SolidRun Unveils Game-Changing i.MX8 Family: SOM, SBC, and new CuBox Pulse mini PC.
https://www.electronics-lab.com/solidrun-unveils-game-changing-mx8-family-som-sbc-new-cubox-pulse-mini-pc/
After the announcement of the i.MX 8M line of processors from NXP and their collaboration with some companies, we started seeing announcements or devices that use the chip in recent times and some of the devices or boards are beginning to be available for purchase. InnoComm, Emcraft, and Boundary devices have all launched their i.MX 8M […]
Emcraft’s Unveils a i.MX 8M System-On-Module and a $349 Starter Kit
https://www.electronics-lab.com/emcrafts-unveils-mx-8m-system-module-349-starter-kit/
Emcraft, which is known primarily for its work in porting uClinux to various high-end MCUs recently unveiled its NXP i.MX 8M System On Module (SOM) which is Linux driven and a Starter Kit for the i.MX 8M SoM. The starter kit gives Gbe, HDMI 2.0, USB 3.0, USB Type C and a Raspberry compatible 40 […]
OpticSpy – A Tool For Decoding Optical Data Transmission
https://www.electronics-lab.com/opticspy-tool-decoding-optical-data-transmission/
Optical data transmission offers a different way of sending data between objects without the drawbacks associated with radio-frequency and wired-communications methods. Visual data communication uses light beam as the medium of data exchange. Optical data communication has applications everywhere, to the fiber-optics that pushes your connectivity to the world and even that old-school TV remote […]
High Performance SBC TS-7800-V2 Runs Debian With Linux 4.4.8
https://www.electronics-lab.com/high-performance-sbc-ts-7800-v2-runs-debian-linux-4-4-8/
Back in 2007, Technologic Systems announced the TS-7800, a single-board computer (SBC) that was able to boot Linux 2.6 in under two seconds. At its core, The TS-7800 is equipped with a Marvel 500MHz ARM9 CPU and includes a user-programmable on-board FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) with 12,000 LUTs (look-up tables). The TS-7800 was a powerful board at […]
DC-DC converter starts up and operates from a single photocell
https://www.electronics-lab.com/dc-dc-converter-starts-operates-single-photocell/
by Marian Stofka @ www.edn.com: The bq25504 from Texas Instruments is a good candidate to become a milestone on the road to micro-power management and energy harvesting. A prominent feature of this IC is its ability to start up at a supply voltage as low as 330 mV typically, and 450 mV guaranteed. With an SMD […]
Triaxis magnetic position sensor IC is ASIL-ready
https://www.electronics-lab.com/triaxis-magnetic-position-sensor-ic-asil-ready/
Melexis’ next-generation monolithic magnetic sensor family, consisting of the MLX90371 and MLX90372, provides robust absolute position sensing for various applications. By Julien Happich @ eenewseurope.com: Both devices consist of a Triaxis Hall magnetic front end, an analog to digital signal conditioner, a DSP for advanced signal processing and an output stage driver. Due to the […]
Upgrade your Industrial Design with Broadcom Parts
https://www.electronics-lab.com/upgrade-industrial-design-broadcom-parts/
Optocouplers – Industrial Fiber – Encoders New Packages/ More Features/ Better Performance Get the benefit of enhanced system design through the newest features at the same or lower price with a longer-term assurance of supply. ACPL-352J: This 5A gate drive optocoupler is a device with integrated fail-safe IGBT and MOSFET diagnostics, protection and fault reporting. ACPL-C799 is […]
MP3 player using Arduino and DFPlayer mini
https://www.electronics-lab.com/mp3-player-using-arduino-dfplayer-mini/
Hi guys, welcome to this tutorial. Today, we will build an mp3 player using an Arduino and the DFPlayer mini MP3 module. The DFplayer mini is a small, low-cost mp3 module with a simplified audio output that can be connected directly to a speaker or an earphone jack. The module can be used as a stand-alone module with […]
OpenEmbed Releases em3399 Rockchip RK3399 SoM plus an Evaluation Kit
https://www.electronics-lab.com/openembed-releases-em3399-rockchip-rk3399-som-plus-evaluation-kit/
The RK3399 processor from Rockchip has seen adoption in some boards in recent times. The Rockchip RK3399 processor has been deployed on boards like the Odroid-N1 board, Firefly’s Firefly-RK3399, the Theobroma RK3399-Q7 SoM, and more recently the Shenzhen Xunlong’s Orange Pi RK3399. The RK3399 is a low power, a high-performance processor for computing, personal mobile internet devices, and […]
Arduino FM Radio project with a Nokia 5110 display and TEA5767 module
https://www.electronics-lab.com/arduino-fm-radio-project-nokia-5110-display-tea5767-module/
Our friends on educ8s.tv uploaded a new version of their FM Radio on breadboard based on TEA5767 module. I have built a new, improved version of the FM radio project, which resolves the issues we had in the previous version of the project. The sound quality the project now offers is much better, and it […]