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The Texas PRU Cape

In a bid to encourage greater use of TI’s Programmable Real-time Unit (PRU) built into the Sitara AM335x and AM437x family of devices which power the BeagleBone Black development board Texas have announced the PRU cape. The PRU is made up of dual 200 MHz coprocessors, implementing a low-latency subsystem optimized for deterministic, real-time processing allowing […]

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Cree LMH2 LED Module Versus Traditional CFL Options

Cree LMH2 LED Module Versus Traditional CFL Options By Digi-Key Technical Content Contributed By Digi-Key Corporation The Cree LMH2 LED Module provides unparalleled efficacy and light quality in a fully integrated module. Utilizing Cree’s True White Technology, the LMH2 provides beautiful 90 plus CRI lights in 4000 Kelvin, 3500 Kelvin, 3000 Kelvin, and 2700 Kelvin

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DS3231 OLED alarm clock with 2-button menu setting and temperature display

UPDATE: I added an alarm function to both versions of the clock. UPDATE: I updated the code so that setting the clock does not affect the seconds accuracy – no resyncing of seconds required. UPDATE: I removed the personal messages from the clock code for the “Pusheen” version in the download links Video at:: http://youtu.be/ikNw1iLE9vg

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Slim, humble and long-age – this is the Fujitsu FTR-MY relay

Despite a low power consumption this relay handles 5A/250VAC while maintaining a considerably long lifetime. If we should mark an electronic component by a term “sympathic”, then the FTR-MY MY relay should be one of adepts …. Why? It´s simply chic. FTR-MY is: ● slim (5mm), so it doesn´t take much time on a PCB

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LTC3305 – Lead Acid Battery Balancer

Features Single IC Balances up to Four 12V Lead Acid Batteries in Series All N-FET Design Stackable to Balance Larger Series Battery Packs Stand Alone Operation Requires no External μP or Control Circuitry Balancing Current Limited by External PTC Thermistor Continuous Mode and Timer Mode Programmable UV and OV Fault Thresholds Programmable Termination Time and Termination Voltage Thermally

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