xaVNA – A low cost two port Vector Network Analyzer
xaVNA is a simple and cheap vector network analyzer that allows you to easily tune up antennas, filters, and amplifiers by plugin it to USB. It is able to display smith charts/graphs on the including PC software. The main board connects to a PC through usb and communicates via a...
Continue ReadingCOLIBRÌ: the driver for RGBW LEDs
Boris Landoni @ open-electronics.org designed COLIBRI, a board able to drive 4 color LEDs. He writes: Recently some multicoloured power LEDs have appeared on the market and, differently from the more common RGB LEDs, they incorporate a white LED, as an addition: they are named RGBW...
Continue ReadingArduino controlled Dual Mono AK4490 DAC (Part 1)
This article is the first of a series detailing the design and build process of an Arduino controlled Dual Mono AK4490 DAC by DimDim: The design goal was to do a dual mono design so as to maximize SNR and channel separation. A 4-layer PCB design was chosen so as to have a very solid,...
Continue ReadingLED Heart Keychain
Sasa Karanovic @ sasakaranovic.com build a heart shaped keychain that flashes 2 LED with the touch of your finger! Source files are available on github. This one is a very simple but cool project, something that I would recommend to anyone who is interested into DIY electronics,...
Continue ReadingTritium SBC – Linux/Android Board for just $9
Libre has released a three flavor board called Tritium. The first board is a 32bit Allwinner H2+ based with 512MB onboard memory and costs only $9. The next one is in the range of $19, and is based around the 32-bit Allwinner H3, has 1GB onboard and is capable of 4K30 output via the...
Continue ReadinghackaBLE – tiny nRF52832 BLE development board
Electronut Labs recently released their open source Nordic nRF52832 development board that can be used for your next BLE project. This tiny board can be plugged on a breadboard or soldered on a PCB and provides additional value from just using the BLE module directly as it includes...
Continue ReadingPulseRain M10 – FPGA Development board is Arduino compatible
Over the years FPGAs have become readily available to the maker community. They are now more accessible than ever as many development boards has seen the light. It’s now possible to embed a soft-core MCU into an FPGA rather than using a hard-core ASIC MCU and here is where PulseRain...
Continue ReadingIoD-09, An Intelligent WiFi-Enabled Display Module
4D Systems, the manufacturer of intelligent graphics solutions, has announced a new 0.9” smart display module as part of the ‘IoD-09’ series. This series is a set of small full-color TFT display modules that feature the Espressif ESP8266 SoC. It also comes with microSD card slot...
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