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HDC1000 temperature and humidity sensor breakout with Arduino library

HDC1000 temperature and humidity sensor breakout, with Arduino library!

Some time ago I came across a new chip from TI, the HDC1000. It’s a temperature and humidity sensor with I2C interface and requires little to no additional components. It comes in an 8BGA package: we can all agree it’s pretty small. Some of the peculiar characteristics of this chip are that it has a DRDYn pin

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LT3042 20V 200mA Ultralow Noise Ultrahigh PSRR RF Linear Regulator

LT3042 – 20V, 200mA, Ultralow Noise, Ultrahigh PSRR RF Linear Regulator

Features Ultralow RMS Noise: 0.8μVRMS (10Hz to 100kHz) Ultralow Spot Noise: 2nV/√Hz at 10kHz Ultrahigh PSRR: 79dB at 1MHz Output Current: 200mA Wide Input Voltage Range: 1.8V to 20V Single Capacitor Improves Noise and PSRR 100μA SET Pin Current: ±1% Initial Accuracy Single Resistor Programs Output Voltage High Bandwidth: 1MHz Programmable Current Limit Low Dropout

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Quantum Transistor Harnesses New Effect

Quantum Transistor Harnesses New Effect

PORTLAND, Ore. — A new type of transistor harnesses a new effect–called the quantum spin Hall effect — to create a topological field effect transistor (TFET) according to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher who recently moved to the newly formed Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University where the Texas

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Introduction to Arduino for Beginners

What is Arduino – Introduction to Arduino for Beginners

In this article, we explain the basics surrounding arduino. As the title indicates, this article is for absolute beginners in the world of electronics and for people who are beginning with arduino boards. Arduino is an electronics prototyping platform based on a micro controller. Arduino boards are usually made using Atmel’s Atmega series micro controllers or

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GE RFID tech turns stickers into explosives detectors

GE RFID tech turns stickers into explosives detectors

A global economy brings many benefits, but it also makes international terrorism extremely difficult to combat. With more goods passing through the world’s shipping terminals and airports than ever before, hunting explosives with large, static detectors or teams of inspectors armed with detecting devices and reagents is a bottleneck that increases the chances of evasion.

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Digitally programmable resistor serves as test load

Digitally programmable resistor serves as test load

illustrates a digitally programmable precision resistance that can serve as a microprocessor-driven power-supply load in custom-designed ATE (automatic-test equipment). An 8-bit current-output DAC, IC1, a DAC08, drives current-to-voltage converter IC2A, which in turn drives the gate of power MOSFET Q1. The device under test connects to J1 and J2. In operation, current from the device

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Current Source For LED Microscope Illuminator Provides Full Spectrum Light

Current Source For LED Microscope Illuminator Provides Full-Spectrum Light

When the built-in incandescent light source of my venerable Olympus microscope failed after many years of use, I decided to design a reliable modern replacement. A 1-W white LED (SEOUL X42182, 350 mA max, Vf = 3.25 V) was the obvious choice to provide high brightness and full-spectrum light without the heat of incandescent or

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