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Electronics For You March 2023 Issue Vol. 55 No. 3 Technology TRENDS: Delivery Bot At Your Doorstep Autonomous last-mile delivery might seem unnecessary in countries like India where labour is available in plenty. However, the pandemic showed us the need for safe, contactless delivery options
Do-It-Yourself PROJECT: ESP32 RTC Based Camera Using Motion Sensor In the previous version of ESP32 cam project published in February issue you could live stream the video and access the video over Wi-FI. Carrying that forward, in this project the ESP32 cam attached with RTC can take pictures based on time and save them on an SD card attached to the board. The design can be further developed to capture a video picture only when some motion is detected, so that it can act as a wireless security camera Download source code	Do-It-Yourself COOL STUFF: How To Convert ChatGPT Into An Advanced Voice Assistant ChatGPT-3 needs no introduction. You ask it any question and it replies in a flash. But the answer comes in the form of text. What if you could talk with it, just like you do with any voice assistant like Siri? Download source code

Do-It-Yourself PROJECT: Automatic Wash Basin Tap Using Arduino An automatic wash basin tap is quite helpful in maintaining hygiene as it does not need to be touched for water flow. It is especially useful in public places like restaurants and hospitals where a large number of people use the wash basins. Since the water stops flowing after use, it also prevents water wastage Download source code	Do-It-Yourself PROJECT: UART Automatic Baud Rate Detector While tinkering with electronics we often come across a UART device whose baud rate we do not know but need to know. (UART stands for Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, which is a microchip with programming that controls a computer’s interface to its attached serial devices.) Connecting the UART device to a serial monitor and checking for different baud rates is a time consuming process Download source code

Do-It-Yourself PROJECT: Fully Non-Invasive Liquid Level Detector A non-contact liquid level sensor uses the sensing capacitance of water to detect presence of liquid approaching the sensor. The sensor has a specific static capacitance due to the distributed capacitance Download source code	Do-It-Yourself PROJECT: Wi-Fi Analysing Smart Watch This Wi-Fi analysing smart watch is another version of the world’s first programmable smart watch with fitness tracking project that was published in February issue. We want to customise it in such a way that it can help us analyse Wi-Fi networks and their data and signal strength Download source code

Technology TRENDS: Unleashing The Power Of Robotics With RobotCore Framework There has not been a better time to supercharge your robots. Meet RobotCore framework, a new open architecture for hardware acceleration in ROS2 to assist you with that. This article describes the powerful capabilities of RobotCore framework and how it can take your robots to the next level	Technology INTERVIEW: “Automation Is Necessary To Attract Global Manufacturing Into India” — Saurabh Chandra, Founder and CEO, Ati Motors From having a hundred horses lug a few kilograms of load to a single autonomous bot carrying a tonne of payload, humans have surely come a long way. Fortunately, this isn’t the end as the road ahead is even longer. Ati Motors’ Founder and CEO, Saurabh Chandra, shares his wisdom with Yashasvini Razdan from Electronics For You on the future of bots in the material movement automation industry

Strategy DESIGN: Product Development Through Concurrent Engineering The initial QFD analysis that we did in our previous article helped to develop a draft product definition. This product definition needs further detailing and has to go through several iterations before we get our concepts cleared and develop a marketable product plan	Strategy INTERVIEW: “We Import Defectives From 50 To 60 Countries, Repair Them And Send Them Out” — Nikhil Rao, General Manager, Global Services and Solutions Business, Flex, India What is Flex doing in the field of ‘circular economy’? How does this business operate? How do they help customers reduce their environmental footprint and maximise value recovery? To find answers to these questions, Rahul Chopra spoke to Nikhil Rao, General Manager, Global Services and Solutions at Flex in India. Here are the key excerpts of the discussion

Strategy GROWTH: Moving From Minimum Viable Product To A Valuable Product Nobody wants a product that is minimally viable. Even you, for that matter, won’t prefer that just minimally viable product. Would you?	Strategy INTERVIEW: “The Throughput Time For Us From The Time We Get An Order To The Time It’s Ready To Ship Is About 15 Minutes” — Mark Burr-Lonnon, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Service, Mouser Electronics Mouser.com has increased its revenue by two billion dollars in the last two years! What’s their success mantra? Why do customers keep going back to them? What are they investing in, to keep growing? Is India important for Mouser? Why? What’s next? Quite a few burning questions, which got answered when Yashasvini and Rahul from Electronics For You met Mark Burr-Lonnon, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Service at Mouser Electronics, during his recent visit to India. Key extracts...

Strategy POLICY: Union Budget: Saptarishi For The Electronics Industry Too? Key features of Budget 2023-24 announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1st February this year are highlighted below, along with the reactions from the industry	Design CIRCUIT: 5 Interesting Reference Designs For Automotives

Design COMPONENTS: Tutorial: Why Return Loss >-10dB And VSWR <2 For Antenna Design Return loss of signal and voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) are two of the most important characteristics of an antenna. So their proper understanding is essential for a good antenna	Regulars Dashboard Key Industry Trends That Can Shape The Future Of Your Business

Regulars 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	Regulars Research & Innovation Updates • Small biological robots made with living muscle and microelectronics • Shape-shifting antenna array takes shapes like curves, saddles, and spheres • Artificial neuron that mimics nerve cells can be used for medical treatments • A new system barely uses any power for short-range communication • Harvesting electromagnetic energy from moving trains made possible

Regulars New Products • Components • Boards & Modules • Test & Measurement • Embedded	Regulars Startups & Innovators Sanctum For ESDM Tech: Incubation Centre IIT Patna

Regulars Industry News: Industry Updates • 5.9 million tonnes of lithium deposits found in J&K • Digi-Key launches Global Capability Center in Bengaluru • North India’s largest floating solar project set up in Chandigarh • Reliance, Ashok Leyland unveil India’s first hydrogen-powered truck • IISc Bengaluru and BEL to work together in AI/ML	Regulars From You Your Suggestions and Things You Wanted To Know