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Optimising a world-class ready-to-drive vehicle

4D Projects
13 Sep. 2019

- Idea - Formula Student is an international design competition for students in which teams from around the world ...construct a single-seated formula vehicle and produce a ready-to-drive prototype in which they compete against each other. The University of Stuttgart's combustion team, Rennteam Stuttgart, currently holds the 1st place world ranking

Developing bespoke products profitably

4D Projects
23 Aug. 2019

- Idea - Based in Nantes, France, Ledixis designs DMX controllers for lighting control on TV and cinema sets ...;for its brand Exalux which targets commercial customers. It is a balancing act to cost effectively develop new product lines & revenue sources. It requires assessing the overall sales potential of a new product against the development

How innovators are accelerating product development using commodity SBCs and display modules

News
20 Aug. 2019

The past ten years have seen a significant increase in the number of new consumer electronics-based products coming to m...arket, and the pace shows no signs of slowing. You can find everything from an IoT-connected toothbrush to a petcam app that allows you to check up on your cat or dog when they are home alone. Imagination is everything, and this seems to b

How to easily incorporate a colour display and touch interface into an existing design

News
13 Aug. 2019

The proliferation of Full Colour Graphics Displays with Touch There are very few embedded designs on the market today t...hat do not have a display. Even many consumer white goods and kitchen appliances incorporate some form of display. Buttons, rotary selectors, switches and other input devices are being replaced by more colourful and easier-to-use touch scre

Introducing the new uLCD-90DT/DCT series

News
8 Aug. 2019

Going large - 4D Systems introduces the new uLCD-90DT/DCT series with 9.0” Diablo16 Integrated Display Modules... designed specifically to cater for the growing demand of physically large displays. Sydney, Australia – The 9.0” Diablo16 Integrated Display Module is part of the microLCD range of modules designed and manufactured by 4D Systems. The

Leading the way in solar powered vessels

4D Projects
1 Aug. 2019

- Idea - Ever wanted to build and race a manned competition vessel powered exclusively by solar energy? If so, you’l...l find yourself in good company, racing against Técnico Solar Boat. They are a competitive team of 33 university students from a range of engineering disciplines based at Instituto Superior Técnico from Lisbon, Portugal. With a mission

His Very Own Space Odyssey

4D Projects
16 Jul. 2019

- Idea - One of our customers decided to take model-making to the next level. Based in New York, USA, Carl Darby ...set out to create a scale model of the EVA Pod from the Movie 2001: A Space Odyssey – a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. Not content with simply backlighting the panels, he wanted the panels to

5 Things To Consider When Incorporating A Display Into Your Embedded Design

News
10 Jul. 2019

Nowadays most embedded designs on the market, from consumer white goods to industrial machinery, incorporate some form o...f display. The current sophistication of touch displays, enabling commands to be given through swipes and gestures, owes much to the early smartphone designers. Touch-enabled LCD displays can reduce system cost by removing the need for swit

When is a Maker a Maker?

News
10 Jul. 2019

Makers come in many shapes and sizes but creativity is constant Creativity is fundamental to being human; it sets our s...pecies apart from most others and yet it isn’t easily assigned to any specific area of the brain. There is something about how the human brain functions that allow creative and abstract thought. It is so fundamental that, without this abi

AN-00048 Designer or ViSi uCAM-III Demo for Goldelox Displays

App Notes
5 Jul. 2019

The uCAM-III (microCAM-III) is a highly integrated serial camera module which can be attached to any host system that re...quires a video camera or a JPEG compressed still camera for embedded imaging applications. The module uses a CMOS VGA colour sensor along with a JPEG compression chip that provides a low cost and low powered camera system. The module has an

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