This project provides 12V output from any USB power source, like PC USB port, USB adapter or power banks. LM2577ADJ boost converter IC is the heart of the project. The IC can handle load up to 800mA. It’s advisable to use only 200mA load on output to be on the safe side. The LM2577 are […]
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IDT ZMOD4410 Metal Oxide Gas Sensors are designed to detect Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC) and monitor Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). The ZMOD4410 gas sensors consist of a signal conditioner that measures the Metal Oxide (MOx) conductivity, a function of gas concentration, and controls the sensor temperature. The sense element of the gas sensor consists
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Synchronous four-switch buck-boost controller suits transport and medical use A 150V high efficiency four-switch synchronous buck-boost DC/DC controller, the LTC3777, by Analog Devices operates from input voltages above, below or equal to the regulated output voltage and had an efficiency of up to 99 per cent. The Power by Linear DC/DC controller has an input
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A research team from UC Berkeley Univercity (Daniel S. Drew, Nathan O. Lambert, Craig B. Schindler, and Kristofer S. J. Pister) has designed and build mini microbot that is capable of taking flight without any motor or moving part. This is all achieved using electrohydrodynamic thrust to provide lift, which is a technique to create air-flow
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F&S Elektronik Systeme has unveiled its latest Pico-ITX format (100 x 72mm) SBC named ArmStone™MX8M. This board is powered by the NXP i.MX processor. Preliminary shipping will not until Q2 of this year. The new ArmStone™MX8M is available with dual or quad-core variants of the 1.5GHz, Cortex-A53 i.MX8M. The SoC combines a Vivante GC7000Lite GPU and VPU, enabling 4K HEVC/H265, H264, and
NXP I.MX8M SOC POWERED ARMSTONE MX8M PICO-ITX SBC RUNS LINUX WITH 8GB LPDDR4 RAM Read More »
Keysight 34465A & 34470A DMMs offer unprecedented levels of accuracy, speed and resolution. They can measure very low current down to a 1 μA range, enabling their use on very low power devices. The ability to auto-calibrate during the measurement allows the 34465A and 34470A to maintain a calibrated measurement while the instrument may be
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Designing a PCB layout is a work of engineering art, includes placing components and routing them through different layers. So when you assign the same job for different engineers, each one would make it in his own way. But sometimes when working on a complex design some help may be necessary to finish the work.
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With the increase of high integration programmable chips, FPGAs are getting more and more popular. FPGAs has been traditionally known to be generally complex, but a new line of FPGAs have been showing some promise and that is believed that will help increase their popularity. Tiny FPGAs are the next promising thing, they are low-cost
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VIA Technologies, a global leader in the development of embedded platform and system solutions have announced its VIA Smart Recognition Platform powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 embedded platform. The VIA Recognition platform offers a robust development suite for Vision-based applications with the possibility of developing applications that can be used for detecting facial expression, faces, age and even
VIA SMART RECOGNITION MODULE RECOGNIZES EMOTION, FACE, AGE & GENDER Read More »
Low-Power Oscillators SiTime Corporation’s general purpose low-power oscillators offer a perfect combination of low power consumption, excellent stability, small size, and fast start-up. Parts are also available in an SOT23 package which offers excellent board-level solder-joint reliability and enables low-cost, optical-only board-level inspection. Now system designers have lower frequency options based on programmable MEMS timing
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