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New Piezoelectric Film Haptic Actuator Made from Electro-active Polymer Film

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KEMET Introduces High-Definition Piezoelectric Film Haptic Actuator for Next Generation of User Interfaces

Thin-film actuators add haptic skin to any product surface to create localized, independent sensations at any frequency creating a wide range of tactile effects.

KEMET, part of the Yageo Group and leading global electronic components supplier, announces its innovative haptic solution: the piezoelectric polymer film haptic actuator. When embedded directly into a product’s surface, the actuator acts as haptic skin that provides localized bodily sensations and tactile effects unavailable with other haptic solutions currently in the market. KEMET film actuators enable design engineers to implement advanced haptic solutions with high-performance actuators in a broad spectrum of applications that include remote controls, smart buttons, medical devices, AR/VR, and anything in contact with hands, fingers, head, and lips.

While piezoelectric haptic solutions are found in many applications, they are often large and heavy, thus shaking the entire device. KEMET’s thin (150 µm), flexible and conformable haptic actuators are made from a proprietary, patent-protected paper-thin material, an electro-active polymer film, that enables piezoelectric effects to mimic the sense of touch. Unlike eccentric rotating mass (ERM) technology, which is often used in devices for haptic sensations, KEMET haptic actuators do not shake the entire device. KEMET’s lightweight piezoelectric polymer film actuators offer superior performance with a combination of displacement and force, as well as response time, thus offering high-definition haptic feedback.

These haptic actuators can convey specific material textures and familiar feelings, like the clicks and clacks of buttons, raindrops, and so much more through localized sensations on consumer devices’ surface. The wide bandwidth of the devices coupled with some physiology of touch and sensation allows for a richer user experience for many consumer devices, including gaming controllers, virtual reality (VR) haptic gloves, and devices with touch user interfaces. These haptic actuators offer an in-depth interaction with our consumer devices by using the sense of touch to increase immersion and user satisfaction.

According to a Cambridge, UK-based consultancy firm IDTechEx Research report, the market for haptics technology is growing exponentially and is set to be worth almost $5 billion in 2025. Its increasing use in smartphones will drive growth. Still, the technology is beginning to appear in other industry sectors and products where newer, more advanced haptics are making significant improvements in performance and versatility.

KEMET haptic actuators are available upon request via KEMET distributors. To learn more about their capabilities and applications, visit https://ec.kemet.com/sensors/.

Source: “Haptics 2020-2030: Technologies, Markets and Players,” James Hayward, IDTechEx Research

$19 Button Size Node 3 is an Arduino Pro-mini board with on-board LoRa

Posted on by Emmanuel Odunlade

Electronic enthusiast and hobbyist, Koresh, has designed an Arduino IDE compatible microcontroller for home automation and IoT, called the Button Size Node 3.

Button Size Node 3 is a low-cost wireless Arduino Pro-mini board with on-board LoRa RFM 95 or RFM 69 HW(CW) radio, external EPROM flash, crypto authentication chip, a light sensor, and a temperature and humidity sensor.

The on-board radio transceivers provide an extremely good range, about hundreds of meters in open fields, the external flash chip allows burning Arduino sketch wirelessly while the onboard CryptoAuthentication chip makes communication with other controllers very secured. You may want to use the Button Size Node 3 as a universal sensor board for radio controlling DIY projects.

Features and Specifications Include:

  • Fully compatible with the Arduino IDE
  • 4 Layers PCB with larger ground plane improving range
  • Atmel ATSHA204A Crypto Authentication Security Chip
  • Preprogrammed Dual Optiboot bootloader – Implements over the air firmware update ability
  • LoRaRFM 95 or RFM 69-HW (high power consumption version) or CW (ultra-low power consumption version) 915/868/433 MHz Radio transceivers
  • FTDI header for programming
  • LED connected to pin 6
  • Reset button
  • External JDEC EPROM flash
  • W25X40CLNIG OTA flash
  • Si7021 temperature and humidity sensor
  • BH1750 light sensor – Spectral responsibility is approximately human eye response.
  • LIS3DH accelerometer (Full version only)
  • BMP280 barometer (Full version only)
  • SM351LT magnet sensor (Full version only)
  • Battery voltage sensor
  • High accuracy temperature sensor: Up to ±0.4 °C, –10 °C ~ 85 °C
  • Precision Relative Humidity Sensor: Up to ± 3% RH, 0 ~ 80% RH
  • Supply voltage: 3.5 V – 10 V
  • 3.3 V Digital and Analog pins
  • Powered by two CR2032 batteries in series with high-efficiency power converter (3.5-10V).
  • Sleep Current Consumption: 9 ~ 12 uA
  • Board Dimensions: 45mm x 23mm
  • Operating Temperature Range: -20 to +40 °C

Pricing and Availability

The Button Size Node 3 is available and currently sells on tindle for $19.00. There are two versions of the board: the full version and the light version. Some of the other nice additions attached to the Button Size Node 3 such as the LIS3DH accelerometer, the BMP280 barometer, and the SM351LT magnet sensor, are only available with the full version, while the external flash comes with the light version only.

Koresh is also the mastermind behind several other impressive projects that were introduced recently like the Easy PIR multisensors box, mini Relay box, and wall socket insertable node. The designer also has a few other projects that are still in the works like a mini dimmer box, a multiRF multi-voltage protobox and an RFM gateway. Hopefully, those should be completed and made available for the community soon.

Eduponics Mini, ESP32-Based smart-agriculture IoT kit

Posted on by Tope Oluyemi

STEMinds have posted details on Crowdsupply about the Eduponics Mini. The STEMinds Eduponics Mini is a smart-agriculture and IoT board that features an ESP32 module. The Eduponics Mini features an array of built-in sensors—including temperature, humidity, barometric, ambient light, water quantity, and soil moisture sensors – that function together to enable smart agriculture easy and affordable. It features Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, with little power consumption, making it perfect for real-world IoT applications.

Speaking about the board, the company says:

”We believe that high-quality industrial-IoT and smart-agriculture technology should be accessible to everyone, not just to those with significant resources and technical expertise. Using MicroPython or Arduino IDE, you can design your smart garden in no time. We’ve assembled all of the documentation you will need to guide you, step-by-step, into the world of electronics and programming.”

Eduponics mini has a vast application in our daily lives and is accessible not just to the professionals or those with significant resources but to everyone. Amongst the applications are the following :

  • An IoT weather station
  • Hydroponics and aquaponics(using external sensors)
  • A smart aquarium
  • Environmental monitoring and data-driven irrigation projects
  • Plant growth and disease forecasts based on research
  • The development of the Eduponics mini has sparked the design of a user–friendly app for the system with a public MQTT broker on the backend and a React Native user interface which eliminates the need to set-up and maintain a database. It enables you to execute the following;
  • Monitoring and control of a limitless number of Plants
  • You can water and monitor your plants remotely, from any location
  • You can monitor soil moisture, humidity, temperature, and sunlight exposure.

The Application only supports soil moisture sensors for now, but the addition of hydroponics and even smart-aquarium projects are in the works. Furthermore, A Library has been created to enable modifications to virtually all aspects of the app. With this, Plants can be added, renamed, configure new sensors, and a lot more, it’s available on Android but will soon be integrated into the iOS platform.

The company has set goals, and one of them is giving us a product of the highest quality, and they have worked very hard taking their time to research the best possible sensor components on the market, the soil moisture sensors are suitable for real-life applications, long-term and will continue operating without supervision. Amongst set goals is the product compatibility with hydroponics and aquaponics, in regards to hydroponics we usually need to use multiple submersible sensors to measure the EC, TDS, ORP, PH and other indicators. These sensors usually are unable to operate at the same time without interfering with one another, but as usual, STEMinds came up with a solution, a solution that is easier and more effective than using relays to turn the sensors on and off. With the development of the Eduponics mini extension board, the analog sensor state can be toggled which allows multiple sensors to operate simultaneously without interference and when the sensors are not in use, no current flows which results in lower power consumption. The entire process is fully automated in the library and requires no additional code.

Talking about the idea behind the project, the company says:

“COVID-19 pandemic has been a source of inspiration for this project, the food shortages observed in the early days helped us to search for quick, efficient , at-home techniques for growing our own veggies and greens, studying a few high quality DIY water irrigation systems which includes the necessary control boards, modulus and sensory almost derailed our progress due to the high cost required to use existing solutions identified. Therefore, we decided to think out of the box by designing our smart-agriculture and IoT development kit called EDUPONICS MINI.”

Below are the components of the system :

  • Eduponics Mini Board
  • One STEMinds soil-moisture sensor (short)
  • Contact-less water quantity sensor and two-sided attachment sticker
  • Screwdriver for adjusting the potentiometer on the water-quantity sensor
  • 12 V submersible water pump
  • 12 V / 2 A DC power supply
  • USB Type-C data cable
  • Water hose for the pump
  • Water regulator to regulate the flow
  • Integrated ESP32-WROVER module with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support and an external antenna connector
  • Support 5-12 V power input via DC and USB Type-C interfaces
  • Compatible with Arduino IDE and MicroPython
  • XH2.54 2P Interface for pump, integrated with built-in relay
  • XH2.54 3P Interface for soil-moisture sensor (or any other analog or digital device)
  • XH2.54 4P Interface for water-quantity sensor
  • On/Off and Reset switches and a “wake-up” button to resume from deep-sleep mode
  • Integrated I²C RTC DS1307 module (coin-cell battery not included)
  • Integrated I²C BH1750 I²C light sensor
  • Integrated I²C BME280 temperature, humidity and barometric sensor (3 in 1)
  • Integrated I²C AT24C02 EEPROM
  • Extension pins for DHT11 / DHT22 sensors (DHT sensor not included)
  • IO Extension pins to connect extra sensors with 3.3 – 12 V output pins
  • Dimensions: 53 x 71 mm
  • Corrosion-resistant, Capacitive soil-moisture sensor
  • 5 V operating voltage, 3.3 V output (voltage regulator is built-in)
  • Highly accurate and precise
  • Short Sensor dimensions: 20 x 102.03 mm
  • Long Sensor dimensions: 20 x 155.03 mm.

STEMinds has also developed a custom extension board that includes an extremely accurate ADS1115 ADC and the MCP23017 IO extension, an extra four relays, and an extra four analog inputs that connect directly to the ADS1115 ADC. There will be additional extensions with sensors that monitor things like pH, EC, and water temperature.

Features of the board includes:

  • ADS1115 ADC chipset for precise analog data reading
  • MCP23017 IO chipset, connected directly to four relays and capable of activating and deactivating ADC sensors
  • External interrupt pins on data change for MCP23017
  • External interrupt alert on analog data changes for ADS1115
  • Four Relay modules with XH2.54 connectors and 5-24 V support
  • I²C interface (only two pins required)
  • I²C addresses changeable by changing resistors
  • Compatible with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and other controllers
  • Dimensions: 53 x 71 mm

The company is offering a discounted price of $59 for the full Eduponics Mini kit. After the campaign, the price will be increased to $69. The Eduponics Mini Dev Board is currently available for $29, and will increase to $39, and the soil-moisture sensors will increase from $3 to $4 for the short sensor and from $4 to $5 for the long sensor. Note that the  Waterproof Soil-Moisture Sensors are limited edition and will not be available after the campaign.

For more information, visit the campaign page on Crowdsupply.

Solar-Powered Li-Po Rechargeable Battery Offers High Power Capacity

Posted on by Tope Oluyemi

A campaign for a new set of lithium rechargeable batteries has been launched on Kickstarter called Solarcell. Solarcell is the latest of Lithium rechargeable batteries with a USB-C connection that offers a high power capacity and is extremely safe. There’s a large selection of battery models to help you power up any of the devices you own and use regularly. Solarcell is the best option for powering all of your devices because it has more energy, better safety, and high rechargeability.

To power all of our technology and gadgets, we still rely on a large number of disposable batteries. AA and AAA batteries are commonly used in household appliances like TV remote controls, game controllers, electric razors, toothbrushes, computer peripherals, and other electronic devices. However, Solarcell is different from these conventional AA batteries. It is modern, convenient, and offers renewable energy. They are the pioneers of Lithium polymer (Li-Po) rechargeable batteries with USB-C connections for 18650 batteries.

In comparison to traditional Ni-MH rechargeable batteries, Solarcell is powered by Lithium polymer, which has a much greater energy capacity and hence higher voltage output. One AA Li-Po battery, for example, is capable of delivering a constant voltage of 1.5V, on the other hand, one AA Ni-MH battery can only deliver 1.2V. Solarcell stores and generate more energy than other technologies, it can also be charged via any USB-A to C or USB-C to C cable courtesy of its USB-C connection. This enables you to charge them from a wall outlet, a power bank, a laptop, or even a solar panel. Li-Po batteries are very economical because they have a 10-year life cycle and 1200 charge cycles. This helps you save money when you purchase it, instead of purchasing disposable batteries. 1 Li-Po battery will save you 1200 disposable batteries over the course of a year.

Solarcell batteries save you time since they can be charged rapidly in about 1-3 hours, depending on their capacity. In contrast, older Ni-MH batteries take up to 10-12 hours to charge. While charging, Li-Po batteries consume 30% less power from the grid. Another advantage of the Solarcell is that it reduces carbon emissions, and also eliminates the need for disposable batteries, which can result in significant land pollution and other issues if the used battery cells are not properly treated. Backers of Solarcell will receive a solar panel as a reward.

Throughout their life span, Li-Po batteries maintain a self-discharge rate of around 4-5 percent per month. If they’ve been left for a while, they’ll need to be recharged before they can be used again. However, because of their low self-discharge rate, Li-Po rechargeable batteries are more convenient to use, offer a longer storage life, and do not have the same problems as Ni-MH batteries.

To protect the Solarcell batteries from overheating and overcharging, the company utilizes a custom-designed PCB in the battery to ensure maximum safety. Apart from power leakage protection and short circuit protection, high-pressure and over-current protection are also added. The red light on the battery illuminates when the Solarcell is being charged via USB-C cable. The light turns green when the charging process is complete.

For more information about the Solarcell batteries, visit the campaign page on Kickstarter.

Hisense A7CC – 5G Smartphone with a 6.7-Inch Color E-Ink Display, 6GB RAM and 128GB storage

Posted on by Emmanuel Odunlade

Following the recent introduction of color E-Ink displays and color eReaders from several companies, Hisense, a well-known TV manufacturer has launched and is currently taking pre-orders for their Hisense A7CC 5G smartphone exclusively equipped with a 6.7-inch color E-Ink display. The Chinese company had earlier (sometime in December last year) launched Hisense A7 5G – the world’s first E-ink display smartphone with 5G connectivity – and now, just after a few months, they are back with the color screen version of the Hisense A7 5G.

The new Hisense A7CC is powered by UNISOC T7510 octa-core processor with support for 5G modem, and comes with 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. It is everything the same with the Hisense A7 5G, the only difference is that it comes with a colored E-ink display instead of a monochrome panel. So, you can already guess that it will cost more than the Hisense A7 5G (Hisense A7 5G sells for $309 while the Hisense A7 CC is priced at $371).

The Hisense A7 CC also boasts of the same 6.7-inch E-ink display that the A7 5G has, but with an RGB pixel arrangement. In addition to that, Pixels per inch (PPI) is now 100, instead of 300.

Features and Specifications of Hisense A7 CC smartphone include:

  • CPU: UNISOC Tiger T7510 octa-core processor with 4x Arm Cortex-A75 cores @ 2 GHz, 4x Arm Cortex-A55 cores @ 1.8 GHz
  • GPU: Imagination PowerVR GM9466
  • System Memory: 6GB RAM
  • Storage: 128GB flash
  • Display: 6.7-inch E-Ink display with 4096 colors, 100 dpi
  • 3.5mm headphone jack with AK4377AECB audio DAC for Hi-Res Audio
  • Built-in microphone and speaker
  • Different lockscreen support
  • Dynamic and constant refresh rate support
  • Dual rear cameras
  • Single front-facing camera
  • Cellular connectivity:
    • 5G (n41, n78, n79)
    • 4G FDD (B1, B3, B5, B8) / TD (B34, B38, B39, B40, B41)
    • 3G WCDMA
    • 2G GSM
  • WiFi or Bluetooth (though it’s not mentioned in the specs; we assume it was probably omitted unintentionally)
  • GPS / A-GPS
  • 1x USB OTG Type-C port
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • Additional Programmable key on the left side of the phone
  • Volume button
  • Power button
  • Refined UI based on Android 10
  • Available in two colors (Obsidian Black, Moonlight Silver)
  • Battery: 4,770 mAh battery with 18W fast charging
  • Dimensions: 172.4 mm x 86 mm x 9 mm

Since the 6.7-inch color E-Ink smartphone has a refined UI based on Android 10, we expect that the phone should be able to give a cool feeling while reading e-Books and browsing the internet with clearer text. Another aspect of a very good phone is the battery life. We don’t have any information on that yet, but we guess that a single full charge should take one for like a week thereabout, depending on how it is used.

If you’re interested in buying the new Hisense A7CC color E-Ink smartphone, you can check JD.com where the phone is currently selling for about $371 (2,399 CNY). The phone is available in two colors: Moonlight Silver or Obsidian Black.

ITEAD Zigbee 3.0 dongle powered by Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 wireless MCU Sells for $6.99

Posted on by Emmanuel Odunlade

ITEAD has just released a new Zigbee 3.0 dongle powered by the Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 wireless MCU.

The Shenzhen-based company, well known for its Sonoff line of home automation devices, had recently introduced a number of Zigbee compliant products like the Sonoff BASICZBR3 smart switch, the Sonoff ZBBridge WiFi to Zigbee Gateway, and the Zigbee-compatible USB dongle.

“ZigBee 3.0 USB Dongle is pre-flashed with the Silicon Labs Zigbee stack from their EmberZNet 6.7.8 SDK as the application firmware, which means that it can be used out of the box as a ZigBee coordinator on Home Assistant and openHAB,” ITEAD writes.

The Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 wireless MCU used in the ZigBee 3.0 USB adapter is a high-performance, low-power chipset designed to increase processing capability, improve RF performance, and lower active current. It is a very powerful MCU the same as the one used in the Sonoff ZBBridge, but this time with a faster core, more RAM, and a more powerful radio.

Key Features and Specifications of the ZigBee 3.0 USB Dongle Include: 

  • Wireless MCU: Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 Arm Cortex-M33 microcontroller @ up to 80 MHz with DSP and FPU, up to 1024 kB flash, up to 96 kB RAM, 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 for Zigbee or Thread
  • USB port (host interface)
  • 7-pin IO header with programming pins, one GPIO, 3.3V and GND
  • 2-pin header for Tx/Rx serial port
  • Button and reset buttons
  • LED
  • PCB antenna
  • Power Supply: 5V via USB port, LDO chip
  • Dimensions: 56 mm x 14 mm
  • Weight: 5 g

The company made it clear that they are targeting DIY home automation users, so you can use the Zigbee 3.0 to USB adapter in home automation setups and also control Sonoff Zigbee modules such as the smart switch, smart plug, temperature and humidity sensor, motion sensor and door/window sensor.

“It works with Home Assistant and openHAB straight out of the box,” ITEAD writes.

ZigBee 3.0 USB Dongle will be shipped with Silabs application firmware based on EmberZNet 6.7.8 SDK plus standard EZSP v8 interface and standard Gecko bootloader for possible recovery with serial interfaces.

The Zigbee 3.0 dongle is only about 14mm, so it’s not likely to disturb any other USB ports on your system. The ZigBee 3.0 USB Dongle has been proven to work with all SONOFF ZigBee sub-devices.

You can check the company’s Facebook page for Sonoff for more details on the Zigbee 3.0 dongle, especially how to add devices to it and its simple use on Home Assistant.

You can also visit the company’s product page where the adapter currently sells for $6.99.

Murata’s Silicon Capacitors

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Murata BBEC Silicon Capacitor

Murata BBEC Silicon Capacitor offers ultra-broadband performance up to 40GHz in a 0201M package with a 0.60mm x 0.30mm (L x W) footprint. This capacitor is resonance-free, allowing ultra group delay variation. It provides high reliability and high stability of capacitance value over temperature, voltage, and aging. Other features include ultra-low insertion loss as well as low ESL and low ESR in bypass grounding mode. Murata BBEC Silicon Capacitor has a thickness of 100µm and is compatible with standard wire bonding assembly (ball and wedge) and embedding.

Features

  • Ultra-broadband performance up to 40GHz
  • Resonance free, allowing ultra group delay variation
  • Ultra-low insertion loss thanks to impedance matching in transmission mode
  • Low ESL and low ESR in bypass grounding mode
  • High stability of capacitance value over temperature, voltage, and aging
  • High reliability
  • Compatible with standard wire bonding assembly (ball and wedge) and embedding

Specifications

  • -55°C to +150°C operating temperature range
  • 0201M size code
  • 0.60mm x 0.30mm (L x W) footprint
  • 40GHz frequency
  • 11VDC withstanding voltage
  • 10nF capacitance
  • 100µm thickness

Murata ULEC Silicon Capacitor

Murata ULEC Silicon Capacitor features high-frequency performance up to 20GHz for broadband applications. This device comes in a 0201M package with a 0.60mm x 0.30mm (L x W) footprint. The ULEC series is resonance-free, allowing ultra group delay variation, and offers low ESL and low ESR in bypass grounding mode. Other features include ultra-low insertion loss, high reliability, and high stability of capacitance value over temperature, voltage, and aging. Murata ULEC Silicon Capacitor is compatible with standard wire bonding assembly (ball and wedge) and embedding.

Features

  • Ultra-broadband performance up to 20GHz
  • Resonance free, allowing ultra group delay variation
  • Ultra-low insertion loss thanks to impedance matching in transmission mode
  • Low ESL and low ESR in bypass grounding mode
  • High stability of capacitance value over temperature, voltage, and aging
  • High reliability
  • Compatible with standard wire bonding assembly (ball and wedge) and embedding

Specifications

  • -55°C to +150°C operating temperature range
  • 0201M size code
  • 0.60mm x 0.30mm (L x W) footprint
  • 20GHz frequency
  • 11VDC withstanding voltage
  • 10nF capacitance
  • 100µm thickness

more information: https://www.murata.com/en-eu/products/capacitor/siliconcapacitors/ubec_bbec_ulec

Axiomtek Introduces Palm-Sized and Fanless Embedded Computer for Factory Automation – eBOX560-52R-FL

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Axiomtek – a world-renowned leader relentlessly devoted in the research, development and manufacture of series of innovative and reliable industrial computer products of high efficiency – is proud to introduce its extremely compact fanless embedded system, the eBOX560-52R-FL. This palm-sized embedded system is powered by the onboard Intel® Core™ i5-8365UE or Intel® Celeron® 4305UE processors (codename: Whisky Lake-U). It provides high-performance, power-efficient, and abundant I/O interfaces in a compact device. The eBOX560-52R-FL is highly suitable for space-constrained applications with strict performance requirements such as industrial equipment computers, in-cabinet equipment integration, collaborative robots, and more.

“Axiomtek’s eBOX560-52R-FL is designed to provide customers with flexible, convenient, and simplified solutions for industrial and embedded applications. The fanless yet low-power embedded system can operate under wide temperatures ranging from -10°C to 50°C with 0.7 m/s airflows and endure up to 50G shock and 3Grms vibration. Moreover, it features two independent 4K Ultra HD displays through its DisplayPort++ and HDMI for multi-display applications,” said Janney Lee, a product manager of Product PM Division at Axiomtek. “Its compact size, excellent computing power, and ability to function in harsh environments making it ideal for diverse industrial applications such as factory, machine, and logistics automation, station gate controls, and ticket vending machines.”

The eBOX560-52R-FL has one 260-pin DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM slot with up to 32GB of system memory. The Intel® Whisky Lake-U-based embedded system adopts versatile I/O interfaces including two RS-232/422/485 ports, two Gigabit LAN ports, two USB 3.1 Gen2 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, one HDMI, one DisplayPort++, one AT/ATX quick switch, and two antenna openings. For extra expansions, the fanless box PC supports one M.2 Key E 2230 slot for Wi-Fi module and one 2.5″ SATA HDD drive bay for additional storage. It has one screw-type 12V DC power input connector with over-voltage protection (OVP), under-voltage protection (UVP) and short current protection (SCP). Its flexible mounting options include wall mount, VESA mount and DIN-rail mount. It also supports Axiomtek’s AMS.AXView software to help users remotely monitor and manage connected devices. For operating systems, it supports Windows® 10 IoT and Linux..

Advanced Features:

  • 8th gen Intel® Core™ and Celeron® processor onboard (Whisky Lake-U)
  • One M.2 Key E 2230 for Wi-Fi module
  • 260-pin DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM, max. up to 32GB
  • 2 GbE LAN and 2 USB 3.1 Gen2
  • Supports DisplayPort++ and HDMI for dual independent displays
  • Multiple mounting designs: Wall mount, DIN-rail and VESA mount

The eBOX560-52R-FL will be available for purchase in May 2021. For more product information or customization services, please visit our global website at www.axiomtek.com or contact one of our sales representatives at info@axiomtek.com.tw.

ATtiny Flasher – Breadboard Flashing Tool for the Atmel ATtiny

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ATtiny Flasher is a handy device that allows you to use your favorite IDEs and debugging tools when developing for the ATtiny microcontroller. Enjoy the classic Arduino development experience while working with bare metal. Whether you’re a design engineer, a hobbyist, or someone who’s just getting started programming MCUs, ATtiny Flasher can help you get from a great idea to a great implementation—without having to port your code to its intended platform when you’re done.

Features & Specifications

  • Flash ATtiny85, ATtiny45, ATtiny25, and ATtiny13 via breadboard or onboard header
  • Flash the entire Atmega MCU family using the ISP header
  • Flash using Arduino IDE, Platformio, or any other IDE of your choice
  • Two configurable power rails, either 3.3 V or 5 V
  • Six GPIO “weak” LEDs
  • Three flash-status LEDs
  • Onboard OLED screen connected to target MCU as a live terminal
  • Streams serial data to the host PC as if it were connected directly to the target MCU. (Yes, serial on ATtiny. Even ATtiny13!)
  • A buffer IC between target and host MCUs only connects the two while flashing
  • Open hardware driven by open source software

The project will soon launch on Crowdsupply.com, so you may stay tuned.

ClearLink: a new, EtherNet/IP Motion and I/O Controller – 4 axes for just $249!

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Teknic recently launched ClearLink, a Motion and I/O Controller offering users of EtherNet/IP compatible PLCs, such as CompactLogix™, MicroLogix™, and ControlLogix®, a new way to save space, money, and wiring in their automated machinery. ClearLink provides 4 axes of motion control, a serial port, 13 configurable digital & analog I/O points, and expandable I/O for just $249 in single piece quantities. Teknic includes a free, licensed, RSLogix/Studio5000-compatible EDS file with logical names and Add-On-Profiles which allows for easy mapping of I/O assemblies.

Key specifications and benefits of ClearLink include:

  • Multi-Axis EtherNet/IP Motion Control: ClearLink provides up to 4 axes of motion control for Teknic’s ClearPath integrated servos, 3rd party stepper drives, or any brushless servo motor with a digital servo drive.
  • Robust EtherNet/IP IO Module: ClearLink includes 13 industrially hardened and conditioned 24V I/O points, including digital and analog inputs and outputs. Outputs can directly control a power-off brake or other inductive loads without a separate relay or clamping diode. There’s also a dedicated LED for every I/O point for easy troubleshooting and diagnostics.
  • Expandable Output Modules: You can extend your I/O compliment with 8-point I/O expansion modules (CCIO-8) for a total I/O compliment up to 77 I/O points.
  • Fast Prototyping via Licensed EDS file: Teknic’s EDS file comes with a Rockwell licensed EDS key, which includes Add-On-Profiles and individual tags in your I/O assemblies to reduce development time. Download the ClearLink EDS file for free.
  • Short Lead Time: Teknic ships online ClearLink orders within 3 business days. ClearLink is backed with a 3-year warranty and 90 day money-back guarantee.

Order online at: https://www.teknic.com/products/ethernet-ip-io-motion-controller/clnk-4-13/.

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