutronik with new booth location: hall 4A, booth 148
February 20, 2020 by Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH

embedded world: Rutronik with new booth location: hall 4A, booth 148

This is a submission from Rutronik. The company changed its location at embedded world 2020 (25.-27.2.2020, Nuremberg). The distributor is not in hall 5, 467 as announced, but in hall 4A, 148.
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Elektor will be in Nuremberg with a video team.
February 19, 2020 by Elektor Team

Elektor at Embedded World 2020 -- Important Notice

The corona virus has set off a veritable avalanche - an increasing number of companies say they are not going to Nuremberg. Despite or perhaps because of the difficult situation, Elektor will be on site with a team (editors, marketing, video crew). But a booth in a hall, half of which will be empty, makes no sense anymore.
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Small Circuits Revival (16): Light-sensitive Energy-efficient Relay
February 19, 2020 by Eric Bogers

Small Circuits Revival (16): Light-sensitive Energy-efficient Relay

In the second episode of this series we described and energy-efficient relay with a few interesting characteristics. Here the authors elaborate on that theme.
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Build a Full-Colour Rolling Message Display With NeoPixels
February 18, 2020
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by Clemens Valens

Build a Full-Colour Rolling Message Display With NeoPixels

Watching a rolling or scrolling message display a.k.a news ticker is as captivating as TV. Even after having read all the text twenty times or more, no matter how uninteresting, you just keep watching it. Often such displays are monochrome, red is very common, but with those cheap WS2811-type addressable RGB LEDs it is easy to make a full-colour ticker. Here's how.
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Independent tests confirm the excellent performance of congatec’s 3.5-inch SBC
February 18, 2020 by congatec AG

Independent tests confirm the excellent performance of congatec’s 3.5-inch SBC

This is a submission from congatec. They announced that the new conga-JC370 3.5-inch SBC with 8th generation Intel Core processors (code name Whiskey Lake) has received excellent design ratings in independent studies carried out by Elektor Magazine and also earned phenomenal positions in UserBenchmark speed tests.
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Sneezing? Let's Hope it's Just a Cold
February 18, 2020 by Dr. Thomas Scherer

Sneezing? Let's Hope it's Just a Cold

In an effort to contain the spread of the new corona virus officially known as COVID-19 or 2019-nCoV there are at least 48 cities in four provinces in China operating lockdown policies. As well as slowing the spread of the virus these measures have throttled industrial output in the country. Delivery bottlenecks are impacting many major technology sectors...
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