Year: 2018

A small, open, affordable USB-C power adapter tester is live on crowdsupply. We are quickly entering the age of USB Type-C. This “jack of all trades” port is appearing in more and more new electronic devices. USB Type-C helps to reduce reliance on proprietary power adapters and...

A DC/DC µModule regulator from Analog Devices is designed to drive LEDs. The Power by Linear LTM8005 regulator includes a DC/DC controller, power switch, Schottky diode and current sense resistor in a 9.0 x 11.25 x 2.22mm BGA package. The LTM8005 operates from a 5.0 to 38V input...

An easy to solder Arduino and CircuitPython compatible module meant for simplifying the creation of your own custom circuit boards. The project is live on kickstarter. The SAMD HCC Module is an Arduino compatible, ready and easy to solder, surface mount programmable micro-controller...

One of the downsides of using an Arduino board in projects is the fact that it comes with some other components which may not be needed after the code has been uploaded to the board. These peripherals consume a considerable amount of power which affects the overall power consumed by...

See where to go at night without fully waking up. Only on as needed. Customisable RGB LED lighting. Ideal: hall, landing, garage, shed. RasPiO Night Light is motion-activated RGB light that lights your way in the dark. It's a lovely build-it-yourself kit designed to be gorgeous to look...

Toshiba Memory Europe has developed a prototype sample of a 96-layer BiCS FLASH, memory device using its proprietary 3D flash quad level cell (QLC) technology, claimed to boost single-chip memory capacity to the highest level yet achieved. QLC technology increases the bit count for...

App note from ON Semiconductors about SiPM sensors, explaining the working principle and primary performance parameters. The Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) is a sensor that addresses the challenge of sensing, timing and quantifying low-light signals down to the single-photon level....

With the rise of Arduino, Raspberry Pi and others; embedded platform has been known to be programmed with a relatively few languages. Languages like C and C++ has been the tradition  for embedded platforms, and others like Python and maybe Javascript are beginning to see some limelight...