This is a first in a series of stories called “EEvolution of an idea” showing how a good idea got its start and evolved into a viable product in the electronics industry. I would ask our faithful EDN readers to comment on this series idea and if there is a good positive response which views […]
Innovative inline USB power analyzer Read More »
This is a little project I made recently, I call it USB A to micro USB bridge and it does what the name says: it’s just a bridge between the USB A female connector and the female micro USB. In the middle there is a DIL pin header that allows you to connect or disconnected
USB A to micro USB bridge Read More »
This article looks at the latest touchscreen sensor technologies and the wide range of interfaces that the different technologies use. It also evaluates the different approaches for interfacing such sensors for human interfaces from three, four and five wire to USB, covering sensors and interfaces from Atmel, 3M, IR Touch Systems, and NKK Switches. Resistive
Evaluating Different Approaches for Interfacing Touchscreens Read More »
Push the knobs The knobs all have convenient actions if you push them: pushing Vertical Position or Horizontal Position centers the trace vertically or horizontally. Pushing Tigger Level sets it to zero. Pushing Scale sets it to fine adjust mode. Long Memory If you don’t use Long Memory, you’re wasting most of the capacity of
Twelve tips for using the Rigol DS1052E Oscilloscope Read More »
WiFi is something we have wanted to do for a long time, but there are a lot of technical and regulatory challenges around it. If you’re running an OS on an embedded PC like the Raspberry PI, WiFi is simple, you buy a cheap dongle and the intelligence is in the driver. For a low
WiFi DipCortex An embedded WiFi module to power your next product Read More »
Isolation resistance tester UT513 with a USB connectivity is a professional device able to check a quality of an insulation of installations, transformers, components, … Revision technicians are usually the ones, who need to measure an isolation resistance, but such a device also finds its place in bigger factories and buildings, where it is convenient
UT513 – set up a timer, apply 5000V, measure, transfer to PC … Read More »
Quick facts Completely free and Open Source (including firmware) Programs PIC10-12-16-18-24, dsPIC30-33, EEPROMs type 24xxxx (I2C), 25xxx (SPI), 93xx6 (MicroWire), DS24xx (OneWire), 11xxx (UNIO), some ATMEL micros, communicates with generic I2C & SPI devices (see supported devices) Can work as ICD debugger USB 2.0 Full Speed interface, HID class (same as keyboards, mice, etc.) Self
Open Programmer v0.8.x Read More »
We discover in this article the flexible system clock of the AVR XMega A4U that remember to be very similar to other XMega and let’s see how to configure it with ease thanks to the ASF module Clock Control System we have added to our project and analyzed in previous episodes. For those wishing to
New blog about Atmel MCU and Atmel Software framework Read More »
FTDI chip provides really excellent USB chips, that will handle all the USB communication for you with really excellent bandwidth performance. FTDI provide an exhaustive documentation for their cross platform driver. In contrast with the VCP (Virtual Com Port) mode, the D2XX driver allows direct access to the USB device ports in a completely transparent
FTDI, D2XX and Linux: Overcoming the big problem! Read More »
High-quality enclosures from company New Age Enclosures can be assembled by one click. If we´ll carefully design a device in a way to be as small as possible, it´s natural, that we don´t want to make it bigger by a uselessly bulky enclosure. For this purpose we keep in offer enclosures for small USB or
Small USB device? – No problem Read More »
