Category: Interface

How to multiplex a 1-Wire master into numerous channels
This is an app note from Maxim Integrated on using only one 1-wire master on multiple 1-wire channels. 1-Wire® networks are originally designed for communication with a single 1-Wire master and numerous 1-Wire slaves on a single 1-Wire bus. Preferably, a linear topology, which...
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+/-10V (Dual 10V) to Single-Supply Signal Converter for ADC
This board will make your work easy if you want to interface +/- 10V (Dual 10V) device or sensor to single-supply signal ADC. This tiny project has been made for industrial and process control applications and provides an easy interface between +/-10V (Dual 10V) sensor or device to...
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More flexibility and higher I/O speeds? Meet the new USB2IO interface explorer
USB2IO is a high-tech interface device that is fully powered by USB and totally dependent on STMicro STM32H7 MCU and Intel Cyclone 10 FPGA. It is an FPGA-based multi-I/O device that offers ease of working with various electronic devices using common interfaces. It is designed towards...
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Low-Power Button Replacement with Force-Sensitive Resistor
Author: Matthew Leonard Introduction A common requirement for devices that must be sealed from environmental exposure is to replace all metal contact style push-buttons with functional replacements that do not have those weather-sealing difficulties. This article describes one such...
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I2C Detective identifies the I2C devices connected to your microcontroller
The I2C Detective identifies the I2C devices connected to your microcontroller from a database of the most popular I2C sensors and other devices. It lists each device on the I2C bus, and can distinguish between multiple candidates at a particular address by reading the device IDs. by...
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Glasgow Interface Explorer Offers flexible open source multitool for digital electronics
1BitSquared has launched on Crowdsupply it's Glasgow Interface Explorer. The board is said to be designed for hardware designers, reverse engineers, digital archivists, electronics hobbyists, and anyone else who wants to communicate with a wide selection of digital devices with minimum...
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An Introduction: LCD Common Interfaces
There are a lot of different LCD display interfaces depending on the requirements of resolutions, speed, cost, stability etc. The following outlines the common ones on the market: Parallel vs Serial Interface Parallel interface could transmit many data bits at the same time...
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Isolated, Single-Channel RS232 transceiver (Isolated RS232 to UART)
The project presented here provides an isolated interface between the RS-232 cable network and the connected UART systems to protect against voltage spikes and ground loops within the noisy environment and improve system reliability. The project achieves a robust data communication link...
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