The USB-C Explorer helps to get started with USB-C
Jason has designed a development board for USB-C and Power Delivery, that is available on GitHub. The board is also on sale at Tindie for $79 + shipping. The USB-C Explorer is a development board with everything needed to start working with USB Type-C. It contains a USB-C port...
Continue ReadingUsing a Raspberry Pi to program an ATTiny10/9/5/4
Using a Raspberry Pi to program an ATTiny4/5/9/10. But, mostly the $0.25 ATTiny10. And, not necessarily a Raspberry Pi, but anything with GPIOs! Yep. It works. At least tested pretty thoroughly with my ATTiny10. It can also read all the memories AND run timings against the AVR to do...
Continue ReadingGet your Things on the Internet in 30 seconds with the AVR-IoT!
RS Components will stock Microchip’s AVR microcontroller IoT development board for Google Cloud, which enables the fast prototyping of cloud-connected devices. By Ally Winning [via] The Microchip AVR-IoT WG development board uses an ATmega4808 AVR-based MCU, with a ATECC608A...
Continue ReadingMurata’s 3D Silicon Capacitors
Murata high-density silicon capacitors are developed with a semiconductor MOS process and are using the third dimension to substantially increase the capacitor surface and thus its capacitance without increasing the capacitor footprint. Murata silicon technology is based on a monolithic...
Continue Reading32.768 kHz MEMS resonator is only 0.9×0.6×0.3mm
Measuring just 0.9x0.6x0.3mm (50 % smaller than a conventional 32.768 kHz crystal resonator), the WMRAG series 32.768 kHz MEMS resonator is the world’s smallest, claims manufacturer Murata. Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto; Chairman of the...
Continue ReadingIncrease data storage of your Raspberry Pi development board
Connect an mSATA drive to your development board, to increase its data storage capacity. [via] Increase the data storage capacity of your Raspberry Pi or other development board, by connecting it directly to an mSATA drive. Perfect for custom projects and applications, this USB to...
Continue ReadingCH3330N – Small and Cheap USB-Serial Converter IC Needs No Crystal
Recently the hobbyist market has seen the appearance of the Air602 low-cost ARM WiFi module. This module might be a potential competitor of ESP8266, another low-cost powerful WiFi module, that took the electronics hobbyists by storm long ago and is still extremely popular. But what's...
Continue ReadingNanoPi NEO4 The World’s Cheapest and Smallest RK3399 Board
FriendlyELEC has announced a new board with NanoPi NEO4, the smallest and cheapest RK3399 board on the market presently. The NanoPi Neo4” SBC is a 60 x 45mm footprint, WiFi/BT, GbE, USB 3.0, HDMI 2.0, MIPI-CSI, a 40-pin header, and -20 to 70℃ support, but only 1GB of RAM. The SBC is...
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