NanoPi R4S Headless SBC Supports Up To 4GB RAM and Features Dual Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0 Ports
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nanopi-r4s-headless-sbc-supports-up-to-4gb-ram-and-features-dual-gigabit-ethernet-and-usb-3-0-ports/
FriendlyELEC is currently working on new RK3399 SoC based single board computer called NanoPi R4S. The company has not officially announced the board yet but it’s existence was discovered by CNX software who came across a “hidden page” where the board was extensively talked about. Unlike other headless SBCs that we have come across over […]
Penguino Feather 4260 SAMR34 based LoRa Dev-Board Features RAK4260 module
https://www.electronics-lab.com/penguino-feather-4260-samr34-based-lora-dev-board-features-rak4260-module/
MakerTronika Labs has launched their Feather compatible board with LoRa connectivity called Penguino Feather 4260. The Penguino Feather is a SAMR34 based LoRa/LoRaWAN™ dev-board with all the necessary components for fast prototyping. It’s a successor of my previous Penguino SAMR34 design. The new design uses the RAK4260 module from RAKWireless and improves on some aspects, […]
Major Breakthrough in Chip Architecture Technology
https://www.electronics-lab.com/major-breakthrough-in-chip-architecture-technology/
Keeping in mind the betterment of artificial intelligence and various other CPU intensive workload, EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) engineers have developed a new single architecture that combining logic operations and data storage. It may hold the potential to lay the fundamental work for the upcoming generation of smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient devices. […]
Vishay’s New Automotive Grade Proximity Sensors Deliver High Resolution Up to 20 µm for Force Sensing
https://www.electronics-lab.com/vishays-new-automotive-grade-proximity-sensors-deliver-high-resolution-up-to-20-%c2%b5m-for-force-sensing/
The Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today introduced two new fully integrated Automotive Grade proximity sensors with high resolution up to 20 µm for force sensing applications. They each combine a photodiode, amplifier, and ADC circuitry in a 4 mm by 2.36 mm surface-mount package with a low 0.75 mm profile. The VCNL3030X01 features […]
Engineering Startup Launches to Make Printed Circuit Boards Accessible for Next Generation Electrical Engineers.
https://www.electronics-lab.com/engineering-startup-launches-to-make-printed-circuit-boards-accessible-for-next-generation-electrical-engineers/
Gerber Labs, an Orange County-based engineering startup, is rolling out a platform that makes custom printed circuit boards (PCB’s) accessible to electrical engineering students, hobbyists and small businesses. PCB’s traditionally have only been accessible for large businesses and manufacturers. To order PCB’s you had to order in large quantities and deal with old school salesmen […]
e-con Systems Launches 4K MIPI Camera for Raspberry Pi 4 to speed up the time to market
https://www.electronics-lab.com/e-con-systems-launches-4k-mipi-camera-for-raspberry-pi-4-to-speed-up-the-time-to-market/
e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded camera solutions company, today announced the launch of e-CAM130_CURB ,13 MP Raspberry Pi 4 MIPI camera, a reliable solution leveraging the latest version of Raspberry Pi to help industries accelerate their journey to market with an easily deployable camera module. e-CAM130_CURB houses e-CAM137A_CUMI1335_MOD, a 13 MP 4K camera module […]
Advantech Launches Embedded Platforms with Intel Atom® x6000 Series and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® N and J Series Processors
https://www.electronics-lab.com/advantech-launches-embedded-platforms-with-intel-atom-x6000-series-and-intel-pentium-and-celeron-n-and-j-series-processors/
Advantech, a leading provider of embedded solutions for the industrial A-IoT, is happy to announce three new embedded computing platforms featuring Intel Atom® x6000 Series and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® N and J Series processors. These platforms – Advantech’s SOM-2532 computer on module, AIMB-218 industrial motherboard and MIO-5152 3.5-inch single board computer – feature the […]
Motorized Slide Potentiometer Driver
https://www.electronics-lab.com/motorized-slide-potentiometer-driver/
This motorized slide potentiometer is used in lighting and Audio/Video equipment or other similar application. It is a simple solution to control a motorized slide potentiometer using two tactile switches or a microcontroller interface. The project includes bidirectional motor driver L293DD H-Bridge chip, LM555 timer IC to generate the PWM pulse for speed control, and […]
SiFive Linux PC and Dev Board with Open Source RISC-V Processors
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sifive-linux-pc-and-dev-board-with-open-source-risc-v-processors/
SiFive published the news that it is creating a platform for Linux-based personal computers based on RISC-V processors to use them in PCs. This could be the move in the right direction to make to create Linux-based PCs that use royalty-free processors. At the moment, these development PCs are early alternatives targeted at hobbyists and […]
PIC18F-Q41 Sensor Interface Microcontrollers
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pic18f-q41-sensor-interface-microcontrollers/
In many applications, all you need is an MCU with reasonably low processing capabilities just to interface with sensors and send some data through a transceiver or even provide output to a display or actuate on something. For these simple tasks, an 8-bit microcontroller is usually just fine, and the most important aspect becomes the […]