
COMPACT RYZEN V1000 SYSTEM STARTS AT $689 WITH PRE-LOADED UBUNTU
Simply NUC, the company behind several Intel NUC based SBCs like the Apollo Lake based NUC 8 Rugged, recently...

BOARDCON’S EM-IMX8M-MINI SBC COMES WITH LOTS OF CUSTOMIZATION
Boardcon‘s new EM-IMX8M-MINI is based on NXP’s energy-efficient i.MX8M Mini ARM Cortex A53 processor. The iMX8...

HOMEBREW OPTICAL SENSOR HELPS YOUR DIESEL PASS THE SMOKE TEST
We’ve all heard of the smoke test, and we know that it’s the lowest possible bar for performance of an electro...
Hi everyone, Here is my last project, a tiny waveform generator based on my previous project and some components: – An AD9834 (DDS chip with sinus/triangle output) – 2 x AD5310 (... Read more
I had some spare 4-digit 7-segment LED displays and some AT90USB82s, and I’d always intended to do something with them. This was probably the easiest thing! It’s just the AT90... Read more
This clock is based largely on Alan’s code and circuit with a few changes. I purchased a kit of parts for the main board from Alan’s site. I have used three voltmeters and mounte... Read more
Perhaps the most frequently used rechargeable batteries on the market nowadays – Lithium-Polymer (Li-Po) can be found also in our offer. From the beginning of electronics, the world se... Read more
ElecFreaks will launch a multi-axis unmanned helicopter series: ELF. As the name suggests, this series will be surprisingly tiny. Aimed to design a very compact, portable, able to fly in any... Read more
Farnell and Analog Devices are to co-host a webcast entitled ‘Simplifying System Designs Requiring Isolated Data and Isolated Power’ on Nov 30 4-5 pm CET. To register “Our webcast series... Read more
Since when white light emitting high brightness LED are available, the handover from traditional lighting bulbs to the solid-state lighting has become irreversible: LEDs have an efficiency (... Read more
I was asked by a friend a while back to create a timer to turn a pool fill value off automatically. Apparently he would turn the fill value on and walk away only to return to water overflow... Read more
[Note: if you are using smartphone or portable device to browser this post, some math formula might not appear properly. To see the math in correct form, scroll down to the bottom and click... Read more
LiPo Booster is a breadboard-friendly boost converter board based on the TPS61230 IC from Texus Instrument. It has an output voltage of 5V, and is designed to be used with a single cell LiPo... Read more
This flasher/beacon circuit can be employed as a distress signal on highways, a direction pointer for parking lots, hospitals, and hotels, etc. The circuit uses a power LED, and provides mor... Read more
As I mentioned in my previous posting, there was an issue with my Wavetek 907 microwave frequency generator. While everything was fine during my initial testing, the frequency display is now... Read more