DIY FPGA Programming

DIY FPGA Programming

TC-Engineering has documented their efforts to program a Spartan 6 FPGA using a DIY PCB.


555 Timer Teardown

555 Timer Teardown

Ken Shirriff has done a detailed teardown of the popular 555 timer IC.


ICs by mixos
ESP8266 Breadboard Adapter

ESP8266 Breadboard Adapter

Markus has designed a single-sided ESP-12/ ESP-07 breadboard adapter that uses easy to find SMD parts and has on-board voltage...


L293D DC Motor Driver Module

L293D DC Motor Driver Module

The project designed around L293D IC.


MC9RS08KB4CFK Minibot

MC9RS08KB4CFK Minibot

The Minibot is a small autonomous robot vehicle that uses phototransistor that can detect lightness patterns on the ground to...


Battery Powered Frequency Meter (0 to 20kHz)

Battery Powered Frequency Meter (0 to 20kHz)

The circuit is a simple digital frequency meter that is made of a frequency-to-voltage converter and an analog-to-digital display...


Samsung presents a bio-processor that wishes you well

Samsung presents a bio-processor that wishes you well

by Denis Meyer @ elektormagazine.com writes about the new Samsung bio-processor: Samsung Electronics Co.


OSHChip – general purpose processor board in DIP format

OSHChip – general purpose processor board in DIP format

OSHChip is a general purpose processor board based on ARM Cortex-M0 32 bit processor running at 16 MHz.


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Unipolar Stepper Motor Driver Circuit

Unipolar Stepper Motor Driver Circuit

This unipolar stepper motor driver circuit is used to drive a 12V unipolar stepper motor with a current rating of 1.25A.


Using a $2 DS3231 RTC & AT24C32 EEprom from eBay

Using a $2 DS3231 RTC & AT24C32 EEprom from eBay

Edward Mallon @ edwardmallon.wordpress.com gives us a detailed explanation about cheap RTC modules found on ebay and other places.


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Reverse engineering the silicon in the ARM1 processor

Reverse engineering the silicon in the ARM1 processor

righto.com has reverse enginnered one of the most popular proccessors: How can you count bits in hardware?


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230 VAC Timer

230 VAC Timer

Classic AC 230 V Timer project can be used in all application requiring a timer of up-to 3 Minutes to operate or control any AC...


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