Hybrid Synchronous Step-Down Controller


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The LTC7821, an industry first hybrid step-down synchronous controller that merges a switched capacitor circuit with a synchronous step-down controller, enables up to a 50% reduction in DC/DC converter size compared to traditional solutions. The LTC7821 uses a proprietary architecture that merges a soft switching charge pump topology with a synchro- nous step-down converter to […]

Low profile regulator has digital power system management


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Available as either a dual 10A or single 20A thin uModule regulator, the LTM4686 has a PMBus interface and is housed in a 16 x 11.9 x 1.82mm LGA package. The Power by Linear regulator’s low height allows the it to be placed on a PC board very close to its load such as an […]

Morphing LED Matrix Digital Clock


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Thanks to the work of the Arduino and ESP8266 community, this cool clock is a surprisingly easy to build! Follow the detailed instructions to build your own. Just two main components: Display (obviously) and a WiFi MicroController No soldering required No programming skill required, code is provided! Morphing LED Matrix Digital Clock – [Link]

TI’s digital humidity and temperature sensor for smart devices


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Distributor Mouser Electronics has added Texas Instruments’ HDC2080 humidity and temperature digital sensor. It offers high accuracy and low power consumption in a compact package, reports the distributor and is suitable for a range of IoT and environment monitoring applications. The TI HDC2080 humidity and temperature digital sensor is a capacitive-based device that uses an […]

Cheap FPGA Development Boards List


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joel @ joelw.id.au has compiled a list of the cheapest available FPGA development boards. The list contains many boards from various manufacturers. He writes: When choosing a development board, consider what you get with it and what you want to use it for. FPGAs are ideal for use with high speed peripherals, and in general […]

The PICO-APL4: Everything You Need for Factory Automation and IoT Gateway Systems


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(Taipei, Taiwan – August 21, 2018) – AAEON, a leading developer of advanced embedded controllers, releases the PICO-APL4, a compact and cost-effective SBC. The PICO-APL4 features onboard memory and storage along with dual Gigabit Ethernet support, and it’s ideally suited for factory automation and IoT gateway systems. AAEON’s latest PICO form factor board is powered […]

Latest ClearFog SBC offers four GbE ports and a 10GbE SFP+ port


https://www.electronics-lab.com/solidruns-clearfog-gt-8k-features-a-quad-core-marvells-armada-a8040-soc/

SolidRun releases ClearFog GT 8K; a high-end computing, Virtual Customer Premises Equipment to deliver network services such as routing, firewall security and virtual private network connectivity to enterprises. The Clear Fog family has the Clear Fog Pro, Clear Fog Base and now the Clear Fog GT 8K which has taken a little of the other […]

AOZ128x EZBuck™ Simple Buck (Step-Down) Regulators


https://www.electronics-lab.com/aoz128x-ezbuck-simple-buck-step-down-regulators/

Alpha & Omega’s high efficiency and simple to use regulators are designed for automotive, telecom, and networking equipment Alpha & Omega Semiconductor’s AOZ128x series are high efficiency, simple, step-down regulators ranging from 0.6 A to 4 A of continuous output current. These EZBuck regulators work from a 3 V to 36 V input range depending […]

Tiny Solar Energy Module (TSEM)


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A 1 square inch PCB module with 2 tiny solar cells, a highly efficient Li-Ion charger and with 3.3V and 1.8V output by Jasper Sikken: This is a 1×1 inch PCB module with two tiny solar cells, a highly efficient Li-Ion battery charger and with two regulated outputs (3.3V and 1.8V). It is unique because […]

Communication Between Two Arduinos Using NRF24L01


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While building Arduino or any other microcontroller platform project over time the need will arise to establish communication between two of the Arduino boards or microcontrollers for data exchange and/or control. This communication could be achieved using either wired or wireless process. For wireless communication between devices, quite a number of options exist including WiFi, GSM/GPRS, […]