Always-on Low-power Gas Sensing with 10+ Year Coin Cell Battery Life Reference Design
The TIDA-00756 TI Design uses nano-power operational amplifiers, comparators, system timers, temperature sensors, and the SimpleLink™ ultra-low power 2.4-GHz wireless microcontroller (MCU) platform to demonstrate an ultra-low power carbon monoxide detector implementation. These...
Continue Reading2Gb, 4Gb, and 8Gb LPDDR4 SDRAMs with low power usage
Alliance Memory 2Gb, 4Gb, and 8Gb LPDDR4 SDRAMs Offer Low Power Consumption to Increase Battery Life in Mobile Electronics; Devices Combine Low-Voltage Operation of 1.1V With Fast Clock Speeds of 1.6GHz for increased Efficiency and Performance The 2Gb AS4C128M16MD4-062BAN, 4Gb...
Continue ReadingDIY Air Quality Monitor measures PM2.5, CO2, VOC, Ozone, Temp & Humidity
Dejan over at HowToMechatronics shared detailed instructions on how to build your own air quality monitor: Have you ever wondered about the quality of the air you are breathing, or maybe, why you sometimes feel sleepy in the office or tired in the morning even after sleeping all night?...
Continue ReadingAn Introduction: LCD Common Interfaces
There are a lot of different LCD display interfaces depending on the requirements of resolutions, speed, cost, stability etc. The following outlines the common ones on the market: Parallel vs Serial Interface Parallel interface could transmit many data bits at the same time...
Continue ReadingNew flexible rechargeable silver oxide-zinc battery 10 times stronger than Lithium batteries
A team of researchers made up from the University of California San Diego and California-based company ZPower have developed a flexible, rechargeable silver oxide-zinc battery with a 5 to 10 times greater energy density than standard batteries. A good characteristic of the battery is...
Continue ReadingAxiomtek’s NVIDIA® Jetson Xavier™ NX Edge AI System to Simplify Large-Scale AIoT Deployments – AIE100-903-FL-NX
Axiomtek - a world-renowned leader relentlessly devoted in the research, development and manufacture of series of innovative and reliable industrial computer products of high efficiency – is pleased to announce the AIE100-903-FL-NX, its ultra-compact and state-of-the-art edge AI...
Continue ReadingDRV8428 35 V, 1 A Bipolar Stepper Motor Driver
Texas Instruments' driver features integrated current sense, 1/256 microstepping, STEP/DIR interface, and smart tune technology Texas Instruments' DRV8428 is a stepper motor driver for industrial and consumer applications. The device is fully integrated with two N-channel power...
Continue ReadingIsolated, Single-Channel RS232 transceiver (Isolated RS232 to UART)
The project presented here provides an isolated interface between the RS-232 cable network and the connected UART systems to protect against voltage spikes and ground loops within the noisy environment and improve system reliability. The project achieves a robust data communication link...
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