How Do NASA’s Apollo Computers Stack Up to an iPhone?
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nasas-apollo-computers-stack-iphone/
By David Grossman @ popularmechanics.com: Yes, the modern smartphone is more powerful than the computer used by NASA during the Apollo mission, but that overlooks how impressive the Apollo computers actually were. For starters, there wasn’t just one computer, there were four. How Do NASA’s Apollo Computers Stack Up to an iPhone? – [Link]
Advancing power supply solutions through the promise of GaN
https://www.electronics-lab.com/advancing-power-supply-solutions-promise-gan/
by Michael Seeman and Dave Freeman from Texas Instrument: One important innovation that promises to contribute significantly to meeting this goal is the use of gallium-nitride (GaN) in power applications. GaN is already an established semiconductor material, employed extensively in LED lighting and increasingly important in wireless applications. Now, with process advances and defect rate […]
Analyzing the vintage 8008 processor from die photos
https://www.electronics-lab.com/analyzing-vintage-8008-processor-die-photos/
Ken Shirriff writes: The revolutionary Intel 8008 microprocessor is 45 years old today (March 13, 2017), so I figured it’s time for a blog post on reverse-engineering its internal circuits. One of the interesting things about old computers is how they implemented things in unexpected ways, and the 8008 is no exception. Compared to modern […]
Embedded IoT gateway, in a 17 x 25 mm footprint
https://www.electronics-lab.com/embedded-iot-gateway-17-x-25-mm-footprint/
Lantronix, Inc. has added the xPico 200 family of embedded IoT gateways that measure 17 by 25 mm, to rpvide secure Ethernet, Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth connectivity for smart IoT solutions. by Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com: The xPico 200 series will feature enterprise security, networking intelligence, and pre-integration with Lantronix’s MACH10 management software platform in a compact footprint […]
Premier Farnell partners with Intel on IoT
https://www.electronics-lab.com/premier-farnell-partners-intel-iot/
Farnell element14’s tinyTILE is an Intel Curie module based board created by the distributor in partnership with Intel. by Julien Happich @ edn-europe.com: Measuring only 35x26mm, the tinyTILE has been specifically designed for use in wearable and IoT designs for consumer and industrial edge products. It runs a software platform created specifically for the Intel […]
Analog Discovery USB isolation
https://www.electronics-lab.com/analog-discovery-usb-isolation/
Bob tipped us with his latest article. He writes: Back when I was developing the PSU burner, I wanted to have the Analog Discovery isolated from the common ground, to avoid noise and other issues. Since I did not have a way to do this, I ended up using a laptop on battery for measurements. […]
How to Setup WiFi on the Raspberry Pi
https://www.electronics-lab.com/setup-wifi-raspberry-pi/
In this video, Circuit Basics will show us how to configure a WiFi dongle and establish a wireless connection for your Raspberry Pi. This is useful if you don’t wish to connect your Raspberry Pi to your network with an Ethernet cable. How to Setup WiFi on the Raspberry Pi – [Link]
5V @3A Switching Power Supply
https://www.electronics-lab.com/5v-3a-switching-power-supply/
This circuit is about a buck regulator which can produce an output of 5V for a input voltage ranging from 7V to 40V. LM2576 is a monolithic IC and it acts as the heart of this circuit. This IC has a potential of delivering an output current up to 3A and requires less number of […]
Super Efficient Nano-LED
https://www.electronics-lab.com/super-efficient-nano-led/
For the exponentially growing data traffic worldwide, the data connections within and between microchips are increasingly becoming a bottleneck. Optical connections are an obvious successor, but that requires an adequate nano-sized light source – and this has now been found. Researchers from the TU Eindhoven have succeeded in making a nano-LED with an efficiency 1000 […]
RFM69 output power
https://www.electronics-lab.com/rfm69-output-power/
Bob @ electrobob.com tipped us with his latest article about RFM69 module. As I was mentioning in my 1000.1000 Hardware selection, I have opted for the cool RFM69HW radio module. Weirdly enough, in quite a few sources (big distributor and ebay) the higher power HW module is cheaper. So there ie no reason not to […]