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September 20, 2026 at 11:48 PM
CAN bus turned 40 this year: Bosch unveiled it in 1986 so car computers could share 2 wires. When nodes collide, the lowest message ID wins and nothing is lost. Still inside cars, robots and industrial IoT. fluidwire.com #CANBus #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
September 24, 2026 at 3:01 AM
CAN bus turned 40 this year: Bosch unveiled it in 1986 so car computers could share 2 wires. When nodes collide, the lowest message ID wins and nothing is lost. Still inside cars, robots and industrial IoT. fluidwire.com #CANBus #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
Wire gauge runs backwards: 12 AWG is thicker than 24 AWG. The number counts how many times the wire was drawn through a die -- more draws, thinner wire. Six gauges up doubles the diameter. Why your breadboard jumper browns out an ESP32. #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
September 22, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Wire gauge runs backwards: 12 AWG is thicker than 24 AWG. The number counts how many times the wire was drawn through a die -- more draws, thinner wire. Six gauges up doubles the diameter. Why your breadboard jumper browns out an ESP32. #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
Turn your thesis idea into working hardware. Fluidwire prototypes PCBs, microcontrollers, and embedded systems in Parañaque. Bring the concept — we build the board.
June 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Turn your thesis idea into working hardware. Fluidwire prototypes PCBs, microcontrollers, and embedded systems in Parañaque. Bring the concept — we build the board.
Why is a byte 8 bits? It was not always. Early machines used 6, 7 or 9 bit bytes -- IBM System/360 fixed it at 8 in 1964. That is why network specs say "octet", and why C promises CHAR_BIT >= 8, not == 8. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
September 20, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Why is a byte 8 bits? It was not always. Early machines used 6, 7 or 9 bit bytes -- IBM System/360 fixed it at 8 in 1964. That is why network specs say "octet", and why C promises CHAR_BIT >= 8, not == 8. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
Hello, World started in 1972 in Brian Kernighan's Bell Labs tutorial for the B language. The embedded version is Blink: one LED proving your toolchain works before you write real firmware. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
September 3, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Hello, World started in 1972 in Brian Kernighan's Bell Labs tutorial for the B language. The embedded version is Blink: one LED proving your toolchain works before you write real firmware. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
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September 2, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Have a thesis, capstone, or IoT project idea but don’t know where to start? 🤖⚡
Let Fluidwire help turn your concept into a working prototype.
📩 Send us your project idea and requirements today.
#Fluidwire #ThesisProject #CapstoneProject #IoTProject #ArduinoProject #ESP32 #ElectronicsProject #S
Let Fluidwire help turn your concept into a working prototype.
📩 Send us your project idea and requirements today.
#Fluidwire #ThesisProject #CapstoneProject #IoTProject #ArduinoProject #ESP32 #ElectronicsProject #S
The power symbol is binary: the line is 1 (on), the circle is 0 (off). The one on your laptop is a line inside a circle -- that is standby, not off. Standby still draws current, which is the whole battery-life problem in IoT. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
September 2, 2026 at 3:04 AM
The power symbol is binary: the line is 1 (on), the circle is 0 (off). The one on your laptop is a line inside a circle -- that is standby, not off. Standby still draws current, which is the whole battery-life problem in IoT. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
Silicon Valley was named by a journalist: Don Hoefler's Jan 1971 "Silicon Valley USA" series in Electronic News. Before the chipmakers it was orchards, the Valley of Heart's Delight. Named for the material. #IoT #TechHistory #Fluidwire
August 31, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Silicon Valley was named by a journalist: Don Hoefler's Jan 1971 "Silicon Valley USA" series in Electronic News. Before the chipmakers it was orchards, the Valley of Heart's Delight. Named for the material. #IoT #TechHistory #Fluidwire
Why does Wi-Fi use 2.4 GHz? It was the microwave oven's junk band. Regulators set it aside for ovens, then the FCC opened it to unlicensed devices in 1985 -- and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Zigbee moved in. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
August 24, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Why does Wi-Fi use 2.4 GHz? It was the microwave oven's junk band. Regulators set it aside for ovens, then the FCC opened it to unlicensed devices in 1985 -- and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Zigbee moved in. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
Every silicon chip traces back to a 1916 accident: chemist Jan Czochralski dipped his pen in molten tin instead of his inkwell and pulled out a single crystal. That crystal-pulling method still grows nearly every silicon wafer. fluidwire.com #IoT #Semiconductors #Fluidwire
August 21, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Every silicon chip traces back to a 1916 accident: chemist Jan Czochralski dipped his pen in molten tin instead of his inkwell and pulled out a single crystal. That crystal-pulling method still grows nearly every silicon wafer. fluidwire.com #IoT #Semiconductors #Fluidwire
Why is it called booting? Short for bootstrapping -- lifting yourself by your own bootstraps. You need a program to load a program, so a tiny ROM loader pulls in the real firmware. Still how every ESP32 starts. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
August 15, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Why is it called booting? Short for bootstrapping -- lifting yourself by your own bootstraps. You need a program to load a program, so a tiny ROM loader pulls in the real firmware. Still how every ESP32 starts. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
Null Island: 0N 0E in the Gulf of Guinea. No land -- but it is where broken GPS trackers and geocoders dump errors. A cluster of points at 0,0 = bad IoT location data. fluidwire.com #IoT #GPS #Fluidwire
August 12, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Null Island: 0N 0E in the Gulf of Guinea. No land -- but it is where broken GPS trackers and geocoders dump errors. A cluster of points at 0,0 = bad IoT location data. fluidwire.com #IoT #GPS #Fluidwire
The MOSFET is the most manufactured object in human history -- around 13 sextillion made since Bell Labs invented it in 1959. It's the tiny switch inside every microchip and IoT device. fluidwire.com #IoT #Electronics #Fluidwire
August 3, 2026 at 3:02 AM
The MOSFET is the most manufactured object in human history -- around 13 sextillion made since Bell Labs invented it in 1959. It's the tiny switch inside every microchip and IoT device. fluidwire.com #IoT #Electronics #Fluidwire
Hedy Lamarr, 1940s Hollywood star, co-patented "frequency hopping" in 1942 -- the wireless idea now inside Bluetooth, Wi-Fi & GPS. Built to stop torpedo jamming; now core to every IoT device. fluidwire.com #IoT #TechHistory #Fluidwire
August 2, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Hedy Lamarr, 1940s Hollywood star, co-patented "frequency hopping" in 1942 -- the wireless idea now inside Bluetooth, Wi-Fi & GPS. Built to stop torpedo jamming; now core to every IoT device. fluidwire.com #IoT #TechHistory #Fluidwire
Computers count time from Jan 1, 1970 -- the Unix epoch. On 32-bit systems that counter overflows Jan 19, 2038: the Y2038 bug, a real risk for embedded/IoT firmware still in the field. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
July 21, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Computers count time from Jan 1, 1970 -- the Unix epoch. On 32-bit systems that counter overflows Jan 19, 2038: the Y2038 bug, a real risk for embedded/IoT firmware still in the field. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
The first computer mouse (1964) was carved from wood. Douglas Engelbart's SRI prototype rolled on two metal wheels and got its name because the cord looked like a tail. Hardware history that still shapes IoT: fluidwire.com #IoT #TechHistory #Fluidwire
July 16, 2026 at 7:06 AM
The first computer mouse (1964) was carved from wood. Douglas Engelbart's SRI prototype rolled on two metal wheels and got its name because the cord looked like a tail. Hardware history that still shapes IoT: fluidwire.com #IoT #TechHistory #Fluidwire
The first microcontroller was the TI TMS1000 (1974): a CPU, ROM, RAM and I/O on one 4-bit chip -- the ancestor of every IoT device today. More at fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
July 13, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The first microcontroller was the TI TMS1000 (1974): a CPU, ROM, RAM and I/O on one 4-bit chip -- the ancestor of every IoT device today. More at fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
Why is it called the Raspberry Pi? 'Raspberry' follows the fruit-named-computer tradition (Apple, Acorn). 'Pi' is for Python -- the language it was built to run. Now a favorite for IoT and embedded projects. fluidwire.com #RaspberryPi #IoT #Fluidwire
July 12, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Why is it called the Raspberry Pi? 'Raspberry' follows the fruit-named-computer tradition (Apple, Acorn). 'Pi' is for Python -- the language it was built to run. Now a favorite for IoT and embedded projects. fluidwire.com #RaspberryPi #IoT #Fluidwire
The internet's first message was 'LO'. On Oct 29 1969 UCLA tried to send LOGIN to Stanford over ARPANET -- it crashed after 2 letters. That network became today's internet and IoT. fluidwire.com #IoT #TechHistory #Fluidwire
July 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The internet's first message was 'LO'. On Oct 29 1969 UCLA tried to send LOGIN to Stanford over ARPANET -- it crashed after 2 letters. That network became today's internet and IoT. fluidwire.com #IoT #TechHistory #Fluidwire
The first PLC was built in 1968: Dick Morley's Modicon 084 swapped walls of relays for reprogrammable software - and PLCs still run factories and industrial IoT today. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #IndustrialIoT
June 26, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The first PLC was built in 1968: Dick Morley's Modicon 084 swapped walls of relays for reprogrammable software - and PLCs still run factories and industrial IoT today. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #IndustrialIoT
The first text message ever sent? 'Merry Christmas.' Neil Papworth typed it on a PC in 1992 -- phones couldn't even reply yet. SMS still powers cellular IoT today. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
June 23, 2026 at 3:02 AM
The first text message ever sent? 'Merry Christmas.' Neil Papworth typed it on a PC in 1992 -- phones couldn't even reply yet. SMS still powers cellular IoT today. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
The first transistor was built at Bell Labs on Dec 23, 1947 - Bardeen & Brattain's tiny device replaced vacuum tubes and made every microchip and IoT sensor possible. We build on it daily at fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
June 21, 2026 at 3:02 AM
The first transistor was built at Bell Labs on Dec 23, 1947 - Bardeen & Brattain's tiny device replaced vacuum tubes and made every microchip and IoT sensor possible. We build on it daily at fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
The I2C bus (Philips, 1982) lets dozens of chips talk over just TWO wires - a data line and a clock line. 40+ years on, most IoT sensors still use it. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire
June 18, 2026 at 3:02 AM
The I2C bus (Philips, 1982) lets dozens of chips talk over just TWO wires - a data line and a clock line. 40+ years on, most IoT sensors still use it. fluidwire.com #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #Fluidwire