Our blog

Overview We have already done a teardown on the LG watch R, and today, we will tear down the Sun S2 to see what lessons we can glean from this low-cost smartwatch from China. A review on the watch has already been done, and we are not making a head-on comparison with the LG watch […]

Bluetooth today is understood by many as a convenient connectivity solution. Yet there are limitations regarding its flexibility and this entry serves to discuss some misconceptions about Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE or Bluetooth Smart) and classic Bluetooth. We often receive projects that involve Bluetooth communication, yet many of our clients specify “BLE” without understanding the […]

USB powered lights are convenient for reading, off-center lighting for mobile photo-taking and the like and on the market are some low-cost and simple USB-powered reading lights such as the S$2 Xiaomi Mi LED light. Unfortunately, we found that the light output is not sufficient for certain conditions. A quick tear-down revealed a SAM semiconductor […]

We love taking photos. Wefies. Selfies. You name it. But if you’ve tried to use a smartphone camera in less than optimal lighting conditions, you’ll find your pictures poor and unworthy of that coveted Facebook post. A problem we often face when taking a selfie is that besides having a poor front-facing camera on a […]

An even smarter Bluetooth You’re likely to own a Bluetooth-enabled device by now – your phone is one. Bluetooth-enabled connectivity exists in a variety of consumer electronics and has become a socially understood means of convenient wireless communications. Bluetooth capability can be found in almost every decent smartphone, tablet, wireless mp3 speaker and in-vehicle entertainment […]

From time to time, our engineers hit the roads to deploy technology, and to meet those needs, the Gwinstek GDS-307 portable oscilloscope was procured. Our trusty Agilent oscilloscopes in the lab cost about six thousand dollars but aren’t portable at all. Our unit was purchased from Element14 and features a 7” capacitive full touchscreen which […]