Principles and Applications of Microcontrollers

Principles and Applications of Microcontrollers

A microcontroller (MCU) is a highly integrated, powerful microcomputer widely used in embedded systems, smart homes, industrial control, automotive electronics, and the Internet of Things (IoT). As an important hardware platform, microcontrollers are characterized by their compact size, low power consumption, high efficiency, and low cost. This article will introduce the basic principles, structural features, … Read more

Smart Home Privacy Exposed? CUHK and Others Use LSTM to Tackle IoT Security Settings

Smart Home Privacy Exposed? CUHK and Others Use LSTM to Tackle IoT Security Settings

Original by Machine Heart Author: Lu Xinfeng Editor: Joni In August of this year, Professor Zhang Kehua’s research group at the Chinese University of Hong Kong published a paper on arXiv, showcasing their research on the privacy of smart homes. The authors attempted to use an LSTM model to predict active devices in smart homes. … Read more

Avoid Misunderstandings: Key Terms to Understand When Customizing Smart Home Solutions

Avoid Misunderstandings: Key Terms to Understand When Customizing Smart Home Solutions

Click aboveBeijing Law Networkto get official information from the Beijing CourtOfficial News In the pursuit of a high-quality lifestyle, customizing a complete smart home has become a choice for many when renovating their new homes. When customizing a complete smart home, some businesses require consumers to pay a certain amount as a deposit when signing … Read more

Market Development Scale and Future Prospects of the ZigBee Wireless Sensor Industry for Whole House Intelligence in China

Market Development Scale and Future Prospects of the ZigBee Wireless Sensor Industry for Whole House Intelligence in China

Overview of the Whole House Intelligent ZigBee Sensor Industry ZigBee, as a wireless network protocol, focuses on low-speed, short-distance data transmission. Its underlying architecture is strictly constructed according to the media access layer and physical layer defined in the IEEE802.15.4 standard. As a near-field wireless communication technology that has emerged in recent years, ZigBee technology … Read more

PyZigbee: A Python Library for the Zigbee Protocol Stack!

PyZigbee: A Python Library for the Zigbee Protocol Stack!

MarkDown # Getting Started with PyZigbee: Using Python to Control Smart Home Communication Protocols Hello everyone! Today we are going to explore a particularly cool Python library—PyZigbee. This library allows us to easily control Zigbee devices with Python, creating our own smart home system. Even if you are a beginner in Python, following this article … Read more

From Development Boards to OpenHarmony: Technical Accumulation and Future Layout

From Development Boards to OpenHarmony: Technical Accumulation and Future Layout

In the wave of rapid development of IoT technology, development boards serve as the starting point for exploration, carrying the innovative dreams of countless developers. As a team that has long been deeply engaged in the field of embedded development, we have invested significant effort in development boards such as Lattepanda V1, Raspberry Pi 3B, … Read more

Prevent Smart Home Surveillance: Don’t Let Your Data Run Wild

Prevent Smart Home Surveillance: Don't Let Your Data Run Wild

Today, smart home products such as smart doorbells, home surveillance cameras, robotic vacuum cleaners, and smart speakers are becoming increasingly common in households. In March this year, the “data scandal” involving smart homes was exposed, revealing that smart home devices have become “eavesdroppers,” turning into “surveillance tools” in an instant, with cloud cameras becoming “leakage … Read more

OpenWrt Soft Router: Transforming Ordinary Routers into ‘Smart Brains’ for a Leap in Home Networking!

OpenWrt Soft Router: Transforming Ordinary Routers into 'Smart Brains' for a Leap in Home Networking!

“Why can other people’s networks access the internet scientifically, filter ads, and control devices globally?” The answer may not lie in the speed of the internet itself, but in whether your router is smart enough. This article will guide you step by step on how to upgrade an ordinary home router into a smart soft … Read more

Application Solutions for Home Energy Storage Systems Based on Low Power Bluetooth (BLE)

Application Solutions for Home Energy Storage Systems Based on Low Power Bluetooth (BLE)

With the popularity of renewable energy and the growing demand for home energy management, home energy storage systems have gradually become an important part of smart homes. Intelligent storage devices provide flexible and economical power supply for households. However, traditional energy storage devices face issues such as energy efficiency management, maintenance difficulties, and interaction experience … Read more

New BLE5.3 Dual-Mode Bluetooth Module HLK-B50S Priced at 8.8 Yuan

New BLE5.3 Dual-Mode Bluetooth Module HLK-B50S Priced at 8.8 Yuan

A new ultra-low-cost Bluetooth module has just been released! The HLK-B50S is a master-slave integrated BLE5.3 Bluetooth module, priced as low as 8.8 yuan, featuring dual-mode Bluetooth, supporting GATT or SPP data transmission, with a transmission distance of over 80m in open environments. HLK-B50S Product Introduction The HLK-B50S is a BLE5.3 dual-mode Bluetooth-serial transmission module … Read more