Inside the vintage 74181 ALU chip

Inside the vintage 74181 ALU chip

Ken Shirriff writes: The 74181 ALU (arithmetic/logic unit) chip powered many of the minicomputers of the 1970s: it provided fast...


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Roshamglo Badge, The Rock-Paper-Scissors kit by SparkFun

Roshamglo Badge, The Rock-Paper-Scissors kit by SparkFun

The SparkFun Roshamglo is the new and fun way to play Rock-Paper-Scissors with your friends!


ICP12 USBSTICK, A New Tool for Signals Control & Monitoring

ICP12 USBSTICK, A New Tool for Signals Control & Monitoring

iCircuit Technologies had produced the iCP12 usbStick, a mini size 28 pin USB PIC IO development board and a good tool for signal...


ReRAM, Process Data Where They Are Stored

ReRAM, Process Data Where They Are Stored

Because data storage and processor are separated from each other, moving data between the storage and the computation unit became...


Robust C Library and Utility for GPIO sysfs Interface in Linux

Robust C Library and Utility for GPIO sysfs Interface in Linux

by Derek Hildreth – Technologic Systems This comprehensive and easy to read example C code is designed to work alone or included a...


Arduino-Programmable ESP32 Development Board

Arduino-Programmable ESP32 Development Board

Ezsbc, an American embedded control solutions retailer, had produced a new development board that simplifies working with ESP32...


The Octopart Guide to IC Packages

The Octopart Guide to IC Packages

Sanket Gupta @ blog.octopart.com tipped us with his latest article.


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From Maker to Production tools by Arrow Electronics

From Maker to Production tools by Arrow Electronics

Arrow Electronics, a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic...


Analyzing the vintage 8008 processor from die photos

Analyzing the vintage 8008 processor from die photos

Ken Shirriff writes: The revolutionary Intel 8008 microprocessor is 45 years old today (March 13, 2017), so I figured it’s time f...


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Analog Discovery USB isolation

Analog Discovery USB isolation

Bob tipped us with his latest article.


Wafer-scale-packaged integrated FET switches handle 1 – 4A

Wafer-scale-packaged integrated FET switches handle 1 – 4A

by Graham Prophet @ edn-europe.com: Silego Technology has developed a series of integrated power switches for use in mobile and battery powered...


LTM9100 – Anyside™ High Voltage Isolated Switch Controller with I²C

LTM9100 – Anyside™ High Voltage Isolated Switch Controller with I²C

The LTM9100 μModule is an all-in-one solution for controlling, protecting, and monitoring high voltage power supplies up to ...