Year: 2016
CameraShutter – Control your DSLR camera
Control your DSLR to take a picture every x seconds for x minutes, fully configurable via LCD menus. CameraShutter - Control your DSLR camera -...
Continue ReadingSilicon-air Battery A New Achievement in Energy Storage Area
Researchers from Jülich Research Center (Jülich, Germany) announced their new invention, a silicon-air battery. The new battery features high energy density so it’s a lighter and smaller battery solution. Silicon-air battery is made of silicon which means it’s cheap to make...
Continue ReadingBq501210 the Wireless Power Transmitter from TI
Texas Instruments (TI) announced the Qi-Certified Wireless Power (WPC) v1.2 solution for 15-W operation wireless power transmission for Smart Phones, Tablets, and Other Handheld devices, Point-of-Sale devices and other custom wireless power applications. Bq501210 supports...
Continue ReadingClearFog Base from SolidRun A New 90$ Single Board Computer
SoildRun launched ClearFog Base, a SBC (Single Board Computer) designed for IoT and networking applications. ClearFog Base includes SoM (System on Module) designed by SolidRun too and it is based on Marvell’s ARMADA A388 SoC (System On Chip) with Dual core ARM Cortex A9 @ up to 1.6...
Continue ReadingThermal-imaging DMM, in distribution
Distributor Conrad Business Supplies has the thermal multimeter 279 FC from Fluke, that combines a thermal imager with a fully-featured true RMS digital multimeter to enable faster and more thorough troubleshooting with a single tool. By Graham Prophet@...
Continue ReadingCP2102N – The Latest USB Controller From Silicon Labs
Recently, Silicon Labs announced a new USB controller called CP2102N which is part of the USBXpress™ bridge devices family. CP2102N have a battery charger detect functionality to notify an external battery charger with the amount of current available from the USB interface (100 mA,...
Continue ReadingIRis – An Infrared Sensor using Photodiode amplification Circuit
[devttys0] designed a sensitive IR detector for capturing weak infrared signals. He shared in detail how he designed the circuit, beginning from the basic components, walking through solving the problems and finally ended up with a complete working circuit. Craig Heffner/[devttys0]...
Continue ReadingHT48R002 A Very Cheap OTP MCU as Low as $0.085/Unit
A highlight from CNXSoft about Holtek HT48R002 MCU as the cheapest MCU. HT48R002 is a 8-Bit OTP (One Time Programming) MCU with the following key features (datasheet): 8-bit RISC MCU @ 8MHz. 1K x 14-bit ROM (OTP). 64 x 8-bit RAM data memory. 6x I/O including 1x external...
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