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View ArticleTriaxis magnetic position sensor IC is ASIL-ready
Melexis’ next-generation monolithic magnetic sensor family, consisting of the MLX90371 and MLX90372, provides robust absolute position sensing for various applications. By Julien Happich @...
View ArticleDC-DC converter starts up and operates from a single photocell
by Marian Stofka @ www.edn.com: The bq25504 from Texas Instruments is a good candidate to become a milestone on the road to micro-power management and energy harvesting. A prominent feature of this IC...
View ArticleHigh Performance SBC TS-7800-V2 Runs Debian With Linux 4.4.8
Back in 2007, Technologic Systems announced the TS-7800, a single-board computer (SBC) that was able to boot Linux 2.6 in under two seconds. At its core, The TS-7800 is equipped with a Marvel 500MHz...
View ArticleOpticSpy – A Tool For Decoding Optical Data Transmission
Optical data transmission offers a different way of sending data between objects without the drawbacks associated with radio-frequency and wired-communications methods. Visual data communication uses...
View ArticleEmcraft’s Unveils a i.MX 8M System-On-Module and a $349 Starter Kit
Emcraft, which is known primarily for its work in porting uClinux to various high-end MCUs recently unveiled its NXP i.MX 8M System On Module (SOM) which is Linux driven and a Starter Kit for the i.MX...
View ArticleSolidRun Unveils Game-Changing i.MX8 Family: SOM, SBC, and new CuBox Pulse...
After the announcement of the i.MX 8M line of processors from NXP and their collaboration with some companies, we started seeing announcements or devices that use the chip in recent times and some of...
View ArticleArduino Yùn Rev.2 is here!
Arduino just announced a new Yun v2 Board with improvements over the older brother. From the Arduino blog: What’s New in Rev.2 Hardware: Much better, more robust power supply New Ethernet connector...
View ArticleAnalog Devices Circuits from the Lab Reference Designs Instrumentation...
Analog Devices Circuits from the Lab Reference Designs Instrumentation Anthology (pdf) – [Link] The post Analog Devices Circuits from the Lab Reference Designs Instrumentation Anthology (pdf) appeared...
View ArticleTiny Graphics Library for ATtiny85 and SH1106 OLED Display
David Johnson-Davies published another great tutorial on how to use the Tiny Graphics Library to plot the outside temperature over 24 hours on a 128×64 OLED display using an ATtiny85. This small...
View ArticleThe Orange Pi 4G IoT Board is the Most Advanced Orange Pi Board
Orange Pi has been known for its several Raspberry Pi board clones and now has launched a better IoT focused board – Orange Pi 4G IoT. The Shenzhen based company, Xulong has gone through different...
View ArticleArtila M-X6ULL is a Linux-ready Cortex-A7 SoM with a Real Time patch
Artila Electronics, a professional in development and manufacture of ARM-based embedded Linux systems, has released a SODIMM module M-X6ULL based on NXP i.MX6ULL processor family. The new M-X6ULL is...
View ArticleArduino Real Time Clock with Temperature Monitor
Hi guys, in one of our previous tutorials, we built a real-time clock with temperature monitor using the DS3231 and the 16×2 LCD display shield. Today, we will build an upgrade to that project by...
View Article4 Channel Relay Shield for Arduino UNO
4 Channel Relay Shield for Arduino UNO is a simple and convenient way to interface 4 relays for switching applications in your project. Very compact design that can fit on top of Arduino UNO. Project...
View Article1W regulated SMT DC/DC converter can be used in alternative energy
Expanding its range of embedded-core DC/DC converters, Murata Power Solutions adds the NXF1 series of regulated, high isolation converter with 3.3 or 5.0V outputs. Inputs available are nominal 3.3 and...
View ArticlePICO316 – The New Pico-ITX SBC Powered By Intel Apollo Lake Processors
Axiomtek, a Taiwan based company has introduced new Pico-ITX form factor SBCs using Intel’s Apollo Lake processor. This line of SBCs from Axiomtek started with PICO312 with minimal coastline ports, and...
View ArticlePhytec Develops Three PhyCore Modules – i.MX8, i.MX8M, and iMX8X, Driven By...
Phytec has updated their product pages for three new PhyCore modules, all of which support Linux. The three modules, which employ three different flavors of i.MX8 SOC is phyCORE-i.MX 8X, i.MX 8M, and...
View ArticleMicrochip MC1409UK – MPU based system on module
Simplify industrial-grade Linux® designs with SAMA5D2 MPU-based system on module (SOM) with Microchip’s MC1409u. There is a great deal of design effort and complexity associated with creating an...
View ArticlemoRFeus – A field-configurable wideband frequency converter and signal generator
MoRFeus is a 30 MHz–6 GHz field-configurable Fractional-N wideband frequency converter and signal generator. Its LCD display and button interface enable dynamic field-level configuration – from...
View ArticleProgram-O-Tron – SD Card Based Standalone AVR Programmer
An SD card based standalone AVR Programmer is live on kickstarter and has 24 days to go. Here at proto-pic HQ we make kits, lots of kits, and that means lots of AVR programming. We found this a...
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