SnapEDA launched a new on-demand PCB symbols service. Get any schematic symbol and PCB footprint delivered in 24 hours. Just $29 SnapEDA follows IPC-7351B standards for its footprints, and a combination of IEEE-315 and its own standards for symbols. All models are created by our...

by Julien Happich @ edn.com The company has demonstrated proof of concept devices and is currently developing prototypes of two solid-state devices based on proprietary IP that leverages diamond's unique electronic properties.  It is now announcing £750,240 of new equity investment...

REC Johnson, B Lora Narayana, and Devender Sundi share their design idea on how to use a transistor as a heating element. It is common to use transistors for driving resistive heating elements. However, you can use the heat that a power transistor dissipates to advantage in several...

Welcome to the third post of the “Exploring Eagle CAD ULPs” series. Every week we will publish a new post about one useful ULP in Eagle CAD. “ULP” User Language Program is a plain text file which is written in a C­-like syntax and can be used to access the EAGLE data...

Microsemi released a chip scale atomic clock reference bringing stability and accuracy to portable devices. The Microsemi Quantum™ SA.45s CSAC is the world's first commercially available chip scale atomic clock, providing the accuracy and stability of atomic clock technology while...

“WaRP7” is a new platform which increases developer’s opportunity to innovate and bring new products to the market by smoothing and speed up the development process of IoT applications and wearable technologies. WaRP7 is a $85 platform designed by “Farnell element14”. It...

Raj @ embedded-lab.com build an ESP8266 based led matrix display. This matrix is a modification of his previous bluetooth version and uses an ESP8266 as a web server to setup the display message. No other microcontroller is used to control the display so things are kept simple and...

Raj @ embedded-lab.com tipped us with his latest project. It's a simple, but useful USB Solar powered charger able to charge a power bank or your smartphone. Yesterday, I built a very simple DIY solar-powered USB charger for my TP-link 10400mAh USB Power Bank. All I needed was a...