The world’s smallest Bluetooth SoC released


https://www.electronics-lab.com/the-worlds-smallest-bluetooth-soc-released/

InPlay Technologies, headquartered in Shanghai, China, today launched the world’s smallest software-free programming Bluetooth beacon SoC, IN100, based on its NanoBeaconTM technology. The product is a software-free programming SoC, which will greatly reduce the technical threshold. Any developer can easily build their own wireless applications without worrying about learning complex Bluetooth protocol stacks and embedded […]

Power Integrations’ New MinE-CAP IC Reduces Volume of AC-DC Converters by Up to 40%


https://www.electronics-lab.com/power-integrations-new-mine-cap-ic-reduces-volume-of-ac-dc-converters-by-up-to-40/

Power Integrations , the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, announced the MinE-CAP™ IC for high power density, universal input AC-DC converters. By halving the size of the high-voltage bulk electrolytic capacitors required in offline power supplies, this new type of IC enables a reduction in adapter size of up to 40%. […]

Silicon Labs’ explorer kit focuses on rapid prototyping and concept creation of IoT applications


https://www.electronics-lab.com/silicon-labs-explorer-kit-focuses-on-rapid-prototyping-and-concept-creation-of-iot-applications/

Silicon Labs’ BGM220 Explorer Kit is focused on rapid prototyping and concept creation of IoT applications. It is designed around the BGM220P module, based on the EFR32BG22 system-on-chip, which is an ideal device family for developing energy-friendly connected IoT applications. The kit features a USB interface, an on-board SEGGER J-Link debugger, one user-LED and button, […]

Blokdots – Build Interactive Arduino Prototypes Without Writing a Single Line of Code


https://www.electronics-lab.com/blokdots-build-interactive-arduino-prototypes-without-writing-a-single-line-of-code/

As a maker, often we are faced with people who are afraid to dive into this world, mainly because they are scared to start their own projects and think the task of learning to code is a total abomination (it is not) or just want to do very simple stuff and do not feel like […]

There’s a new member in the Novasom’s SBCs M-Line family


https://www.electronics-lab.com/theres-a-new-member-in-the-novasoms-sbcs-m-line-family/

The SBCs M-line was created for those advanced multimedia applications, where the computing power and the presence of specific HW accelerators, are needed as much as the advanced connectivity to various kinds of displays while maintaining the classic low-level industrial connectivity. A new generation high performance industrial SBC The latest product of the M-Line is […]

Axiomtek’s CAPA520 – High Performance, Expandable 3.5” Embedded Board Featuring 9th/8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor


https://www.electronics-lab.com/axiomteks-capa520-high-performance-expandable-3-5-embedded-board-featuring-9th-8th-generation-intel-core-processor/

Axiomtek – a world-renowned leader relentlessly devoted in the research, development and manufacture of series of innovative and reliable industrial computer products of high efficiency – is pleased to introduce the CAPA520, its new 3.5” embedded board featuring the LGA1151 socket 9th/8th generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 and Intel® Celeron® processors (code name: Coffee Lake) with […]

TI’s CC3230x SimpleLink MCUs Offer BLE and Wi-Fi Radio Coexistence


https://www.electronics-lab.com/tis-cc3230x-simplelink-mcus-offer-ble-and-wi-fi-radio-coexistence/

One interesting feature the Raspberry Pi has gotten us used to is having Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on the same board, and it has proven extremely useful for IoT projects that require such connectivity. But sometimes, those power hungry boards can become a burden when you need to make a device that relies on batteries as […]

Renesas / IDT OB1203 Sensor Modules for Mobile and Wearable Devices


https://www.electronics-lab.com/renesas-idt-ob1203-sensor-modules-for-mobile-and-wearable-devices/

These days, we are looking to size down all our projects, in order to make them fit just about anywhere, and the manufacturers keep on delivering when it comes to smaller, feature-packed components. An example of that evolution is the Renesas / IDT new OB1203 sensor modules, that integrate 4 different sensors in a very […]

Arduino makes Internet of Things simple with launch of new Oplà IoT Kit


https://www.electronics-lab.com/arduino-makes-internet-of-things-simple-with-launch-of-new-opla-iot-kit/

Experience the Internet of Things (IoT) in your hands and build connected devices for the home or workplace. Arduino, the leading IoT development platform today announces the launch of its new Oplà IoT Kit, the first open programmable IoT platform that allows anyone to build custom IoT devices, with full control over personal data. The […]

Advantech Launches Latest SMARC 2.1 Design SOM-2532 for Real Time Automation Control


https://www.electronics-lab.com/advantech-launches-latest-smarc-2-1-design-som-2532-for-real-time-automation-control/

Advantech, a world leader in embedded A-IoT, launches SMARC 2.1 SOM-2532 featuring the latest 10 nm Intel® Elkhart Lake processor. SOM-2532 offers up to 4 cores and yields 40% better CPU performance and improved graphics processing compared with previous models. This innovative solution supports multiple I/O and displays including two GbE LAN supporting TSN PHY, […]