With great power comes great responsibility, and in the world of computing, greater power often leads to significant heat generation. This seems to be the case with the new Raspberry Pi 5, so much so that they had to introduce an active cooler to cool the Pi. Active coolers are well...

The EDATEC ED-IPC3020 is a fanless PC based on the Raspberry Pi 5. It stands out because it supports NVMe M.2 SSD and features RS232 and RS485 serial ports. It also offers the standard I/O capabilities of the Raspberry Pi 5. The new Raspberry Pi 5 SBC has a PCIe 2.0x1 interface that...

IBM is introducing new tools to make it easier for developers to write code for quantum computers. Qiskit Patterns is a set of tools that helps developers map classical problems, optimize them for quantum circuits, and execute them using Qiskit Runtime. With Qiskit Patterns and Quantum...

STMicroelectronics recently unveiled the VL53L8CX, a new Multi-Zone Time-of-Flight (ToF) distance sensor, that has a daylight range of 285cm, a significant improvement over the 170cm range of its predecessor, the VL53L5CX. In 2021, STMicro first introduced its first multi-zone ToF...

Engineer and designer Vincent "CentyVin" has designed a simplified USB-C PD (Power Delivery) based PPS (Programmable Power Supply) trigger board, that allows users to easily set different output voltages by simply using a potentiometer. CentyVin in his Hackday Post Explains that this...

The Topton M4 is another fanless mini PC powered by an Intel N100 Alder Lake-N quad-core/quad-thread processor. It supports up to 32GB of DDR4-3200 RAM and includes M.2 and SATA III SSD sockets. Priced at $106, this is the most affordable Mini PC on the market. The Topton M4, priced...

Melexis announces the MLX90394 Triaxis® micropower magnetometer, a tiny Hall-effect based sensor. It perfectly balances the design trade-off between low noise, current consumption and cost. With on-the-fly selectable modes and advanced configurability, it enables high reuse and fast...

Littelfuse has expanded its protection IC product line to include five load switch ICs that deliver power savings in a small package. Littelfuse, Inc. has announced the release of five load switch ICs in its protection IC product line. Featuring a small form factor and high...