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Atmel SAMD21G Sensor Board
Mike Rankin created this tiny sensor board with an ARM Cortex M0+ microcontroller and OLED display: It’s pretty tiny so a 4 layer board made the whole job easier. The top and bottom are pretty much dedicated for components, layer1 are tracks and power traces, layer2 is a ground...
Continue Reading48V/12V DC/DC for automotive dual-rails offers bidirectional power flows
LTC3871 is a 100V/30V bidirectional two phase synchronous buck or boost controller, for 48V/12V automotive dual battery systems; it provides bidirectional DC/DC control and battery charging between the 12V and 48V boardnets, operating in buck mode from the 48V bus to the 12V bus or in...
Continue ReadingSnapEDA launches on-demand PCB symbols service
SnapEDA launched a new on-demand PCB symbols service. Get any schematic symbol and PCB footprint delivered in 24 hours. Just $29 SnapEDA follows IPC-7351B standards for its footprints, and a combination of IEEE-315 and its own standards for symbols. All models are created by our...
Continue ReadingEvince raises £750,240 to develop diamond-based electronics
by Julien Happich @ edn.com The company has demonstrated proof of concept devices and is currently developing prototypes of two solid-state devices based on proprietary IP that leverages diamond's unique electronic properties. It is now announcing £750,240 of new equity investment...
Continue ReadingUse a transistor as a heating element
REC Johnson, B Lora Narayana, and Devender Sundi share their design idea on how to use a transistor as a heating element. It is common to use transistors for driving resistive heating elements. However, you can use the heat that a power transistor dissipates to advantage in several...
Continue ReadingChip-scale atomic clocks bring accuracy and stability to portable applications
Microsemi released a chip scale atomic clock reference bringing stability and accuracy to portable devices. The Microsemi Quantum™ SA.45s CSAC is the world's first commercially available chip scale atomic clock, providing the accuracy and stability of atomic clock technology while...
Continue ReadingESP8266 Wifi enabled 8×64 pixel LED matrix display
Raj @ embedded-lab.com build an ESP8266 based led matrix display. This matrix is a modification of his previous bluetooth version and uses an ESP8266 as a web server to setup the display message. No other microcontroller is used to control the display so things are kept simple and...
Continue ReadingA very simple DIY solar-powered USB charger
Raj @ embedded-lab.com tipped us with his latest project. It's a simple, but useful USB Solar powered charger able to charge a power bank or your smartphone. Yesterday, I built a very simple DIY solar-powered USB charger for my TP-link 10400mAh USB Power Bank. All I needed was a...
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