A family of pin-compatible synchronous step-down switching regulators with integrated power switches, the MIC28511/12/13 from Micrel, supplies up to 4 A of output current (MIC28513) and accepts a wide input supply range of 4.6 V to 70 V (MIC28512). The devices have an operating junction temperature range of -40°C to +125°C and come in very […]
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This chimera is a microcontroller emulation of a UK101, an 8-bit microcomputer from the early 1980s. Needless to say I had one; it is a shocking thirty-three years since, as a spotty teenager, I soldered one together over the course of a few days. I recall the kit cost the equally shocking sum of £99.95 (a lot of pocket-money), and
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Features Wide Operating Range: 3.5V to 100V Wide Monitoring Range: 1.75V to 98V Quiescent Current: 7μA Adjustable Threshold Range Internal High Value Resistive Dividers ±1.4% (Max) Threshold Accuracy Over Temperature Polarity Selection 100V Rated Outputs Selectable Built-In Hysteresis 20-Lead SW and 16-Lead 3mm × 3mm QFN Packages Description The LTC®2966 is a low current, high voltage
LTC2966 – 100V Micropower Dual Voltage Monitor Continue Reading
Gas sensing techniques are continually being investigated to improve selectivity and sensitivity of identifying different types of gases. There are resistive gas sensors, quartz crystal microbalance, direct thermoelectric, electrochemical cell and other exotic types such as MEMS-tunable Fabry-Perot filter spectral sensors with lead-selenide detector and pulsed broadband infrared emitter light source. The ams sensor is
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After we managed to connect the ESP8266 WiFI module to Raspberry Pi, we can now try to change the module firmware to a custom one. The firmware we will install on it is a simple webserver, that will handle HTTP requests. It will allow us to access a web interface for ESP8266. The interface will
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Munich, Germany – February 26, 2015 – Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) has launched an ultra-high ±5cm resolution, miniature MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) pressure sensor for use in mobile and wearable gadgets and IoT (Internet of Things) devices. The DPS310 is a low-power digital barometric pressure sensor that enables the development
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Features 65V Power Switch Current Limit Options of 0.5A (LT8570) or 0.25A (LT8570-1) Adjustable Switching Frequency Single Feedback Resistor Sets VOUT Synchronizable to External Clock High Gain SHDN Pin Accepts Slowly Varying Input Signals Wide Input Voltage Range: 2.55V to 40V Low VCESAT Switch Integrated Soft-Start Function Easily Configurable as a Boost, SEPIC, or Inverting Converter User Configurable
since I really like using LiFePO4 AA and AAA batteries in some of my projects [1][2][3], I finally gave in and built a dedicated charger for them. Previously I used a lab power supply to mimic the constant current/constant voltage charging curve, which worked also fine. But after seeing Patrick Van Oosterwijck nifty LiFePO4wered/USB™ [4],
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Using microfluidic passages cut directly into the backsides of production field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are putting liquid cooling right where it’s needed the most – a few hundred microns away from where the transistors are operating. Combined with connection technology that operates through structures in the cooling passages, the
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Living beating hearts on-a-chip were recently created from pluripotent stem cells discovered by 2010 Kyoto Prize Winner, Shinya Yamanaka. Bioengineers at the University of Berkeley aim to create all of the human organs on-a-chip then connect them with micro-fluidic channels to create a complete human-being on-a-wafer. “We have learned how to derive
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