How to shrink your USB Type-C battery charger [PDF]
Maxim’s app note on a highly compact Type-C charger solution. A highly integrated solution, as seen with the MAX77860 USB Type-C 3A switch-mode charger, dramatically reduces system complexity by integrating the charger, the power path, the Safeout LDO, ADC, and the USB-C CC and BC...
Continue ReadingMini-ITX form factor board has four video outputs with up to 6-core performance
WADE-8211-Q370 Scalable Processing Power Gives Design Flexibility and Is Ideal for Industrial Automation, Medical Equipment and IoT Applications. Portwell , a world-world-leading innovator in the Industrial PC (IPC) market and an Associate member of the Intel Intelligent Systems...
Continue ReadingSuperconductivity at –23 degrees Celsius?
Researchers at the University of Chicago have managed to beat the previous world record for high-temperature superconductivity (HTSC) by 50K. This new material reaches superconductivity at –23 °C (under very high pressure conditions). by Thomas Scherer @ elektormagazine.com Even...
Continue ReadingNew Tinker Boards with RK3399Pro and Features Google’s i.MX8M
Asus displayed two new open-spec Tinker boards at Computex last week, the "Tinker Edge R” SBC with a RK3399Pro, the “Tinker Edge T,” and “CR1S-CM-A” variants of Google’s i.MX8M and Edge TPU equipped Coral Dev Board. They also unveiled an 8th Gen Core-based “PN60T”...
Continue ReadingRecord-smashing Snapmaker 2.0 3D printers now available for website pre-orders
The modular 3D printer line, available in 3 models, is now available for pre-order from Snapmaker.com after becoming the most-funded technology project on Kickstarter After breaking multiple records with the Snapmaker 2.0 Kickstarter campaign, Snapmaker is today announcing that the 3D...
Continue ReadingNext-generation IoT wireless modules accelerate development
Radio modules using STMicroelectronics’ STM32WB55 wireless microcontroller are available from Arrow Electronics. The Sharky modules were co-developed with Italian designer, Midatronics. By Caroline Hayes The microcontroller integrates a 2.4GHz RF transceiver supporting Bluetooth 5...
Continue ReadingOpen hardware SBC module based on AT91SAM9260 @200MHz with 128MB RAM
The second installment in the embedded Linux hardware development learning exercise. The board is an updated version of the previous AT91RM9200_SBC. Detailed documentation and resources can be found in the docs and resources folders. Note: the CPU comes in two variants, 208 pin PQFP...
Continue ReadingSODIMM module features i.MX8M Mini/Nano with up to 8GB RAM
iWave Systems, a leader in embedded systems and solutions, will be launching a new System on Module based on NXP® i.MX8M Mini/Nano application processor. SOM will feature a powerful combination of 4 x ARM Cortex®-A53 @ 1.8GHz*, 64-bit processor and 1 x ARM® Cortex®-M4 core @ 400...
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