Arduino PICO, The Tiny Arduino-Compatible Board
MellBell, the Canadian-based hardware and electronics company, has launched their first product: Arduino PICO! At first, the company says that Arduino PICO is the smallest Arduino compatible board ever, since it is 0.6" x 0.6" inch sized (~15mm squared). This tiny fully-fledged...
Continue ReadingRomeo BLE – An Arduino Based Powerful Robot Control Board With Bluetooth 4.0
Romeo BLE is an all-in-one Arduino based control board specially designed for robotics applications from DFRobot. This platform is open source and it's powered by thousands of publicly available open-sourced codes. Romeo BLE can easily be expanded using Arduino shields. The most important...
Continue ReadingHarvesting Sound Energy From Passing Cars
by Mechanical Attraction @ instructables.com: There is energy everywhere around us and in many different forms. Many devices have been developed to harvest light, wind, waves, and more. One unusual place of energy harvesting is from passing cars. As cars pass by some of their energy...
Continue ReadingShould you build or buy your next single-board computer?
by Markku Riihonen @ EDN Europe: Does it make sense to design and build your own single-board computers? It used to be the sensible option for anyone concerned about matching features to production cost. Traditionally, with your own board design, you have the freedom to add only the...
Continue ReadingEdgefx Kits, Get Your DIY Project Kit Now!
Aiming to bridge the gap between the academics and industry in electronics, communication and electrical sectors, Edgefx Technologies was born at 2012 as an online store for project solutions. Edgefx provides practical skill building solutions to the engineering students in the form...
Continue ReadingNew parts library for Mentor PADS & DX Designer accelerates PCB design
Designers can build circuit boards faster with millions of symbols & footprints on SnapEDA. July 18, 2017 - SAN FRANCISCO - Mentor, a Siemens business, and SnapEDA, the Internet’s first parts library for circuit board design, are announcing new support for Mentor PADS® and...
Continue ReadingSlimline SMD Bamboo IN-14 Nixie Clock
wouterdevinck @ instructables.com writes: There are a lot of nixie clocks out there and a lot of them are based on the IN-14 tubes. I wanted to design my own for the sake of designing my own, but also had some specific requirements: Make it as small and thin as possible. A lot of the...
Continue ReadingLTC7003 – Fast 60V Protected High Side NMOS Static Switch Driver
The LTC7003 is a fast high side N-channel MOSFET gate driver that operates from input voltages up to 60V. It contains an internal charge pump that fully enhances an external N-channel MOSFET switch, allowing it to remain on indefinitely. Its powerful driver can easily drive large gate...
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