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Kerala's First 3D Printed Building

Created as a showcase project, AMAZE-28, the single-room summer house, was successfully constructed within 28 days on the grounds of the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra. The 3D-printed building at the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra in Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo: Shekunj)  The inauguration of Kerala's inaugural 3D-printed structure, a 380-square-foot single-room summer house, is scheduled to take place on October 10 at the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra (Kesnik) campus located in PTP Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram.  Conceived as a showcase initiative, the summer house named AMAZE-28 was successfully finished within a mere 28 days. This impressive project was executed by Tvasta, a construction technology startup based in Chennai, founded by alumni of IIT-Madras, who have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kesnik.  AMAZE-28 is perched upon a concrete foundation atop a gentle elevation within the Kesnik campus. Febi Varghese, the Director and Chief Executive Officer of...
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RGB LED with Arduino

In this article, we are going to make a very interesting project, that is creating any color of light with Red, Green, and Blue LED (RGB). Here we will control the brightness of each color with Arduino, to create the desired color. Let's start collecting the components which we will need for this project. Circuit connections. Components Needed Following components will be needed to complete this activity: Bread board Arduino UNO RGB LED Resistor (220+ ohm) Jumper Wires Circuit Diagram Prepare the circuit diagram using above components. Circuit diagram is shown in fig below.    
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What is Mechatronics ?

  Hi! Welcome to TechKnowLab. Here we are going to give you a brief introduction to mechatronics. So, what is mechatronics? Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary engineering branch with widest future scope, which is a combination of the following branches : Mechanical Engineering Electronics Engineering Control System Engineering Computer Science Engineering The figure given below is the exact representation of 'What is Mechatronics?'. Representation of Mechatronics Engineering Key Elements of Mechatronics Key elements of the mechatronics systems are - Physical system modeling Sensors and Actuators (MEMS) Signal and systems Computer and logic systems Software and data acquisition Scope of Mechatronics Mechatronics is an evolutionary technology and has uncountable applications. Some industrial scope of the mechatronics are - Robotics Smart infrastructure Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things (IoT) Control systems Data communication and networks Dynamics of machines and mecha...
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Micro-Python on NodeMCU ESP8266 (Windows guide)

This tutorial will guide you through setting up MicroPython on NodeMCU, getting a prompt, using WebREPL, connecting to the network and communicating with the Internet, using the hardware peripherals, and controlling some external components. Requirements – 1.        NodeMCU Module 2.        Laptop with Python installed. (Here I am using python 2.7). 3.        Internet connection Connecting the board to Power- Connect the board to your laptop through USB to power it up. You can also give it external power supply at V in pin (shown in fig. below). Please refer to the documentation for your board for further details. Figure 1 : NodeMCU Module Firmware download – Download the most recent MicroPython firmware .bin file to load onto your NodeMCU device. You can download it from here , and place it in your python/Scripts directory from earlier (screenshot). Flashing the Fir...
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