After the announcement of the i.MX 8M line of processors from NXP and their collaboration with some companies, we started seeing announcements or devices that use the chip in recent times and some of the devices or boards are beginning to be available for purchase. InnoComm, Emcraft, and...

Emcraft, which is known primarily for its work in porting uClinux to various high-end MCUs recently unveiled its NXP i.MX 8M System On Module (SOM) which is Linux driven and a Starter Kit for the i.MX 8M SoM. The starter kit gives Gbe, HDMI 2.0, USB 3.0, USB Type C and a Raspberry...

Optical data transmission offers a different way of sending data between objects without the drawbacks associated with radio-frequency and wired-communications methods. Visual data communication uses light beam as the medium of data exchange. Optical data communication has applications...

Back in 2007, Technologic Systems announced the TS-7800, a single-board computer (SBC) that was able to boot Linux 2.6 in under two seconds. At its core, The TS-7800 is equipped with a Marvel 500MHz ARM9 CPU and includes a user-programmable on-board FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array)...

by Marian Stofka @ www.edn.com: The bq25504 from Texas Instruments is a good candidate to become a milestone on the road to micro-power management and energy harvesting. A prominent feature of this IC is its ability to start up at a supply voltage as low as 330 mV typically, and 450...

Melexis' next-generation monolithic magnetic sensor family, consisting of the MLX90371 and MLX90372, provides robust absolute position sensing for various applications. By Julien Happich @ eenewseurope.com: Both devices consist of a Triaxis Hall magnetic front end, an analog to digital...

Optocouplers – Industrial Fiber – Encoders New Packages/ More Features/ Better Performance Get the benefit of enhanced system design through the newest features at the same or lower price with a longer-term assurance of supply. ACPL-352J: This 5A gate drive optocoupler is a...

Hi guys, welcome to this tutorial. Today, we will build an mp3 player using an Arduino and the DFPlayer mini MP3 module. The DFplayer mini is a small, low-cost mp3 module with a simplified audio output that can be connected directly to a speaker or an earphone jack. The module can...