SparkFun RED-V RedBoard – SiFive RISC-V
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sparkfun-red-v-redboard-sifive-risc-v/
The SparkFun RED-V (pronounced “red-five”) RedBoard is a low-cost, development board featuring the Freedom E310 SoC which brings with it the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA). The RED-V RedBoard comes in the familiar Arduino Uno R3 form factor and includes the SiFive Freedom E310 core, 32MB of QSPI flash, an NXP K22 ARM Cortex-M4 for […]
Top 10 websites to find footprints for your next PCB project
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It’s one thing to have an idea (especially a hardware-based idea) and it’s another thing to bring it to life. Rapid Prototyping using tools like 3D Printer has opened a lot of opportunities for the everyday makers, hardware enthusiasts, and hackers. For the person looking to build that next cool thing, maybe a PoV (Persistence […]
Artemis Engineering Version: SparkFun’s first open-source, embedded-systems module
https://www.electronics-lab.com/artemis-engineering-version-sparkfuns-first-open-source-embedded-systems-module/
SparkFun has released the company’s first open-source, embedded-systems module—SparkFun Artemis, Engineering Version—to empower engineers, prototypers, and R&D teams to integrate the TensorFlow machine-learning platform into any design. via www.open-electronics.org Additionally, the team has launched three boards with the unshielded module: BlackBoard Artemis, BlackBoard Artemis Nano, and BlackBoard Artemis ATP. Built around the ultra-low-powered Ambiq Micro Apollo 3 processor, and […]
Learn Arduino Easily with The Arduino Inventor’s Guide
https://www.electronics-lab.com/arduino-inventors-guide/
Are you looking for Arduino tutorials? Already over-whelmed by the guides and videos available on the internet? Sparkfun is making Arduino and electronics easier for you with its new book ” The Arduino Inventor’s Guide”! First of all, the authors of this book , Brian Huang and Derek Runberg, are both working in the department of […]
New Arduino Book Teaches Electronics Skills One Project at a Time
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San Francisco, CA (July 7, 2017)—School’s out for summer, but learning doesn’t have to stop at the classroom door. For parents and educators looking to keep their students exploring, tinkering, and creating, No Starch Press offers the latest addition to its lineup of STEM books. The Arduino Inventor’s Guide (No Starch Press, $29.95, 336 pp., […]
Add OLED Display To Your Projects With TeensyView
https://www.electronics-lab.com/add-oled-display-projects-teensyview/
The Teensy is a complete USB-based microcontroller development system, in a very small footprint, capable of implementing many types of projects. All programming is done via the USB port. You can program for the Teensy in your favorite program editor using C or you can install the Teensyduino add-on for the Arduino IDE and write Arduino […]
Installing The Micronucleus Bootloader To An ATtiny Via Arduino
https://www.electronics-lab.com/installing-the-micronucleus-bootloader-to-an-attiny-via-arduino/
In order to be able to upload Arduino sketches directly to the ATtiny84 over USB without the need to use a programming device, Shawn Hymel, an electrical engineer at Sparkfun Electronics, had published a guide showing how to install the micronucleus bootloader, which supports virtual USB (V-USB), onto an ATtiny84 using Arduino. The Atmel AVR […]
Measure Weights Using OpenScale from Sparkfun
https://www.electronics-lab.com/measure-weights-using-openscale-sparkfun/
Sparkfun has a simple-to-use and open source solution for measuring weight and temperature. All you need is a load cell hooked up with OpenScale. You may find a variety of high quality weight sensors to be used in this project on Flintec load cells. OpenScale uses HX711, a 24-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) specifically designed for […]
SparkFun’s EAGLE resources
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sparkfuns-eagle-resources/
Sparkfun has compiled a list of resources about everything you need to design for manufacture an electronic product. Let’s be frank: We’ve made a lot of mistakes over the years. In the ongoing pursuit of better-designed PCBs, we’ve dealt with tons of screw-ups, from boards with ill-arranged traces to boards with…no traces at all, actually, […]
Sparkfun: First Impressions of the ESP32
https://www.electronics-lab.com/sparkfun-first-impressions-of-the-esp32/
Jimb0 @ sparkfun.com takes a first look on the new ESP32 WiFi board by Espressif that’s an improvement of the ESP8266 board. The ESP32 doesn’t replace the ESP8266, but it does improve on it in every aspect. Not only does it have WiFi support, but it also features a Bluetooth 4.2 radio, making it even […]