NEC Display Powered by Raspberry Pi
https://www.electronics-lab.com/computing-platform-raspberry-nec/
Earlier this month, NEC Display Solutions Europe announced that they are working on a new generation of large-format displays that support the Raspberry Pi compute module, enabling a seamless integration of Raspberry Pi devices with NEC displays. Originally developed to promote the teaching of basic computer science in schools and developing countries, the first Raspberry […]
Layout software eases 3D prototype production
https://www.electronics-lab.com/layout-software-eases-3d-prototype-production/
A manufacturer and service provider for PCB prototyping, Beta LAYOUT has developed a 3D MID CAD program to speed up the prototyping and small-series manufacturing of 3D Mechatronic Interconnect Devices (MIDs). by Julien Happich @ edn-europe.com: Circuit carriers of the three-dimensional circuit boards are produced at Beta LAYOUT using 3D printing. This eliminates the need […]
Thermal design: Get the heat out of the electronics
https://www.electronics-lab.com/thermal-design-get-heat-electronics/
Paul Rako@ edn.com discuss about thermal design in electronics and how to design your board to dissipate it effectively. If you have high-powered LEDS, or a power supply, or are trying to control larger motors, you have to get a lot of heat out of your circuit boards. The classic way to dissipate heat is […]
PiOSCBOX: A Raspberry Pi based audio processor and synthesizer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pioscbox-raspberry-pi-based-audio-processor-synthesizer/
Raspberry Pi carries a lot of horsepower inside to handle the realtime audio and add some effects to it. The only limitation is it does not have a built-in sound card, but it is manageable using an external USB soundcard. PiOSCBOX is an attempt to make a low-cost, stand-alone audio effects processor and synthesizer using Raspberry Pi 3. It […]
$3.6 GPRS GSM Module from Ai Thinker
https://www.electronics-lab.com/3-6-gprs-gsm-module-ai-thinker/
ShenZhen Ai-thinker CO.,a leading enterprise in the Internet of Things (IoT) industry and the maker of the ESP-12E module, had launched a new killer module: $3.60 GSM GPRS A6 Module! Providing a chip cheaper than the popular ESP8266 seems to be promising and opens doors for future IoT inventions. This module seems to be a […]
Embedded orientation detection using the MMA8450Q
https://www.electronics-lab.com/embedded-orientation-detection-using-mma8450q/
NXP’s accelerometer chip MMA8450Q, provides orientation detection on handheld devices: This application note targets the portrait/landscape orientation detection feature which has become standard in many hand-held electronic devices. Additionally, this application note aims to explain uses as well as highlight some of the challenges of designing an embedded algorithm into the sensor. Included in content, […]
FPGA-Based Arduino Shield
https://www.electronics-lab.com/fpga-based-arduino-shield/
Inspired by an interest in spreading the concepts of FPGA, and because its ability to overcome most of other platforms limitations such as IO, memory, and peripherals, technolomaniac had worked on developing the first Arduino FPGA shield. A Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is an integrated circuit designed to be configured by a customer or a […]
The SilentSwitcher, A Quiet Mains-free Power Supply
https://www.electronics-lab.com/silentswitcher-quiet-mains-free-power-supply/
Audio projects become smaller over time with the rapid advancement of technology. A traditional power supply is still considered large compared to audio projects size constraints and it may not fit such delicate applications that need to deliver a good sound with zero noise. Jan Didden, audio specialist who is known for his own publications […]
UsbSafe² – Programmable dongle for protecting USB devices from USB hosts and chargers
https://www.electronics-lab.com/usbsafe%c2%b2-programmable-dongle-protecting-usb-devices-usb-hosts-chargers/
USB connections can transfer both information and power. UsbSafe² is a device for protecting USB-connected hardware from both excessive voltage, current and unauthorized data access. Unfortunately, the practice of “juice jacking” (accessing data from a device connected to a public charging station), has become all too common. UsbSafe² provides a unique combination of an anti-juice […]
iBreathe, A Breathalyzer Based on Hexiwear
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ibreathe-breathalyzer-based-hexiwear/
Knowing the amount of alcohol you drunk is becoming easier using the iBreathe Breathalyzer project by Dave Clarke. You just have to blow in the alcohol sensor, then it pings the result to a smartphone app and to the cloud to document it as a table so you can see alcohol intake through time. This […]