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35V hot swappable supercapacitor backup power controller
Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear LTC3351, a supercapacitor charger and backup power controller IC that includes hot swap front-end protection and all the features necessary to provide a complete, standalone capacitor-based backup power solution. The LTC3351’s integrated...
Continue ReadingBigClown: The IoT Kit for Makers
BigClown is a Modular IoT kit that is live on indiegogo.com. It's wireless, open-source, running from batteries for years and with technical support. Meet BigClown - the best IoT kit in the galaxy. BigClown will help you to build your own electronics. The kit modular, wireless,...
Continue ReadingATtiny85 runs at 0.000011574Hz clock
What is the lowest possible clock frequency at which a microcontroller can still do useful work? Here’s a little project that attempts to explore this weird question. by igendel @ idogendel.com: ATtiny85 runs at 0.000011574Hz clock -...
Continue Reading3 in 1 Temperature Sensor Shield For Arduino Nano
This 3 in 1 shield for Arduino Nano helps to develop various temperature measuring applications. Arduino Nano shield consists of 3 different types of temperature sensors. MLX90614 non-contact temperature sensor 10K NTC Analogue Temperature Sensor Programmable Resolution...
Continue ReadingRohde & Schwarz RTB2004 10-Bit, 2.5GS/s MSO Oscilloscope Review, Teardown & Experiments
In this episode Shahriar reviews the Rohde & Shwarz RTB2004 10-Bit oscilloscope. With its high-resolution touch-screen, intuitive and capable GUI as well as excellent analog/digital performance this scope competes very well against other 2000 series instruments from Tektronix and...
Continue ReadingWriting to flash and EEPROM on the tinyAVR 1-series
Update your tinyAVR code to access memories when using 1-series tinyAVRs. Link here (PDF) On tinyAVR® 1-series devices, access to Flash memory and EEPROM has been changed from that on previous tinyAVR devices. This means that existing code for writing to Flash and EEPROM on older...
Continue ReadingArduino E-Paper Display Review ( Waveshare 1.54″)
Our friends at educ8s.tv uploaded a new video. It's about Waveshare 1.54" e-paper display: Dear friends welcome to this Arduino E-Paper display tutorial. In this video, we are going use this small e-paper display with Arduino for the first time and talk about its advantages and...
Continue ReadingDIY Light (Lux) Meter using BH1750 sensor, Arduino and Nokia 5110
Hi guys, continuing on our recent path of building really cool stuffs based on the Nokia 5110 LCD display, today we will be building a DIY Lux (or light) meter using the highly sensitive BH1750 light sensor. In photometry, illuminance is the total luminous flux incident on a surface,...
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