Designing a Small Footprint, Low Profile 5v to 170v Nixie Tube Power Supply
Mark Smith @ surfncircuits.com has a detailed explanation on building a Nixie power supply, able to produce 170V from a 5V source. The article is spitted in 3 parts, with part two presenting the results and performance and part 3 discussing PCB design. Nixie Tubes are cool retro...
Continue ReadingResearchers Developed a Very Powerful Mini Synchrotron That Can Fit On A Tabletop
A synchrotron is a particular type of cyclic particle accelerator which is used to accelerate quantum level charged particles at a very high velocity, traveling around a fixed closed-loop path. It is one of the first accelerator concepts to enable the construction of large-scale...
Continue ReadingOp amps, comparators – smaller than ever
Aimee Kalnoskas @ eeworldonline.com discuss about TI's tiny OPAMP and comparators. Texas Instruments introduced the industry’s smallest operational amplifier and low-power comparators at 0.64 mm2. As the first amplifiers in the compact X2SON package, the TLV9061 op amp and TLV7011...
Continue ReadingEspressif ESP32-PICO-KIT WiFi/WLAN+Bluetooth Module
ESP32-PICO-KIT V4 is a mini development board produced by Espressif. At the core of this board is the ESP32-PICO-D4, a System-in-Package (SIP) module with complete Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functionalities. Comparing to other ESP32 chips, the ESP32-PICO-D4 integrates several peripheral...
Continue ReadingThe behavior of electro-magnetic radiation of power inductors in power management
Application note form Würth Elektronik about EM radiation radiated from inductors in DC-DC converters. This Application Note focuses on the Electro-Magnetic (EM) radiation behavior of power inductor(s) in DC-DC converters, which is dependent on several parameters such as ripple...
Continue ReadingWUX-3350 – 4×4-inch Mini PC Board
Portwell’s WUX-3350 small form factor (SFF) embedded system board features the Intel Celeron and Pentium processor series, supporting the low power Intel Gen9 graphics engine with up to 18 execution units for enhanced 3D graphics performance and greater speed for 4K encode and...
Continue ReadingSensiBLEduino – A full fledge ‘hardware-ready’ development kit for IoT and supports Arduino
IoT which translates to the Internet of Things has been a significant buzz for the last five years while disrupting major Industries (from Agriculture, Energy, Healthy, Sports and several others). IoT adoption has seen rapid development in the makers' world, with different makers and...
Continue ReadingTiny i.MX7 module runs both Linux and FreeRTOS
F&S announced their tiny PicoCore MX7ULP module, which is able to run Linux or FreeRTOS on an NXP i.MX7 SoC. The board comes with up to 32GB eMMC plus optional WiFi/BT and extended temperature support. The new board measures only 40 x 35mm and will be presented on Embedded World...
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