2.7V-4.2V input to 3.3V output Buck-Boost Converter
This project shows a DC-DC buck boost circuit which can produce an output of 3.3V for an input of 2.7V to 4.2V , for example from a Li-on battery. The Circuit uses LTC3440 Buck boost IC which is a fixed frequency boost converter. To get high efficient results, inductor with high...
Continue ReadingThe Winkel Board, All-in-one Arduino Compatible Board
Mintbox Technologies is an Indian tech startup who build smarter connected devices for everyone. It is specialized in consumer electronics, open source software & hardware, PCB design services. Mintbox latest product is The Winkel Board, a powerful new Arduino-compatible, open source...
Continue ReadingHuman Motion Powered Nanotechnology Devices
Michigan State University researchers have came up with a new method for harvesting energy from human motion using nanotechnology. They designed a low-cost film-like device, a nanogenerator, than can power a LCD display, keyboard, and some LEDs without any source of electric power, by...
Continue ReadingSTEP/DIR SIGNAL TO CW/CWW SIGNAL CONVERTER FOR CNC & MOTION CONTROL SYSTEMS
Simple Circuit converts Step/Dir. signal into to double drive CW/CWW Pulse, Mach3 and few Hobby CNC software’s provides Step/Direction pulse output to drive stepper motor drivers. Various AC servo works with double CW/CCW pulse. This circuit is solution to interface such AC...
Continue ReadingEmulate an Apple ][ on an AVR Microcontroller
The Apple II personal computer, which stylized as Apple ][, is an 8-bit home computer and one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products. It was designed primarily by Steve Wozniak and developed with Steve Jobs. Apple ][ was introduced in 1977 at the West Coast...
Continue ReadingSoftware Defined Radio IC Decap
Software Defined Radio teardown: R820/RTL2832U Decap Recently there has been much interest in two integrated circuit which were originally designed to receive FM radio and DVB-T TV (as used in Europe). Some enterprising people quickly realised that since they were based on...
Continue ReadingHow to Set Up and Program an LCD Display on an Arduino
circuitbasics.com writes: In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to set up an LCD display on an Arduino, and show you all the functions available to program it (with examples). The display I’m using here is a 16×2 LCD display that I bought for under $10 on Amazon....
Continue Reading1K LCD Tinyfont
A tiny pixel font rendered to an LCD display, in under 1K program space. by Zach: For the Hackaday 1k challenge, I'm attempting to pack a small pixel-based font and rendering to LCD in under 1K. The project has already been developed in C, but the file size was much larger. This...
Continue Reading