Month: March 2017
Keysight adds 50/70/100 MHz oscilloscopes for educators, small labs
Martin Rowe @ edn.com writes: Taking aim at rivals Rigol and Tektronix, Keysight Technologies has introduced a series of four oscilloscopes aimed at educators, small labs, and perhaps individuals. The InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series of two-channel oscilloscopes has bandwidths of 50 MHz,...
Continue ReadingFrom Maker to Production tools by Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics, a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions, is now joining the Embedded World 2017 exhibition and conference. Embedded world is the trade fair for the security...
Continue ReadingHow Do NASA’s Apollo Computers Stack Up to an iPhone?
By David Grossman @ popularmechanics.com: Yes, the modern smartphone is more powerful than the computer used by NASA during the Apollo mission, but that overlooks how impressive the Apollo computers actually were. For starters, there wasn't just one computer, there were four. How Do...
Continue ReadingAdvancing power supply solutions through the promise of GaN
by Michael Seeman and Dave Freeman from Texas Instrument: One important innovation that promises to contribute significantly to meeting this goal is the use of gallium-nitride (GaN) in power applications. GaN is already an established semiconductor material, employed extensively in LED...
Continue ReadingAnalyzing the vintage 8008 processor from die photos
Ken Shirriff writes: The revolutionary Intel 8008 microprocessor is 45 years old today (March 13, 2017), so I figured it’s time for a blog post on reverse-engineering its internal circuits. One of the interesting things about old computers is how they implemented things in...
Continue ReadingEmbedded IoT gateway, in a 17 x 25 mm footprint
Lantronix, Inc. has added the xPico 200 family of embedded IoT gateways that measure 17 by 25 mm, to rpvide secure Ethernet, Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth connectivity for smart IoT solutions. by Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com: The xPico 200 series will feature enterprise security,...
Continue ReadingPremier Farnell partners with Intel on IoT
Farnell element14's tinyTILE is an Intel Curie module based board created by the distributor in partnership with Intel. by Julien Happich @ edn-europe.com: Measuring only 35x26mm, the tinyTILE has been specifically designed for use in wearable and IoT designs for consumer and...
Continue ReadingAnalog Discovery USB isolation
Bob tipped us with his latest article. He writes: Back when I was developing the PSU burner, I wanted to have the Analog Discovery isolated from the common ground, to avoid noise and other issues. Since I did not have a way to do this, I ended up using a laptop on battery for...
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