PIC18 Development Board with Ethernet and USB
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pic18-development-board-with-ethernet-and-usb/
by magkopian @ instructables.com: The development board is based on a PIC18LF4553 microcontroller. The microcontroller features a Full Speed USB 2.0 (12Mbit/s) interface without the need for any external components. Also, it has 32KB of program memory, 2KB of RAM and it supports an external clock up to 48MHz, which is optional because it also has […]
8T49N004 Programmable Femtoclock® NG with 4-outputs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/8t49n004-programmable-femtoclock-ng-with-4-outputs/
This design features a fourth generation programmable femtoclock that provides reference frequencies to replace crystals and SAW oscillators in high-performance applications. It is programmable through I2C interface. It has four selectable LVPECL or LVDS via I2C while its FemtoClock NG VCO ranges between 1.9GHz to 2.55GHz. It also meets the standard interface requirements of PCI […]
Irrighino – Arduino Yun Watering System
https://www.electronics-lab.com/irrighino-arduino-yun-watering-system/
Irrighino is a complete watering system, based on Arduino Yun. by lucadentella.it: The main features are: a configurable number of solenoid valves an AJAX web interface a weekly schedule manual activation / deactivation Irrighino – Arduino Yun Watering System – [Link]
Homemade x-ray inspector reveals PCB secrets
https://www.electronics-lab.com/homemade-x-ray-inspector-reveals-pcb-secrets/
John McMaster has written an article detailing his homemade x-ray scanner: In some previous posts I talked about getting an x-ray head working, reverse engineering an x-ray sensor, and working with LinuxCNC. In this post I put them all together so that I can take a bunch of x-ray snapshots across an entire PCB. This […]
Simple and small temperature fan control
https://www.electronics-lab.com/simple-and-small-temperature-fan-control/
Xristost published a new project, a simple and small temperature fan control: I published this schematic long ago in this article: Adjustable power supply and since then I made some improvements in PCB to make the board as small as possible. The idea is to be easy to attach the whole board to the heat […]
Toshiba launches 256-Gbit 48-layer 3-D NAND flash
https://www.electronics-lab.com/toshiba-launches-256-gbit-48-layer-3-d-nand-flash/
by Susan Nordyk @ edn.com: Ready for sampling in September, Toshiba’s 48-layer BiCS (Bit Cost Scalable) flash memory stores 256 Gbits using a 3-D vertically stacked cell structure and 3-bit-per-cell triple-level cell technology. By employing this 48-layer vertical stacking process, BiCS flash surpasses the capacity of conventional 2-D NAND flash memory, where cells are arrayed […]
Wireless Nixie Thermometer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/wireless-nixie-thermometer/
by christian.ich.7 @ instructables.com: The Target of this Project was to learn how to use different functions of the atmega: • Connecting two Atmegas with a wireless connection • Each Atmega has a Thermometer (DS1621) to read the actual temperature • Use the sleep Mode of an Atmega • Controlling a Nixie bargraph In-13 Wireless Nixie […]
Arduino Chess Clock
https://www.electronics-lab.com/arduino-chess-clock/
by benhur.goncalves @ instructables.com: Hey folks! After making an Arduino smartwatch just last week, I received many complaints,or tips, to use a RTC (real-time clock) module. That’s because the Arduino timer is not very precise, it can lose a couple a minutes along a full work day. Luckly, I had one of those modules at my […]
Design & simulate in the clouds
https://www.electronics-lab.com/design-simulate-in-the-clouds/
by Michael Dunn @ edn.com: It was a few years ago that I first heard of a free site where you could draw and simulate designs. “What’s the point?” I thought. But, the idea is taking off. Was I wrong? I questioned the usefulness of this cloud concept because there had already long existed good, […]
Supercap energy density rivals batteries
https://www.electronics-lab.com/supercap-energy-density-rivals-batteries/
by Martin Cooke @ elektormagazine.com: A novel design of supercapacitor using a hybrid silica sol-gel material and self-assembled monolayers of a common fatty acid has been developed by researchers working at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The device is said to provide an electrical energy storage capacity rivaling certain batteries, with both a high energy density […]