VersaLogic Releases Low-Cost Intel Bay Trail SBC
https://www.electronics-lab.com/versalogic-releases-low-cost-intel-bay-trail-sbc/
VersaLogic has released a rugged, PC/104-Plus form-factor “SandCat” SBC with a dual-core Intel Bay Trail SoC, -40 to 85℃ support, plus SATA, GbE, mini-PCIe and more, with starting price of $370 in volume. VersaLogic has created a simpler, more affordable alternative to its BayCat single board computer, which similarly offers a Linux supported Intel Bay […]
Mouser & SamacSys Offer Engineers Free PCB Footprints, Schematic Symbols and 3D Models
https://www.electronics-lab.com/mouser-samacsys-offer-engineers-free-pcb-footprints-schematic-symbols-3d-models/
Mouser Electronics, Inc. the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader empowering innovation, is pleased to announce a new partnership with SamacSys, a global leader in electronic component library solutions. Under the new partnership, announced at electronica 2018 in Munich, Mouser will provide its customers with a range of free design resources including PCB footprints, schematic symbols, […]
Building a Transistor Curve Tracer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/building-transistor-curve-tracer/
paulv @ paulvdiyblogs.net designed and build a transistor curve tracer and documents the process on his personal blog. He writes: It’s not that I use a Curve Tracer that much, but if you want to categorize or really measure the parameters of a discrete component, there is really no other tool that can do the […]
96Boards Sophon BM1880 SBC comes with AI and RISC-V core
https://www.electronics-lab.com/96boards-sophon-bm1880-sbc-comes-ai-risc-v-core/
Bitmain has announced a “Sophon BM1880 EDB” 96Boards CE SBC which features their new Sophon BM1880 AI chip plus dual Cortex-A53 cores running Linux OS. Also available, are the RISC-V MCU and optional Raspberry Pi and Arduino modules. Popular for their vending of bitcoin mining chips and computers, they also have a “Sophon” AI chip […]
INA381A1 Overcurrent detection circuit
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ina381a1-overcurrent-detection-circuit/
Sample overcurrent detection circuit from Texas Instruments. Click link below to download PDF. This is a unidirectional current sensing solution generally referred to as overcurrent protection (OCP) that can provide an overcurrent alert signal to shut off a system for a threshold current and re-engage the system once the output drops below a desired voltage […]
2 Channel High Current Arduino Relay Shield
https://www.electronics-lab.com/project/2-channel-high-current-arduino-relay-shield/
2 Channel Relay Shield for Arduino UNO is a simple and convenient way to interface 2 relays for switching applications in your project. The board has been designed using large current relay that can handle a load up to 30Amps. Relay circuit is optically isolated to prevent any kind of EMI noise. The board directly […]
PowMeter Shield Nano – Tiny power monitor shield for Arduino
https://www.electronics-lab.com/powmeter-shield-nano-tiny-power-monitor-shield-arduino/
The powerful, tiny power monitor shield for your Arduino Nano. Constantly and completely monitor your Arduino project’s power consumption with the PowMeter shield. This versatile solution replaces up to four multimeters with a ten gram device. Advantages of PowMeter Nano: A very small footprint. The shield attaches directly to your Nano, adding only 23 millimetres […]
CurrentRanger – Auto-ranging current meter
https://www.electronics-lab.com/currentranger-auto-ranging-current-meter/
Felix designed a precision Auto-ranging nanoAmp ammeter with loads of features. He writes: CurrentRanger is a nanoAmp current meter featuring auto-ranging, uni/bi-directional modes, bluetooth data logging options and more. It is a highly hackable and affordable ultra low-burden-voltage ammeter, appropriate for hobby and professional use where capturing fast current transients and measurement precision are important. […]
Sony’s Spresense Multicore Microcontroller made for IoT development
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sonys-spresense-multicore-microcontroller-made-iot-development/
Spresense is a compact development board based on Sony’s power-efficient multicore microcontroller CXD5602. It allows developers to create IoT applications in a very short time and is supported by the Arduino IDE as well as the more advanced NuttX based SDK. Integrated GPS – The embedded GNSS with support for GPS and GLONASS enables applications where […]
I2C GPS Module with NMEA decoding
https://www.electronics-lab.com/i2c-gps-module-nmea-decoding/
David Johnson-Davies designed a GPS module that decodes the NMEA sentences on ATtiny841, and this also runs the I2C slave routine. He writes: This is a compact GPS module with an I2C interface, making it easy to read the GPS parameters from another project without needing to worry about parsing the NMEA sentences. It’s a […]