Year: 2019
OLED display audio VU meter – AVR/Arduino project
A volume unit (VU) meter or standard volume indicator (SVI) as it's sometimes called, is a device which displays the audio signal level of an audio signal. It is essentially a basic voltmeter (fitted with transducers to convert sound to voltage) that takes a simple average of the...
Continue ReadingHigh Power Bidirectional DC Motor Driver using IFX007T
This motor driver circuit can drive a brushed DC motor with up to 250W of continuous load. The project can be controlled with the general logic IO-Ports of any microcontroller. Either an Arduino Uno or other microcontroller can be used as the control board. The project uses two IFX007T...
Continue ReadingDC100 Digital Dispense Controller from Fisnar just got even better
Ellsworth Adhesives Europe are now taking orders for the upgraded DC100 Digital Dispense Controller from Fisnar, leading manufacturer of precision fluid dispensing equipment. The popular digital dispenser will now utilize a high precision regulator allowing it to achieve exceptional...
Continue ReadingArrow Electronics Launches European FPGA Developer Contest
Arrow Electronics has launched a competition to find the most innovative and imaginative FPGA-based designs in Europe. To encourage a wide participation, Arrow is offering a development board free-of-charge to each entrant who submits a verified project plan. Entries will be judged on...
Continue ReadingMINIX Unveils NEO G41V-4 Fanless Windows 10 Pro Mini PC
The new Gemini Lake mini passive PC demonstrated by MINIX at IFA 2018 is nothing like what we have seen from them in recent years. Contrary to the design of their formerly launched mini PCs – the Gemini Lake (NEO J50C-4), the Apollo Lake (NEO N42C-4) and their lower-and fanless models...
Continue ReadingRock Pi X Intel Cherry Trail Board to Sell for as low as $39
Several attempts have been made over time at cloning the Raspberry Pi with different look-alike (both in outlook and features) boards in the market but one brand that has always stood out is Radxa with it's Rock Pi board series. As a way of stating they are taking their game to the next...
Continue ReadingWebtronics’ Toasty USB Development Board Is Designed Around an STM32
There are quite a number of USB development boards available that can be utilized for any number of projects, with the most popular being the ATtiny85 and the Teensy line from PJRC. However, UK-based Webtronics have recently announced their entrant into the USB development board into...
Continue ReadingNew congatec SMARC module with NXP i.MX 8M Mini processor
congatec – a leading vendor of standardized and customized embedded computer boards and modules – today introduces a new SMARC 2.0 Computer-on-Module with NXP i.MX 8M Mini processor. The conga-SMX8-Mini offers higher performance at significantly fewer watts¹ due to the new 14nm...
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