RC snubber calculator spreadsheet
https://www.electronics-lab.com/rc-snubber-calculator-spreadsheet/
Paulo has developed an Excel-based calculator that eases the design of RC snubbers in power switching applications: In power switching applications, a designer often has to contend with spurious oscillations. These are the result of parasitic capacitances and inductance on the board and behave like the step response of an RLC circuit. These transients can […]
IBM scientists achieve storage memory breakthrough
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ibm-scientists-achieve-storage-memory-breakthrough/
For the first time, scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated reliably storing 3 bits of data per cell using a relatively new memory technology known as phase-change memory (PCM). The current memory landscape spans from venerable DRAM to hard disk drives to ubiquitous flash. But in the last several years PCM has attracted the industry’s […]
Interfacing 8×8 LED Matrix with Arduino
https://www.electronics-lab.com/interfacing-8x8-led-matrix-arduino/
This tutorial will show how to interface a 8×8 LED matrix with Arduino. Example code is provided. LED matrix displays can be used to display almost anything. Most modern LED sign boards uses various types of matrix boards with controllers. In this tutorial we are going to interface a single color 8×8 LED matrix with […]
4.5Amps Bipolar Stepper Motor driver based on TB6600
https://www.electronics-lab.com/4-5amps-bipolar-stepper-motor-driver-based-tb6600/
Bipolar stepper drive board described here has been designed around TB6600HG IC. The TB6600HG is PWM chopper type single chip bipolar sinusoidal micro-step stepping driver. Maximum Load 4.5A, Supply 10V to 42V DC. Features Based on Single chip and Second chip for auto half current control Suitable for Nema17, Nema23, Nema34 bipolar stepper motors Suitable […]
ODrive – High performance motor control
https://www.electronics-lab.com/odrive-high-performance-motor-control/
Oskar Weigl @ hackaday.io designed a brushless motor controller able to drive 2 motors. Hobby brushless motors are incredibly cheap and powerful. However we need a way to make robots out of them. ODrive is that way. Stepper motors are ubiquitous in hobby robotics projects: If you make a robotics or automation project today, it […]
Development board for PIC16F1938
https://www.electronics-lab.com/development-board-pic16f1938/
Raj over at Embedded Lab has designed a development board for PIC16F1938: The PIC16F1938 is a versatile 28-pin MCU belonging to Microchip’s extreme low power microcontroller family featuring nanoWatt XLP technology, 28KB of programming memory, 1KB of RAM, 11 ADC channels, and tons of other peripherals. A while ago, I designed a development board for this MCU and […]
Build a Cloud-Connected ESP8266 Power Meter
https://www.electronics-lab.com/build-cloud-connected-esp8266-power-meter/
Measure the DC power consumption of your devices on the cloud @ adafruit.com Controlling the electrical consumption in your home is one of the most important thing you can do, both because of environmental concerns & to reduce the electricity bill at the end of the month. There are countless of electrical power meters out […]
Easy IoT weather station with multiple sensors
https://www.electronics-lab.com/easy-iot-weather-station-multiple-sensors/
user Ingenerare @ instructables.com published a tutorial on a IoT weather station based on NodeMcu board, DHT11/22 sensor, BMP180 sensor, Rain sensor, Light sensor. In this tutorial, I will walk you through the steps to build an easy and cheap IOT weather station. The retrieved data is pushed via a wifi shield to Thingspeak. The […]
150V synchronous step-down DC/DC includes surge protection
https://www.electronics-lab.com/150v-synchronous-step-dcdc-includes-surge-protection/
Linear Technology designed the LTC3895 to be a non-isolated DC/DC controller with a high input voltage capability that can eliminate the need for surge suppression and operate continuously with a high input voltage. The synchronous step-down switching regulator controller drives an all N-channel MOSFET power stage. Its 4V to 140V (150V abs. Max.) input voltage […]
Microchip’s first ARM processor with cryptographic engine
https://www.electronics-lab.com/microchips-first-arm-processor-with-cryptographic-engine/
Clemens Valens @ elektormagazine.com discuss about the new CEC1302 microcontroller from Microchip. This is the first Microchip microcontroller with an ARM core. He writes: Based on a Cortex-M4 core its main feature is its integrated cryptographic engine supporting public key encryption, symmetric key encryption, secure hashing and random number generating. Besides its ARM core the […]