Could this be the chip that brings contactless payment in wearables to the forefront? This News Brief takes a look at the ST53G SiP (system-in-package) from…
Could this be the chip that brings contactless payment in wearables to the forefront? This News Brief takes a look at the ST53G SiP (system-in-package) from STMicroelectronics.
Small batteries increase the need for low power use, efficient design. In this News Brief, we take a look at the…
Small batteries increase the need for low power use, efficient design. In this News Brief, we take a look at the STSPIN32F0A programmable motor controller from ST Micro.
How do you convert DAC output currents into a normal voltage signal? Let’s take a look.
How do you convert DAC output currents into a normal voltage signal? Let’s take a look.
Learn about sensorless brushless DC motor controllers, some example ICs, and some disadvantages of using such motors.
Learn about sensorless brushless DC motor controllers, some example ICs, and some disadvantages of using such motors.
Last year, Intel acquired FPGA-focused Altera. Now they've announced the intention to create a hybrid between their…
Last year, Intel acquired FPGA-focused Altera. Now they've announced the intention to create a hybrid between their well-known CPUs and FPGAs.Last year, Intel acquired FPGA-focused Altera. Now they've announced a new line of hybrid chips that combine FPGAs with their well-known CPUs, achieving a goal set in 2010.
The next step of wide-area wireless connection is to bring the power of wireless to machine type communications (MTC).…
The next step of wide-area wireless connection is to bring the power of wireless to machine type communications (MTC). This will drive a revolution in services that will span sectors as diverse as manufacturing, city management, transportation, and energy.
Infineon’s XMC4800 MCUs are designed for transportation, industrial connectivity, control, power conversion, and…
Infineon’s XMC4800 MCUs are designed for transportation, industrial connectivity, control, power conversion, and sensing, and integrate an EtherCAT node, up to 2 MB of on-chip flash with ECC, and an ARM Cortex-M4 core.
Dialog Semiconductor is set to acquire Silego for a reported $306 million. How will this affect their product lines?
Dialog Semiconductor is set to acquire Silego for a reported $306 million. How will this affect their product lines?
This article presents a custom digital-to-analog-conversion design built around a high-speed DAC from Analog Devices.
This article presents a custom digital-to-analog-conversion design built around a high-speed DAC from Analog Devices.
A new design competition has presented a series of challenges over roughly two months to use GreenPAK technology to make…
A new design competition has presented a series of challenges over roughly two months to use GreenPAK technology to make configurable mixed-signal ICs (CMICs).
TI's CC3120 SimpleLink Wireless Network Processor uses a dedicated ARM Cortex-M3 MCU with Wi-Fi and Internet protocols…
TI's CC3120 SimpleLink Wireless Network Processor uses a dedicated ARM Cortex-M3 MCU with Wi-Fi and Internet protocols implemented in ROM, and it can be used with nearly any host MCU to handle all aspects of Wi-Fi functionality.
Delay statements are great and all, especially for their simplicity, but they can really put a damper on things when…
Delay statements are great and all, especially for their simplicity, but they can really put a damper on things when trying to multitask your Arduino. Forget delay and hop on the millis() train!
In this project, we're making a weighing scale using a C8051 microcontroller development kit, a load cell, and the…
In this project, we're making a weighing scale using a C8051 microcontroller development kit, a load cell, and the Simplicity Studio IDE. The measured weight will be displayed on an LCD screen.
In this article, we’ll look at general concepts and some design details for a circuit board that can output a wide…
In this article, we’ll look at general concepts and some design details for a circuit board that can output a wide variety of analog signals.
In this News Brief, we take a look at Nextchip's Apache4 pre-processor SoC, which was recently licensed to the CEVA-XM4…
In this News Brief, we take a look at Nextchip's Apache4 pre-processor SoC, which was recently licensed to the CEVA-XM4 imaging and vision platform.
We’ll use real collision data to refine the detection algorithm, and even better, we’ll confirm that the system…
We’ll use real collision data to refine the detection algorithm, and even better, we’ll confirm that the system actually works.
In this multipart industrial IoT series, we will break down and explore the fundamental aspects of the edge node…
In this multipart industrial IoT series, we will break down and explore the fundamental aspects of the edge node interpretation within the larger IoT framework: sensing, measuring, interpreting, and connecting data, with additional consideration for power management and security.
The popular open source LimeSDR USB stick programmable software-defined radio is about to get a smaller, cheaper little brother.
The popular open source LimeSDR USB stick programmable software-defined radio is about to get a smaller, cheaper little brother.
Honeywell’s SEK001 sensor evaluation kit is an Arduino shield for demonstrating Honeywell’s TruStability RSC series…
Honeywell’s SEK001 sensor evaluation kit is an Arduino shield for demonstrating Honeywell’s TruStability RSC series pressure sensors.
A Picaxe 08M2 microcontroller and an HIH6030 sensor team up to easily control a ventilation fan using temperature or…
A Picaxe 08M2 microcontroller and an HIH6030 sensor team up to easily control a ventilation fan using temperature or humidity or both.