nRF9160 Feather Launches For $99 With GPS Support


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The nRF9160 Feather by Jared Wolff (aka Circuit Dojo LLC) is an electronics development board, which is a system-in-package part of nRF91 series that enables NB-IoT and eMTC (LTE-M) IoT connectivity, as well as assisted GPS. The package is available in an Adafruit Feather form factor. nRF9160 Feather board supports both CAT M1 LTE and NB-IoT […]

Free Elektor Article: The RV-3029-C2 “Swiss Clock”


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Off-air awfully accurate drop-in RTC & calendar on I²C This RTC & Calendar board is built around Micro Crystal’s type RV-3029-C2 integrated circuit. The ‘3029 is a real-time-clock/calendar (RTC) cheerfully communicating via the I2C protocol. It offers good precision out of the box, and fine precision when tweaked. Features: Micro Crystal RV-3029-C2 RTC/Calendar chip Battery […]

Avnet’s Renesas ZMOD4410 Indoor Air Quality HAT for Raspberry Pi


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Sensor HAT based on Renesas ZMOD4410 module accelerates design of products requiring indoor air quality measurement capabilities Avnet’s Renesas ZMOD4410 Indoor Air Quality HAT for Raspberry Pi is an evaluation, development and quick-prototyping tool intended for professionals developing a wide variety of mains-powered and battery-powered products with indoor air quality monitoring capability. The HAT features […]

Meet the iWave Telematics Control Unit with 4G, WiFi and Bluetooth


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The concept of “a connected car” is no longer a figment of the imagination of movie producers but an everyday reality. Different communication protocols along with data from different sensors are being leveraged across the automotive industry to provide advanced features/services like usage-based insurance to users while monitoring different parameters that indicate the health of […]

M5StickC PLUS ESP32-PICO Mini IoT Development Kit


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New M5StickC PLUS, one of the core devices in the M5Stack series, is a mini IoT development board powered by ESP32-PICO-D4 with Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi.  The M5StickC Plus development board was designed to take away a lot of stress off the development process. What can it do? The M5StickC Plus development board can help […]

BattLab-One Replace Your Battery, And Monitors Your Battery Life


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One of the problems developers in the world of IoT devices experience when building battery-powered devices over time is the process of measuring and estimating battery life, which can be very tedious. The process is tedious and cumbersome, with multiple test equipment arrangements to capture current profiles for different firmware states, manual data logging, and […]

Operational Amplifier Basics


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Introduction This tutorial is an introduction to the Operational Amplifiers, also known as op-amps. The fundamental goal of op-amps is to amplify a voltage difference and it is the reason why we also describe them as differential amplifiers. Op-amps have been invented the exact same year as the transistors (1947) and they were originally designed […]

An ultra-compact, high performance SoM for IoT edge deployment in smart applications


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Arrow Electronics and Exor Embedded have announced the availability of nanoSOM nS02, a high-performance, energy-efficient system on module (SOM) for IoT edge deployments. nS02 is based on the 800MHz version of STMicroelectronics’ STM32MP1 microprocessor. The module serves as a full production design and Arrow is also offering a supporting development kit. The nanoSOM nS02 is […]

Portwell collaborates with Microsoft to accelerate Internet of Things solutions


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American Portwell Technology, Inc., (https://www.portwell.com), today announced it has joined Microsoft Azure Certified for Internet of Things (IoT), ensuring customers get IoT solutions up and running quickly with hardware and software that has been pre-tested and verified to work with Microsoft Azure IoT services. Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT allows businesses to reach customers where […]

12W Dimmer with Soft Start for 12V LEDs


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The circuit presented here is a LED dimmer with a soft-start function. The board can drive a LED up to 12W and the circuit can manage a load up to 1A continuous with 12Vsupply. The circuit is built using SG3525 PWM IC and the IRFR120 MOSFET, SG3525 generates the PWM, and IRFR120 MOSFET drives the […]