bitknitting.wordpress.com documented his efforts to transmit data over the I2C interface and analyze traffic using a USB login analyzer. The goal of this post is to transmit data over the I2C interface. Confirmation that the data was transferred will be output of the SDA/SCL lines...

Sparkfun has their own Eagle libraries available on github.com. This is a great resource for new board designs. They also have a guide on how to install the libraries and how to create custom footprints. This is the complete SparkFun Electronics default foot prints for Eagle 6.0+. We...

Here is a die-shot, this time it’s a 1663RU1 from Russia’s Mikron semiconductor manufacturer. At the time of its release this was Russia’s first 90nm chip (by comparison 14nm is now available). Mikron is currently the most advanced microelectronic fab in Russia, located in...

Fluke PM6608B Frequency Counter 10MHz OCXO Reference Upgrade Module -...

In this video educ8s.tv is building a Real Time clock and temperature monitor with a big 3.2" Color TFT display. They are using a DS3231 Real Time clock module to get the time, the date and the temperature. The heart of the project is the powerful Arduino Due board, which can drive...

Graham Prophet on edn-europe.com talks about a new cooperation between Kemet and Novasentis aim to develop the next generation of haptic actuators that acts as a second skin for devices. Kemet and Novasentis, developer of haptic and sensory feedback technology for wearable devices,...

A pair of former engineers from Agilent Technologies are working on a wireless oscilloscope that will connect to an iOS device for its user interface: The Aeroscope will be a one-channel device where the electronics are in a "pen" form factor. An SMA connector will let you attach...

Jacob Beningo has published a tutorial on how to start with Micro Python to build real-time embedded applications. The first step a developer interested in Micro Python must take before diving into a real-time embedded application is to select a supported development kit or...