DIY Smart Home Product with Touch Control: ArduiTouch

DIY Smart Home Product with Touch Control: ArduiTouch

Currently, the widely popular ESP8266 and ESP32 WiFi modules have rich applications in various fields, but the most prominent market is undoubtedly in IoT applications, such as home automation, smart lighting, smart metering, and remote control. You can find many ready-made projects on the Internet. ArduiTouch is a smart device with a touchscreen shell, specifically … Read more

What Is a Hardware Engineer?

What Is a Hardware Engineer?

1. What is Hardware? Baidu Baike describes “Hardware (English name Hardware) is the abbreviation of computer hardware (terms used in mainland China and Hong Kong, while Taiwan refers to it as hardware), which refers to various physical devices composed of electronic, mechanical, and optoelectronic components in a computer system. These physical devices form an organic … Read more

EMC Design Layout Considerations for DC-DC PCB Switching Nodes

EMC Design Layout Considerations for DC-DC PCB Switching Nodes

The switching node of a switching regulator or power converter circuit is a critical conduction path that requires special attention during PCB layout. This circuit node connects one or more power semiconductor switches (such as MOSFETs or diodes) to magnetic energy storage devices (such as inductors or transformer windings). Its switching signals contain rapidly switching … Read more

How to Monitor Indoor Air Quality with an Innovative Lantern

How to Monitor Indoor Air Quality with an Innovative Lantern

The issue of air quality has become a global topic. Outdoors, people can assess the severity of pollution by observing the orange-yellow sky and reduced visibility. This is when we know to open air quality detection software to see if we need to wear masks, turn on air purifiers, or let our children play outside. … Read more

How to Install MQTT on Raspberry Pi

How to Install MQTT on Raspberry Pi

In this article, we learn how to transmit MQTT messages from ESP8266 / NodeMCU to a Raspberry Pi running an MQTT broker. Our NodeMCU will read the light levels through a light-dependent resistor (LDR) and then transmit this information to the Raspberry Pi over Wi-Fi using MQTT. NodeMCU is an open-source IoT platform. It is … Read more

Optimal PCB Layer Design for EMC Performance

Optimal PCB Layer Design for EMC Performance

In the consideration of PCB EMC design, the first aspect involves the setting of layers; the number of layers on the board consists of power, ground, and signal layers. In product EMC design, in addition to the selection of components and circuit design, good PCB design is also a very important factor. The key to … Read more

Essential Guide to Arduino: Using ESP8266 to Retrieve Internet Time with NodeMCU

Essential Guide to Arduino: Using ESP8266 to Retrieve Internet Time with NodeMCU

Today, we will use ESP8266 (NodeMCU) to create an internet clock that retrieves time from the internet. Yes, it retrieves time from the internet accurately and efficiently without the need for synchronization.This is a detailed tutorial for beginners! As per international convention, let’s first showcase the finished product: As shown in the picture, if you … Read more

Quickly Connect Your NodeMCU-ESP8266 Device to the Cloud in Minutes

Quickly Connect Your NodeMCU-ESP8266 Device to the Cloud in Minutes

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