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Projecta: A Solution For PCB Printing
Projecta, the Affordable & Faster PCB Prototyping Machine has launched their kickstarter campaign. Check the kickstarter page on the link below. Projecta is an affordable desktop CNC machine optimized for making circuit boards in new innovative way. Our dream is to print PCB...
Continue Reading4 digit charlieplexed segment display
bobricius @ hackaday.io has designed an ultra thin custom display, requiring only 6 gpio pins to drive 30 leds. FEATURES: - 1.05x0.48 inches (26.67x12.22 mm) - 30 led - any color - ultra thin .... etc. on 0.8mm board - only 6 gpio - ideal for wrist watch 4 digit...
Continue ReadingHow To Configure a 555 Timer IC
Philip Kane @ jameco.com has published an article about the famous 555 timer IC and how to configure in monostable and astable modes. The 555 timer was introduced over 40 years ago. Due to its relative simplicity, ease of use and low cost it has been used in literally thousands of...
Continue ReadingCrowdfunding closing on $5 Linux + Wifi tiny IoT compute module
World's smallest Linux server, with Wi-Fi built-in. Omega 2 is a Linux compute module designed specifically for building connected hardware applications. It combines, say its designers Onion, “the tiny form factor and power-efficiency of the Arduino, with the power and flexibilities...
Continue ReadingPWM Solenoid and Valve Driver using DRV103
Tiny module is a PWM Solenoid and Valve driver using Texas instrument’s DRV103 low-side DMOS power switch employing a pulse-width modulated (PWM) output. Its rugged design is optimized for driving electromechanical devices such as valves, solenoids, relays, actuators, motors and...
Continue ReadingLattePanda Puts Windows 10 on a Single Board Computer
Imagine being able to use Windows 10 on a Single Board Computer (SBC) right out of the box – that’s LattePanda. by Cabe Atwell @ makezine.com: Makers at Latte, a Shanghai-based startup, were frustrated at the lack of tools available to makers looking to create Windows-based...
Continue ReadingPower supply IC packs eight buck regulators
Aimed at systems requiring multiple low-voltage supplies, Linear Technology’s LTC3374A can be configured to supply two to eight independent regulated outputs with 15 possible output-current configurations. Each of the eight synchronous 1-A buck converters is powered from an...
Continue ReadingRail-to-rail step-down regulator sinks/sources ±5A from 0V to 14.5VOUT
LTC3623 is a ±5A high efficiency, current mode synchronous buck regulator that is adjustable from 14.5V down to 0V output with a single resistor. Its architecture uses a 50 µA current reference, combined with a single resistor, to set the output voltage. by Graham Prophet @...
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