DIY SWR and Power Meter


https://www.electronics-lab.com/diy-swr-and-power-meter/

diycrap.blogspot.com has build a SWR and power meter based on Arduino Nano and LCD display: First of all, this SWR meter in this article is not exactly homebrew, as I based the circuit on the schematic in the excellent book Arduino Projects of Amateur Radio. Although I bought the book and respect the copyright of […]

Nandland Go Board – Your FPGA Playground


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There’s a new FPGA development board on Kickstarter. It’s called the Nandland Go Board, and it aims to be an inexpensive, easy-to-use FPGA development board to learn about how FPGAs work and what they are capable of. This board is unique because it provides a lot of options for projects built directly into the board. […]

Universal shield for popular platforms Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Intel Edison


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Modulowo DuoNect™ is a universal solution for rapid prototyping and production that allows easy connection of expansion modules, such as sensors, controllers, buttons, analog and digital IC, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi (and more) for platforms, such as, Intel® Edison, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Genuino, STM32 Nucleo, TI LaunchPad, Atmel Xplained or Freescale Freedom / Kinetis. Specifications: standard […]

Power Management of Xilinx ZedBoard using MMPF0100


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This reference design is a power management of Xilinx ZedBoard using MMPF0100 Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC). A PMIC is an IC for managing power requirements of the host system and is commonly used in a system-on-chip (SoC) device. On the other hand, the Xilinx ZedBoard, a development board based on Zync-7000 AP SoC, provides […]

Tiny Mic Preamplifier


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The Tiny Mic Preamplifier based is based on a single transistor amplifier design. It amplifies the output of the electret condenser microphone. Good choice for Karaoke. Specifications Power supply: 5 ~ 9 VDC @ 2 mA Provides standard audio signal PCB dimensions 26 mm x 56 mm Tiny Mic Preamplifier – [Link]

Pull-up Resistors explained


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a1ronzo @ learn.sparkfun.com explains us the importance of pull-up resistors and when and why they are used in digital circuits. Pull-up resistors are very common when using microcontrollers (MCUs) or any digital logic device. This tutorial will explain when and where to use pull-up resistors, then we will do a simple calculation to show why pull-ups […]

Howto Measure RTD over long distances


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Maurizio @ dev.emcelettronica.com tipped us with his latest article on how to measure Resistance Temperature Detectors over long distances. There is a multitude of process parameters nowadays that need to be measured in the industrial environment (temperature, pressure, humidity, force etc.). Out of these, undoubtedly the most common one is temperature, as it influences most manufacturing parameters. […]

Raspberry Pi Tutorial: Camera Module easy tutorial on a Raspberry Pi A+


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Using the camera module with Raspberry Pi is great fun. If you want to add camera capabilities to your Raspberry Pi projects this tutorial is for you! When I first received my Raspberry Pi, about a month ago, the first thing I wanted to have was this camera module. I have a passion for photography […]

LattePanda – A £45 Win10 Computer For Everything


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LattePanda is featured with quad-core 1.8Ghz, 2/4G RAM, 32/64 GB eMMC, WIFI, Bluetooth 4.0 and USB 3.0, plus onboard Arduino processor! It includes everything a regular PC has and can do anything that a regular PC does, all at a low price of 69 USD. LattePanda runs perfectly on the go. Creating documents with Microsoft […]

iCE40 Ultra Wearable Development Platform


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Lattice Semiconductor has introduced their  iCE40 Ultra Wearable Development Platform that supports multiple wearable applications. Portable and easy to use development platform: iCE40 Ultra Wearable Development Platform features iCE40 Ultra FPGA and MachXO2 with sensors and 1.54” LCD display in a compact watch form factor for designers to implement and develop always-on functions for wearable […]