Jens Nickel (183)

| Many readers will be aware that I am not, unlike my colleagues here at Elektor, a trained engineer. I have certainly been surprised by many...

| In the last installment we introduced a smartphone into our setup but you wouldn't describe this as a mobile control function. To achieve th...

| In the previous instalment of this series I finally succeeded in providing control of hardware via the internet using IoT-specific protocols...

| Cloud-Services are an essential component of the Internet of Things concept. Web-based data banks can for example collect measurements made...

| element14 have announced their support for the Startupbootcamp IoT/connected devices accelerator program run by Startupbootcamp who are a ne...

| DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) defines a data protocol and transport mechanism for lighting control in building automation. T...

| It’s standard practice to equip electronic devices with wireless interfaces such as Bluetooth or WLAN but to future-proof existing products...

| Embedded World Nuremburg has closed its doors for 2016 and the Elektor team have now trudged back to HQ, bags full of boards and heads fille...

| The French startup Wistiki provide a helpful solution for those who constantly misplace items such as keys, cell phones or umbrellas. Their...

| My last Gadget News was about a tag to help find lost items. This time we have another tag but it solves a problem that has rarely been tack...