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These days, a lot of embedded projects feature some sort of screen, and a screen often creates a desire for a nice user interface. [Geoffrey Wells] has created a tool for developing web interfaces ...

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Abstract: This article presents a robust, low-power micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) temperature control platform featuring a novel hybrid control strategy combining genetic algorithm and ...

Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security technology for over a dozen years, explaining the latest features, privacy tricks, and top recommendations. With degrees ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a new hybrid flight control strategy for a quadcopter with a slung load to achieve a user-defined trajectory following. The high-fidelity coupled nonlinear model ...