FireAnt – A low-cost, thumb-sized, breadboard-friendly FPGA dev board
FireAnt is a low-cost, thumb-sized, breadboard-friendly FPGA dev board for makers and hardware designers. FireAnt is the first third-party development board for the Efinix Trion product family. It provides an easy-to-use development platform for FPGA makers and hobbyists. Powered by...
Continue ReadingLi-Po/Li-Ion Arduino Charger Shield using BQ21040
This Li-Po/Li-ion Arduino charger shield is mainly designed to power up the Arduino from single 3.6V Li-Po battery. Li-Ion and Li-Pol Charger/ DC-DC Boost converter Arduino shield provides 6.5V/400mA from single Lithium Polymer battery. The Arduino shield is equipped with BQ21040...
Continue ReadingRaspberry Pi Based Enviro+ pHAT Detects Indoor and Outdoor Atmospheric Conditions
If you reside in an area with high levels of outdoor air pollution, you will probably be breathing more indoor pollutants, which is not good for your health. Of course, that depends on your home’s ventilation system and potential pollution sources. Indoor pollutants range from smoke...
Continue ReadingMiniature vertical side-actuated detection switches ideal for safety applications
C&K’s FDSD and FDSE series are micro-mini, side-actuated detection switches suitable for applications which require vertical side detection. They are particularly useful for safety control applications, and for medical and consumer devices. An example of the use of these switches...
Continue ReadingLM5164 – 6V to 100V input, 1-A synchronous buck DC-DC converter with ultra-low
The LM5164 synchronous buck converter is designed to regulate over a wide input voltage range, minimizing the need for external surge suppression components. A minimum controllable on-time of 50 ns facilitates large step-down conversion ratios, enabling the direct step-down from a 48-V...
Continue ReadingCoilcraft Releases Power Line EMI Chokes in 16 Sizes/Configurations
Coilcraft offers the Cx family of surface mount, common mode EMI chokes. There are 16 sizes and configurations to meet the design needs of a broad range of power line circuits, says the company. They suppress high frequency common mode noise up to 100MHz and offer greater than 40dB...
Continue ReadingKB-IDE Supports Arduino, ESP32 and others in Dual Style Coding
Maker Asia is an organization in South East Asia which owns Maker Lab; a place where makers put their creativity in use. They have recently released a new software product and Maker Asia, who have mostly focused on a hardware product line is eventually into a new space. The newly launched...
Continue ReadingArduino Clock on IN-18 Nixie Tubes with a LONG Service Life
Build your own Nixie tube clock/thermometer/display with ease. by Grisha Anofriev @ www.hackster.io We set out to create a Nixie clock or just an information indicator on the largest ex-Soviet IN-18 tubes as an Arduino shield-compatible with both Uno and Mega boards. After a long...
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