Year: 2015
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New Eagle 7.5 imports gerber and DXF, adds second sheet to freeware version
by Clemens Valens @ elektormagazine.com EAGLE‘s export and import capabilities have been extended, allowing users to import designs that are in Gerber format into the board editor and use them as board templates for component placement or as a manual routing guide. Basic Gerber...
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Mango: A Compact Size FPGA Research Platform
An arduino-compatible FPGA platform that can be used for a wide range of applications. The Mango is a compact field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) platform that can be used for a wide range of projects, such as signal processing, mobile computing and robotics. FPGA Mango board...
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Protecting the USB from over voltage and overcurrent threats
An application note from Littelfuse about USB protection. This application note addresses the various requirements for protecting the Universal Serial Bus (USB) from overcurrent and overvoltage environmental threats. The solutions presented cover both USB 1.1 and the higher speed USB...
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CHIPINO – The Microchip PIC Based Arduino Style Module
Chipino is an electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, students, technicians, engineers and anyone else interested in creating interactive gadgets. Chipino is not designed to replace...
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POWER PLAY – Arduino based smart power monitors
POWER PLAY are Arduino based smart power monitors that are used to measure and optimize the power consumption of battery operated devices such as smart phones. This model provides the most accurate results but requires modifying the tested device. The POWER PLAY 3.8V outputs...
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Epson develops compact atomic oscillator
Epson has revealed a new atomic oscillator to provide a better accuracy device for telecommunication networks. This new oscillator is using a special laser and IC that are developed by Epson. Seiko Epson Corporation has developed a small, highly stable atomic oscillator, the...
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Increasing cable length in precision video applications
Maurizio tipped us about his latest article. In this article he talks about the different ways of transmitting video signal over large distances. He writes: Traditionally, the physical environment for transmitting video signals over long distances has been the shielded coax cable....
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XLR8: Arduino-compatible FPGA-based Application Accelerator
XLR8 has both an ATmega328 clone and custom accelerator blocks on an FPGA and uses the standard Arduino IDE for programming. XLR8 is a drop-in replacement for an Arduino Uno, but with a twist. It is an Arduino-compatible board that uses a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) as the...
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