Banana Pi BPI-M2 Berry, A Quad Core Single-Board Computer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/banana-pi-bpi-m2-berry/
Raspberry Pi is a powerful on-board computer series launched few years ago. Many similar boards appeared providing cheaper price or more features. The Chinese company “SinoVoIP” is manufacturing its own board “Banana Pi“, and recently they unveiled a new board that is similar to Raspberry Pi 3 and called “BPI-M2 Berry“. The BPi Berry features […]
How to Route Differential Pairs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/route-differential-pairs/
Sam Sattel @ autodesk.com discuss about the benefits of differential signals and how to route them in Eagle. If you’re designing a high speed PCB, then chances are you’re working with the latest and most powerful technologies, like HDMI, USB3.0, Ethernet, or DDR. But with great power comes great responsibility! As a result, you’ll likely […]
Solr: Digital Wrist Watch Calculates time from Sun Position
https://www.electronics-lab.com/solr-digital-wrist-watch-calculates-time-sun-position/
Time can be calculated using the azimuth of the sun (aka solar time). Based on this idea, Tinkerman has built an unusual project called Solr. The concept is to translate the position of the sun into time presented on a vintage display. This new digital watch is freak enough to work only with a battery […]
XBEE X V2 FPV Racing Drone Kit
https://www.electronics-lab.com/xbee-x-v2-fpv-racing-drone-kit/
XBEE, the FPV racing drones manufacturer, had produced recently its new racing frame “XBEE X V2” for $75. It is a follow-up to the previous model “The XB-X Mk2” and it is a quad drone frame with a camera on its body. X V2 is designed with Wheelbase 220mm size guide. First-person view (FPV) is also […]
YouTube channel IoT view counter
https://www.electronics-lab.com/youtube-channel-iot-view-counter/
Kenneth Finnegan built this YouTube channel IoT view counter. He writes: I’ve wanted an Internet connected read-out for some time now, inspired by the awesome shadow box IoT projects Becky Stern has been doing (weather, YouTube subscribers). I’m certainly not to the same level of packaging as her yet, but I’ve got a functional display working […]
20V, 4 MHz, synchronous 2x 6A step-down regulator in 20 sq mm
https://www.electronics-lab.com/20v-4-mhz-synchronous-2x-6a-step-regulator-20-sq-mm/
Graham Prophet @ eedesignnewseurope.com presents the LTC3636 and LTC3636-1 synchronous step-down regulator from Linear: LTC3636 and LTC3636-1 are high efficiency, 4 MHz synchronous dual output buck regulators that incorporate a constant frequency/controlled on-time, current mode control scheme with phase lockable switching frequency. Their design architecture reduces conducted and radiated emissions. 20V, 4 MHz, synchronous 2x […]
Mokacam Alpha, The World’s Smallest 4K Camera
https://www.electronics-lab.com/mokacam-alpha-worlds-smallest-4k-camera/
Have you ever imagined to record your life at high quality with a small and an affordable camera? Mokacam, the camera producer company is making this possible. After the success of the first version, Mokacam had launched its new 4K camera, Alpha. Initially, Alpha is a smaller and more powerful version featuring Ambarella processor for […]
Keysight Technologies’ E36300 series bench power supplies
https://www.electronics-lab.com/keysight-technologies-e36300-series-bench-power-supplies/
Martin Rowe @ edn.com presents the new Keysight E36300 bench power supply with triple output and some great features. Keysight Technologies’ E36300 series of bench power supplies provide three outputs with power of 80 W or 160 W with line/load regulation of 0.01%. Front-panel buttons let you turn any output on or off and you […]
Tri-axis sensor embeds pedometer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/tri-axis-sensor-embeds-pedometer/
Susan Nordyk @ edn.com discuss about the Kionix’s accelerometer with integrated pedometer. The K126 16-bit tri-axis digital accelerometer from Kionix integrates a step detector and step counter, yet minimizes power consumption. Housed in a tiny 2×2×0.9-mm LGA package, the K126 offers user-selectable g ranges of ±2 g, ±4 g, and ±8 g and output data […]
Breadboard Friendly ATTiny85
https://www.electronics-lab.com/breadboard-friendly-attiny85/
Chris @ chris3d.com build his own Attiny85 board: The modularity of Arduinos is great, but after playing with them for a year or so, I wanted to start building things that needed a little more integration. I also wanted to design the components and programming around the actual controller I’d be using. So, I decided […]