NanoPi NEO kit lets you build your own network-attached storage system for about $30
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nanopi-neo-kit-lets-build-network-attached-storage-system-30/
Brad Linder@ liliputing.com writes: The NanoPi Neo is a tiny computer with a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor, Ethernet and USB ports, and support for a number of accessories. Measuring just 1.6″ x 1.6″ it’s smaller than most Raspberry Pi computers, and with a starting price of $7 it’s also an awfully affordable computer capable of […]
MAX17055 – a 7μA operating current fuel gauge
https://www.electronics-lab.com/max17055-7%ce%bca-operating-current-fuel-gauge/
by Graham Prophet @ eedesignnewseurope.com Maxim Integrated has posted details of a battery charge monitor IC for which it claims the lowest quiescent current available, at 7µA. The 1-cell Fuel Gauge with Maxim’s ModelGauge m5 EZ algorithm can eliminate battery characterization issues. MAX17055 – a 7μA operating current fuel gauge – [Link]
3D Gaming With Raspberry Pi & ExaGear
https://www.electronics-lab.com/3d-gaming-raspberry-pi-exagear/
ExaGear is a virtual machine that implements virtual x86 Linux container on ARM and allows you to run Intel x86 applications directly on ARM. With this software by Eltechs you can run Intel x86 application on your ARM-based Mini PC simultaneously with common native applications. It is like QEMU but 5 times faster! You can even run Windows […]
One wire controls LCD module
https://www.electronics-lab.com/one-wire-controls-lcd-module/
Rex Niven @ edn.com has a design idea on how to drive a character LCD using only one wire. This hardware interface Design Idea reduces the connection to just one wire, allowing a basic microcontroller with limited I/O to drive a large display, either directly, through a standard interface, or even an opto-isolator. One wire […]
3-axis accelerometer performs wake-up in consumer designs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/3-axis-accelerometer-performs-wake-consumer-designs/
Kionix (Ithaca, New York), part of the Rohm Group, has added the KXTJ3 3-axis low-cost accelerometer that offers the performance of a more expensive accelerometer in a 2 x 2 x 0.9 mm form factor. By Graham Prophet @ eedesignnewseurope.com The company presents the device as a high performance and reliable accelerometer in a package […]
Arrow’s New FPGA-Based IoT Maker Board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/arrows-new-fpga-based-iot-maker-board/
Arrow Electronics has introduced a new FPGA IoT Maker Board designed for end-to-end application development and optimised for cost. The Arrow MAX1000 board can be installed directly into a custom application or integrated on to a completely separate board. It has been created for start-ups, universities or established equipment manufacturers who want a flexible, low […]
Siglent SSA3032X Spectrum Analyzer Review & Experiments
https://www.electronics-lab.com/siglent-ssa3032x-spectrum-analyzer-review-experiments/
Afroman reviews Siglent’s SSA3000X series spectrum analyzer and all the options. There is some RF information for beginners and usage experiments are also performed. Siglent SSA3032X Spectrum Analyzer Review & Experiments – [Link]
iCP12Q DAQduino, A Data Acquisition Board In Arduino Form
https://www.electronics-lab.com/icp12q-daqduino-data-acquisition-board-arduino-form/
iCircuit Technologies had produced the iCP12A DAQduino, an Arduino-like development board for signals monitoring, data acquisition and circuit troubleshooting at 1mSec/Samples period. The DAQduino board features a PIC18F2550 microcontroller with 14 digital I/O pins, two of them are PWM, and 6 input analog pins. With these IO ports, user can easily plug in different type […]
Electrons Counter-Intuitive Movement
https://www.electronics-lab.com/electrons-counter-intuitive-movement/
Our ‘common sense’ would say that when an object moves from point A to point B it necessarily has to also move through all the points between A and B. This is, however, not true for electrons in the quantum world, where these intuitive truths are not valid. Electrons can, for example appear on the […]
-5V @100mA Switched Capacitor Converter
https://www.electronics-lab.com/5v-100ma-switched-capacitor-converter/
The circuit diagram presented here is about a negative voltage regulator. It is based on LT1054, which is a switched capacitor voltage converter with regulator from Texas instrument. This device has many advantages over other previously available switched capacitor voltage converters. It provides higher current and has lower voltage losses. Features: Input Voltage: 3.5VDC to […]