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How to generate BOM of your embedded project

BOM- Bill of Material is the essential part of a project as well as product and helps in finalizing the overall cost of a project going to cost. Every user or developer working on some project or product need to know the cost of components and total cost going to spend on a project and for this, one has to create a list and then, calculate the cost of the individual component.  If you are using Proteus 8 ISIS professional software, you must have noticed the Bill of Material feature which can help you to analyze and auto-create the list of components used in your circuit diagram.  Steps to create BOM of a circuit: 1. Click on the " dollar icon " option on the GUI list bar below the main menu bar.  2. Here, you will see the list of all components used in your circuit diagram.  3. Now, you can add value or their cost by using the 'Unit Value' option from the left side options. 4. You can generate your list in Excel or HTML or PDF view.

Google has added Handwriting tool to Gmail and Google Docs

Google this week announced a new feature for Gmail and Google Docs that allows users to hand write their emails and documents using their computer mouse or trackpad. "Whether you’re a student trying to include a foreign phrase in your paper or an international consultant hoping to begin your message with a friendly local greeting, now you’ll be able to use your own handwriting to input words directly into Gmail and Google Docs with your mouse or trackpad," Google said in a blog post. As you might figure, the handwriting feature isn't geared primarily to English-writing users. Rather, the feature has been added for users who find it more convenient to write words in their language instead of typing them out. That includes Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and Russian, Google points out in its blog. Steps to use Handwriting tool: 1. To add, users click the gear icon -> setting s.  2. Then, you will the language option.In the language section, users click " Show al

Micromax Canvas Turbo with Full-HD and Quad Core processor

Micromax has unveiled the latest and its first smartphone with full-HD display, the Canvas Turbo at Rs. 19,990 . The smartphone will be available in retail outlets starting Saturday and will be come in two colour variants, Blue and White. Specification: The Micromax Canvas Turbo features a 5-inch full-HD CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon) IPS display with 1080x1920 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589T (Turbo) processor along with 2GB of RAM. The smartphone runs Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean and comes with FOTA support. It features 16GB of inbuilt storage, though there is no word on expandable storage.The Canvas Turbo sports 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera and also houses a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The company mentions in a press note that the Canvas Turbo's camera includes a number of features like Panorama, Cinemagraph and Object Eraser. The Canvas Turbo packs a 2000mAh battery. On the app front the Canvas Turbo includes BBM, hike, Spuul

Chinese Company launched True Octa Core Smartphone

In the race to bring the first true octa core processor, Samsung, Apple etc. have been beaten by a relatively unknown smartphone maker. Chinese smartphone, UMI X2S, has taken the podium with the MediaTek MT6592 system on chip processor powering it. The device was reportedly showcased at an electronics fair in Hong Kong recently. A true octa core processor is that where all the eight cores can function simultaneously.  MediaTek’s processor is not the only octa core chip available for mobile processing at the moment, but, it was the first. When Samsung had announced its Exynos 5 octa core chip, it had raised expectations by quite a bit. But, it later turned out that the company had basically just put together two quad core chips, which were incapable of coming functioning together. Motorola also had come up with the X8 octa core chip, but this wasn’t a true octa core processor either. UMI is a brand, which is basically unknown as compared to giants like Samsung and Google-owned

LED Wallet Money Indicator

This cool wallet hack tells you when your are out of money by following a simple circuit made up of copper wire, a small magnet, a lithium coin battery, and an LED. Watch this video tutorial for more info. For makeing this led indicator for your wallet you will need one CR2016 lithium battery,one small magnet and led diode. How it works,when there is no money in wallet the led is on and mean to put cash in wallet,when cash is inside wallet the led is off,circuit Source

Samsung Launched World's First Curved display Smartphone

Samsung Electronics have released a smartphone with a curved display and a $1,000 price tag. The Galaxy Round has a curved 5.7-inch screen using advanced display technology called organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, technology with1080p HD display; runs Android 4.3; and has Samsung's big-phone staples such as Multi Window and one-handed operation modes, just like the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 does. The Galaxy Round has a 13-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, plus a 2-megapixel camera up front. Also look for 1080p HD video capture, which is standard on higher-end Samsung smartphones. It includes a 2.3GHz MSM 8974 quad-core processor, 32GB of internal storage, 3GB RAM, expandable up-to-64GB; and available with 2,800mAh battery.  Samsung said the curve will make it easier to grip. The high-end gizmo has some features that make use of the display’s curve, such as playing the next song in a music playlist by tilting the phone to the left or to the right.

World's Largest Walking Dragon Robot

A Germany Firm Zollner Elektronik AG, an electronics maker, has made the fiction stories dragon in real life. Tradinno, the dragon is 51 feet long and has a wingspan of 40 feet launched on the streets of Germany and It has been recorded as the World's Largest Walking and breathing Fire Robot according to 'Guinness World Record 2014' book This dragon can walk and flip its wings and breathe fire from its mouth and nostrils. It is 11-ton machine which makes it impossible to fly.  Specifications: The dragon is a radio-controlled robot running on a 2.0-liter turbo diesel engine with two hydraulic circuits, 272 hydraulic valves, 65 animated axles, and 238 sensors, according to Zollner Elecktronik AG. It has 984 feet of hydraulic lines, more than 4,200 feet of electric cables, and 360 feet of pneumatic lines. The dragon itself has both hydraulic and electronic components, and has nine separate controllers, each containing two TI processors and a Fujitsu microcontr

Samsung Galaxy J leaked with specifications

Samsung does not want to lose No.1 smartphone manufacturing company. A new smartphone by Samsung has apparently been leaked in Japan. According to reports, the Samsung Galaxy J is looking similar to the HTC butterfly J launched last year in Japanese market. Hence, Samsung could also confined this handset to the Japanese market. This is the first time Samsung has developed a superior camera sensor like this, which could also suggest that the company will bring such sensors to its other devices soon. Specifications: Further, the new device from Samsung apparently has a 20.7 mega pixel rear camera and a 12.7-cm (5-inch) 1080 pixel display. The device includes a 2.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and 2 GB of RAM. Further, the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating system is running on the device, the leak says. It has a 2.2 mega pixel front camera and 32 GB of internal storage space. The device has a 3,000 mAh battery to draw power from. Further, the device will apparently

Side Toolbar of Express PCB software

Express PCB is a very easy to use Windows application for laying out printed circuit boards. One will find a rectangular box on Express PCB screen with yellow colored border. This rectangular can be expanded using only three corner points not the first one as it is fixed as the reference. A beginner can create his or her circuit diagram for PCB in this rectangle only. See the below image, corners that can be adjusted are marked. Express PCB contains two bars- one on its top called top menu bar and other on its side called side toolbar . Both are used together to make a complete circuit diagram. But, the important toolbar is the side toolbar.  See the list of components in the below image. (1) Select button- It is selected to select a component and to get back your mouse cursor function. (2) Zoom view- It is clear from its name but slightly different from other zooming features. As, it zoom only the selected area. You select an area which you want to see clearly and

Menu Bar description of Express PCB software

Express PCB is a circuit designing tool and good start for beginners who want to get expertise on electronic circuit designing. A beginner has to install Express PCB to get start with it. After installation, one get two icon of circuit designing- Express PCB and Express SCH for schematic circuit diagram. I would like to post about the menu bar of Express PCB. The tools in Express PCB and Express SCH are same but the only difference is the circuit diagram made in both. One make on board circuit diagram which gives impression of circuit diagram on PCB and the other, Express SCH gives the view simple schematic view of an electronic circuit. Tools Description: (1). Used to open the previously saved in file in Express PCB. (2). Save the circuit diagram in Express PCB format and can be opened only in Express PCB software. (3). It is an Undo icon or use ctrl+z  key to undo your previous edit things. (4). It is a Zoom in icon. (5). It is a Zoom out i

Traits required to Become 'Green' Enterpreneur

‘ Green ’ entrepreneurs are people who pursue business goals keeping in mind the sustainable development of society. They are actually change agents, who are showing the path to ­others as to how sustainability can be kept in mind even when prioritizing profit maximisation. In today’s age, just meeting environmental standards is not enough! Entrepreneurs need to look at how environmentally conscious their organisation is due to various reasons such as customer perception, curtailing cost, revenues etc. In the last few years, awareness of environmental and societal concerns has grown so rapidly, that green businesses are becoming more and more mainstream. As, the consumer preferences are changing so they want products and services which they perceive as being eco-friendly. Some years ago one might have said that these opportunities exist only in developed countries, but today, the developing countries have leapfrogged into a time when green businesses are growing rapidly in scope Cl

Mendocino Solar Motor Project and Working

Mendocino motor is a solar-powered magnetically-levitated electric motor. Watch how light is turned into motion with this magnetically levitating electric motor. About Mendocino Motor: - According to Wikipedia definition, The motor consists of rotor block, which has two sets of windings and a solar cell attached to each side with the shaft placed in the middle. The shaft is positioned horizontally and has a magnet at each end. These magnets provide levitation by repelling magnets in a base under the motor. Working of this project: - First of all build the base that holds magnets and provides a bearing point for the motor. Then, wind the motor coils and solder the solar cells with them. When the light strikes the solar cells, they generate the electric current and thus, energizing the motor windings. This produces magnetic field which interacts with the field of the magnet under the rotor. This interaction causes the rotor to turn. As the rotor rotates, the next solar cell m

How AddThis WordPress plugin help to create Facebook Login button

Facebook provides many useful applications to their users and web developers so that they can interact with log-in on one’s website. Facebook provides the free application development by which one create Facebook Log-in button and add it to your site so that visitors can sign-up through Facebook Profile and avoid long register application. their visitors via social media. The most widely Facebook application that is being used for If you are a beginner, you might face problem in creating this option to your WordPress site or blog. But, with the availability of good plugin one can easily add Facebook Log-in option to his/her blog. among plenty of WordPress plugins, i found the AddThis Social Sign-in which helps in creation of Social log-in to one's blog. Steps to Add Social Log-in Option: 1. Install AddThis Social Sign-in WordPress plugin and activate the plugin. Now, visit the plugin setting page to activate the social log-in button below the sign-up option on your sit