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Introduction to Energy Harvesting in IoT… Why???

Autonomous sensor nodes are the key element for spreading IoT technology and are becoming increasingly popular. The global market is expected to grow annually up to 25.4% in the 2021–2028 period, from 381.30 billion dollars in 2021 to 1854.76 billion dollars in 2028 [1]. Considering the large number of different communication protocols that can be adapted to every case, the next big challenge in the autonomous sensor nodes field is the battery life. …

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Electronics, Energy Harvesting

Photodiodes vs. Solar Cells? Differences and Similarities

Can a Photodiode be used as a Solar Cell? What is the real difference between Solar Panel and Photodiodes? …

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Energy Harvesting

Indoor Characterization of Solar Cell IXYS KXOB25-05X3F

Lab measurements and graphs of the new generation of solar cells of IXYS (KXOB25-05X3F) intended for energy harvesting and low-power applications. …

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Electronics, Integrated Circuits

Specsmanship: Do manufacturers manipulate the specs of their components?

How trustworthy are the component specifications? Can I rely blindly on datasheets? How well is a device characterized by the manufacturer?

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Arduino, Electronics

Lighting 7 Bowls with colour Effect based on FFT algorithm, microphone and Arduino

In this small Arduino side project, I explain how I made to create the effect of lighting 7 bowls detecting the sound frequency of each bowl with a microphone and using different colours to illuminate it. …

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Arduino, Electronics

Clock generator Si5351

A step-by-step tutorial to show how to program the Si5351 via I2C and Arduino to generate a square clock signal in the range between 8Khz and 160 MHz with the 2€ module.

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Electronics

Full Code to Connect to Athos via BLE to a PC

This python code let you connect Athos Training Suit to a linux-based computer like a Raspberry board via Bluetooth and freely. …

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Electronics, Energy Harvesting

Solar Cell Characterization Test Bench

How to set a test bench for solar cell characterization, measure it correctly, and plot the power and I-V curves. …

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FPGA, Mixed Signal, VHDL

Clock Generator in a FPGA: Full code

How to program an FPGA to output a square clock signal with a variable frequency and with two non-overlapping clock signals. …

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Electronics, Energy Harvesting

How to measure the Power of a Thermoelectric genenerator or TEG

Thermoelectric generators (TEG) produce electrical energy from a temperature gradient, but…

How do I plot the power curve?
Which voltage range could I extract?
What would be the minimum temperature difference to generate a determinate voltage (ex. for a cold start-up)?
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Arduino, Data Visualization

How to Plot signals from Arduino via Serial Port with RealTerm: Tutorial

Plot a processed signal from Arduino COM Port in real-time is a useful practise when working with sensors, especially for debugging and developing. …

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Electronics

What are the meaning of Vdd and Vss? Vcc and Vee?? GND?

It has always been a bit intriguing and even confusing the nomenclature of these power supply voltages (Vdd and Vss) or (Vcc and Vee). But Why? …

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