Month: July 2015

by Sinjin Dixon-Warren @ chipworks.com: The Intel® RealSense™ gesture camera represents another foray by Intel into the consumer products space. The camera has been incorporated into the Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 15. Intel disclosed at IDF14 that the device is formed using three...

More exactly, we talk about switching-off a device. Marquardt 1550 Eco Switch enables this extraordinarily easily. Do you know a situation, when a seemingly usual thing is fact not that usual... Whether it´s a car with a hybrid drive or a lot of devices which we meet every day...

by packetbob @ instructables.com: I decided to put together a toaster oven and wanted something that could handle large boards and possibly do small production runs. Doing a web search, you will find many options for toaster oven reflow controllers. They range from one-off designs...

Rui written an article on how to build your own PCBs using a CNC machine. Rui Cabral writes: The PCB manufacturing method i used before buying my CNC machine was the lithography method and worked as follows: First i printed the board design on an acetate sheet. This sheet was...

by Susan Nordyk @ edn.com: The LTC4015 synchronous step-down battery charger controller from Linear Technology offers charge current of up to 20 A, multiple-chemistry operation, and onboard digital telemetry. The controller transfers power from a variety of input sources, such as...

by John Fattaruso @ edn.com: When working with discrete JFETs, designers may need to accommodate a large variation in device parameters for a given transistor type. A square-law equation is usually used as an approximate model for the drain-current characteristic of the JFET:...

Tiny Board has been designed around LV8772 IC from On-Semi. This driver is capable of micro-step drive and supports 4W 1-2 phase excitation. It has Low on Resistance with motor current selectable in four steps. The board is equipped with unusual condition warning LED and input Pulse...

Simple LCD adapter board offers an easy way to interface a standard 16X2 LCD to your project. Specifications Very Tiny PTH PCB Onboard Preset to set the Contrast Easy interface with 10 PIN Box Header Connector LCD Adapter Board -...