Month: October 2015

In this video: mjlorton tests the latest firmware from Siglent for the SDM3055 bench multimeter A quick overview of the Fluke TiS10 (vs Ti90) thermal camera A look at the YZXstudio Black USB Power Monitor (with optional bluetooth module) that Frank Tong sells on his eBay...

Fairchild Semiconductor’s app note on proper heat sink mounting to achieve lower thermal resistance between the package and its heat sink. Link here (PDF) This document provides guidelines for mounting heat sinks for the proper thermal management of power semiconductor devices in...

by InitialState @ github.com: Let's face it, we humans talk about the weather a lot ⛅. The average person talks about the weather four times a day, for an average of 8 minutes and 21 seconds. Do the math and that totals 10 months of your life that you will spend yapping about the...

electro-labs.com published another great project based on Atmega328P: We are building another opensource SoloPCB project which is very enjoyable to build and use. In our electronics works, we frequently need to know the actual value of a capacitor. As you know, small sized SMD...

Emanuele @ dev.emcelettronica.com: OpenduinoGSM is an open source tool for hobbyists & professional makers. The first project realized is the useful opengate (one ring with your phone and the gate is open). Inspired with OpenduinoGSM! With OpenduinoGSM you have the option of...

Educ8s.com @ youtube.com: Playing the Flappy Bird game on Arduino is extremely easy. With a cheap Arduino Uno and a very cheap 1.8" color TFT display (ST7735) you can enjoy the classic game, the best part? It is going to be a DIY project. Actually you can build your own gaming...

Rigol DSA875-TG 9kHz - 7.5GHz Spectrum Analyzer & Tracking Generator Review, Teardown & Experiments -...

by Martin Cooke @ elektormagazine.com STMicroelectronics has extended its range of STM32 Nucleo development boards with scalable, small-form-factor variants to support the 32-pin members of its STM32 microcontroller family. The STM32 Nucleo-32 boards come with support from a choice...