Year: 2018

Extending battery life in portable devices up to four times longer than traditional ultra-low quiescent (Iq) LDOs, Microchip has announced a linear Low Dropout (LDO) regulator. With an ultra-low Iq of 250nA versus the approximate 1uA operation of traditional devices, the MCP1811...

New soldering station WE1010 proves that even a very decent station can be available at an affordable price. It´s primarily designed for schools, students, demanding hobbyists, developers etc. Having a reliable Weller station without paying more than 150 Euro (excl. VAT) sounds quite...

u-blox announces multiradio and gateway modules with concurrent Wi-Fi and dual-mode Bluetooth connectivity. The NINA‑W15 module series offers much design versatility, built‑in security, and proven software support. Thalwil, Switzerland – October 24, 2018 – u‑blox (SIX:UBXN),...

Tiny device could replace expensive lab-scale equipment for many applications. Spectrometers — devices that distinguish different wavelengths of light and are used to determine the chemical composition of everything from laboratory materials to distant stars — are large devices...

Tour Technology is a group of tech engineers and designers working together to make innovative products for designers and creators. After several years of research and development, they created an advanced controller with customized creative inputs to simplify and optimize control of...

Jarrett published a new project. It is a battery powered ESP32 module. I’ve been working on an ESP32 module. Part of the problem I’ve been seeing with inexpensive IoT dev boards, is that the design around the power system hasn’t been very good. Here’s my attempt to fix that....

Adding wireless charging to furniture and other consumer goods is a nice way to add some oomph to an otherwise boring product. NXP’s NXQ1TXH5 provides an interesting, albeit difficult-to-prototype way around the problem. Creating a Qi-compatible is as easy as assembling the example...

The EVALSP820-XS is a compact and easy to use evaluation board for the STSPIN820, the world's smallest 45 V microstepping motor driver rated at 2.5 A. It provides a very compact solution to evaluate the performance of the STSPIN820 stepper motor driver with a minimum set of additional...