Developing a High-Precision Low-Cost NDVI Imaging System for Assessing Plant Health

Developing a High-Precision Low-Cost NDVI Imaging System for Assessing Plant Health

Spectral imaging is a key method for high-throughput phenotypic analysis, which can be used to assess various biological parameters. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), calculated using specific wavelengths, is commonly used to analyze the health of crops. Developing a compact, low-cost, and easy-to-install spectral imaging system is of great significance in precision agriculture. This … Read more

ARM White Paper: Optimizing Design Efficiency and Performance of Smartphones with the New Cortex-A73 Processor

ARM White Paper: Optimizing Design Efficiency and Performance of Smartphones with the New Cortex-A73 Processor

First, let’s review: since 2009, almost all smartphones have been equipped with ARM processors, with performance improvements reaching 100 times. Just think, in just seven years, 100 times, what an astonishing figure! Thanks to the significant performance improvements, new features, ultra-fast user interface responses, and immersive user experiences have become a reality, while power consumption … Read more

How to Build a Solar Imaging Telescope

How to Build a Solar Imaging Telescope

Building an automatic tracking solar imaging telescope Video Timeline 00:00 Experiment Introduction 01:15 Telescope Overview 01:54 Choosing Lenses 03:56 Selecting ND Filter OD 04:34 Assembling the Telescope 07:28 ND Filter Sequence 08:40 Electric Tracking Function 13:15 Python Control Software 15:28 Solar Imaging and Tracking Demonstration Telescope Design and Component Selection The basic optical path device … Read more

Real Test of STM32 RTC: No Calibration for Six Months, Fast by 13 Minutes

Real Test of STM32 RTC: No Calibration for Six Months, Fast by 13 Minutes

[Test Results] The RTC clock of the TOOL has always been manually calibrated via the host computer. This time, an experiment was conducted without any calibration for half a year to observe the results. The test started on September 29 last year.As of April 5 this year, it was fast by 13 minutes.[Causes of Error] … Read more

Teaching Design of Artificial Intelligence Course | Lesson 3: In-Depth Sharing of Flowing Light Teaching Process

Teaching Design of Artificial Intelligence Course | Lesson 3: In-Depth Sharing of Flowing Light Teaching Process

Editor’s Note:The artificial intelligence course is gradually being implemented in schools and institutions across various regions, but many teachers are still in the stage of understanding and learning. To provide some references for teachers, STEAM Online Star Academy has collaborated with Maker Childhood to launch a series of illustrated explanations on the teaching design of … Read more

How to Use MCC Data Acquisition Cards with Raspberry Pi

How to Use MCC Data Acquisition Cards with Raspberry Pi

Editor’s note: Data acquisition solutions used in industry are generally based on Windows systems, but as Raspberry Pi is increasingly applied in the industrial field, products and applications based on Raspberry Pi have finally appeared in the data acquisition field. We previously introduced two data acquisition expansion boards suitable for Raspberry Pi, the MCC118 and … Read more

Evaluating the Inclusion of Loongson, Shenwei, and Phytium CPUs in Central Government Procurement List

Evaluating the Inclusion of Loongson, Shenwei, and Phytium CPUs in Central Government Procurement List

Recently, the announcement of the 2018-2019 procurement project for information products (hardware) and air conditioning products by central state organs showed that the CPUs of Loongson, Shenwei, and Phytium have been included in the central government procurement list. Previously, although the CPUs of Loongson, Phytium, and Shenwei had been subject to local pilot projects, they … Read more

DIY Projects for Tech Enthusiasts: Lights and Music

DIY Projects for Tech Enthusiasts: Lights and Music

Your Infinity Gauntlet is just missing a little something to snap your fingers. Where there is creation, there are tech enthusiasts; Where there are tech enthusiasts, there is the DF Maker Community; As a community editor who shares valuable content every day, I’ve seen thousands of projects! But! So what… I still can’t figure out … Read more