When the Raspberry Pi 4 was first launched, one of its few perceived flaws was that it had a propensity to get extremely hot. It’s evidently something the Pi people take very seriously, so in the months since they have addressed the problem with a set of firmware updates. Now they’ve taken a look at the […]
NOT-QUITE-SO-HOT STUFF: A THERMAL EXAM ON THE LATEST RASPBERRY PI Continue Reading
Very often, particularly on the Internet, we’re fooled into thinking bigger is always better. The fact remains that this isn’t always the case. When it comes to reflow ovens, for example if you’re working with short runs of small PCBs, or if you just don’t have a lot of space in the workshop, a smaller
BUILDING A COMPACT REFLOW OVEN WITH HALOGEN LAMPS Continue Reading
Having any kind of shop is pretty great, no matter how large it may be or where it’s located. If the shop is in an outbuilding, you get to make more noise. On the other hand, it will probably get pretty darn hot in the summer without some kind of cooling system, especially if you
COOL THE SHOP WITH A THERMAL BATTERY-BASED SYSTEM Continue Reading
Advantech, a world leader in embedded IoT, is pleased to announce the launch of its high-end SOM-5899 series COM Express Type 6 Module designed with 8th and 9th Gen Intel® Core™ H-series processors. Compared with previous generations, the SOM-5899 is enhanced with six cores for better multithreaded performance in compute-intensive applications. With a dual channel 96GB ECC and non-ECC
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Using tiny arrays of carbon nanotubes, a team of researchers at Rice University has designed nanoscale incandescent light source that could be tuned to precisely emit at specific wavelength, based on the materials’ configuration. The so-called nanoscale thermal emitters described in a paper titled “Non‐Hermitian Selective Thermal Emitters using Metal–Semiconductor Hybrid Resonators” published in the journal of
INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULBS AT THE NANOSCALE Continue Reading
Analog and mixed-signal semiconductor company MagnaChip Semiconductor (Cheongju-si, South Korea) has announced the release of a 100-V mid-voltage MOSFET with a new thermal package designed for the fast-growing electric bike (e-bike) market. The MOSFET is housed in a M2PAK-7P package suitable to meet the particular requirements of electric bike (e-bike) systems, which are powered by electric motors
THERMAL-PACKAGED MOSFET TARGETS E-BIKE POWER SYSTEMS Continue Reading
When a solid substance is heated the increase in energy manifests itself in the form of an increase in temperature. If the heating rate is constant the temperature increase is also constant as long as there is no change in the structure of the substance. At the time when some kind of transition is initiated
Differential Thermal Analysis Using Arduino and PhyPhox Continue Reading
Advantech, a leading embedded computing provider announces its latest fanless embedded system EPC-U2117. The palm-sized system uses the latest Intel® Atom® E3900 processor technology to give a 30% CPU performance enhancement and a 45% graphic performance boost. EPC-U2117 is designed with dual display output, multiple I/O, and wide range 12-24V DC power inputs, which target smart
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AAEON, an award-winning developer of AI edge computing platforms, announces the BOXER-8220AI box PC powered by NVIDIA® Jetson Nano™. With the latest SoC from NVIDIA built for AI, the BOXER-8220AI offers stable, reliable performance at a price which is competitive and budget friendly. The BOXER-8220AI is powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Nano, the latest in edge computing
BOXER-8220AI: POWERING AI WITH NVIDIA JETSON NANO Continue Reading
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has introduced two new families of 2A to 12A microBUCK® synchronous buck regulators featuring wide input voltage ranges from 4.5V to 55V (SiC476/7/8/9) and 4.5V to 60V (SiC466/7/8/9). Combining rugged high-performance n-channel trench MOSFETs with a controller in the compact 5×5 PowerPAK® package, the Vishay Siliconix devices deliver high efficiency and power
2A TO 12A SYNCHRONOUS BUCK REGULATORS WITH PEAK EFFICIENCIES OF 98% Continue Reading
