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A Battery Buck-Boost Charge Controller for Multi-Chemistry Battery Charging Applications

A Battery Buck-Boost Charge Controller for Multi-Chemistry Battery Charging Applications

Texas Instruments recently released their new SMBus multi-chemistry battery buck-boost charge controller for rechargeable battery systems that require high-efficiency solutions.


News Feb 08, 2018 by Nick Davis
Are Designers Still Using the Vortex86? Two Places an Old CPU Showed Up at CES 2018

Are Designers Still Using the Vortex86? Two Places an Old CPU Showed Up at CES 2018

Among the robots and self-driving cars at CES 2018, a bit of old technology made a surprising appearance: the Vortex86 Series CPU.


News Feb 08, 2018 by Mark Hughes
Teardown Tuesday: Smart Doorbell and Camera System

Teardown Tuesday: Smart Doorbell and Camera System

In this teardown, we open up the Ding Home Package, by zmodo, to see what we can find.


News Feb 06, 2018 by Nick Davis
Georgia Tech Research Aims to Solve Organic Thin-Film Transistors’ Stability Problem

Georgia Tech Research Aims to Solve Organic Thin-Film Transistors’ Stability Problem

Georgia Tech's Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE) has made a large improvement of the operation and stability of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs).


News Feb 05, 2018 by Donald Krambeck
NXP Semiconductors A1006 Secure Authenticator | New Product Brief

NXP Semiconductors A1006 Secure Authenticator | New Product Brief

NXP A1006 Secure Authenticators use asymmetric elliptic curve cryptography for tamper-resistant authentication that can be used to prevent counterfeiting and cloning of devices and provide cryptographically secure authentication between host and client.


The First IC and the Y2K Scare: The January 2018 Hardware History Roundup

The First IC and the Y2K Scare: The January 2018 Hardware History Roundup

From the invention of the integrated circuit to surviving the Y2K problem, January has been an interesting month in history hardware. Here is a roundup of a few pieces of hardware history still saved in memory.


News Jan 27, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Microchip SAM L Series Microcontrollers | Featured Product Spotlight

Microchip SAM L Series Microcontrollers | Featured Product Spotlight

Microchip's SAM L Series MCUs are ultra-low-power Arm Cortex-M0+ based MCUs that are designed specifically for IoT and to enable applications with a battery life of 10 or more years.


Breakdown on Piezo Actuators from TDK at CES 2018

Breakdown on Piezo Actuators from TDK at CES 2018

TDK has just released a new line of piezo actuators with haptic feedback. The PiezoHap comes in three compact sizes - 2.5G, 7G, and 15G, with a large acceleration of 2.5 g. 7 g, and 15 g, respectfully, under a load of 100 grams.


News Jan 26, 2018 by Donald Krambeck
Intel NUC 7 Kits | New Product Brief

Intel NUC 7 Kits | New Product Brief

Intel NUC 7 Kits feature 7th generation Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors for a faster, more responsive experience in a small form factor, low-power PC


Teardown Tuesday: Vehicle Code Reader and OBD-II Scanner

Teardown Tuesday: Vehicle Code Reader and OBD-II Scanner

In this teardown, we take apart Ancel's vehicle code reader and check engine light scan tool, the AD410, to see if we can find anything interesting.


News Jan 16, 2018 by Nick Davis
The Hardware Side of Bioinformatics: Protein Sequenator to Raspberry Pi

The Hardware Side of Bioinformatics: Protein Sequenator to Raspberry Pi

Computational biology turned sequencing into a routine laboratory process, and today computer technology helps analyze a wide variety of molecular biology information.


News Jan 03, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
USB Power Delivery: A New USB Power Delivery 3.0 Controller from Dialog Semiconductor

USB Power Delivery: A New USB Power Delivery 3.0 Controller from Dialog Semiconductor

Dialog Semiconductor introduces their new USB power delivery controller that handles interface communications between a power adapter and a mobile device.


News Jan 02, 2018 by Nick Davis
STMicroelectronics SensorTile Development Kit | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics SensorTile Development Kit | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics’ SensorTile Development Kit includes the tiny, highly integrated SensorTile and tools for developing connectable sensor nodes.


NXP Semiconductors GreenChip Solutions | New Product Brief

NXP Semiconductors GreenChip Solutions | New Product Brief

NXP’s PTN5110 is a USB Type C Port Controller PHY IC that is part of NXP’s GreenChip portfolio, which consists of highly efficient power solutions with extremely low standby power designed to meet and exceed the requirements of multiple energy standards.


Terasic Technologies DE-10 Nano Development Kit | Featured Product Spotlight

Terasic Technologies DE-10 Nano Development Kit | Featured Product Spotlight

The Terasic Technologies DE-10 Nano Development Kit is based on the Intel® Cyclone V SoC and provides extensive connectivity and expandability to leverage the capabilities of the Cyclone V SoC.


Phoenix Contact SKEDD Terminal Blocks | Featured Product Spotlight

Phoenix Contact SKEDD Terminal Blocks | Featured Product Spotlight

Phoenix Contact SKEDD Terminal Blocks are one-piece PCB connectors that offer tool-free, direct plug-in to plated holes on the PCB, and are also user removable.


Teardown Tuesday: Depstech HD Wi-Fi Inspection Camera/Endoscope

Teardown Tuesday: Depstech HD Wi-Fi Inspection Camera/Endoscope

In this teardown, we cut into a Depstech endoscope to see what we can find.


News Dec 12, 2017 by Nick Davis
Intel NUC7i7BNHX1 Kit with Optane Memory | New Product Brief

Intel NUC7i7BNHX1 Kit with Optane Memory | New Product Brief

Intel’s NUC7i7BNHX1 Kit is a high-performance compact computer based on an Intel Core i7 CPU paired with Intel Optane Memory for maximum responsiveness.


Pixel Intensity Histogram Characteristics: Basics of Image Processing and Machine Vision

Pixel Intensity Histogram Characteristics: Basics of Image Processing and Machine Vision

This article introduces the image histogram and discusses its characteristics and applications.


NXP i.MX RT Crossover Processors | New Product Brief

NXP i.MX RT Crossover Processors | New Product Brief

NXP’s i.MX RT Crossover Processors are designed as a new class of embedded processor that combines the ease-of-use and real-time operation of microcontrollers with the performance and integration of application processors.