Precision Motor Control for Robotics and Automation
STMicroelectronics and maxon jointly created a plug-and-play servo control development kit for drives, robotics and automation. by Wisse Hettinga @ eenewsembedded.com The EVALKIT-ROBOT-1 is a plug-and-play solution aimed to help users easily approach the world of precise positioning...
Continue ReadingBOXER-8220AI: Powering AI with NVIDIA Jetson Nano
AAEON, an award-winning developer of AI edge computing platforms, announces the BOXER-8220AI box PC powered by NVIDIA® Jetson Nano™. With the latest SoC from NVIDIA built for AI, the BOXER-8220AI offers stable, reliable performance at a price which is competitive and budget...
Continue ReadingSparkFun RED-V RedBoard – SiFive RISC-V
The SparkFun RED-V (pronounced “red-five”) RedBoard is a low-cost, development board featuring the Freedom E310 SoC which brings with it the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA). The RED-V RedBoard comes in the familiar Arduino Uno R3 form factor and includes the SiFive...
Continue ReadingMulti-output Power Supply Based on LM2576HV-ADJ
This is a multi-output power supply based on LM2576HV-ADJ and LM317 IC. The power supply provides 3 outputs with input supply up to 55V DC. Output (O1) is adjustable up to 24V DC and load current of 2A, Output (O2) is adjustable to 1.2V-24V with load current up to 500mA and Output (O3)...
Continue ReadingBangle.js: the hackable Smart Watch
While Python currently sits atop the throne of the most popular programming language in the world, languages like javascript have been creeping around the throne with different frameworks and APIs that have taken the language beyond use of web development. This was evident in Espruino as...
Continue ReadingFree Elektor Article: 0-30V Lead-acid Battery Activator
A well-known electronics store has been selling a very simple lead-acid battery activator for many years. Although I can't prove it, my lead-acid batteries do seem to last longer since I started using the activator. The principle behind this circuit is very simple. The battery is loaded...
Continue ReadingHyperDisk: Pocket-sized & High-speed Portable SSD [Attention: SCAM reported]
Physical storage drives have not changed a lot over the years. They have improved in terms of storage capacity and technology but they are definitely still a bit bulky (compared with how small things are becoming) and relatively slow. To offer an improvement to what is currently in the...
Continue ReadingWarpDrive: High-Speed Portable SSD 1TB or 2TB
Even with the advent of several file-sharing platforms and the proliferation of internet access to enable their use, the "old" regular way of moving a file from one place to the other via USB drives is still in vogue. Especially for large files like the video and picture contents which...
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