Year: 2016
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Omniblox – Eagle BRD 3D viewer update
Omniblox, the Eagle .brd 3D viewer we previously covered here has released a new version that uses fonts and corrects rotation issues in silk screens. Code and instructions available on github. Omniblox – Eagle BRD 3D viewer update -...
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Building A Quadcopter For Newbie
Drones are one of the rising technologies in the world and it became very popular that we see it in news on places that have armed conflicts, aerial photography like GoPro drones and even for customer care like the Prime Air delivery system from Amazon which is designed to get packages to...
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Introduction to I²C and SPI protocols
byteparadigm.com has a nice introductory article on I2C and SPI protocols: Today, at the low end of the communication protocols, we find I²C (for ‘Inter-Integrated Circuit’, protocol) and SPI (for ‘Serial Peripheral Interface’). Both protocols are well-suited for...
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Benefits of Using A Buck-Boost Converter As A Pre-regulator For LDOs
Intersil published a new white paper titled “Preventing Subsystem Brownouts in Mobile Devices“. This white paper demonstrates the benefit of using a buck-boost converter as a pre-regulator, which leads to better overall system efficiency and enhanced battery life. Systems...
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Intersil’s Switching Regulators Adopted in Huawei P9 Smartphone
Intersil announces the adoption of its latest family of buck-boost switching regulators in one of Huawei's newest smartphone. The ISL91110 buck-boost switching regulator powers the Huawei P9 smartphone's key system peripherals providing excellent efficiency and performance....
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Adding ADC to Microcontrollers without ADC
Scott @ swharden.com show us how to interface an analog signal to a microcontroller that doesn't have an ADC. I recently had the need to carefully measure a voltage with a microcontroller which lacks an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and I hacked together a quick and dirty method...
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Analog front-end IC linearizes sensors
Susan Nordyk @ edn.com discuss about LTC2986 which is able to digitize and linearize a combination of temperature sensors in Celsius or Fahrenheit degrees. A 10-channel temperature-measurement IC, the LTC2986 from Linear Technology directly digitizes any combination of thermocouples,...
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MPPT Solar Charger Design based on PIC18F26J50
Lukas Fässler shares his Maximum Point Tracker Solar Charger Design based on PIC18F26J50: At the core of the design is a PIC18F26J50 in a 28 pin SOIC package. It’s capable of running at down to 2.15 volts and consumes extremely little power when running at lower clock speeds. And...
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