Flexible Smartwatch
https://www.electronics-lab.com/flexible-smartwatch/
A 2.5mm thick flexible smart watch with e-ink display, BT 4.0, and health sensors. by Nick Ames @ hackaday.io: This project aims to build a thin, flexible smartwatch. It’s wrap-around display and touchscreen will allow it to display more data at a glance than current devices. Besides telling time and displaying notifications, the watch will […]
Raspberry Pi DIN Rail I/O Interfaces
https://www.electronics-lab.com/raspberry-pi-din-rail-io-interfaces/
VP Process Inc has recently released a new series of Raspberry Pi DIN rail mountable “Hardened” interfaces. The first release is the PI-SPI-DIN-RTC-RS485, which is available in three mounting versions: DIN Rail Clips, DIN Rail Enclosure, and PCB Spacers. The basic specifications for the PI-SPI-DIN-RTC-RS485 are: Power Input: 9 to 24 VDC 5VDC @ 2.5A (Max 3Amp) Power […]
Micropower, Rail-to-Rail, 300kHz Op Amp with Shutdown in tiny package
https://www.electronics-lab.com/micropower-rail-rail-300khz-op-amp-shutdown-tiny-package/
Op Amp Consumes Only 4.5µA and Offers 300kHz BW in 0.73mm x 1.07mm WLP and SOT-23 package. The MAX40006 op amp features a maximized ratio of gain bandwidth (GBW) to supply current and is ideal for battery-powered applications such as handsets, tablets, notebooks, and portable medical equipment. This CMOS op amp features an ultra-low input-bias […]
E-Mosquito takes sample of your Blood to Keep You Healthy
https://www.electronics-lab.com/e-mosquito-takes-sample-blood-keep-healthy/
e-Mosquito is a fully autonomous device pre-programmed to “bite” one’s skin at various times during the day to monitor blood glucose levels. [via] The worst part of getting a shot or having your blood drawn is certainly the anticipation. As reported on IEEE Spectrum, researchers at the University of Calgary in Canada have been working […]
Plotting Pricing Trends from Octopart Data
https://www.electronics-lab.com/plotting-pricing-trends-octopart-data/
Sanket Gupta @ octopart.com tipped us with his latest article on how to plot pricing trends of electronic parts using Octopart’s data. He writes: Before you search for specific MPNs, it’s useful to understand broad trends in electronic component pricing and availability to save time and money. At Octopart, we manage information of more than […]
Air Quality Sensors on tindie.com
https://www.electronics-lab.com/air-quality-sensors-tindie-com/
Pesky Products @ tindie.com writes: This is a small (17.9 mm x 10.3 mm) breakout board with Bosch’s BME280 pressure, temperature, and humidity sensor as well as AMS’ CCS811 digital gas sensor. The sensors work in concert to provide a complete measurement via I2C register reads of indoor air quality including temperature- and humidity-compensated estimates […]
Lowest power magnetic switch uses nanoamps
https://www.electronics-lab.com/lowest-power-magnetic-switch-uses-nanoamps/
Crocus Technology is introducing its CT832 Digital Magnetic Switch, in the CT83X series, a multi- function switching device with high sensitivity, reliability and new lows in power consumption, that it positions as the industry’s lowest power consuming switch. Lowest power magnetic switch uses nanoamps – [Link]
Linear applies switched-capacitor step-down topology for inductor-less DC/DC
https://www.electronics-lab.com/linear-applies-switched-capacitor-step-topology-inductor-less-dcdc/
Graham Prophet @ eedesignnewseurope.com discuss about the new Linear’s step-down inductor-less controller. LTC7820 is, a high power fixed ratio charge pump DC/DC controller that eliminates the power inductor in a non-isolated intermediate bus converter, allowing up to a 50% reduction in circuit size and up to 4000 W/in³ power density. The 72V fixed-ratio DC/DC controller […]
SUNY Polytechnic Creates 3-in-1 Device That Can Be A Diode, A MOSFET And A BJT
https://www.electronics-lab.com/suny-polytechnic-creates-3-1-device-can-diode-mosfet-bjt/
In a recently published study, a team of researchers at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany, New York, has suggested that combining multiple functions in a single semiconductor device can significantly improve device’s functionality and efficiency. Nowadays, the semiconductor industry is striving to scale down the device dimensions in order to fit more transistors onto a computer […]
Twiz – Tiny Wireless IMUs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/twiz-tiny-wireless-imus/
Tiny Wireless IMUs – 100% open & autonomous 9DoF motion sensor using BLE to control anything from your [objects] motion ! by Drix @ hackaday.io: We looked for tiny, autonomous, easy to use, and 9 Degrees of Freedom IMU, but none of the available wireless motion sensors were affordable enough to really unlock creativity, so […]