Google Unveils USB Type-C Version Of It’s Edge TPU AI Chip
Google has come up with its Edge TPU machine learning chip announcement by also revealing a USB Type-C based device that can be plugged into any Linux or Android Things computer, including a Raspberry Pi. The company announced a USB stick computer version of Edge TPU that can work with...
Continue ReadingAdlink Launches A New Apollo Based Fan-less Panel Computer Series
Adlink, a provider for embedded and computer solutions has launched a new panel computer to the market. Adlink has been known for providing different types of panel computers for the different markets from the general industry, consumer market and to the health sector. Adlink's new panel...
Continue ReadingVehicle Battery monitor on a automotive relay form factor
Jesus Echavarria has tipped us with his latest project. A car battery monitor in a Relay form Factor. Unfortunately only hardware details are given and no details on software. He writes: Hi all! I’m really busy this year so I can’t post all the projects where I’m involved....
Continue ReadinguStepper – Controlling Stepper Motor with ease
But what is uStepper? In short, uStepper is a product, improving performance of a motor type called “stepper motors”. Stepper motors are used in a wide range of applications where you have to move something, a certain distance, precisely! For example, they are used in your inkjet...
Continue ReadingFemtosecond Electronics With Plasmonic Hot Electron Nano-emitters
A team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) physicists Alexander Holleitner and Reinhard Kienberger has found success for the first time in generating ultrashort electric pulses on a chip. They made this possible by using asymmetric metal antennas only a few nanometers in...
Continue ReadingATmega32U4-Based Synchronous MPPT Buck Solar Charger
You want to maximize the power output of your solar panel? Then you need a maximum power point tracking charge controller! Source files here. Features: Programmable with Arduino IDE Input voltage: 15 - 22V Output voltage: 1 - 14.4V Simple MPPT (Maximum Power Point...
Continue ReadingMicrochip’s MCP1640 – Super-Effective Battery Power
Designers working on line-powered systems are in luck… Designers working on line-powered systems are in luck; whilst wasting power is always bad, a few mA of waste don’t really matter. When working on battery powered systems, every bit of energy helps – an efficient switching...
Continue ReadingUDOO BOLT, A Supercomputer with twice the Power of a MacBook Pro 13
One thing technology has taught us in the last few years, is the so-called powerful devices of yesterday, will not match the devices of today or tomorrow and this is something that is transcending in the hardware industry. Maker's board have seen a drastic improvement ever since the...
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