Ultralow Power Transistors Function for Years Without Batteries

Ultralow Power Transistors Function for Years Without Batteries

Researchers at Cambridge University have just achieved a spectacular breakthrough in electronics design.


Very low power temperature sensor

Very low power temperature sensor

Smartec has commenced selling a new temperature sensor as the successor to the SMT160: the SMT172.


Low cost OBD2 communications on K-line

Low cost OBD2 communications on K-line

RichardvdK @ instructables.com shows us how to use OBD port of your vehicle to push data on a LCD screen.


mavroOBD – Arduino based OBD port module

mavroOBD – Arduino based OBD port module

Danny Mavromatis has designed an Arduino based OBD port module using Atmel 328P MCU and Microchip MCP2515 CAN Bus controller with...


Kinetis KEA128 StarterTRAK for CAN Applications

Kinetis KEA128 StarterTRAK for CAN Applications

This reference design is a low-cost development kit based on Kinetis EA series MCUs that allows faster prototyping and tool reuse.


Nandland Go Board – Your FPGA Playground

Nandland Go Board – Your FPGA Playground

There’s a new FPGA development board on Kickstarter.


Protection Methods for Automotive Electronics Circuits

Protection Methods for Automotive Electronics Circuits

Jim Colby @ edn-europe.com discuss how to protect your circuits on automotive enviroment: Along with the ever increasing drive...


Power Management Solutions: Battery Chargers

Power Management Solutions: Battery Chargers

Maurizio @ dev.emcelettronica.com writes: Out of all portable devices, the most numerous are the mobile phones (Figure 1).


Automotive Power by mixos
SiC/GaN Poised for Power

SiC/GaN Poised for Power

Matchbox car

Matchbox car

Shane has been working on making small robots and made a prototype of a matchbox car, a robot car that fits inside a matchbox:...


Automotive by mixos
Engine and Steering Wheel Automotive Networking Protocol

Engine and Steering Wheel Automotive Networking Protocol

An automobile plays an important role in a community.