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![Whiskey Lake-UE module supports four USB 3.1 Gen2 ports Whiskey Lake-UE module supports four USB 3.1 Gen2 ports](https://www.electronics-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cExpress-WL-F.jpg)
Whiskey Lake-UE module supports four USB 3.1 Gen2 ports
ADLINK Technology, a leading global provider of embedded building blocks and application-ready intelligent platforms, introduces its latest COM Express Compact Size Type 6 module, the cExpress-WL, featuring the new 8th Generation Intel® Core™ processor (formerly “Whiskey...
Continue Reading![TPS62827 – 2.4V-5.5V input, 4A step-down converter with 1% Accuracy TPS62827 – 2.4V-5.5V input, 4A step-down converter with 1% Accuracy](https://www.electronics-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/116382189.png)
TPS62827 – 2.4V-5.5V input, 4A step-down converter with 1% Accuracy
The TPS6282x is an ease-to-use synchronous step-down DC-DC converters family with a very low quiescent current of only 4 µA. Based on the DCS-Control topology, it provides a fast transient response. The internal reference allows to regulate the output voltage down to 0.6 V with a high...
Continue Reading![How the Switching Frequency Affects the Performance of a Buck Converter How the Switching Frequency Affects the Performance of a Buck Converter](https://www.electronics-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/buck_switching_frequency.png)
How the Switching Frequency Affects the Performance of a Buck Converter
The buck converter uses an inherent switching action to regulate voltage. This switching frequency can affect the performance of a buck converter,and is thus very important. This application report analyzes the influence of switching frequency on buck converter performance in terms of...
Continue Reading![How to lower relay power consumption How to lower relay power consumption](https://www.electronics-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/an_maxim_AN956.png)
How to lower relay power consumption
Clever way of starting-up relays discussed in this app note from Maxim Integrated. via dangerousprototypes.com Relays are often used as electrically controlled switches. Unlike transistors, their switch contacts are electrically isolated from the control input. On the other hand, the...
Continue Reading![Arduino OLED Hygrometer and Thermometer using DHT11 Arduino OLED Hygrometer and Thermometer using DHT11](https://www.electronics-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/temp-and-hum.jpg)
Arduino OLED Hygrometer and Thermometer using DHT11
Hygrometers are used to determine the moisture content of the environment. They find application in farms, food storage, museums, and other places where moisture needs to be monitored to ensure damage is not done to goods and other things stored in that space. For today’s tutorial, we...
Continue Reading![Chemical sensor monitors sewage waste waters to expose polluters Chemical sensor monitors sewage waste waters to expose polluters](https://www.electronics-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/n-fraunhofersensor2.jpg)
Chemical sensor monitors sewage waste waters to expose polluters
A new sensor system developed by Fraunhofer researchers and their partners could help safety agencies identify wrongdoers who covertly discharge hazardous wastewater into sewers to avoid specific disposal costs. By and large, safety agencies currently have no means of detecting this...
Continue Reading![Energy-efficient power electronics – gallium oxide power transistors with record values Energy-efficient power electronics – gallium oxide power transistors with record values](https://www.electronics-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FBH_2019_27_gallium_oxide_chip-1024x661.jpg)
Energy-efficient power electronics – gallium oxide power transistors with record values
The Ferdinand Braun Institute for Highest Frequency Technology (FBH) in Berlin has achieved a breakthrough with transistors based on gallium oxide (ß-Ga2O3). The ß-Ga2O3 gallium oxide MOSFETs developed by FBH scientists provide a high breakdown voltage with high current...
Continue Reading![LightSafer – Lets you know if somebody has been snooping around in your hotel safe LightSafer – Lets you know if somebody has been snooping around in your hotel safe](https://www.electronics-lab.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/lightsafer_15.jpg)
LightSafer – Lets you know if somebody has been snooping around in your hotel safe
Andy C @ burningimage.net build a tiny board that is able to monitor possible activity on your hotel's safe, so to be sure that nobody has access to it. He writes: I wanted a simple device that would tell me if somebody had been in my hotel safe whilst I was out on holiday, so I...
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