• SolderCore CPU with Interactive and Internet-enabled CoreBASIC Interpreter

    Updated: 2012-10-31 08:56:30
    SC-CPU SolderCore Main Board is a complete development platform consisting of an Arduino form-factor microcontroller “CPU” board with a new and exciting software development environment called CoreBASIC. The SC-CPU SolderCore Main Board features a TI LM359D92 Cortex-M3 processor capable of running at clock speeds of up to 80MHz and provides a compact, flexible solution for [...]

  • Buck LED driver delivers 300W of power

    Updated: 2012-10-30 20:25:24
    Carolyn Mathas writes: The LT3763 by Linear Technology is a synchronous buck LED driver controller that delivers more than 300W of LED power. With an input voltage range of 6V to 60V, it targets such applications as automotive, industrial and architectural lighting. Output voltage from 0V to 55V enables it to driver LEDs in a [...]

  • Power distribution switch for USB applications

    Updated: 2012-10-30 20:20:23
    Steve Taranovich writes: Exar Corporation announced the next-generation single channel switch for USB VBUS power distribution applications. The XRP2523 switch is compliant with the latest USB 3.0 specification as well as the established USB 2.0 specification. The new specification provides higher power to the downstream peripherals and enables more efficient battery charging over USB. Power [...]

  • Make your own Nixie Tube socket

    Updated: 2012-10-29 16:47:51
    In this mini tutorial we introduce a quick and cheap way to make your own Nixie Tube sockets to use them on your next Nixie project. A socket enables you to change a damaged Nixie Tube quickly and with minimum effort. Materials needed: plastic stand-off bases that comes with many of the Nixies universal IC [...]

  • PCB Assembly 101

    Updated: 2012-10-29 10:07:46
    Electronics are inside nearly every consumer hardware device you buy today. They are the brains and guts that make our devices interesting. If you’ re building a hardware startup, chances are good that you’ ll need to design and produce your own custom electronics. If you have an electrical engineer on your team, chances are [...]

  • Super Simple SMT: Stencil8

    Updated: 2012-10-29 09:35:33
    Super Simple SMT: Stencil8 – [via] Over the years, I’ve soldered a fair number of boards. I’ve also seen how professional factories produce their boards. This is my technique for doing it myself, and I hope it works as well for you as it does for me. Note: the files needed to make the fixture, [...]

  • Programming an AVR with Arduino

    Updated: 2012-10-29 09:13:49
    Michael Holachek writes: The Arduino is a great platform for rapid prototyping because it’s so easy to use, well supported, and has a huge online community. However, sometimes you might want to make a smaller, cheaper, and more minimalistic circuit that can be put into permanent projects. Or, maybe you are wondering how the Arduino [...]

  • LOpen logic probe detects high, low, and floating pins

    Updated: 2012-10-29 08:18:32
    LOpen is a PIC-based logic probe that fits inside a pen. It detects if a pin is at a logic ‘High’, logic “Low”, or at high impedance (floating). This time it’s a Logic Pen controlled by a tiny 6-pin PIC10F202. The PCB is 5 cm by 5mm so it fits just fine inside a regular [...]

  • Wireless Music Player Atmega644 Microcontroller

    Updated: 2012-10-24 10:15:59
    ElectroSuite.com Electronic Circuits , Schematics , Diagrams , Projects , Hobbies , IT , ICT , Network , Computer , Handphone advertisement You are here : Home Signal Wireless Wireless Music Player Atmega644 Microcontroller Wireless Music Player Atmega644 Microcontroller 143 view(s Home Signal Wireless Wireless Music Player Atmega644 Microcontroller Wireless Music Player Atmega644 Microcontroller Reviewed by ElectroSuite.com on Oct 24 Rating : advertisement ElectroSuite.com Wireless Music Player Atmega644 Microcontroller This project used an Atmega644 microcontroller clocked at 20MHz in each of the two functional modules for . processing Wireless Music Player Atmega644 Microcontroller Wireless Music Player Atmega644 Microcontroller instruct1.cit.cornell.edu Here are some special

  • Norfolk Mini Maker Faire 2012

    Updated: 2012-10-22 03:24:41
    Embedded Lab An online teaching laboratory for Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems Home Products Theory PIC Experiments PIC Projects Tips Tricks dsPIC chipKIT Tutorials Contact Norfolk Mini Maker Faire 2012 R-B Oct 21st , 2012 Yesterday October 20, 2012 was Mini Maker Faire day in Norfolk , Virginia . This was the first Maker Faire happened in the Hampton Roads area . It was really good to see people from local hackerspaces and maker communities and their interesting projects . Here are some pictures that I took at the . event Norfolk Mini Maker Faire 2012 Hackerspace from Richmond , VA http : hackrva.org showing off their Dirod electrostatic generator Guys from Liti Holographics offered discount on their 3-D Hologram kit http : www.litiholo.com hologram_kits.htm at the Maker Faire

  • PLDA QuickUDP 10Gb UDP Hardware Stack IP Core for Altera and Xilinx FPGAs

    Updated: 2012-10-22 01:09:14
    PLDA introduced their QuickUDP, which is a 10Gb UDP Hardware stack IP core for FPGA devices. The QuickUDP IP solution is a 100% RTL-designed IP, compliant with the IEEE802.3 specification and supports the ARP, IPv4, ICMP, IGMP, and UDP protocols. The PLDA QuickUDP 10G UDP Hardware Stack IP is available now from PLDA. The PLDA [...]

  • Stellaris Launchpad and TM1638 based seven segment LED display

    Updated: 2012-10-14 15:51:48
    Embedded Lab An online teaching laboratory for Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems Home Products Theory PIC Experiments PIC Projects Tips Tricks dsPIC chipKIT Tutorials Contact Stellaris Launchpad and TM1638 based seven segment LED display R-B Oct 14th , 2012 TM1638 based display modules are found dirt cheap on ebay and dealxtreme These displays require only 3 I O pins of a microcontroller to operate . Although they are 5V displays , Dan showed in this tutorial that they can be used with 3.3V platforms such as Stellaris Launchpad . He has published his TM1638 display driver routines for Stellaris Launchpad on Google code TM1638 display library for Stellaris Launchpad Related Posts A quick start-up guide for TI’s Stellaris Launchpad The Stellaris® LM4F120 LaunchPad Evaluation Board is a

  • A quick start-up guide for TI’s Stellaris Launchpad

    Updated: 2012-10-14 15:31:42
    Embedded Lab An online teaching laboratory for Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems Home Products Theory PIC Experiments PIC Projects Tips Tricks dsPIC chipKIT Tutorials Contact A quick start-up guide for TI’s Stellaris Launchpad R-B Oct 14th , 2012 The Stellaris® LM4F120 LaunchPad Evaluation Board is a low-cost evaluation platform for ARM® Cortex™-M4F-based microcontrollers from Texas Instruments . This quick start-up guide from Texas Instruments will help you verify that your tools are properly installed and that you can edit , compile , download and debug your code on the Stellaris® LM4F120 . LaunchPad Related Posts Stellaris Launchpad and TM1638 based seven segment LED display TM1638 based display modules are found dirt cheap on ebay and dealxtreme . These displays require only 3 I O

  • More Easy Pulse kits are available now

    Updated: 2012-10-12 15:50:11
    Embedded Lab An online teaching laboratory for Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems Home Products Theory PIC Experiments PIC Projects Tips Tricks dsPIC chipKIT Tutorials Contact More Easy Pulse kits are available now R-B Oct 12th , 2012 All the Easy Pulse kits from the first lot were sold out pretty quickly . More kits are available now on Tindie If you are interested to get one , you can buy it from : here https : tindie.com rajbex easy-pulse-a-diy-pulse-sensor-based-on-photoplethysmography Easy Pulse kit List of components in the kit Assembled Easy Pulse board Documentation Assembly instructions Related Posts Heart rate measurement from fingertip Introduction Heart rate measurement indicates the soundness of the human cardiovascular system . This project demonstr . How to measure dc

  • Mini project board for PIC12F series microcontrollers

    Updated: 2012-10-11 00:52:34
    Embedded Lab An online teaching laboratory for Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems Home Products Theory PIC Experiments PIC Projects Tips Tricks dsPIC chipKIT Tutorials Contact Mini project board for PIC12F series microcontrollers R-B Oct 10th , 2012 The 12F series of PIC microcontrollers are handy little 8-pin devices designed for small embedded applications that do not require too many I O resources , and where small size is advantageous . These applications include a wide range of everyday products such as hair dryers , electric toothbrushes , rice cookers , vacuum cleaners , coffee makers , and blenders . Despite their small size , the PIC12F series microcontrollers offer interesting features including wide operating voltage , internal programmable oscillator , 4 channels of 10-bit

  • Arduino Uno Rev 3

    Updated: 2012-10-08 11:25:43
    I recently got few Arduino Uno Rev3.0 boards. Installing it is kind of a problem. For people who having trouble installing it please go here. http://riverembedded.hackhut.com/2011/12/28/my-arduino-uno-rev-3-and-windows-7-64-bit-installation-unknown-device/ Filed under: Digital Electronics Tagged: Arduino, Arduino Uno, ATmega, Atmel, Kodagoda, OptoElectronics.lk, Pasan

  • I/O Experimenter Board (PCB version)

    Updated: 2012-10-05 05:11:52
    Embedded Lab An online teaching laboratory for Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems Home Products Theory PIC Experiments PIC Projects Tips Tricks dsPIC chipKIT Tutorials Contact I O Experimenter Board PCB version R-B Oct 5th , 2012 Most embedded projects require the same common stuff , basically I O devices such as switches , LEDs , LCD display , buzzer , etc . Connecting these things on a breadboard for prototyping every new project is time consuming and boring . Recently , I have designed a general purpose I O experimenter board that will not only reduce the prototyping time for a new project but also free up plenty of space on the . breadboard I O Experimenter Board This is actually a PCB version of my old project A DIY I O board for experimenters with some additional features such as

  • Programming AVR Bootloader Code

    Updated: 2012-10-04 10:02:27
    We have been asked about how you can program an application code file and a separate bootloader into an AVR microcontroller using a Kanda programmer. It isn’t possible to program two separate files but it is simple enough to combine them into one file. The first thing to do is to assemble the bootloader code [...]

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