Nano: spot welding just got easy and affordable
One of the major focuses of the maker movement since time immemorial has been the development of a makeshift version of tools with the goal of making them cheaper and more accessible. This focus has been more pronounced in recent times with several tools like CNC and 3Dprinters being all...
Continue ReadingAirBolt® GPS – The Tiny GPS Tracker You’ve always wanted
From pets wandering away and ultimately getting lost, to keys and other items getting misplaced, the desire to, at all times, be able to tell the location of things that are important to us is a priority to everyone. Several GPS tracking solutions exist on the market with small form...
Continue ReadingDipDuino – An Arduino clone made for breadboarding
DipDuino is an Arduino clone that’s really small, even simpler to use, and designed for clean use with breadboards. It solves the problem of needing to jump wires from an external board to a breadboard, as well as the need to fit a PCB in a tight spot. Having the entire Arduino on a...
Continue ReadingBK9801 – AC Bench Power Supply with 300 V, 1.5 A output
The BK9801 is a programmable AC Power Source and measurement tool delivers a maximum of 1500VA through the universal line output terminals on the front and the output connector on the rear. The output can be varied from 0 to 300V with 0.1V programming resolution. The output frequency...
Continue ReadingFanless Embedded Systems with AMD Ryzen V1000/R1000 SoCs
IBASE Technology Inc., a world leader in the manufacture of industrial motherboards and embedded systems, has unveiled the ASB200-918 series based on the IB918 3.5-inch form factor SBC supporting AMD Ryzen SoCs (V1605B/V1202B/R1606G/R1505G). The four models in the series bring together...
Continue ReadingElectronic assemblies without PCBs but with Laser direct structuring
Laser direct structuring (LDS) is a special success story. For almost 20 years, it has been possible to apply electronic conductor paths directly onto plastic parts during series production. Laser Direct Structuring (LDS) - The structure of the conductor path is applied using the LDS...
Continue ReadingVoltcraft VC-337 multimeter with ultra-slim clamps from SOS electronic
TRMS current clamps VC-337, thanks to their size and shape, are ideal for measuring in dense installations of distribution boxes and cars. Find them in SOS electronic assortment. If you have ever measured in a distribution box, for example, the leads to individual circuit breakers,...
Continue ReadingA full-duplex tiny AVR software UART
UARTs for AVR MCUs by Nerd Ralph, he writes: I’ve written a few software UARTs for AVR MCUs. All of them have bit-banged the output, using cycle-counted assembler busy loops to time the output of each bit. The code requires interrupts to be disabled to ensure accurate timing between...
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