CSSK Kelvin Terminated Current-Sense Chip Resistors
Stackpole Electronics' chip resistors feature wide terminations for efficient current handling Stackpole’s CSSK is a metal-alloy chip resistor designed to minimize the effects of lead resistance in current-sensing applications. The CSSK features terminations on the long dimension of...
Continue ReadingCrowd Supply ITACA Innovation uChip Microcontroller Board
Crowd Supply ITACA Innovation uChip Microcontroller Board is an Arduino Zero-compatible, narrow DIP-sized USB board. Based on the Microchip Technology SAM D21 Arm® Cortex®-M0+ Microcontroller, the uChip integrates 500mA boost and 1A buck converters and 14 I/O pins, two of which can...
Continue ReadingRadSens module: An ultracompact Arduino Dosimeter
A dosimeter is an extensively used device for measuring ionizing radiation. Modern electronic personal dosimeters can be worn by a person to monitor the dose of radiation received. These modern dosimeters can give a continuous readout of cumulative dose and current dose rate and can...
Continue ReadingActive Rectifier Controller with Reverse Protection for Battery and Solar cell
This demonstration circuit is an active rectifier with reverse protection for batteries in automotive applications. The project is designed for 5A load current. Two clamping diodes, D1 and D2, are used on the board to protect the IC from overvoltage spikes at the input. The input supply...
Continue ReadingPimoroni PGA2040: A Compact RP2040-based Breakout Board
Already, there have been a bunch of tiny RP2040-based development boards in the market. However, due to its small size and high performance, the Raspberry Pi in-house tape out of $1.00 RP2040 MCU has increased the demand in order to manufacture compact boards. As the name suggests, the...
Continue ReadingSTM32 IoT Discovery Kit for Cellular Applications: B-L462E-CELL1
The STM32 IoT Discovery Kit, commonly known as B-L462E-CELL1, is a ready-to-use development platform for cellular IoT devices created by STMicroelectronics. According to ST, the Discovery kit integrates a discovery mainboard powered by an LBAD0ZZ1SE module, a global coverage antenna,...
Continue ReadingPIC18F-Q84 Family of Microcontrollers
Microchip's PIC18-Q84 8-bit PIC® MCUs with an extensive array of CIPs and CAN FD The PIC18-Q84 family of microcontrollers (MCUs) from Microchip Technology expands the 8-bit PIC MCUs by combining an extensive array of CIPs with controller area network flexible data rate (CAN FD). These...
Continue ReadingM95M04-DR – 4-Mbit serial SPI bus EEPROM
The M95M04-DR device is electrically erasable programmable memory (EEPROM) organized as 524288 x 8 bits, accessed through the SPI bus. The M95M04-DR can operate with a supply range from 1.8 to 5.5 V, and is guaranteed over the -40 °C/+85 °C temperature range. Flexible and intensive...
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