Researches Solve Problems of Organic Thin Film Transistors By Developing Nanostructured Gate Dielectric
Amorphous silicon-based Thin-film transistors (TFTs) are the foundation of many modern-day technologies, such as smartphones and flat-panel TVs. Still, it comes with a few drawbacks like performance limitations due to limited carrier mobility. Provoking the researchers in search of...
Continue ReadingR-78S switching regulator boosts a AA battery to 3.3V
Recom’s first evaluation board allows engineers to effortlessly test the functionality of the R-78S switching regulator, which boosts a AA battery or external supply voltage to 3.3V for low power IoT applications. By Julien Happich @ eenewseurope.com: The R-78S Evaluation Board...
Continue ReadingEspressif Systems is bringing voice enabled kit to makers and developers
Voice Assistants are becoming more widely accepted, devices like Amazon Echo, Sonos On, and Google Home devices are seeing the larger market share. The mounting interest in voice assistants and voice-activated platforms is leading to new ways of communicating, and in theory, creating...
Continue ReadingDriving an 8×8 (64) LED Matrix with MAX7219 (or MAX7221) and Arduino Uno
Hi guys, today we will be focusing on displaying mini graphics and texts on an 8×8 LED matrix using the MAX7219 (or MAX7221) LED driver and the Arduino Uno. The 8×8 LED matrix displays are usually used for the display of symbols, simple graphics and texts. Made of super bright LEDs,...
Continue ReadingFace Recognition Chip revolutionizing Smartphone Security
Back in 2007 Apple released the first generation of iPhone which is considered as the first smartphone as those we use today. Before that, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) dominated the market and some even included network connectivity, the ability to send and receive calls, and...
Continue ReadingMaker Uno – The $6 Arduino Uno Clone Board for Students and Learners
Unless you are completely new to electronics, you probably must have heard of the household name called “Arduino”. Arduino is an open-source platform used for building electronics projects and one that pioneered the open-source hardware and the DIY maker's movement. Arduino can sense...
Continue ReadingIota V2 – Gyroscope Sensor in tiny dimensions
De Martin Cote @ kickstarter.com designed v2 of his gyroscope sensor that is able to track movement on 3-axis. The new board is smaller, lighter, cheaper and has PPM output to connect on your RC remote control. He writes: Here is the evolution of my successful Gyroscope Sensor. Now...
Continue ReadingXilinx Zynq UltraScale+ SoC module smaller than a credit card
by Julien Happich @ eenewseurope.com: Enclustra's Mercury+ XU1 is the company's fastest SoC module based on the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC. The 74×54mm board accommodates 6 ARM cores, a Mali 400MP2 GPU, up to 4 GB of extremely fast DDR4 ECC SDRAM, numerous standard interfaces, 294...
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