Tritium SBC – Linux/Android Board for just $9
Libre has released a three flavor board called Tritium. The first board is a 32bit Allwinner H2+ based with 512MB onboard memory and costs only $9. The next one is in the range of $19, and is based...
View ArticleLED Heart Keychain
Sasa Karanovic @ sasakaranovic.com build a heart shaped keychain that flashes 2 LED with the touch of your finger! Source files are available on github. This one is a very simple but cool project,...
View ArticleArduino controlled Dual Mono AK4490 DAC (Part 1)
This article is the first of a series detailing the design and build process of an Arduino controlled Dual Mono AK4490 DAC by DimDim: The design goal was to do a dual mono design so as to maximize SNR...
View ArticleCOLIBRÌ: the driver for RGBW LEDs
Boris Landoni @ open-electronics.org designed COLIBRI, a board able to drive 4 color LEDs. He writes: Recently some multicoloured power LEDs have appeared on the market and, differently from the more...
View ArticlexaVNA – A low cost two port Vector Network Analyzer
xaVNA is a simple and cheap vector network analyzer that allows you to easily tune up antennas, filters, and amplifiers by plugin it to USB. It is able to display smith charts/graphs on the including...
View ArticleRotary Encoder with Arduino and Nokia 5110 LCD Tutorial
Today we will take a look at using a rotary encoder with Arduino and displaying rotation data on the Nokia 5110 LCD display. A rotary encoder is an Electro-mechanical device that converts angular...
View ArticleDistance Measuring Sensor Shield for Arduino Nano Using GP2Y0D810Z0F
The project published here is a distance measuring sensor shield for Arduino Nano including power driver BJT transistor to drive a load like solenoid, motor or LED. This project can be used as Arduino...
View ArticleUniversal OpAmp Evaluation Board Using LMV321
The Universal Op-Amp Development board is a general purpose blank circuit board that simplify prototyping circuits for a variety of Op-Amp circuits. The evaluation module board design allows many...
View ArticleSYZYGY Brain-1 – FPGA development platform featuring the SYZYGY standard
SYZYGY Brain-1 is an open source, modular ARM + FPGA development platform featuring the new SYZYGY standard for high-performance peripherals. This new development board bridges the gap between Pmods...
View ArticleCharacteristics and applications of fast recovery epitaxial diodes
Read about epitaxial ultrafast diodes in thia app note from IXYS. (PDF) During the last 10 years, power supply topology has undergone a basic change. Power supplies of all kinds are now constructed so...
View ArticleWireless power in AA battery format
Ossia has created the world’s first wirelessly-powered alternative to disposable AA batteries. The “Forever Battery” puts a long distance wireless power receiver into an AA battery format. The...
View ArticleRoboBee – A Flying Microbot That Can Perform Search And Rescue Missions
Inspired by the biology of a bee, researchers at the Wyss Institute developed RoboBees, man-made microbots that could perform endless roles in agriculture or disaster relief. A RoboBee is about half...
View ArticleHi-Fi Stereo Headphone Amplifier using LME49600
This project is the ideal solution for high output, high performance high fidelity stereo head phone amplifier. The project consists of Op-Amp LME498720 and LME49600 as output driver. The LME49600 is...
View ArticlePi/104 – Pi Compute carrier board
Pi/104 is a Pi Compute carrier board in PC/104 format with industrial durability. The Pi Compute Module is a powerful tool for custom electronics projects. But if your project requires industrial...
View ArticleContinuity Tester using ATtiny85
This article describes a simple continuity tester based on an ATtiny85. The tester features a buzzer that sounds to help you determinate the trace continuity. It is designed for checking circuit...
View ArticleUDOO X86 Microboard Breakdown
The UDOO X86 board is a single board computer based on Intel quad core 64-bit chipset that runs Windows 10 and any flavor of Linux. The board also has a separate chipset with a full implementation of...
View ArticlePhysicists design $100 handheld muon detector
by Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office: Now physicists working in MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Science have designed a pocket-sized cosmic ray muon detector to track these ghostly particles. The detector...
View ArticleWand-Pi-8M: New Open Source SBC
The Wand-Pi-8M is an open source hardware project with community support and a full range of Linux-based distros, starting with Yocto, Ubuntu, and Android Oreo. The board schematics and software...
View ArticleNeutrino 3.0: The 32-bit Arduino Zero compatible!
The Neutrino 3.0 is an inexpensive, open source, miniaturized version of the Arduino Zero! Featuring a 32-bit ARM processor running at 48MHz, and boasting 32K of ram, the Neutrino is far more capable...
View ArticleSolid-state battery – a hybrid of battery and capacitor
With CeraCharge, TDK has developed the world’s first solid-state battery in SMD technology. In contrast to most common battery technologies, CeraCharge works without any liquid electrolytes. by...
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