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Speaker Feature: Meta AI Engineer Ankita De will talk about TorchMultimodal, a PyTorch library focusing on multimodal AI.

TorchMultimodal helps by providing easy-to-use building blocks, SoTA model architectures, and end-to-end training examples and eval scripts.

You can read more about TorchMultiModal on our blog ahead of Ankita’s speaker session at the PyTorch Conference on Dec 2: https://bit.ly/3AC23T2

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Want to know more about how work? Derek from walks you through some fundamentals, breadboards a demonstration circuit that uses optocouplers, and much more! https://bit.ly/3Op3p9g

Build a 64kB home computer based on an Arduino Mega 256

Build a 64kB home computer based on an Arduino Mega 256 This is another retro compute project. Use an Arduino Mega256, 64kB serial RAM, a display and a keypad to build a standalone computer. By sl001.

How to Set Up UART Communication on the Arduino

How to Set Up UART Communication on the Arduino Learn what UART is, how it works, and how to use it to communicate between two Arduinos.

Proximity Sensors Working and Types

Proximity Sensors Working and Types Proximity Sensor Working and Types:- Proximity sensors are devices which detect presence of objects near its boundaries or even if the objects are certain.

How about building your own FM Radio Receiver.

We’re delighted to say that, as of this week, the Raspberry Pi Pico for the African market is now manufactured in Kenya, at Gearbox Europlacer in Nairobi.

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/made-in-kenya/

ESP8266 Web Server Saves 60% Power With A 1 Ms Delay

ESP8266 Web Server Saves 60% Power With A 1 Ms Delay Arduino has a library for quickly and easily setting up a simple web server on an ESP8622-based board, and [Tomaž] found that power consumption on an ESP-01 can be reduced a considerable amount by …

ZPE Nodegrid mini SR Intel Linux cloud gateway targets IoT and OT applications - CNX Software

ZPE Nodegrid mini SR Intel Linux cloud gateway targets IoT and OT applications - CNX Software ZPE Systems Nodegrid Mini SR is a compact cloud-orchestrated gateway designed for the secure management of Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational

raspberry pi 2040 – Hackaday

raspberry pi 2040 – Hackaday 2022 Cyberdeck Contest: Keezyboost40 Is A Cyberdeck Masquerading As A Keyboard October 20, 2022 by Navarre Bartz 5 Comments There’s something to be said for über-powerful cyberdecks, but there’s also a certain appeal to less powerful decks squeezed into a tiny form factor. [Christian Lo] has de...

RISC-V Celebrates Upstreaming of Android Open Source Project RISC-V Port | RISC-V International - RISC-V International

RISC-V Celebrates Upstreaming of Android Open Source Project RISC-V Port | RISC-V International - RISC-V International Success in the mobile and consumer device market depends on a vibrant software ecosystem. Over the past decade the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) has become one of the top...

Building A Local Network With LoRaWAN

Building A Local Network With LoRaWAN At its core, the Internet is really just a bunch of computers networked together. There’s no reason that there can’t be other separate networks of computers, or that we all have to tie …

Driving DC Motors with Microcontrollers

Driving DC Motors with Microcontrollers How to use 7 different motor driver modules with an Arduino or any microcontroller. Hookup, code & demonstrations with motors big and small.Article with code...

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"Developing with Pi"
Join us for an online training series featuring , & !
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In this instructional video series, we’ll offer insight and instruction on devices from the Raspberry Pi foundation. We’ll first focus on the powerful (and available) RP2040 microcontroller and its associated boards, introducing it and delving into how to program it. Further classes may even deal with a yet-to-be announced product, traditional Raspberry Pi single-board computers and more.

Join us to get started with Raspberry Pi, and add this hardware to your–literal and metaphorical–embedded computing toolkit

Developing with Pi
Online training series featuring Raspberry Pi and Digi-Key

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ESP8266 Spotify Karaoke

ESP8266 Spotify Karaoke Breadboarded Spotify karaoke device with NodeMCU shows lyrics on small LCD display.

Picoclick-C3 is the most advanced ESP32 based IOT button | makermoekoe

Picoclick-C3 is the most advanced ESP32 based IOT button | makermoekoe The Picoclicks have become my favorite project. And now - the masterpiece of them is finally born!This video is sponsored by PCBWay. Get your own prototyping...

Download this white paper to learn how to build an easily scalable IoT solution with MQTT-based solutions, take advantage of the power-saving benefits of MQTT-SN, and much more: ubx.io/3fh5SFe

Accelerate Your Wireless Solution Development: From Sensor to Cloud

In this webinar with , we will present how to speed up evaluation and get products to market faster by leveraging modular connectivity and sensor platforms.

Register now: ubx.io/3RcCGg6

The DATATHON is open to all data enthusiasts eager to showcase their critical thinking, problem solving & analytics skills using a variety of data tools (SQL, dbt, R, Python, PowerBI, Tableau e.t.c).

Winning teams will have the opportunity to showcase their solutions to the audience at the 2022 conference holding on the 14th and 15th of October 2022.

To register, head over to datafestafrica.com website:
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If you want to use C or C++ to program your Raspberry Pi Pico (or other ‎RP2040 board) but would quite like to develop from the comfort of your ‎Windows PC - read on! This quick guide will show you how to set up and run ‎a basic C/C++ development process on a Windows machine using our ‎preferred method - Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).‎ Pimoroni

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Today we want to help out our users🙌! We created this graphic with the Linux Basic Commands🔎 so you can save it, share it and thank us later!

Do you know all the commands🧐? If not, get a refresher and jump into our Linux course here➡️ http://cs.co/6189MrYyS

Join us for Day 4 of with a keynote session from Dr. Wei Li of Intel, and live sessions from Renesas Electronics, Infineon Technologies, CUI Inc, and more. Sign up for sessions here: https://bit.ly/3bM6yBv

All registrants are automatically entered into drawings for prize packages. The more LIVE sessions you register for, the more chances you have to win. One lucky registrant will win the grand prize, brought to you by Digi-Key Electronics.

Webinar Motor Control

Webinar Motor Control What is motor control? In this webinar, Elektor Lab engineers Clemens Valens and Mathias Claußen cover the basic principles of motor control. An easy introdu...

How to Design a PCB Layout

How to Design a PCB Layout A step-by-step tutorial on PCB design and manufacturing. Everything you need to know to convert your prototype circuit into a fully optimized PCB.

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It can get irritating having to press reset or boot buttons on over and over! So Shabaz decided to try using USB from a PC to automate the process, setting spare pins on a USB-UART board as outputs https://bit.ly/3SiVDP3

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Video shows Boston Dynamics robots busting impressive dance moves

Video shows Boston Dynamics robots busting impressive dance moves Atlas shimmies.

This Homemade Tricorder Detects Starlink Satellites #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi

This Homemade Tricorder Detects Starlink Satellites #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi saveitforparts goes shows off their Raspberry Pi Tricorder and how they use it to detect Starlink Satellites. While we can’t actually get internet this way, we can watch the progress of satel…

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Control the speed and direction of a stepper using A4988 (NO Programming)
https://bit.ly/3eYJLmS
Tools that you will need:

Altium designer
Solidworks
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Hot-Plate for assembly Solder iron
Solder Paste

Tiny GPS Logger For The Internet Of Animals

Tiny GPS Logger For The Internet Of Animals [Trichl] creates a tiny GPS logger, called ‘TickTag’, that was designed as an inexpensive location tracking option for animal studies. The low cost, tiny form factor, and large power de…

The guides in this series are dedicated to MicroPython for the ESP32. In this first lesson, I will introduce you to MicroPython, its reason for existing, how it relates to Python, and its most important characteristics.
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partnered with to upgrade their field cameras with the Sentinel, using AI algorithms to monitor and protect endangered species, like jaguars, in Costa Rica.
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Register and attend this to learn about about the Raspberry Pi RP2040 and its applications from Raspberry Pi's Principle Software ! https://bit.ly/3d4PAPm

ESP32 Adds Bluetooth To An IPod Nano

ESP32 Adds Bluetooth To An IPod Nano The iPod Nano was one of Apple’s masterworks, but it’s really tied down by its dependence on wired headphones. At least, that’s what [Tucker Osman] must have thought, as he spent …