SparkFun has announced an Analog MEMS Microphone Breakout board built around the famous SPH8878LR5H-1 analog microphone. A MEMS microphone is an electro-acoustic transducer housing a sensor (MEMS) and an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) in a single package. The board...

As a part of the Microchip Get Launched design competition, Virginia-based Great Big Factory, an electronic device manufacturer, has designed SMT parts counter that runs on a CR2032 coin cell– BeanCounter. Yet to be launched for crowdfunding on CrowdSupply, the manufacturer has...

We recently covered a soon-to-be-live crowdfunding project called BeanCounter that lets you count cut tapes and reels. Another upcoming project on CrowdSupply is a software-controlled radio walkie-talkie powered by an ESP32 microcontroller. However, the manufacturer, Mord Technologies,...

Analog Devices Inc. has launched ADXL367 three-axis MEMS accelerometer intended for applications such as vital signs monitoring, hearing aids, and motion-enabled metering devices. The accelerometer lowers power consumption by a factor of two compared a previous generation of the device...

How to quickly prototype 4x machine vision applications on one small embedded system. Embedded vision components are ever-popular and are being incorporated into a plethora of applications. What all these applications have in common is the need to pack more and more functionality into...

Maxim Integrated DS28E38 DeepCover® Secure ECDSA Authenticator is an ECDSA public key-based secure authenticator that incorporates Maxim's patented ChipDNA™ PUF technology. ChipDNA technology involves a physically unclonable function (PUF) that enables the DS28E38 to deliver...

We recently covered the release of Mixtile Blade 3 single-board computer, which is going to be launched in Crowdfunding, and comes equipped with Rockchip RK3588 SoC, runs a hybrid Android and Linux distribution. Chinese embedded device manufacturer Mixtile Limited has gone ahead and...

Monolithic Power Systems (MPS) MPQ2178 Synchronous Step-Down Converters are monolithic and switch-mode converters with internal built-in power MOSFETs. These converters achieve 2A of continuous output current across a 2.5V to 5.5V input voltage range with a good load and line...