The USB-C Explorer helps to get started with USB-C
https://www.electronics-lab.com/usb-c-explorer-helps-get-started-usb-c/
Jason has designed a development board for USB-C and Power Delivery, that is available on GitHub. The board is also on sale at Tindie for $79 + shipping. The USB-C Explorer is a development board with everything needed to start working with USB Type-C. It contains a USB-C port controller and Power Delivery PHY chip, a microcontroller, and several […]
Researchers Developed Highly Durable Washable And Stretchable Solar Cells
https://www.electronics-lab.com/researchers-developed-highly-durable-stretchable-washable-solar-cells/
Scientists of Japanese research institute RIKEN and the University of Tokyo have successfully developed a product that allows solar cells to continue to provide solar power after being washed, stretched and compressed. Takao Someya of Riken Center for Emergent Matter Science, a designated national R&D Institute in Japan, led the research team. The research results were […]
How to Select a Voltage Regulator
https://www.electronics-lab.com/select-voltage-regulator/
Sanket @ octopart.com tipped us with his latest blog post about voltage regulators and how to select them. All electronics projects need power. Power can come from either stored energy in a battery, or directly from mains AC voltage or DC power from renewable sources such as solar energy. Power Management ICs (PMICs) help manage […]
Raspberry Pi ATX Power Board
https://www.electronics-lab.com/raspberry-pi-atx-power-board/
Control 16 Relays with your Pi, supplying 12V to 16 DC jacks. All powered from and ATX Power Supply, with sensor support on board. You can find more details on the author’s website. by Rodney Balent @ kickstarter.com: I started out with the simple goal of wanting to automate a few things around the home […]
PD Buddy Sink – USB Power Delivery for everyone
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pd-buddy-sink-usb-power-delivery-everyone/
Clayton G. Hobbs @ hackaday.io published some details of his project, a USB power delivery board. He writes: USB Power Delivery is a cool standard for getting lots of power—up to 100 W—from a USB Type-C port. Being an open standard for supplying enough power to charge phones, laptops, and just about anything else under […]
ESPurna-H, A Compact Open Source Hardware Wireless Power Wall Switch
https://www.electronics-lab.com/espurna-h-compact-open-source-hardware-wireless-power-wall-switch/
Controlling your AC loads using wireless power switch is not a new concept. Several commercial products from several vendors can be found on the market such as Xiaomi’s Mi Smart Socket Plug, SAMSUNG’s SmartThings Power Outlet and Sonoff Pow WiFi Switch from ITEAD. Using ESP8266 makes the building of a customized WiFi power switch more […]
PWM POWER REGULATOR
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pwm-power-regulator/
pinko @ blog.exrockets.com wanted to regulate the power to a resistive load so he decided to build a PWM power regulator based on PIC18LF2550. In order to synthesize chlorates and perchlorates in the home lab it is always good to have a way to regulate the current flowing through the electrolyte. Because the load is […]
LTC5596 – 100MHz to 40GHz Linear-in-dB RMS Power Detector
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ltc5596-100mhz-40ghz-linear-db-rms-power-detector/
The LTC5596 is a high frequency, wideband and high dynamic range RMS power detector that provides accurate, true power measurement of RF and microwave signals independent of modulation and waveforms. The LTC5596 responds in an easy to use log-linear 29mV/dB scale to signal levels from –37dBm to –2dBm, at accuracy better than ±1dB error over […]
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 […]
$14.5 All-Purpose Switched-Mode Power Supply
https://www.electronics-lab.com/14-5-purpose-switched-mode-power-supply/
Switching technology devices and integrated circuits are growing fast providing solutions that obtain power for different kind of circuits and devices, and they are proposed in different variations. A useful little known kind which is suitable for mixed supply systems is called SEPIC,single-ended primary-inductor converter. Torpedo is a switched-mode power supply with a SEPIC configuration […]