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Electronics For You
May 2023 Issue
Vol. 55 No. 5
Technology
INNOVATION: Putting G, P, And T Together
Get to know the Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT) better, before you consider putting it to any serious use
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Technology
INNOVATION: Making A Difference With Generative AI
Everyone seems to be using ChatGPT for something or the other. Here, our experts suggest some serious, game-changing applications that the technology can be put to—and the pitfalls to avoid
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INTERVIEW: “We Call This Concept An Infinity Charger; There Is No Limit For Voltage And Current In This Configuration,” — Karthikeyan Sundaram, Co-Founder, Greendzine
Greendzine claims their vehicle chargers are half the size. Plus, they have a LEGO-like modular system. One unit can power an e-bicycle. Two can power a 2-wheeler. Three can power a car. What tech has enabled these innovations? Co-founder Karthikeyan Sundaram explained the technology to Yashasvini Razdan from Electronics For You and gave a few additional insights as well |
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Technology
SELECT: Increasing Productivity And Quality With New-Age Soldering Irons
Thinking of how to speed up your assembly lines? These IoT based soldering irons with easy-to-use menu, stable temperature, and sleep mode features might help. This article discusses some innovative soldering trends that can elevate assembly to a new level
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TRENDS: Accelerating Edge AI With Neural Systems
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are now considered a must to enhance solutions in every market segment with their ability to continuously learn and improve the experience and the output. As these solutions become popular, there is an increasing need for secure learning and customisation. However, the cost of training the AI for application-specific tasks is the primary challenge across the market | | |
Strategy
MY STORY: “I Either Do What I Love Or Learn To Love What I Do,” — Jaswinder Ahuja, Managing Director, Cadence Design Systems India
Hailing from a partition-affected, erudite family, being a rebel since childhood, becoming the Managing Director of Cadence Design Systems in India at the early age of thirty-two and Corporate Vice President at the age of thirty-six, Jaswinder Ahuja, an engineer, and a thought leader, continues his insightful journey. In a conversation with Sudeshna Das, Consulting Editor at EFY, he shares the story of his life
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GROWTH: The 3 Attributes To Improve Visibility In Noisy Market
In his previous article the author explained a three-step process for predictable sales. One of the crucial frameworks for that was Zeroth Moment of Truth, aka ZMoT. But here’s the challenge that he sees with most entrepreneurs | | |
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INTERVIEW: “Our Customers Come To Us For The Superior Technology Of Our Cameras And Their Quality,” — Maharajan Veerabahu, Co-founder, e-con Systems
Three engineers got together in late 2003 to form a design services startup. Within five years e-con Systems started eyeing the manufacturing market and within ten years of its inception the startup entered the camera manufacturing industry. Today, the company has more than 300 products in its portfolio. Co-founder Maharajan Veerabahu shared his learnings with Yashasvini Razdan from Electronics For You. Read on to know how a design services startup transitioned into a product manufacturing company over the course of two decades
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INDIA: Make In India: Lessons From Shenzhen
Individuals can develop the expertise needed to excel in manufacture of high-quality goods only by practical exposure to the manufacturing ecosystems. Let us see if we can take some lessons from the vast Chinese manufacturing industry | | |
Design
CIRCUIT: Interesting Reference Designs
For Power Supplies
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SECURITY: What’s Gone Wrong With Cybersecurity And How To Protect Ourselves
In today’s world, where technology is deeply ingrained in our daily lives, system security has become an increasingly crucial aspect of our digital existence. System security is the practice of protecting computer systems and networks from unauthorised access, theft, damage, or misuse. Let us try to understand these threats and see how we can deal with them | | |
Do-It-Yourself
CIRCUIT IDEA: A Simple Automatic Bathroom Light
An automatic bathroom light can be made in several ways, depending on your preference and budget. Some of the options make use of either a motion sensor, a smart switch, an occupancy sensor, or a photo sensor. The simple system proposed here makes use of a small magnet fixed in the bathroom door’s frame and a reed switch with normally open contacts as the sensor on the bathroom’s door, just opposite the magnet. So, whenever you open the door, the reed switch will move away from the magnet
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PROJECT: ADC And DAC Trainer
Analogue to digital converter (ADC) and digital to analogue converter (DAC) are integral parts of data processing and widely used industrial and household electronic devices. Different conversion methods include resistor ladder, binary weightage, and cascaded op-amp | | |
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PROJECT: Intruder Detection And Image Storage Using Pi Camera And Firebase
The proposed project is a Raspberry Pi based security system that uses a passive infrared (PIR) sensor to detect motion and a Pi camera to take pictures. The images obtained are stored in Firebase, which is a Google’s mobile platform that helps you quickly develop high-quality apps
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PROJECT: Wireless Health And Security Monitor That Does Not Breach Privacy
Some patients and the elderly require continuous monitoring, but it cannot be done through CCTV cameras in their bathroom or even bedroom as it affects their privacy. The same applies to prisoners and some other cases. This project would help you design a device that lets you monitor the person’s health data like respiration and the activity being done, such as sleeping, walking, reading, moving, whether persent or running away, without the use of a camera | | |
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PROJECT: Touchless Water Dispenser For Washing Hands
Lots of water is wasted due to its improper use for washing hands, which is required frequently during pandemics like Covid-19. This adds up to a considerable amount in public places like hospitals, airports, railway stations, hotels, and restaurants
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PROJECT: Real-Time Digital Clock
A real-time digital clock (RTC) is often required in projects and designs where we need to deal with time. RTC helps in keeping track of time even when the main processor is asleep or switched off. It is because of RTC that your PC/laptop clock keeps showing the correct time even after it has been switched off for some time, or even when the computer’s battery is removed for replacement with a new one. RTC module has its own small coin cell that runs for years and helps keep track of time when the whole circuit is powered off | | |
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Dashboard
Key Industry Trends That Can Shape The Future Of Your Business
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Startups & Innovators
• A (Blu)Armor To Break Bikers’ Communication Barriers
• ‘Fuelling’ EVs With All Their Electronics Needs
• Utilising Data For Better Battery Systems | | |
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Truly Innovative Electronics
Amongst numerous press releases of new products received by us, these are the ones we found worthy of the title Truly Innovative Electronics
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New Products
• Components
• Embedded
• Boards and Modules
• Electronics Manufacturing Solutions
• T&M Equipment | | |
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Research & Innovation Updates
• Flexible foldable robots that can perform variety of complex tasks
• New system allows ‘touching’ and manipulation of holograms
• Driving simulation checks how intentional robotic deception affects trust
• New AI architecture likely to solve complex reasoning tasks efficiently
• A new transistor based sensor amplifies weak biochemcal signals
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Industry News: Industry Updates
• India’s electronics exports break all records; up by 58%
• Electronics manufacturing targeted at Rs 24,000 billion by 2025-26
• Central government ready for air taxi policy framework
• BlackBerry launches IoT division in Hyderabad
• Apple increases iPhone production in India to $7 billion | | |
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From You
Your Suggestions and Things You Wanted To Know
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