3D Mapping improves urban GPS accuracy for your app
https://www.electronics-lab.com/3d-mapping-improves-urban-gps-accuracy-for-your-app/
GNSS location with standards like GPS is a key feature of smartphones and other devices. They enable you navigate around, and share your location with friends, family, and business contacts. However, sometimes we find it difficult to get an accurate location because of a number of factors like tall buildings in urban area bouncing the […]
Smart LED Dimmer Controlled via Bluetooth
https://www.electronics-lab.com/smart-led-dimmer-controlled-via-bluetooth/
Author: Anas Ajaj for Dialog Semiconductor Introduction This article describes how to build a smart digital dimmer. A dimmer is a common light switch that is used in houses, hotels and many other buildings. Older versions of dimmer switches were manual, and would typically incorporate a rotary switch (potentiometer) or buttons to control the light […]
Fifth gen Banana Pi (Banana Pi BPI-M5) is on the verge
https://www.electronics-lab.com/fifth-gen-banana-pi-banana-pi-bpi-m5-is-on-the-verge/
SinoVoip has listed specs for an upcoming Banana Pi BPI-M5 SBC with the same quad-core Cortex-A55 Amlogic S905X3 SoC. It is repeating many of the features from Hardkernel’s $50 Odroid-C4. This new SBC is the next-gen for the company’s most recent Banana Pi BPI-M4, based on a quad A53 Realtek RTD1395. The 12nm fabricated Amlogic […]
Forlinx FETMX8MM-C SoM for Optimized Audio Performance
https://www.electronics-lab.com/forlinx-fetmx8mm-c-som-for-optimized-audio-performance/
Forlinx’s SoM FETMX8MM-C contributes to the ever-growing list of tiny, Linux-friendly modules built around NXP’s i.MX8M Mini. This new board focuses on a variety of digital audio processing interfaces. Recent same form factor boards include MYIR’s MYC-C8MMX and Innocomm’s WB15. This new 56 x 36mm SoM FETMX8MM-C module runs Android 9.0 or Linux 4.14 on i.MX8M Mini. It […]
Avnet showcases Raspberry Pi lookalike “MaaXBoard Mini”
https://www.electronics-lab.com/avnet-showcases-raspberry-pi-lookalike-maaxboard-mini/
Avnet’s NXP i.MX 8M Mini SBC seems very familiar if you ever seen a Raspberry Pi, as their I/O looks rather similar at first glance, but is it more than that? Actually, yes. MaaXBoard Mini is a single board computer based on the NXP IMX8M Mini SOC series, designed by Avnet Manufacturing services. From the […]
Maxim Integrated launches smartphone app for fast Access to its essential analog IC resources
https://www.electronics-lab.com/maxim-integrated-launches-smartphone-app-for-fast-access-to-its-essential-analog-ic-resources/
Maxim Integrated announced the launch of the Essential Analog mobile application for iOS and Android, which allows designers to quickly and easily access Maxim essential analog IC resources directly on their mobile phones. Designers can learn about the latest technologies, ICs, and design tools, and get alerts on upcoming events and transactions from the Essential […]
The new Orange Pi 4 has two new variants with RK3399
https://www.electronics-lab.com/new-orange-pi-4-two-new-variants-rk3399/
Shenzhen Xunlong has released introductory specs for a Rockchip RK3399 based Orange Pi 4 SBC. It is seemed to be smaller, more affordable than the Orange Pi RK3399, faster and more feature-rich than the Orange Pi 3. There is also an Orange Pi 4B variant which adds a Lightspeeur 2801S AI chip. The new Orange […]
Free Elektor Article: Line AC Switch Controlled by Bluetooth Low Energy
https://www.electronics-lab.com/free-elektor-article-line-ac-switch-controlled-bluetooth-low-energy/
This article describes the electronics, the BL600 program and the Android program; the last being an Android smartphone application with which your mains switch circuit may be controlled wirelessly. You may notice an unusual detail for these pages — the transformerless power supply. Go to the article page and download a pdf copy of the […]
New 10″ Android PPC-4310 POE Touch Panel PC Brings i.MX8M Technology Support
https://www.electronics-lab.com/new-10%e2%80%b3-android-ppc-4310-poe-touch-panel-pc-brings-mx8m-technology-support/
Imagine a complete POE touch panel PC solution built around the newest i.MX8M ARM technology. A touch panel computer with wide-ranging Linux and support, including Yocto Embedded, QT, Wayland, and Ubuntu, as well as Android 8.1 and 9 Support. Estone Technology is pleased to announce the 10” PPC-4310 Frameless Panel PC. The PPC-4310 is one […]
Run Windows applications on Android
https://www.electronics-lab.com/run-windows-applications-android/
ExaGear is a virtual machine that allows you to run Windows PC applications on ARM Android devices and ARM Chromebooks. Play your favorite old-school games and use your daily PC apps on your phone, tablet or Chromebook – fast and easily. Our unique technology lets you use all of your desktop applications as if […]