Year: 2018
Braiins Releases Open Source Bitcoin Miner
Braiins Systems has taken the initiative of releasing the first bitcoin mining pool, which is compatible with Antminer and Dragonmint mining rigs, and works with Braiins’ Slush Pool mining pool. This is a new alpha version of a new Linux distribution designed for ASIC mining. Based on...
Continue ReadingTE Connectivity’s MS5837-02BA Barometric Sensors
TE Connectivity’s MS5837-02BA sensors are one of the smallest gel-filled watertight altimeters on the market. TE Connectivity’s MS5837-02BA barometric pressure sensors take devices to the next level. These sensors are one of the smallest gel-filled watertight altimeters on the...
Continue ReadingTexas Instruments’s LMR14010A Step-Down Converter
Texas Instruments' 4 V to 40 V, 1 A converter features high-efficiency Eco-mode™ at light loads Texas Instruments's LMR14010A is a pulse-width modulated (PWM), DC-to-DC, buck (step-down) regulator that features a wide input range of 4 V to 40 V, suitable for a wide range of...
Continue ReadingMakerLisp Machine – An expandable eZ80 CPU card running bare-metal Lisp
Classic computing on modern hardware: an expandable eZ80 CPU card running bare-metal Lisp. The MakerLisp machine is a portable, modular computer system, designed to recapture the feel of classic computing, with modern hardware. The machine centers on a 2” x 3.5” business...
Continue ReadingA Quick Overview of the Eltima Virtual Serial Port Driver
If you have used some form of hardware especially those legacy ones or something like the Arduino and other embedded systems you must have come across the term Serial Port, FTDI chip, USB to Serial, or RS232 at some point. So what are those? Well, they mean the same thing - Serial...
Continue Reading2x LiPO Battery to 12V and 5V Converter
This board provides 12V/200mA DC and 1.2V to 6V/500mA DC Adjustable output with input of 7.4V 2x LiPO batteries. The board is a step up DC-DC Convert based on CS5171 and LM317 adjustable regulator. The Step up DC-DC converter provides 12V DC from 7.4V ( 2x LiPO batteries) and LM317...
Continue ReadingMinature Optical Gyroscope is Smaller Than a Grain of Rice
Gyroscopes are present in virtually any modern electronic gadget. They re used in a host of techs, like cell phones, vehicles, drones and wearables. The gyroscopes used presently in our phones will most likely be MEMS-based. Caltech, has gone some extra miles, by successfully developing...
Continue ReadingBrainDead MPPT Solar charger 35V/8A
Simple solar charger 35V/8A with automatic MPPT supporting SLA/Li-Ion/LiFePO4 up to 8s. by Adam Lučanský: PCB DIN-rail mountable MPPT solar charger (software-less), as well as ideal-diode prioritizer (if battery is full, load is powered directly from solar panel without cycling...
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