App note from Maxim Integrated on their parasitically powered digital input interface chip which is used favorably on industrial applications. [via] A digital input (DI) is a circuit designed to receive a binary signal transmitted from an industrial sensor and translate that input into...

u-blox's F9R dual-band GNSS module is a fully integrated solution for fast time-to-market u-blox's ZED-F9R positioning module features the u-blox F9 receiver platform providing a reliable multi-band GNSS sensor fusion solution for industrial applications in a compact form factor. The...

Texas Instruments bq25171-Q1 Linear Battery Charger is an automotive rated 800mA linear charger for 1-cell and 2-cell Li-Ion, Li-Polymer, and LiFePO4, in addition to 1-cell up to 6-cell NiMH battery applications. The device has a single power output that charges the battery. The system...

Known best for router boards like the DR6018-V3, Suzhou-based embedded wireless solutions manufacturer, Wallys Communication, recently added a new router board; the DR8072A, to their impressive list of wireless solutions. Wallys has in recent times been developing a growing number of...

AVR is a microcontroller family developed in 1996 by Atmel, now acquired by Microchip Technology since 2016. AVR generally refers to the 8-bit RISC architecture line of ATMEL AVR microcontrollers. They are very popular in embedded systems. They are very common in maker and hobbyist...

While voice/speech-controlled embedded devices and systems are more popular thanks to the success of devices like the Amazon Alexa, their design is still quite a hassle due to the complexity of the engineering and algorithms involved. Since Alexa Skills became a thing, and Amazon opened...

There has been a lot of discussion about the Raspberry Pi’s RP2040 SoC in the past few months after the release of the Raspberry Pi Pico. The RP2040 SoC is also popular for its high-frequency clock covering a large range of applications at a very low cost. Timonsku a hardware designer...

In modern compact electronic circuits, there are several components on a confined PCB area, and so, the electromagnetic effects induced from one component may affect the surrounding components. This disturbance is known as Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). The source of the radiation...