App note from ON Semiconductors about SiPM sensors, explaining the working principle and primary performance parameters. The Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) is a sensor that addresses the challenge of sensing, timing and quantifying low-light signals down to the single-photon level....

With the rise of Arduino, Raspberry Pi and others; embedded platform has been known to be programmed with a relatively few languages. Languages like C and C++ has been the tradition  for embedded platforms, and others like Python and maybe Javascript are beginning to see some limelight...

The quest for a decentralised web is something that is gaining more ground in the lights of data theft, privacy concerns, and others. The internet as we all know is now becoming monopolised as the big corporations are leveraging business, startups, users, developers and others to use...

The ESP32-PICO-D4 is a new variant of the known ESP32 SoC released by Espressif Systems. The PICO variant module measures around 13x19mm and it is designed as a system-in-package unlike the SoC styled ESP32, and comes with an ESP32 dual-core processor, a 4MB SPI flash, a crystal...

This project is a machine-code monitor that you program from a hexadecimal keypad using a simplified instruction set. by David Johnson-Davies It's a good project for learning about the fundamentals of machine code, and will also appeal to people who like programming challenges. The...

How to connect the Helium Arduino stack with the Google IoT Core Channel using the Infinity-Shield mixed reality hardware emulator for VBB. by James Caska: I have been developing Virtual Breadboard since 1999. It's a fun way to learn about microcontrollers in a virtual sandbox and...

VIA Technologies known for its array of embedded boards and solutions has announced the release of a Linux Board Support Package (BSP) based on the Yocto 2.0.3 for the VIA SOM-9x20 module. The VIA SOM 9x20 module was custom designed and meant for the Android platform and so migrating to...

SCR fundamentals discussed in this app note from STMicroelectronics. For an Introduction to Thyristors check here. This document provides some guidelines about how to select the right thyristor, also referred to as “SCR”, according to the different applications. Some very specific...