Year: 2019
VersaLogic takes credit-card sized computers to new heights
VersaLogic Corp., the embedded industry's most trusted computer company, has announced a new SWaP-optimized embedded computing system with ECC memory. Named "Harrier", this new embedded computer features the Intel®'s latest 5th generation Apollo Lake Atom™ processors with...
Continue ReadingPHmeter – Arduino pH meter
pH meters are scientific instruments used for measuring the activity and concentration of hydrogen-ions in water-based solutions, with the aim of indicating its acidity or alkalinity expressed as pH values. They find application in water & wastewater treatment, pharmaceuticals,...
Continue ReadingTemperature Controlled FAN using ATtiny10
The electrons movement in electronic components lead to the generation of heat which when beyond certain thresholds, prevents some components from functioning properly and in others could lead to a catastrophic breakdown. For this reason, the topics of ventilation, overheating, and...
Continue ReadingTiny Reflow Controller with OLED display
Last time we examined how to build a DIY Reflow Oven controller using the Tiny Reflow Oven Controller v1 by Rocket Stream. However, Rocket Stream recently released the Tiny Reflow Controller V2 and for today’s tutorial, we will attempt to build this second version. The Tiny Reflow...
Continue ReadingATtiny402 Timer with low power sleep mode
David Johnson-Davies published another great mini project. It's a Timer based on ATtiny402 and was build to demonstrate the low power sleep mode of the microcontroller. This article describes how to use the new 0-series and 1-series ATtiny microcontrollers in low-power projects, taking...
Continue Reading5 Buck Regulators with Low Iq
Low quiescent current, also called supply current, might be an important spec for your power-supply design.. by Paul Rako @ electronicdesign.com Quiescent current is the current that a chip needs to operate even if it’s not delivering power. It’s the bare minimum supply current the...
Continue ReadingiLife MP8 Micro PC may be the World’s Smallest Windows 10 Mini PC
iLife MP8 micro PC looks to be the smallest Win10 mini PC, powered by an Intel Celeron N4100 quad-core Gemini Lake processor with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. Preliminary specifications: SoC – Intel Celeron N4100 quad-core Gemini Lake processor @ 1.10 GHz / 2.40 GHz (Burst...
Continue ReadingULX3S – A powerful, open hardware ECP5 FPGA dev board
ULX3S is a fully open source, compact, robust, and affordable FPGA dev board equipped with a balanced selection of additional components and expansions. Although it was designed primarily as a teaching tool for mastering the principles of digital circuit design, ULX3S incorporates a...
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