New Excel plug-in

By mvuilleu, in Programming, december 24,2014.

Some time ago we showed you how to efficiently read Yoctopuce sensors from Excel, using an RTD server written in C# .NET. As this solution works quite well, we have been asked whether it was possible to extend our sample code to handle other Yoctopuce devices. It's Christmas time, here you are :-)

Interfacing a rotary encoder with a Yocto-Knob

By seb, in Programming, Electronics and DIY, december 17,2014.

We already used the Yocto-Knob to interface potentiometers, buttons, photo-diodes, but never so far a rotary encoder. This week, we are going to see how to interface a rotary encoder with a Yocto-Knob to create a more advanced human-computer interface.

An animated Advent window

By mvuilleu, in DIY, december 12,2014.

For Advent, we were asked to decorate a "lighted window" as part of a local street animation. We decided to do this decoration as a shadow play. This offers us the opportunity to show you different methods to animate a window display with Yoctopuce modules, with a video demonstration.

New tools to update your modules

By Sébastien Rinsoz, in Programming, december 05,2014.

Until now, the only way to update a Yoctopuce module was to use the VirtualHub. Since version 18640 of our libraries, you can update your module firmware with the Yoctopuce libraries. We also published an Android application enabling you to update your modules. Let's have a look at these new ways of updating.

A WiFi desk lamp

By martinm, in DIY and Internet of Things, november 28,2014.

Do you remember the USB desk lamp? This week, we present a WiFi version. It so happens that some new modules appeared since the time the making of the USB version, which make it quite easy to build this improved version.