5 Buck Regulators with Low Iq
Low quiescent current, also called supply current, might be an important spec for your power-supply design.. by Paul Rako @ electronicdesign.com Quiescent current is the current that a chip needs to operate even if it’s not delivering power. It’s the bare minimum supply current the...
Continue ReadingiLife MP8 Micro PC may be the World’s Smallest Windows 10 Mini PC
iLife MP8 micro PC looks to be the smallest Win10 mini PC, powered by an Intel Celeron N4100 quad-core Gemini Lake processor with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. Preliminary specifications: SoC – Intel Celeron N4100 quad-core Gemini Lake processor @ 1.10 GHz / 2.40 GHz (Burst...
Continue ReadingULX3S – A powerful, open hardware ECP5 FPGA dev board
ULX3S is a fully open source, compact, robust, and affordable FPGA dev board equipped with a balanced selection of additional components and expansions. Although it was designed primarily as a teaching tool for mastering the principles of digital circuit design, ULX3S incorporates a...
Continue ReadingArduino Pro IDE (alpha preview) with advanced features is now available
The simplicity of the Arduino IDE has made it one of the most popular in the world — it’s easy enough for beginners and fast for advanced users. Millions of you have used it as your everyday tool to program projects and applications. We’ve listened to your feedback though, and...
Continue ReadingLithium Coin Cell Charger for Rechargeable Coin Batteries
This versatile charger has been designed to charge Lithium Coin Cell Rechargeable CR2016/CR2025/CR2032 Coin Batteries. Just insert the battery to the holder, and plug in to any USB port to recharge, D3 Power LED, D1 LED indicates the charge cycle. The board has been designed to use dual...
Continue ReadingNew Wio Lite RISC – V WiFi Board with ESP8266 Module for WiFi connectivity Launches for $6.9
Recently, there was a lot of buzz as the 32bit general purpose GigaDevice GD32V which is based on RISC-V open architecture as well as the Longan Nano development board with LCD display were launched into the board market. Compared to the formerly released GD32 Arm Cortex-M3...
Continue ReadingNXP Launches The Gigahertz Microcontroller Era
NXP Semiconductors has announced the industry’s first crossover MCU, i.MX RT1170 28nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) microcontroller unit (MCU), which is a power-efficient design with real-time functionality, and MCU usability at an affordable price. It clocks its...
Continue ReadingWorld’s smallest and most affordable 65W GaN Adapter for Laptops and Mobile Devices
Though the sizes of laptops and mobile phones have become smaller and lighter over the years, that of power adapters have pretty much remained the same. They are still the same device we have always known them to be; bulky, messy and hard-to-carry-around. But the new GaNtechnology seeks...
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