Traditional concrete can develop cracks through recurring freeze-thaw cycles over time. Cracks expand as it freezes, potentially letting water seep in further pulling it apart. Just as concrete deteriorates, steel structures do too due to inevitable corrosion. The rusted steel eventually wears the entire structure, threatening a crash if not inspected by a safety engineer. Innovations in building materials are rapidly disarming hazards posed by old materials—a British steel company patented a new form of colour-coated steel, galvanized steel, being used as additional protection against adverse environmental factors. Read more here.
Researchers have pondered whether materials could be made as such to bounce back from harsh conditions and vulnerab ...
Hello everyone! I hope you all will be absolutely fine and having fun. Today, I am going to give you an elaboration on Introduction to LM2575. LM2575 is specially designed to simply the design of switching power supplies. It can be done by providing all the necessary active functions required in Integrated Circuit (IC) for step down regulators. LM-2575 can deliver load current of around 1A along with the good line regulation as well as load regulation. LM 2575 has different builtin functions e.g. frequency compensation, cycle by cycle current limiting, oscillator with the fixed frequency and a lot more.
LM-2575 has many amazing features i.e. it can reduce the heat sink size due to its higher efficiency parameter. In some cases even heat sink is ...
Hello friends, I hope you all are healthy and having fun. Today I am posting a simple tutorial in which I will show you How to Create Setup File in Visual Studio 2010. Actually I got a request from one of our members to post this tutorial, he was having some problems in it, so i thought to share it. In my previous tutorial How to use Serial Port in VB 2010, we have designed a simple tool, now what if I want to create an exe file so that I could easily share my tool with my friends, without giving them the access to my code.
So, in today's tutorial, we are gonna have a look at How to create exe or setup file in Visual Studio 2010. No one can get your code from the exe file so its like your code is safe but anyone can use your software. These days ...
An engineer's job description involves a great deal of creating things based on the knowledge learned in school and the course of their career. These creations qualify as creations of the mind which is the very definition of intellectual property and thus protectable under IP laws.
So, understanding your rights as an engineer is critical to your profitability. This guide highlights types of intellectual property that have a huge significance to an engineer, such as patent, industrial design, trademark, copyright, and trade secret protections.
If you are venturing into a career as an engineer or have been in it but never paid attention to your IP rights, this will be an excellent read for you.
Understanding IP Laws
IP laws are designed to protect creations of the mind, also called ...
The choice of operating system for a virtual private server depends on the needs of a particular company. But if you are looking for a reliable, efficient, and flexible solution to host your web projects, in most cases it will be Windows VPS. In this article, we'll analyze why many people prefer Microsoft solutions, and what benefits and limitations you can expect if you decide to buy a Windows VPS
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What is a Windows VPS and what it is used for?
Windows VPS is a virtual private server that uses Windows Server as the underlying operating system. Windows VPS functions effectively as a cloud server with elastic scalability. This means that you get a dedicated server resource that you can use as you see fit, and you can easily add resources as ...
Believing in the essence of timers in ladder logic programming, we come today with a new tutorial in which we are going to show you all about timers, the types of timers, what’s inside timers’ block of parameters, variables, and bits. In addition, techniques for using timers will be explored, and for sure, we are going to practice what we learn using the simulator. So let’s get started with our tutorial.
Timers in ladder logic programming
Guys, this is not the first time we’ve talked about timers. However, this time we are going to look into timers deeply and use the glasses of practical approach. So figure 1 shows the most important types of timers in ladder logic from left to right: the on-delay, off-delay, and retentive timers. There are differences in functionality. However, they all ...
Hello friends, i hope you all are fine and enjoying. Today i am going to share a new project tutorial which is What is serial port? We can also judge from its name that this pin that this may be the pin used for data communication. So we can say that Serial port is such a device which is used for communication of data in a serial manner. and an important thing to remember here is that this port can communicate only one bit at a time.
Serial port is now used in almost all type of computers and it is used to connect some some devices like modems, monitors, LCDs and some models of printers to the mother board of computer. If we talk broadly then some devices connected to the computer like Ethernet, USB etc also requires serial data stream for commun ...
Hello friends, I hope you all are doing well. In today's tutorial, we are going to design a Home Security System using Arduino UNO in Proteus software. It's the most commonly designed engineering project, especially in electrical, electronics and mechatronics engineering. Normally engineering students design it as a semester project during their engineering course.
So, today we will design a home security system from scratch in Proteus software. I have given the complete project below to download but I would suggest you to design it on your own so that you could understand it better. So, let's get started:
Home Security System: Project Description
Before going into the detail, let's first download the complete Proteus Simulation with Ardui ...
Printed circuit board is a very important part of electronic devices. You will find them in all electronic appliances. To make a good quality PCB, it is very important to select high-grade materials. A PCB mainly consists of a NON-conductive material. Conductive lines are etched or printed on them.
PCB materials are mainly of 3 types.
FR-4TeflonMetal
Among these 3, FR-4 is the most common. This article will discuss all that you need to know about FR4 PCB Fabrication. We will discuss all about FR4. We will focus on its advantages.FR-4 Manufacturing
PCBway Fabricaton House manufactures high-quality FR4 PCBs. They can produce these PCBs really fast. The cost is also optimum. They are capable of making multi-layered FR4 PCBs.
PCBWay Fabrication H ...
Hello everyone, I hope you all are doing great. In today's tutorial, I am going to give you a detailed Introduction to Arduino YUN, and we will also have a look at its basic functionalities. Arduino YUN is a latest microcontroller board, manufactured by Arduino. It's the most advanced and highly stylish arduino board. The beauty of Arduino YUN lies in having two on board processors, which I haven't seen yet in any other Microcontroller board. One of them is simple Arduino processor which is similar to that of Arduino Leonardo while the second processor is Atheros AR9331. Atheros supports Linux server, which is the new thing in Arduino YUN. Because of these two processors, one now can do anything in the world of automation as well as web servers. ...
