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Build Long-Range IoT Applications Fast With Meshtastic

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The stand-alone communicator [bottom of illustration] can be ordered assembled, or you can build your own from open-source design files. The radio has both LoRa and Bluetooth antennas, and there’s a nice smartphone app that uses the Bluetooth connection to relay text messages through the radio and configure many settings.

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Build a Radar Cat Detector

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volts as the radar and can configure the module and parse its output. Connecting the radar to the RedBoard was a breeze, as they both have Qwiic 4-wire interfaces, which provides power along with an I2C serial connection to peripherals. So I ordered the radar module, along with a $30 IoT RedBoard microcontroller.

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GM building new center for next-generation battery cell technology

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The facility will build on more than a decade of advanced battery development at GM Research and Development. The facility is expected to build its first prototype cells in the fourth quarter of 2022. The facility will connect GM’s network of battery development sites located on its Global Technical Center campus.

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GM Canada Engineering Center to build fleet of self-driving 2017 Chevrolet Volts

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In remarks to the Economic Club in Ottawa, GM Canada president and managing director Steve Carlisle confirmed that its Canadian Engineering Center in Oshawa, Ontario, has been awarded a mandate to play a leading role in the build of autonomous driving vehicles. GM’s autonomous technology will bring the vehicle to its destination and park it.

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Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Thermal Interface Material (TIM) used in series-production EV charging port

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The two-component plastic housing has a complex three-dimensional geometry, since the charging plug’s connection poles pass through it. It reliably keeps the easily bent board in place and facilitates the assembly; the electronics unit is clipped in with snap connections. Cooled busbars in traction batteries are one example.

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OnStar, Verizon unveil second-generation research vehicle at CES; Volt with Verizon 4G LTE Network

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OnStar and Verizon Wireless unveiled a second-generation connected research vehicle at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The static Chevrolet Volt research concept vehicle focuses on a comprehensive in-vehicle experience as in-vehicle energy management applications.

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Chevrolet Performance previews eCrate package in converted 1977 K5 Blazer EV

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The K5 Blazer-E is a functional proof of concept of the upcoming Electric Connect and Cruise package Chevrolet Performance plans to sell in the second half of 2021. During the virtual event, Chevrolet Performance will survey SEMA members interested in building their own electric projects to help finalize Chevrolet’s initial eCrate offering.

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