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Getting Started with the NodeMCU (ESP8266 Based Development Board)
As the popularity of Arduino boards increased, the demand for boards which comes embedded with some of the add-ons used with the Arduino increased. One of the most popular add-ons were the WiFi modules which are used to connect Arduino boards to the internet. Several boards were...
Continue ReadingFRAMOS adds Sony’s Spresense line
FRAMOS has been appointed as an approved supplier for the Sony’s Spresense product line of professional developer boards in the United States. [via] These boards are powered by Sony’s 6 core CXD5602 MCU, which are based on an ARM Cortex-M4F with 6 cores operating at up to...
Continue ReadingMolex’s thin-film battery can be applied to a curved surface
Molex’s thin-film battery can be applied to a curved surface with a bend radius of 25 mm or greater. Molex’s thin-film battery is a low-profile, flexible, disposable battery with a small footprint designed for low-power, single-use applications. This battery can be applied to a...
Continue ReadingTiny GNSS module by STMicroelectronics supports GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou
STMicroelectronics lunched the first GNSS module (Global Navigation Satellite System) with the name Teseo-LIV3F. The module is interesting because it contains some cool features. The GNSS module supports GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, QZSS and also BeiDou. The dimension of module is 9.7 x...
Continue ReadingTwo bits per transistor: high-density ROM in Intel’s 8087 floating point chip
Ken Shirriff has a detailed write-up about the multi-level ROM in Intel’s 8087 floating point chip: The 8087 chip provided fast floating point arithmetic for the original IBM PC and became part of the x86 architecture used today. One unusual feature of the 8087 is it contained a...
Continue ReadingI2C GPS Module along with ATtiny841
This project describes a simple GPS module which you can interface to via I2C. It uses an ATtiny841. David Johnson-Davies writes: Incorporating GPS into a project is quite daunting. First you have to parse the NMEA sentences from the GPS module you're using, and then if you're doing...
Continue ReadingSimScale Releases Major User Interface Update for a Better Simulation Experience in the Cloud
Munich, September 26, 2018 — SimScale, the provider of the world’s first production-ready SaaS application for engineering simulation (CAE), announced today the release of their new workbench. The new and improved SimScale Workbench 2.0 was built entirely from scratch on the...
Continue ReadingSamtec releases over 100,000 new models on SnapEDA
Electronics designers can boost their productivity with free symbols & footprints for Samtec products Samtec is releasing new digital models for over 100,000 of its products on SnapEDA, the industry-leading circuit board design library. Traditionally, designers have spent days...
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