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Celebrated modder Ben Heck announces element14's latest contest. Show us what you can build with the all-new 512MB Raspberry Pi and you could win a Samsung Galaxy Tab II 7 tablet!

NXP announce that Genius has selected an LPC microcontroller for its latest GX Gaming mouse. Genius is now using the LPC11U14 microcontroller in Gila – its new professional gaming laser mouse for MMORPG and RTS games – which enables ultra-fast response times in combat. Gila has been named an International CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Awards Honouree, and will be featured in the KYE Systems Corp. (Genius) booth at CES (LVCC Sout...

Before Christmas and the last EFM32 hacking event in 2012, the mission was to introduce as many as possible to the joy of soldering and electronics here at Energy Micro. Even though the blinking x-mas tree electronic kit has been done countless times before, we decided to do an EFM32 version as well. After all, it is Christmas time and nothing is more suitable than blinking LED's when it comes to learning electronics and soldering. The one and on...

ITTIA releases a new version of its embedded database, ITTIA DB SQL, for the MicroC/OS-II real-time kernel and MicroC/FS file system from Micriµm. For embedded software development, ITTIA DB SQL and MicroC/OS-II provide a solid foundation on which complex multitasking applications can be built. ITTIA DB SQL, a compact embedded database, uses the multithreading primitives in MicroC/OS-II so that an application can connect to the same database con...

Rohde & Schwarz presented world's first power sensor from DC to 110 GHz at the European Microwave Week 2012. The R&SNRP-Z58 thermal power sensor provides outstanding linearity and maximum accuracy for power measurements from DC to 110 GHz. The sensor is equipped with a 1 mm coax connector, and can be connected directly to a Rohde & Schwarz test instrument, a power meter base unit, or via USB to a laptop or PC.

Andrew Robinson unboxes his design, PiFace Digital and introduces us to his Twittering Chicken!

Point Grey today announces the release of the all new Blackfly camera. By leveraging Point Grey's design for manufacturing experience, the Blackfly camera redefines price performance. The first model BFLY-PGE-13E4 features a 1.3 MP, 60 fps, CMOS global shutter sensor available in both monochrome and colour, less than 2 W power consumption in the world's smallest and lightest GigE POE camera package.

Dan demonstrates how TI is changing the way we interact with machines with its new 3D Time of Flight technology. Control applications with finger tracking and simple gestures - without having to touch a mouse or keyboard. Come see this advanced 3D gesture technology and other innovative demos at CES 2013 - Las Vegas Convention Center, Meeting Rooms N116-N117!

Preview of ams' Cognitive Lighting System Overview PTM.

A detailed walk-through of how to use TI's patented First Time Config process for associating SimpleLinik Wi-Fi CC3000 to an access point.