#Miniaturized Electronics

[medicaldevicesindustrynews]

Integrated Passive Device Market is Driven by Growing Demand for Smart Wearables

According to P&S Intelligence, the global integrated passive device (IPD) market is experiencing growth. This can be credited to the Growing acceptance of integrated passive devices in consumer electronics, armed with growing applications of the device in RF modules, which is boosting the development of the industry. Furthermore, the growing acceptance of smart wearables is also fuelling the…

[dnotive]

I built a Cyberpunk City out of GARBAGE

(AKA: What you do when you’re stuck at home and bored to tears)

So, one of the wilder things I did during the pandemic was build my own cyberpunk city to use for a music video shoot. 

The bones of the project just uses completely randomly pieces of cardboard and other crap from my garage, randomly glued together into shapes that looked vaguely building-like, and spray-painted gray and black to look somewhat on-purpose.

(Party cups and left over toilet paper tubes just add to the aesthetic)

The next thing I did was add dramatic uplighting, because let’s face it... everything looks cooler and bigger and more intense if it’s uplit. Chunks of leftover LED strips work really well, and it’s really easy to isolate just the blue circuits. It creates the illusion of scale which is important for any model to look large.

Of course, no city is complete without BLINKY LIGHTS (and I’m sure you noted already there’s some blinky action on top of the towers here) so I spent a bunch of time googling blinking light circuits and experimenting with them on a breadboard before ultimately extending the wires to glue them to the buildings themselves.

(I  got a basic electronics kit on Amazon for most of the components)

Then, I put white LED strips inside of the bigger buildings (a little trickier to isolate the W circuits but not impossible!) and poked holes to simulate lit windows for ultimate sci-fi street cred.

At this stage, things were looking pretty legit.

The “final” touch was to create a virtual billboard to go in one of the sections. I had an old first gen ipod touch that I made a little slot for and cobbled together a video loop for. (Don’t worry it’s not permanently installed or anything -- it just slides in and out.)

... and of course what dystopian future is complete without flying cars...?

A little platform for a hotwheels car to go on (after it’s all painted green of course for the greenscreen.)

Insert some practical effects, some video-editing magic, and VOILA! ... it’s CYBERPUNK TIME BAYBEE.

I was inspired by a post on here from literally years ago about making a city out of garbage and LED’s and decided to take it to the next level. I’m sure at some point I could save myself the trouble by learning how to 3D model but this was so much more fun.

I probably spent too much time on this but if you’re in any way curious about what the final result turned out to be, the video I built all of this for premieres on October 15th.

[sofubis]

配線の世界　拡張 (tarlin)

[unopenablebox]

girlfriend got all surprised at me for describing new york as being "part of new england" like any reasonable person wouldn't put it in there

[cryptid-stimming]

Makoto Yuki (Persona 3) Stimboard (with blue & black, and themes of Y2K, swords, and moons) for Anon

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[Image description: a 9 gif stimboard; from left to right.

First line: A close-up gif of a blue katana sword being pulled out of it's sheath, green fields in the background. An old web gif of a wave splashing, a crescent moon in the sky behind. And a gif of someone rotating and unsheathing miniature blue swords in their hands.

Second line: A gif of someone using a vintage 3D PC controller with both hands while playing a game on a vintage PC monitor. A still image of the character Makoto Yuki (Persona 3). And a gif of someone holding a holographic black and silver sticker in their fingertips, the sticker has a planet with rings design and the words 'forever online'.

Third line: A gif of a moon and nightscape being drawn in Windows 95 MS Paint. A gif of a retro television with blinking lights and a sci-fi shape, the screen shows a warping effect animation. And a close-up gif of someone holding a miniature model sword in their fingers and painting it blue.

End of image description.]

[toytopia]

[radwolf76]

My Hero Forge 2.0 Creations — Running in the Shadows Edition

So, as cheesy and sometimes problematic the Shadowrun franchise is, there's just something fun about blending fantasy Tabletop RPG tropes like elves and magic into a cyberpunk dystopia that keeps bringing me back.

Ended up making a version of one of my longtime Shadowrun NPCs (from back when I GM'ed in the 90s) in Hero Forge.

[minicheck]

Mini Casio watches. Only in Japan.

More images on Designboom.

[imwritesometimes]

I had to pay eye watering prices for them but look what I encountered today (finally)

[crapyoudontneed]

Tiny playable game console!

[roxysmini]

Miniature Kitty Night light

It's about 1.5cm tall, and 1cm wide

So this one was pure experimentation : I drowned a RGB led from a cheap christmas fairy light in hot-melt glue and then tried to shape it as best I could. Lastly I added a little black acryclic paint with a toothpick. I hooked it to my Arduino, copy-pasted a generic RGB led script, pushed the button... And lo and behold ! It light uuuuup ! I think this technique could be useful for cosplay details too. Or light-up eyes for large dolls ? The only problem is to fit a battery and the microprocessor. For my night light, I'm planning on hiding the microprocessor in a table/cabinet. I'll power it with my dollhouse wiring, so no battery needed.

[medicaldevicesindustrynews]

Understanding the Growing Applications of LTCC and HTCC in Automotive Sector

With the growth and usage of power devices, particularly 3rd-generation semiconductors, semiconductor devices are progressively evolving in the path of miniaturization, high power, multi-function, and integration, which also put forward greater needs on the performance of packaging substrates.  Ceramic substrates possess good heat resistance, high thermal conductivity, low coefficient of thermal…

[futureelectronic1098]

Functional Safety and Miniaturization for the Future with ROHM: Electronica 2022

https://www.futureelectronics.com/m/rohm. ROHM are developing electronics for the future. Michael Maurer showed us the ROHM focus on Functional Safety, with a broad product portfolio. Showcased at Electronica were cameras for vehicles with a tiny 3.5 mm x 3.5 mm power management IC, which provided energy for the whole system. https://youtu.be/TbIxvFkXMI4

[messungworkplacetechnology]

Get ESD Chairs of the highest calibre in PU with Messung

The Mini Electronics Testing ESD Table from Messung is made to accommodate add-ons like a keyboard tray, magnifying glass, bottle holder, monitor arm, and other accessories.

[futureelectronic1527]

Functional Safety and Miniaturization for the Future with ROHM: Electronica 2022

https://www.futureelectronics.com/m/rohm. ROHM are developing electronics for the future. Michael Maurer showed us the ROHM focus on Functional Safety, with a broad product portfolio. Showcased at Electronica were cameras for vehicles with a tiny 3.5 mm x 3.5 mm power management IC, which provided energy for the whole system. https://youtu.be/TbIxvFkXMI4

[lizlemondyke]

an imdb deep dive that reveals exactly what you suspected to be true is something that can be so cathartic actually