PCB Design for manufacture [PDF]
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pcb-design-manufacture-pdf/
SeeedStudio has published a PCB design manual to help makers and engineers design better PCBs. The guide covers many aspects of PCB design for manufacture summarizing the experience of their PCB service over the last 9 years. PCB Design for manufacture – [Link]
CP2615 USB-I2S Bridge – A New Solution from Silicon Labs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/cp2615-usb-i2s-bridge-new-solution-silicon-labs/
Apple said goodby to 3.5mm audio jack in Iphone 7 by adding the audio signal to USB plug besides the other functionalities. While Iphone is a pioneer brand, a lot of manufacturers in the near future will drop that analog jack. However, your ear responds to analog signals only. So either you buy headphones with […]
Pi Zero Gameboy = GameBoy Zero
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pi-zero-gameboy-gameboy-zero/
moosepr @ hackaday.io writes: My attempt to get the smallest, simplest GameBoy style device, based on the pi Zero. Pi Zero Gameboy = GameBoy Zero – [Link]
Programmable LED dimmer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/programmable-led-dimmer/
A Programmable LED dimmer from Soldernerd: Around one and a half years ago I’ve designed and built various LED dimmers for both white and RGB LEDs. Then late last year someone approached me asking if I could make an RGB dimmer for him, too. But my designs were really tailored to their specific applications and […]
Multichannel Wireless Light Dimmer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/multichannel-wireless-light-dimmer/
abhishek123 @ instructables.com writes: This project aims to Control the intensity of the dimmable lighting appliances via a trailing edge dimmer. Provide the user , ability to control lightsindependently and wirelessly over the Wi-Fi network and the Internet! Multichannel Wireless Light Dimmer – [Link]
Development board targets IoT and is Arduino compatible
https://www.electronics-lab.com/development-board-targets-iot-arduino-compatible/
Graham Prophet @ eedesignnewseurope.com discuss about a new IoT board to the market. Distributor Arrow Electronics has extended its range of IoT development boards with the SmartEverything Panther. The Panther board enables users to add pattern recognition capabilities to their products to allow them to recognise gestures, sound and vibration patterns and then to link […]
Nanoscale refrigerator helps quantum computers keep their cool
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nanoscale-refrigerator-helps-quantum-computers-keep-cool/
by Michael Irving @ newatlas.com: The next big breakthrough for electronics is likely to be quantum computers, which will increase digitized memory capacity exponentially and allow scientists to start tackling problems that our classical computers have no hope of handling right now. Companies like IBM are starting to make some headway, but there are still […]
Firecricket – Bring your toys and costume props to life!
https://www.electronics-lab.com/firecricket-bring-toys-costume-props-life/
A tiny 32-bit Arduino compatible light, sound, & motion controller you can program yourself! The Firecricket is an Arduino compatible light, sound, and motion controller featuring a 48MHz 32-bit ARM Cortex M0+ microcontroller w/ 16K of RAM, a MicroSD slot so you can store sound effects, bitmaps, and configuration files, a 2.5W audio amplifier, and […]
ZeroPhone, A Raspberry Pi-Based Open Source Smartphone
https://www.electronics-lab.com/zerophone-a-raspberry-pi-based-open-source-smartphone/
Raspberry Pi is one of the most helpful innovations in the hardware industry. It has helped beginners and children learn programming and allowed the makers to develop powerful and cheap DIY projects. “ZeroPhone” is a new DIY smartphone that is built based on Raspberry Pi and cost about only $50. ZeroPhone is an open source, Linux-powered smartphone, […]
400V – 5A Power Supply For Brushless Motor Drivers
https://www.electronics-lab.com/400v-5a-power-supply-brushless-motor-drivers/
Although the power supply design is specific to the Brushless Servo Drivers mainly for IPM Modules, the concepts and circuit design may be used for any power supply requires high voltage output up to 400V DC and 5 Amps. The power supply is an unregulated design with an option to allow connection to either 120V […]