Stereo volume and balance control with Rotary Encoder using MAX5440


https://www.electronics-lab.com/stereo-volume-balance-control-rotary-encoder-using-max5440/

The project described here is a compact stereo volume and balance control with rotary encoder. It provides 32 log potentiometer steps with buffered wiper output. The project can easily replace mechanical potentiometer. 5 LEDs indicate the volume level or balance settings , depending on the status of the mode indicator D1 LED. The MAX5440 includes […]

USB Charging Port Controller using TPS2514


https://www.electronics-lab.com/usb-charging-port-controller-using-tps2514/

Texas Instrument’s USB Dedicated Charging Port Controller TPS2514 is specifically designed to implement the charging schemas mentioned below. An auto-detect feature monitors USB data line voltage and automatically provides the correct electrical signatures on D+ and D– data lines. Note that the chip datasheet never mentioned Samsung or Apple in particular apparently due to the […]

AMS AG AS621x Ultra-Low power digital temperature sensor family


https://www.electronics-lab.com/ams-ag-as621x-ultra-low-power-digital-temperature-sensor-family/

The AS621x is the second generation of the digital temperature sensor family The AS621x is the second generation of the digital temperature sensor family, designed for high accuracy applications with ultra-low power consumption. The new digital sensor design offers eight I²C addresses and a supply voltage from 1.71 V to 3.6 V. The AS621x family […]

Renesas RL78/G14 fast prototyping board


https://www.electronics-lab.com/renesas-rl78-g14-fast-prototyping-board/

The Renesas RL78/G14 Fast Prototyping Board enables users to quickly build their own applications. The Renesas RL78/G14 Fast Prototyping Board enables users to quickly build their own applications. Thanks to its onboard debugging circuit no additional equipment other than a USB cable is needed to get started with prototype development. An Arduino Uno header and […]

Trion T20 BGA256 Development Kit


https://www.electronics-lab.com/trion-t20-bga256-development-kit/

Efinix’s development kit is optimized to explore T20/T13 devices. The Trion T20 BGA256 development kit from Efinix® is optimized to explore the many features of the easy-to-use, I/O-rich T20/T13 devices. The kit provides many ways to connect to other hardware, enabling the testing of design solutions in Trion FPGAs either by connecting it to another […]

AVR8js – Open Source Arduino Simulator Based on JavaScript


https://www.electronics-lab.com/avr8js-open-source-arduino-simulator-based-javascript/

One of the things I love about JavaScritpt is the fact it keeps finding applications in different domains. One such use is in Arduino, with Espruino (open-source JavaScript interpreter for microcontrollers), and an interesting new one is the AVR8js. AVR8js is an open-source Arduino simulator based on JavaScript that can run in the cloud or […]

YX8018 Joule Thief Solar LED Driver


https://www.electronics-lab.com/yx8018-joule-thief-solar-led-driver/

YX8018 is a 4-pin integrated circuit for driving solar powered garden LED lights and is found on many cheap garden lights. You can buy 10x YX8018 ICs on AliExpress for around $1. You will need the following parts to build one on your own: Parts i-Cd AA 300mAh 1.2v rechargable battery YX8018 solar LED driver […]

MYIR Introduces ARM SoM Powered by NXP i.MX 8M Mini


https://www.electronics-lab.com/myir-introduces-arm-som-powered-nxp-mx-8m-mini/

MYIR introduces a high-performance and cost-effective ARM SoM MYC-C8MMX CPU Module powered by i.MX 8M Mini which is NXP’s first embedded multi-core heterogeneous applications processors built using advanced 14LPC FinFET process technology. The processor on this module features up to 1.8GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 plus 400MHz Cortex-M4 processor. The module runs Linux, Android OS and […]

Introducing ROCK Pi SATA HATs


https://www.electronics-lab.com/introducing-rock-pi-sata-hats/

Radxa is very happy to announce the ROCK Pi SATA HAT, a series of SATA expansion targeting at the NAS solution for Raspberry Pi 4 and ROCK Pi 4. The ROCK Pi SATA HATs come in 3 models: Dual/Quad SATA HAT Penta SATA HAT The Dual/Quad SATA HAT is designed for Raspberry Pi 4 as […]

8 GHz Sampling Oscilloscope for experiments


https://www.electronics-lab.com/8-ghz-sampling-oscilloscope-experiments/

A basic open-source multi-GHz sampling oscilloscope for experimenters on a budget. Still a work-in-progress, with key pieces on separate PCBs, but showing bandwidths in the 7-8 GHz range with >= 100 GSa/s equivalent-time sampling, and around 500 k comparisons/second real time. by Ted Yapo @ hackaday.io This particular project uses a latched comparator as a […]