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Retrofitting Lab Instruments with IoT Capabilities Using Generative AI
In this article Ari Mahpour shows you how to leverage Generative AI to create a full web service that controls your lab instruments
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How to Build a Custom GPT Action to Talk to Your Hardware
In this article Ari Mahpour shows you how to create custom GPT Actions that will connect with your hardware at home or in the lab
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Pi.MX8 Project - Board Layout Part 2
In the previous update, we looked at defining a suitable layerstack for the module as well as adding the fanout routing to all the components placed on the board. Based on all these preparations, we are now almost ready to route the first traces. Before we start connecting any components on the board though we have to define the impedance profiles and set up the matching design rules for the correct trace width. Setting up impedance profiles
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Gemini vs. ChatGPT: Who Writes Better Code?
In this article Ari Mahpour performs a one-to-one coding comparison between ChatGPT’s GPT4 model against Gemini Advanced, Google’s most capable model.
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Retrofitting your Old Power Supply to be Smartphone Controllable
In this article Ari Mahpour talks about how to retrofit an old power supply to be controlled by your smartphone using a Raspberry Pi Pico W
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Eliminating Audio Ground Loops: Designing a USB Type-C Isolator with Advanced Power Filtering
In this article, Mark tackles the common problem of buzzing noises caused by ground loops in audio systems. His solution is a custom-designed USB isolator equipped with modern USB Type-C connectors and enhanced with sophisticated power filtering. This device effectively isolates the audio interface from the computer, cutting off the noise. Mark focuses on simple explanations of choosing components like the Analog Devices ADUM4165 IC and power supply details.
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Design Phase – Lid Assembly Electronics Part 1
Welcome back to the open-source laptop project series! In the previous update, we discussed how to integrate the various sensors and the electronics assembly itself into the bezel of the laptop display. We’ve decided which PCB technology we would like to use, and what the mounting hardware for the webcam PCB looks like. In this update, we will focus our attention to the electronics and PCB design of the webcam module. Fully assembled webcam
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Add USB Type-C Power Delivery to Your Designs!
In this article Phil Salmony explores the fundamentals of USB Type-C Power Delivery and learn how to easily incorporate a dedicated PD IC into your own PCB designs.
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Concept Phase – Lid Assembly Design Part 2
We are continuing the journey through lid assembly design on our Open Source Laptop project. Designing a test adapter — Layout Now we have to put all of our work in an actual hardware design. The layout of this board is straightforward, as we only have one high-speed interface to pay special attention to. The DisplayPort interface can de-skew up to 20UI per specification. UI is short for Unit Interval which is the reciprocal of the bit rate. For
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Concept Phase – Lid Assembly Design Part 1
Welcome back to the open-source laptop project! In this update we will move one step closer to the design phase of the project. This is the first hands-on experience with one of the core components of the laptop — the display panel! We will decide which display panel to use, how we can integrate it into the lid, and we are going to design, assemble, and test a small DisplayPort to embedded DisplayPort adapter to light up the screen for the first
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Flyback Converter Module PCB Design Project
Flyback converters are isolated DC/DC converters with high efficiency. Here is how to create a PCB layout for a flyback converter.
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Concept Phase – Cooling and Airflow Part 1
In this installment of the open-source laptop project, we will take a closer look at the cooling system. First, we will focus on the airflow inside the device and find out what we need to consider to meet the requirements defined in the previous article. {"preview_thumbnail":"/sites/default/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/O0xn2-kPL4o.jpg?itok=SkZpEUXp","video_url":"https://youtu.be/O0xn2-kPL4o","settings":{
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Using ChatGPT for Altium Scripting
In this article Ari Mahpour talks about how to best utilize ChatGPT for Altium Scripting in the DelphiScript language.
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Concept Phase – Initial CAD Design
This installment of the open source laptop project development log will walk you through the early concept and brainstorming phase. The first step is to collect the ideas and requirements for the end device and condense them as best as possible into a simplified draft. It is not important in this stage to pay too much attention to the technical details—it is about laying a foundation i.e. creating a framework that can be subdivided and refined in
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Inspire and Educate through Open-Source Hardware Products
Lukas Henkel will share with us what made him interested in designing electronics, some details about the development of his Open-source laptop project, and will even give us a sneak peek of the actual design development on Altium Designer.
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Introduction to Open Source Laptop Project
Ever dreamt of designing your own open-source laptop? For a while now I´ve been fascinated by this idea. As you can probably imagine, this is a monumental task that will require a lot of time and resources. Working alone on a project of this size makes matters even more difficult. So, why embark on such an adventure–especially with a product design that has already been manufactured and sold by the millions for years on end? {"preview_thumbnail"
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Using ChatGPT for Automated Testing
In this article Ari Mahpour talks about ChatGPT and how to utilize the service to help with automated testing.
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