Category: Hardware
RandA, Combining Raspberry Pi & Arduino
Two years ago, open electronics had produced "RandA", an Atmega328-based board for Raspberry Pi to deliver the advantages of both, Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Earlier this month, an updated version of RandA has been released to be compatible with Raspberry Pi 3. RandA is a development...
Continue ReadingSonnet Off-Grid Device, The Smartphone Walkie-Talkie
At Sonnet Labs, a group of avid outdoor enthusiasts aim to democratize mobile communication with technologies that enable smartphones to send text messages, image data, and GPS locations without Internet connectivity, cellular coverage, or satellite reception. No need for cellular grid...
Continue ReadingRenesas Electronics Achieves Lowest Embedded SRAM Power of 13.7 nW/Mbit
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the successful development of a new low-power SRAM circuit technology that achieves a record ultra-low power consumption of 13.7 nW/Mbit in standby mode. The prototype SRAM also achieves a high-speed readout time of 1.8 ns during active...
Continue ReadingBluey, BLE Development Board Supports NFC
Development boards are assistant tools that help engineers and enthusiasts to become familiarized with hardware development. They simplify the process of controlling and programming hardware, such as microcontrollers and microprocessors. Electronut Labs, an embedded systems consulting...
Continue ReadingBanana Pi BPI-M2 Berry, A Quad Core Single-Board Computer
Raspberry Pi is a powerful on-board computer series launched few years ago. Many similar boards appeared providing cheaper price or more features. The Chinese company "SinoVoIP" is manufacturing its own board "Banana Pi", and recently they unveiled a new board that is similar to Raspberry...
Continue ReadingOpen-V, The Open Source RISC-V 32bit Microcontroller
Open source has finally arrived to microcontrollers. Based on RISC-V instruction set, a group of doctoral students at the Universidad Industrial de Santander in Colombia have been working on an open source 32-bit chip called "Open-V". Onchip, the startup of the research team,...
Continue ReadingEmbedded Cryptography For Internet Of Things Security
As Internet of Things (IoT) devices are optimized for lower power consumption and affordability, most of them have poor computing resources. As consequence, these devices are more vulnerable to hacking attacks. The good news is there are several options for using cryptography to make it...
Continue ReadingULINKplus, A Debug Adapter With Power Measurment
While building an ultra-low power application, sensitive hardware and software validation is required to reach system and long battery life. Testing will need an interaction with the tested parts, like simulating input pins of the target application. These difficulties could be solved...
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