pcDuino4 Nano, A $20 Development Board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pcduino4-nano-20-development-board/
A new low cost development board is available for pre-ordering at $20, it is called “pcDuino4 Nano”. pcDuino term comes from combining Mini PC with Arduino and it is a platform that runs PC-like OS such as Android ICS or Ubuntu. pcDuino boards can be used to learn programming and understand how to use linux […]
Whisper Trigger – An Ultra-low Power Voice Detector
https://www.electronics-lab.com/whisper-trigger-ultra-low-power-voice-detector/
For long period of time, we were using our muscles and bodies to control various machines. However, with the growth of technology, things became much easier. We moved to the use of keypads and buttons to get jobs done. Today, touchscreens have appeared and made everything very simple to use. But we did not get […]
SnapEDA launches on-demand PCB symbols service
https://www.electronics-lab.com/snapeda-launches-demand-pcb-symbols-service/
SnapEDA launched a new on-demand PCB symbols service. Get any schematic symbol and PCB footprint delivered in 24 hours. Just $29 SnapEDA follows IPC-7351B standards for its footprints, and a combination of IEEE-315 and its own standards for symbols. All models are created by our component engineering team and verified using proprietary patent-pending verification technology […]
Evince raises £750,240 to develop diamond-based electronics
https://www.electronics-lab.com/evince-raises-750240-develop-diamond-based-electronics/
by Julien Happich @ edn.com The company has demonstrated proof of concept devices and is currently developing prototypes of two solid-state devices based on proprietary IP that leverages diamond’s unique electronic properties. It is now announcing £750,240 of new equity investment from business angels and other private investors. Diamond offers the potential to yield devices […]
Use a transistor as a heating element
https://www.electronics-lab.com/use-a-transistor-as-a-heating-element/
REC Johnson, B Lora Narayana, and Devender Sundi share their design idea on how to use a transistor as a heating element. It is common to use transistors for driving resistive heating elements. However, you can use the heat that a power transistor dissipates to advantage in several situations, eliminating the need for a separate […]
Exploring Eagle CAD ULPs #3 – Teardrops.ULP Make A Teardrop Shape Connection With Pads and Vias
https://www.electronics-lab.com/exploring-eagle-cad-ulps-3-teardrops-ulp-make-teardrop-shape-connection-pads-vias/
Welcome to the third post of the “Exploring Eagle CAD ULPs” series. Every week we will publish a new post about one useful ULP in Eagle CAD. “ULP” User Language Program is a plain text file which is written in a C-like syntax and can be used to access the EAGLE data structures and to […]
Chip-scale atomic clocks bring accuracy and stability to portable applications
https://www.electronics-lab.com/chip-scale-atomic-clocks-bring-accuracy-stability-portable-applications/
Microsemi released a chip scale atomic clock reference bringing stability and accuracy to portable devices. The Microsemi Quantum™ SA.45s CSAC is the world’s first commercially available chip scale atomic clock, providing the accuracy and stability of atomic clock technology while achieving true breakthroughs in reduced size, weight and power consumption. The Quantum SA.45s CSAC produces […]
WaRP7 – A New Platform For IOT And Wearable Technology Applications
https://www.electronics-lab.com/warp7-new-platform-iot-wearable-technology-applications/
“WaRP7” is a new platform which increases developer’s opportunity to innovate and bring new products to the market by smoothing and speed up the development process of IoT applications and wearable technologies. WaRP7 is a $85 platform designed by “Farnell element14”. It consists of a main board and a daughter card. The main board comes […]
ESP8266 Wifi enabled 8×64 pixel LED matrix display
https://www.electronics-lab.com/esp8266-wifi-enabled-8x64-pixel-led-matrix-display/
Raj @ embedded-lab.com build an ESP8266 based led matrix display. This matrix is a modification of his previous bluetooth version and uses an ESP8266 as a web server to setup the display message. No other microcontroller is used to control the display so things are kept simple and easy to build your own. This project […]
A very simple DIY solar-powered USB charger
https://www.electronics-lab.com/simple-diy-solar-powered-usb-charger/
Raj @ embedded-lab.com tipped us with his latest project. It’s a simple, but useful USB Solar powered charger able to charge a power bank or your smartphone. Yesterday, I built a very simple DIY solar-powered USB charger for my TP-link 10400mAh USB Power Bank. All I needed was a 6V/3.5W solar panel and the TD1410-based 5V buck converter module. […]