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Who are Makers ?

They are not aiming for profit .

Someone who turns creative ideas into reality .

Many of today’s most notable technological breakthroughs were developed by makers. In daily life, they may be investors, designers, musicians, athletes, or even teenagers. For example, there is a company called Qtechknow, which mainly serves DIY players of electronic products. Its founder, Quin Etnyre, is a maker himself. He was only 11 years old when he founded the company.

In the Bilibili UP main video we shared earlier , Ling Shiqi created a "magic" cool shoulder armor, and the equipment light effect can be richly changed with the rise and fall of sound waves. (Click here to learn more)

With the development of the Internet of Things, more and more new applications are emerging, which makes us have more and more touch points with the digital world. This also inspires makers to develop their products faster, at lower costs and with better performance.

With the help of a camera, a Raspberry Pi, an XMC1100 Boot Kit and a DC Motor Control Board with BTN8982TA , almost any remote-controlled car can be turned into an autonomous vehicle. The Dunkeycar project allows the Raspberry Pi to write images, throttle and steering information to its SD card. This data will be used to train a neural network, which will then be placed on the Raspberry Pi to enable the car to drive autonomously. The XMC1100 Boot Kit is responsible for controlling the DC motor and the steering servo motor. The Arduino-compatible XMC1100 Boot Kit will emulate the PWM board used in the official Donkeycar project. More information can be found on the project page .

This project takes people back to some of the most iconic classics in the history of gaming. In this project, magnetic sensors are used for a mini retro gaming station joystick and buttons powered by a Raspberry-Pi. For this purpose, the cabinet is equipped with two XENSIV™ Hall Switch Shield2Go TLE4964-3M , which are used to read the information buttons, and a Magnetic 3D Hall Shield2Go board , which is responsible for determining the position of the joystick. The 2GO modules are connected to the Raspberry Pi via the Shield2Go adapter for Raspberry Pi, and the sound comes from two speakers, driven by a 40W MERUS. Driven by a 40W MERUS audio amplifier. More information about the project can be found HERE .

The last example can be applied to a real use case. It uses a 24GHz radar sensor to detect the speed of an object . The sensor can be completely covered by the front panel, which makes it useful in many other applications. From security monitoring to smart home products and many other applications. In addition to this, two seven-segment displays show the current speed of the monitored object, and the whole device is controlled by the XMC1100 in the form of an XMC2Go evaluation board. More information about this project can be found here .

Infineon has a wide range of products not only for professionals , but also for makers, startups, students, hobbyists, electronics enthusiasts and engineers who want to start prototyping quickly. Infineon offers a wide range of different Arduino-compatible shields, expansion modules, prototyping boards and HATs that can be used to create prototypes quickly and efficiently. Most products are compatible with the Arduino UNO ecosystem as well as many of Infineon's microcontroller evaluation kits. An adapter allows the powerful Shield2Go device to be used with the Raspberry Pi.

As shown in the three DIY projects above, the products provided by Infineon to makers can not only be used for prototype design , but also be well suited for real projects and small-scale production .