PCB-Investigator Now Supports Browser-Based PCB Design Review
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pcb-investigator-now-supports-browser-based-pcb-design-review/
PCB-Investigator is a CAD software developed by EasyLogix for circuit board design and PCB quality assurance. Its latest version came earlier in February with a new browser interface that enables electronics assemblers to do PCB review processes without the need for local installation. By using the ODB++ data format, PCB-Investigator creates a common database, which […]
LTM9100 – Anyside™ High Voltage Isolated Switch Controller with I²C
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ltm9100-anyside-high-voltage-isolated-switch-controller-i%c2%b2c/
The LTM9100 μModule is an all-in-one solution for controlling, protecting, and monitoring high voltage power supplies up to 1000VDC. A 5kVRMS galvanic isolation barrier separates the digital interface from the switch controller, driving an external N-channel MOSFET or IGBT switch. Isolated digital measurements of load current, bus voltage, and temperature are accessed via the I2C/SMBus […]
YouTube Subscriber Counter With ESP8266
https://www.electronics-lab.com/youtube-subscriber-counter-esp8266/
by bekathwia @ instructables.com: I was inspired by the Play Button awards YouTube sends out for subscriber milestones and whipped up a simple circuit using an ESP8266 wifi board and seven segment display to show off my realtime subscriber count. This is a great IoT beginner project, with just a little soldering and a code […]
Anyone Can Build A Robot Arm With MeArm Pi
https://www.electronics-lab.com/anyone-can-build-robot-arm-mearm-pi/
Mime Industries launches Kickstarter campaign to fund their Raspberry Pi powered robot arm kit that’s simple enough for kids to build. Mime Industries launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the production of the world’s first robot arm kit for the Raspberry Pi. Designed to be easy to assemble and not requiring extensive knowledge of electronics, […]
The New Light-responsive Nano LEDs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/new-light-responsive-nano-leds/
A team of researchers from the US and South Korea reported a unique type of NanoLEDs with unprecedented brightness levels, that excess 80,000 cd/m2, and also can operate both as light emitters and light detectors. These new LEDs are about 50nm long and 6nm in diameter. As described in the paper, they included quantum dots […]
Low profile target connectors, 2.21mm above the board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/low-profile-target-connectors-2-21mm-above-the-board/
Mill-Max has released its lowest profile target connectors to date with an above board height of only 2.21mm. Target connectors are used in place of SMT pads on a PCB as the mating surface for spring-loaded pins. Low profile target connectors, 2.21mm above the board – [Link]
Bluetooth chip is only 4x4mm
https://www.electronics-lab.com/bluetooth-chip-4x4mm/
by Julien Happich @ edn-europe.com: Part of the Swatch group, EM Microelectronic announced what the company believes to be the world’s smallest Bluetooth chip. Offered in a 4x4mm QFN-28 package, in a WLCSP-21 or as a bare-die, the EM9304 is optimized for Bluetooth v4.2 low energy enabled products. Bluetooth chip is only 4x4mm – [Link]
Super cheap ‘lab-on-a-chip’
https://www.electronics-lab.com/super-cheap-lab-chip/
by Eric Bogers @ elektormagazine.com: Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine, using a combination of microfluidics, electronics and a standard inkjet printer, have succeeded in producing a biochip that can be used for research or diagnostic purposes. The remarkable feature of this new ‘lab-on-a-chip’ is the cost: less than one cent each. Super […]
Simple negative resistance oscillators
https://www.electronics-lab.com/simple-negative-resistance-oscillators/
Bob tipped us about a simple oscillator that uses negative resistance: Normally -according to the Ohm’s law– when the applied voltage is increasing, the current is increasing too, however some components can break this law. When the voltage increases, current decreases. This is called negative resistance. One of the most know element that exhibits this […]
Stay Connected While Travelling Without Fees With VoxEra
https://www.electronics-lab.com/stay-connected-travelling-without-fees-voxera/
Mobile Roaming allows you to stay connected wherever you are and receive calls and SMSs, but with very expensive cost. So if you don’t have enough budget, you will lose your incoming calls till you are back from a travel. A team of innovators from Egypt had developed a new device called “VoxEra” that enables […]