Ambarella CV5 AI Vision SoC for Low Power Computer Vision Applications
Ambarella announced the CV5 AI Vision SoC for AI applications using its specialized computer vision technology. The AI Vision SoC features 8K video or 4K video processing along with video encoding/decoding, and CVflow computer vision processing in a single, low-power design. The SoC is...
Continue ReadingMKR SharkyPro Boards Packs STMicroelectronics’ STM32WB55CG into an Arduino MKR Form Factor
In the midst of discovering wireless modules that simplify Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, OpenThread connectivity, it turned out that Midatronics also has a SharkyPro module based on STM32WB55, and they have launched a pair of Arduino MKR form factor development boards called MKR SharkyPro I...
Continue ReadingI2C Detective identifies the I2C devices connected to your microcontroller
The I2C Detective identifies the I2C devices connected to your microcontroller from a database of the most popular I2C sensors and other devices. It lists each device on the I2C bus, and can distinguish between multiple candidates at a particular address by reading the device IDs. by...
Continue ReadingHimax WE-I Plus EVB: Computer vision and AI on the Edge
Edge computing has many great advantages. When you take some resource-heavy work from servers and let your less capable but still slightly powerful microcontrollers, you end up freeing server resources. Also, depending on what you are doing, you can get away with not using a server at...
Continue ReadingDFI’s AL05P is a 2.5-inch Pico-ITX SBC with PoE and an Apollo Lake Processor
DFI has launched AL05P – a 2.5-inch Pico-ITX SBC that offers PoE and is powered by an Intel Atom® Processor E3900 Series. AL05P is not the first Intel Apollo Lake Pico-ITX board to appear in the market, but it is amongst the first to come with a PoE support (Power-over-Ethernet)....
Continue Reading$149 BeagleV is a powerful and open-hardware RISC-V Linux SBC
Two reliable parties, BeagleBoard.org foundation, and Seeed Studio have partnered with a leading RISC-V solutions provider, StarFive, to design the most affordable Linux-capable RISC-V SBC called BeagleV. So now, you don't have to spend several hundred dollars, or even over a thousand...
Continue ReadingLED Fading Effect / LED Strobe using 555
In general, generating an LED fade effect requires a microcontroller or another expensive circuit. We have built this low-cost LED fading board using an inexpensive 555 Timer. The 555 timer is used as an astable multivibrator, which generates low-frequency pulses, further, this pulse...
Continue ReadingMPS taps EPC for 48V GaN DC-DC converter
The combination of MPS (Monolithic Power Systems) controllers with ultra-efficient eGaN® FETs from EPC (Efficient Power Conversion) enable best-in-class power density of 1700 W/in3 in high efficiency, low cost LLC DC-DC Conversion Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS), a leading...
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