Year: 2020
Building a Chaotic Oscillator from Common Components
Tim's Blog writes: A chaotic oscillator is an electronic circuit that can exhibit “chaotic“, nonperiodic behavior. A commonly cited example is Chua’s circuit, but there are many others. I always regarded these as carefully designed, rather academic, examples. So I was a bit...
Continue ReadingCHUWI LarkBox World’s Smallest 4K Mini PC
Ultra-small Size/Intel J4115 Processor/6GB RAM/128GB ROM/4K Video Output/Ultra-silence Cooling Fan Due to its super compact size, Larkbox is fantastic for a desk where space is scarce. What’s more, it can be taken anywhere in your bag, enabling you to work anywhere without the need...
Continue ReadingWIN Enterprises Announces Mini-ITX Form Factor with 8th Gen Intel® Core™ Processor for IoT and Process Monitoring
WIN Enterprises, Inc., a leading designer, and manufacturer of embedded x86 motherboards and appliances for electronic OEMs announce the MB-50040. The MB-50040 is a high-performance Mini-ITX single-board computer (SBC) for graphically-oriented factory process monitoring and IoT...
Continue ReadingWIN Enterprises Announces IoT Gateway mini-ITX Platform with 9th/8th Gen Intel® Core™ Processor
WIN Enterprises, Inc., a leading designer, and manufacturer of embedded x86 motherboards and appliances for electronic OEMs announce the MB-50050 a mini-ITX SBC to serve as the basis for a flexible, general-purpose IoT gateway or factory process-monitoring work station. The board...
Continue ReadingEnergy harvesting PMIC available as samples
Nowi BV (Delft, The Netherlands) has samples available of its NH2 energy harvesting power management IC (PMIC). The NH2D0245 comes in a QFN package measuring 3mm by 3mm. Including the external capacitor, it has an assembly footprint of just 3mm by 3.6mm. The NH2 is designed to extract...
Continue ReadingODROID-H2+ SBC Features Celeron J4115 Processor Upgrade, and Dual 2.5GbE Networking Ports
In November 2018, Hrdkernel announced the ODROID H2 as a "new generation of single-board computers." However, despite its success, they could not ship enough of them to satisfy the demand due to the Intel Gemini Lake J4105 CPU supply shortage. Due to the shortage of the ODROID H2, the...
Continue ReadingTinyHVSP – High Voltage Serial Programmer based on ATtiny84
Stefan Wagner's EasyEDA profile is definitely the go-to source for all things ATtiny. He's built 10s of projects, some of which we have covered here, that are based on the tiny microcontrollers, and it only makes sense that one of his latest projects, called the TinyHVSP, is a tool to...
Continue ReadingMeet FontEdit – The Custom Font Editor for LCD, LED and E-Paper Displays
Fonts sourcing/creation, usage and management, are some of the major challenges firmware developers face with projects where the display (TFTs, Epaper displays, etc.), is a critical element of the project's performance. From access to clear and good looking fonts to managing the size of...
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