Author: Emmanuel Odunlade
Glasgow Interface Explorer is a Hardware Debugging Tool for Digital Electronics
1BitSquared has launched a crowdfunding campaign for a highly capable and extremely flexible open source multi-tool called Glasgow Interface Explorer. Glasgow Interface Explorer for digital electronics is powered by Lattice Semi iCE40 FPGA and created for hardware developers,...
Continue ReadingMeet Qomu – A complete SoC that easily fits inside a USB port
Tomu family of USB devices has recently introduced a small form factor board that is not only a single MCU or an FPGA, but a complete System-on-chip that fits easily inside a USB port. The tiny compact board called Qomu, is a capable USB device that integrates an EOS S3 low-power MCU...
Continue ReadingSTM32WB Feather Development Board with STM32WB55 Bluetooth 5.0 SoC Sells for $45
Reclaimer Labs has launched an STM32WB Feather development board that is based on STMicro's first wireless STM32 MCU which was announced sometime around last year. The STM32WB Feather board like other development boards in the STM32 family of wireless MCUs is built around the...
Continue ReadingFoenix 21.5-Inch Smart Touch Computer Runs on Cortex-A35 based MediaTek MT8167A SoC
Innocomm has made an early product announcement of a 21.5-inch open-frame touch computer – Foenix iCOM1019 Touch Console – that runs Android 8.1 or higher on a 1.5 quad-core Cortex-A35 MediaTek MT8167A. This is coming after the company launched two SoM modules: SB30 and SB50, based...
Continue ReadingAccurate Digital Temperature Sensor? Meet the AMS AG AS6221
Temperature sensors, alone, or on their own, have infinite applications, however, one of the challenges typically experienced with their use is the varying degree of accuracy obtainable with the sensors available in the market. Adding to the growing list of precision temperature sensors...
Continue ReadingThe Launchpad – A $2 Arduino Nano alternative
Boards like the Arduino and Raspberry Pi have their origins, deep in education, either maker education as a way for people to express themselves (Arduino) or an affordable and portable way for people to learn about computers and programming (Raspberry Pi). The culture of creating...
Continue ReadingESP32-M1 Reach Out is a compact and richly-featured ESP32-M1 dev board with up to 1.2 km Wi-Fi range
Bison Science is preparing to launch a project that aims to be a perfect solution to the Wi-Fi range limitations of existing boards, called the ESP32-M1 Reach Out Development Board. The ESP32-M1 Reach Out development board is said to increase range up to two to three times, and is...
Continue ReadingMeet Ollie – The Swiss Army Knife of Connectors
Two challenges field engineers face is the need to go around with multiple connectors and cables, and the ESD/over-voltage challenges faced when interfacing with high voltage devices. With the desire to help solve these challenges, Melbourne-based hardware designer Ali Slim, got to work...
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