u-blox – Zero compromises on cellular and GNSS performance
u-blox, a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies and services, has announced the ALEX-R5, a miniature cellular module that integrates low power wide area (LPWA) connectivity and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology into an...
Continue ReadingMeet the $4 Raspberry Pi Pico Board with RP2040 Dual-Core Cortex-M0+ microcontroller
After we saw the launch of the Raspberry Pi 4 from the Raspberry Pi Foundation back in 2019, we are pleased to announce that the company has not rested on their oars as they have created their own microcontroller board called Raspberry Pi Pico, designed for not only the educationist or...
Continue ReadingPICAN-M: NMEA 2000 on the Raspberry Pi for Marine Applications Made Possible
If you ever worked with a GPS location module in close proximity with the hardware, you might have an idea about the direction we are taking today, as you had to deal with NMEA strings. NMEA 2000 (or NMEA2K or even N2K) is something among those lines but emphasizes a bit more on the...
Continue ReadingDC Electronic Load to Banana Adaptor
DC Electronic Load to banana cable adaptor This product is a multi-purpose DC load terminal to banana cable adaptor. It includes solder pads for direct soldering of harnesses to the DC load output (convenient to add voltage sensing wires or wires from a power supply for battery...
Continue ReadingOpen source Arduino blood glucose meter shield uses electrochemical test strips
Diabetes is a serious disease that affects millions of people around the world today. Diabetes affects the body’s ability to produce insulin, a hormone that enables the body to turn glucose into sugar which has resulted to a large number of deaths, an estimate of 1.6 million deaths...
Continue ReadingNeousys Technology Launches POC-40 Series, A New-generation of Extreme Ultra-compact Fanless Computers with Intel® Elkhart Lake Atom® x6211E Processor
Neousys Technology, an industry-leading provider of rugged embedded systems, today announced its new extreme ultra-compact fanless embedded computer, the POC-40. Featuring Intel's latest Atom processor and a 2.5-inch SSD-like dimension measuring just 50 mm (W) x 87 mm (D) x 112 mm (H),...
Continue ReadingMAGIC-BOM® – For Perfect PCB Assembly
MAGIC-BOM® is the latest feature in the PCB-POOL® configurator from the prototype specialist and PCB manufacturer Beta LAYOUT. MAGIC-BOM® creates your Bill of Material (BOM) for PCB assembly as if by Magic; How does it work ? You simply drag your PCB layout file into the ‘drag...
Continue ReadingLow-Power Button Replacement with Force-Sensitive Resistor
Author: Matthew Leonard Introduction A common requirement for devices that must be sealed from environmental exposure is to replace all metal contact style push-buttons with functional replacements that do not have those weather-sealing difficulties. This article describes one such...
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