Arduino “Pick N Place” Android Robot
Sameer tipped us with his latest build of an arduino robot which is controlled by an Android smartphone using Bluetooth. Pick N Place robot is a basic level robot for beginners and leaders to learn all about the laws & concepts of Physics, Electronics & Mechanics hence it...
Continue ReadingAnalogue Sensors – Calculate the Nonlinearity Introduced by a Load or Pull Down Resistor
Tecwyn Twmffat @ instructables.com discuss about the notlinearity introduced by adding a pull down resistor and why you may get unpredictable readings from your ADC. For many years I found that I would get strange, unpredictable, readings from my sensor related projects at the...
Continue ReadingBuck regulator accepts 3.0-V to 42-V input
Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8608, a 1.5A, 42V input synchronous step-down switching regulator. A unique synchronous rectification topology delivers 93% efficiency while switching at 2MHz enabling designers to avoid critical noise-sensitive frequency bands, such as AM...
Continue Reading12V to 28V Step Up DC-DC Converter
The Step-Up DC-DC Converter project provides 28V, 175mA output with input of 12V DC. The MC34063A IC is heart of the project from On semiconductor. The MC33063A is a monolithic control circuit containing the primary functions required for DC-DC converters, This device consist of an...
Continue ReadingTroubleshooting a 32kHz Crystal Oscillator
How to Actually Make it Oscillate? Now for an oscillator to work, we need an amplifier with a gain of greater than 1, and a phase shift of 360 degrees to get positive feedback. First problem – the transistor was saturated, with Vc stuck near 0V. For an oscillator to start noise...
Continue ReadingUltra Low-Power (35nA!) Programmable Timer using TI TPL5111
Ultra Low-Power (35nA!) Programmable Timer using TI TPL5111. Imagine a system for example that has to work from a small coin cell for 5-10 years. TPL5111 solves a typical problem in low power wireless systems- things need to be off most of the time, and wake up periodically to...
Continue ReadingReview: ScanaQuad – a super-small logic analyzer
Harry Baggen @ elektormagazine.com reviews the ScanaQuad, a new series of tiny 4 channel logic analyzers. The ScanaQuad series consists of four modules (SQ25, SQ50, SQ100 and SQ200), which mainly differ in the sampling rate. The French company Ikalogic has been making logic analyzers...
Continue ReadingBetter LEDs with just a trick of the light
Jan Buiting @ elektormagazine.com discuss about a new technique used by scientist to build better LEDs. By manipulating the incident light, researchers of the Complex Photonics Group at University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands, have turned light propagating in a layer of...
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