Digi-Key announces supplier-driven KiCad Library
Digi-Key Electronics has announced the release of a new secondary KiCad library, known as the Digi-Key Partner Library, on GitHub. This is intended to be a supplement to the existing Digi-Key KiCad library released last year. Whereas the previous library was developed and curated by...
Continue ReadingPervasive Displays expands its popular range of red tri-color e-paper displays
Pervasive Displays (PDi), a world leader in e-paper displays (EPDs), today announces the strengthening of its red tri-color EPD line-up with the launch of two new sizes of display. The 3.7-inch and wide-format 4.37-inch models can both render high-quality images and text in red, white...
Continue ReadingMenu on Nokia 5110 LCD display with Arduino
We have published quite a number of tutorials using different displays with the Arduino, with the most recent being the tutorial on displaying graphics on all kind of displays with Arduino. For today’s tutorial, we will look into achieving more with displays by implementing a menu...
Continue ReadingMidas Displays introduce range of HDMI TFT displays
Display manufacturer and supplier, Midas Displays, has announced the introduction of a range of plug and play HDMI TFT display modules. The new displays are available in three different size and resolution options, have excellent brightness and contrast performance, and feature a...
Continue ReadingPICkitPlus – A programming software that revitalizes the outdated PICkit2 and PICkit3
Microchip's PICkit2 and PICkit3 are both In-Circuit Debugger/Programmers, designed for programming and debugging Microchip PIC microcontrollers (and occasionally EEPROMs). The PICkit2 programmer was released back in 2005, and allowed the user to program and debug most of the 8 and 16...
Continue ReadingRead the Design Engineer’s Guide to Pressure Sensors from Avnet
The advent of smaller, lower-cost and lower-powered pressure sensors has generated a new wave of innovation, increasing efficiency and performance both in the sensors themselves and their applications. The worldwide pressure sensor market is set to grow to $11.4 billion by 2024, as...
Continue ReadingGetting Started with ESP32
Over the last few articles, we have covered the use of ESP8266 boards for building several WiFi based projects. For today’s tutorial, we will look at it’s recently released successor; the ESP32. As mentioned in previous tutorials, ESP-12e module popularly referred as the nodeMCU...
Continue Reading16 x 2 LCD controlled via power line
Vinod blogged about a 16×2 LCD with data over power line: Then I just thought why even 1 wire for data? Because we can easily multiplex the 1 wire data line with the Vcc line by keeping a diode + capacitor combination towards the LCD power supply pin. I am using an arduino board to...
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