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ESP-01 Board

A small board designed in Autotrax DEX (now DEXPCB) for building and testing some 12v and 5v IoT devices based on the cheap ESP8266 modules.

A Murano sensor app is tested here.

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SDR view of a low power transmission

Capturing the transmission of Anaren LR09A modules with a RTL-SDR. The exceptionally low power mode is easy to spot.

Anaren LR09A article

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Wireless Charging – WE coil choice

Wireless Charging COTS article

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The QiLiCape

Project Status = alpha, not released

QiLiCape-v3.51

It’s all about a Wireless Charging (Qi compliant) Li-X Battery Cape for the BeagleBone. Started as a Element14 competition request, ~~the QiLiCape may be released as a part of an embedded electronics product. PCB built in Eagle.~~

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Source: All About Circuits Published on 2021-04-10
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Source: All About Circuits Published on 2021-04-10
Optical MEMS Micromirrors Could Be a Driving Force in “Smart Glass”
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