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Prosthetics Feeling Is Now Possible With This Implantable Chip By Imec
Imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nano-electronics and digital technology, announced last month its prototype implantable chip that aims to give patients more intuitive control...
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First Thoughts on the New ROCK64 Board
Alasdair Allan @ hackster.io writes: The original Pine A64, hailed by many as a “Raspberry Pi killer” during its crowdfunding campaign, shipped to backers to somewhat poor reviews back in 2015....
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5V to Dual 12V Step Up DC-DC Converter Using LM2588-ADJ
Lots of op-amp based circuits require dual (symmetrical) power supply. This tiny circuit is a simple solution which provides +/-12V DC 300mA from single 5AV DC input. The board is based on...
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Samba : Set Up Your Raspberry Pi As A Local Network File Server
Samba is the Linux implementation of the SMB/CIFS file sharing standard used by Windows PCs and Apple computers and widely supported by media streamers, gaming consoles, and mobile apps. In this...
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Twiz – Tiny Wireless IMUs
Tiny Wireless IMUs – 100% open & autonomous 9DoF motion sensor using BLE to control anything from your [objects] motion ! by Drix @ hackaday.io: We looked for tiny, autonomous, easy to use, and 9...
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SUNY Polytechnic Creates 3-in-1 Device That Can Be A Diode, A MOSFET And A BJT
In a recently published study, a team of researchers at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany, New York, has suggested that combining multiple functions in a single semiconductor device can...
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Linear applies switched-capacitor step-down topology for inductor-less DC/DC
Graham Prophet @ eedesignnewseurope.com discuss about the new Linear’s step-down inductor-less controller. LTC7820 is, a high power fixed ratio charge pump DC/DC controller that eliminates the power...
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Lowest power magnetic switch uses nanoamps
Crocus Technology is introducing its CT832 Digital Magnetic Switch, in the CT83X series, a multi- function switching device with high sensitivity, reliability and new lows in power consumption, that...
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Air Quality Sensors on tindie.com
Pesky Products @ tindie.com writes: This is a small (17.9 mm x 10.3 mm) breakout board with Bosch’s BME280 pressure, temperature, and humidity sensor as well as AMS’ CCS811 digital gas sensor. The...
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Plotting Pricing Trends from Octopart Data
Sanket Gupta @ octopart.com tipped us with his latest article on how to plot pricing trends of electronic parts using Octopart’s data. He writes: Before you search for specific MPNs, it’s useful to...
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E-Mosquito takes sample of your Blood to Keep You Healthy
e-Mosquito is a fully autonomous device pre-programmed to “bite” one’s skin at various times during the day to monitor blood glucose levels. [via] The worst part of getting a shot or having your blood...
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Micropower, Rail-to-Rail, 300kHz Op Amp with Shutdown in tiny package
Op Amp Consumes Only 4.5µA and Offers 300kHz BW in 0.73mm x 1.07mm WLP and SOT-23 package. The MAX40006 op amp features a maximized ratio of gain bandwidth (GBW) to supply current and is ideal for...
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Raspberry Pi DIN Rail I/O Interfaces
VP Process Inc has recently released a new series of Raspberry Pi DIN rail mountable “Hardened” interfaces. The first release is the PI-SPI-DIN-RTC-RS485, which is available in three mounting versions:...
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FT234XD – USB to BASIC UART IC
The FT234XD is a USB to serial UART interface with optimised packaging (3mm x 3mm 12 pin DFN) for smaller PCB designs and the following advanced features. Check datasheet on the link below. FT234XD –...
View ArticleHow to use the ADC for ARM Microcontrollers Tutorial
Patrick Hood-Daniel explains the concept of ADC (Analog to Digital Conversion) as it relates to the STM32 ARM Microcontroller. How to use the ADC for ARM Microcontrollers Tutorial – [Link] The post...
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A 5nm GAAFET Chip By IBM, Samsung & GlobalFoundries
In less than two years since making a 7nm test node chip with 20 billion transistors, scientists have paved the way for 30 billion switches on a fingernail-sized chip. IBM with its Research Alliance...
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Inteligent Power Module (IPM) Board for Brushless Motors
Intelligent Power Module (IPM) board has been designed using FSBS5CH60 IC from Fairchild, which provides a fully-featured, high-performance inverter output stage for AC Induction, BLDC, and PMSM...
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PowerPlant, A Personal Power Assistant
Imagine you won’t need electricity mains wherever you are outside! PowerPlant by Nuuq is trying to solve this issue by providing its charging mains-alike power bank. PowerPlant is light enough to be...
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Breadboard Friendly ATTiny85
Chris @ chris3d.com build his own Attiny85 board: The modularity of Arduinos is great, but after playing with them for a year or so, I wanted to start building things that needed a little more...
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Tri-axis sensor embeds pedometer
Susan Nordyk @ edn.com discuss about the Kionix’s accelerometer with integrated pedometer. The K126 16-bit tri-axis digital accelerometer from Kionix integrates a step detector and step counter, yet...
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