Free Elektor Article: Precision Control for DC Motors


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This control circuit will provide the correct rotational speed and direction of a 12-V DC motor. Nothing special in that? But there is definitely, when you consider the multitude of potential options for actuating the motor. You can adjust the speed manually with a potentiometer (‘pot’), using a DC voltage level between 0 and 5 (or […]

Sipeed Teases Tang Nano Sub-$5 FPGA Development Board with On-Board Programmer


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FPGA Boards have grown to become one of the “favorites” of the Embedded community. They feature in all kind of applications ranging from automation to DIY Applications, however, typical FPGA boards still cost way more than some other popular boards like the Arduino Microcontroller boards (even though performance is incomparable!). This keeps FPGA boards out […]

Intelligent, Automated, and Rapid Circuit Board Design using Circuit-Tree.com


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What if your PCB can be designed in just a few minutes, with you providing only the specifications and selecting the major components to be used? Circuit-Tree.com is making it a reality with their Intelligent Rapid Circuit Board Design Platform. Creating Schematics and PCBs, is one of the major tasks associated with the design of […]

Give The Gift Of Real-World Coding Skills To Tweens This Holiday Season


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Let’s Start Coding Offers Customizable Electronic Kits That Teach Kids 8-12 Real Code in a Hands-on Way Remember how much fun you had with chemistry sets from your childhood? You made things blow up and glow and learned about chemistry in the process. Let’s Start Coding is the “chemistry set” for today’s kids, teaching them […]

Physicists demonstrate atomically-thin ultra-fast room temperature LED


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Graduate researchers at the City College of New York have demonstrated a LED based on half-light half-matter quasiparticles in atomically thin materials. By Julien Happich @ eenewsled.com This is also the first successful test of an electrically driven light emitter using atomically thin semiconductors embedded in a light trapping structure (optical cavity), the researchers claim […]

Xiaomi Wowstick Precision Mini Handheld Cordless Electric Screwdriver Review


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Working on an electronics project or doing an electronics repair job is usually tedious and one of the contributing factors to this is the usual lack of the right tools for the necessary tasks including screwing and unscrewing parts. One approach to solve this problem was the development of electric screwdrivers and quite a lot […]

Intrinsyc Announces New Premium-Tier System on Module based on Qualcomm Technologies’ SDA845 System on Chip


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Designed for use in Advanced Robotics and Drones, Premium Camera Applications, Artificial Intelligence Platforms, and other Cutting-edge IoT Devices. Intrinsyc Technologies Corporation, a leading provider of solutions for the development and production of embedded and Internet of Things (IoT) products, today announced the Open-Q™ 845 µSOM (micro System on Module) and Development Kit, to be […]

Toradex announces its Apalis SoM based on the NXP i.MX 8QuadMax applications processor


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Toradex, a leader in embedded computing, announced today general availability for its Apalis System on Module (SoM) based on the NXP® i.MX 8QuadMax applications processor. The SoM has been available as part of Toradex’s ‘early access’ program to its key partners and customers for several months and has a minimum product availability until 2030. The SoM is pin-compatible […]

Arduino MKR 20×4 I2C OLED shield


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20×4 character alphanumeric I2C OLED shield for Arduino MKR series. It provides high quality OLED screen to the newest Arduino platform. With 3.3V operation you can power your project from lithium battery. This is a bright and wide temperature range OLED that works below freezing, making it useful for outdoor applications. Dimensions: 65 mm x […]

Microchip simplifies hardware-based IoT security


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A pre-provisioned solution that provides secure key storage for low-, mid- and high-volume device deployments using the ATECC608A secure element is now available from Microchip Technology. According to the company, the Trust Platform for its CryptoAuthentication family enables companies of all sizes to implement secure authentication. The platform consists of a three-tier offering, providing out-of-the-box […]