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ARDUINO BASED MILLIOHM METER WITH LCD DISPLAY

ARDUINO BASED MILLIOHM METER WITH LCD DISPLAY

One of the best things about being a maker is the ability to make your own tools. We have covered the development of several electronics tools in past, from voltmeters to battery testers. For today’s tutorial, we will add another tool to the list by examining the development of a Miliohm meter made by danielrp @ www.instructables.com A milliohm meter

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FREE ELEKTOR ARTICLE TMC2160 MOTOR DRIVER BOARD

FREE ELEKTOR ARTICLE: TMC2160 MOTOR DRIVER BOARD

Stepper motors are popular in computer and microcontroller-based position control applications like robotics, industrial automation, CNC machines, 3D printers and video camera control. Due to their uncomplicated internal construction and their limited number of connection wires, stepper motors look deceptively simple. On the internet, there are even lots of tutorials on how to control these

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TPS1663 60 V 6 A POWER LIMITING EFUSE

TPS1663 60 V, 6 A POWER LIMITING EFUSE

Texas Instruments’ eFuse can be used for hot-swap and power rail protection applications Texas Instruments’ TPS1663 is an easy-to-use, positive 60 V, 6 A eFuse with a 31 mΩ integrated FET. Protection for the load, source, and the eFuse itself are provided along with adjustable features such as accurate overcurrent protection, fast short circuit protection, output slew rate control, overvoltage

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MAKING WINDSHIELD WIPERS ROCK TO THE BEAT

MAKING WINDSHIELD WIPERS ROCK TO THE BEAT

When you’re driving around, you might occasionally notice your indicators or windscreen wipers sync up fortuitously with the music. [Cranktown City] wanted to ensure his wipers would always match the beat, however, and set about making it so.  After disassembling the wiper motor, The original controller PCB is ripped up, used solely for its home position contacts that

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NXP LAUNCHES THE GIGAHERTZ MICROCONTROLLER ERA

NXP LAUNCHES THE GIGAHERTZ MICROCONTROLLER ERA

NXP Semiconductors has announced the industry’s first crossover MCU, i.MX RT1170 28nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) microcontroller unit (MCU), which is a power-efficient design with real-time functionality, and MCU usability at an affordable price. It clocks its primary Arm Cortex-M7 processing core at up to 1GHz while packing a secondary Cortex-M4 core running at 400MHz. Geoff Lees, senior vice president

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