Year: 2016

The LT8391 is a synchronous 4-switch buck-boost LED controller that regulates LED current from input voltage above, below, or equal to the output voltage. The proprietary peak-buck peak-boost current mode control scheme allows adjustable and synchronizable 150kHz to 650kHz fixed...

Raj from Embedded Lab has posted a new article exploring an easy wireless communication setup between two Arduinos using low-cost ASK RF transmitter and receiver modules. He used a 433MHz Tx/Rx pair with two Arduino boards to illustrate how to construct a low-range wireless...

diy_bloke @ instructables.com has designed an AC PWM dimmer for Arduino: Over 3 years ago, I published a simpel TRIAC AC dimmer for the arduino. That proved to be a very popular design. Yet in spite of the simplicity of the circuit the software needed was a bit complicated as it...

In this tutorial you will learn how to use ATMEGA328 microcontroller as standalone Arduino. This way you can minify your next arduino project. They cost only 2 bucks, can do the same as your Arduino and make your projects extremely small. We will cover the pin layout, how to make...

A single AA battery provides voltages of 5V or 3.3V for hardware prototyping. This tiny board allows you to bring the power to your project, and not the other way around. Bring your micro to the sensor without running wires! A single AA battery is used to provide breadboard power of...

Step up DC-DC converter is based on LM2577-ADJ IC, this project provides 12V output using 5V input, maximum output load 800mA. The LM2577 are monolithic integrated circuits that provide all of the power and control functions for step-up (boost), fly back, and forward converter...

MEMSIC has announced the MMC3630KJ magnetometer that integrates a monolithic 3-axis AMR (anisotropic magnetoresistive) sensor and a signal conditioning ASIC into a 1.2 × 1.2 × 0.5-mm BGA package. According to MEMSIC, devices in the series offer the ability to deliver a magnetic...

diy_bloke @ instructables.com has build an arduino controlled triac light dimmer and describes the circuit and software used to achieve that. It becomes a bit more tricky if one wants to dim a mains AC lamp with an arduino: just limiting the current through e.g. a transistor is not...