How to measure wind? (part 2)

By martinm, in DIY, january 18,2013.

Last week, we built an anemometer allowing you to measure wind speed by USB. This week, we describe the complementary tool: a wind vane allowing you to know the wind direction. With USB reading of course, otherwise it's not fun.

How to measure wind? (part 1)

By martinm, in DIY, january 11,2013.

Yocto-Meteo owners regularly ask us if Yoctopuce intends to put on the market a sensor to measure wind speed. The problem is that an anemometer contains more mechanics than electronics. We looked at some models available on the market. We concluded that the cheap anemometers were too difficult to hack and that the models designed to be interfaced were way too expensive. We are therefore going to tell you how to create your own anemometer using a Yocto-Knob.

Happy new Firmware !

By Sébastien Rinsoz, in New stuff, january 08,2013.

Yet another year, and enjoy a fresh new batch of firmware releases. We will take this opportunity to review the various methods available to upgrade the firmware of your Yoctopuce devices, either manually or automatically.

Device Inventory vs Plug And Play

By martinm, in Programming, december 28,2012.

If you have to code a Yoctopuce devices inventory, you would probably want to explicitly build a list using the appropriate API functions. But this is not the most convenient method if you wish to handle devices plug/unplug events during the application life.

Yocto-USB connectors

By martinm, in Electronics, december 21,2012.

You have probably noticed that all Yoctopuce USB devices use micro-USB connectors which are the smallest available. But for some applications, a USB micro B plug is still too big. This week we will explain how to wire your Yoctopuce devices without USB plugs.