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CUI’s PBO-3 and PBO-5 series are 3 W and 5 W ultra-compact open frame AC-DC power supplies with efficiency up to 80%.

CUI’s PBO-3 and PBO-5 series are 3 W and 5 W ultra-compact open frame AC-DC power supplies with efficiency up to 80%.

This News Brief takes a look at the Sitara AMIC110 SoC from Texas Instruments.

This News Brief takes a look at the Sitara AMIC110 SoC from Texas Instruments.

The sensing revolution is accelerating amid an uptake in automotive, consumer and industrial designs.

The sensing revolution is accelerating amid an uptake in automotive, consumer and industrial designs.

Google filed a lawsuit against Uber claiming that they stole their LiDAR technology earlier in February. In this article,…

Google filed a lawsuit against Uber claiming that they stole their LiDAR technology earlier in February. In this article, we'll take a closer look at what technology was allegedly stolen and how important it is.

Protection and filtering solutions aren’t a new concept, but as systems gain more connectivity in smaller packages,…

Protection and filtering solutions aren’t a new concept, but as systems gain more connectivity in smaller packages, they are more important than ever.

Accelerometers, activity trackers, and fingerprint sensors can be duped. Learn how and what designers can do to prevent…

Accelerometers, activity trackers, and fingerprint sensors can be duped. Learn how and what designers can do to prevent false input.

Use Cypress Solar-Powered BLE Sensors, an Arduino UNO, and an HM10 BLE module to make your own multi-node temperature and…

Use Cypress Solar-Powered BLE Sensors, an Arduino UNO, and an HM10 BLE module to make your own multi-node temperature and humidity monitor and display.

As autonomous vehicle technology progresses, public acceptance lags behind.

As autonomous vehicle technology progresses, public acceptance lags behind.

Analog Devices AD4000 family of SAR ADCs enable higher density, less complex signal chains that operate at lower power.

Analog Devices AD4000 family of SAR ADCs enable higher density, less complex signal chains that operate at lower power.

Audi has announced that a collaborative robot is working the floor in its industrial factory.

Audi has announced that a collaborative robot is working the floor in its industrial factory.

The Humans to Robots Laboratory at Brown University are working on AI and algorithms to create a robot that can interact…

The Humans to Robots Laboratory at Brown University are working on AI and algorithms to create a robot that can interact back with the user to identify and grasp objects.

All About Circuits spoke with Dan Julio and Mike Seiler about crowdfunding the Solar Pi Platter and how their involvement…

All About Circuits spoke with Dan Julio and Mike Seiler about crowdfunding the Solar Pi Platter and how their involvement with makerspaces has helped them professionally.

LiDAR is highly useful in a range of applications. While it has been primarily used in scientific and industrial…

LiDAR is highly useful in a range of applications. While it has been primarily used in scientific and industrial settings, the increasing availability of off-the-shelf components is making it a highly valuable tool and sensor for IoT applications.

Omron’s G5Q-EL family of miniature power relays offer long life, high capacity switching for any type of load.

Omron’s G5Q-EL family of miniature power relays offer long life, high capacity switching for any type of load.

The BeagleBone Blue is now available. You can learn more about this open source robotics computer and its BeagleBone…

The BeagleBone Blue is now available. You can learn more about this open source robotics computer and its BeagleBone predecessors here.

AAC writer Johnathan Powell investigated Dataplicity, a program that allows remote access to and control of Raspberry…

AAC writer Johnathan Powell investigated Dataplicity, a program that allows remote access to and control of Raspberry Pis. Here are his conclusions.

This article will briefly discuss isolation in the process control analog input module and the traditional approaches to…

This article will briefly discuss isolation in the process control analog input module and the traditional approaches to achieving this. It then outlines an alternative high density, easy to design channel-to-channel isolation analog input module architecture.

The MAX14775E offers high-performance capabilities that make it especially suitable for data transfer in harsh environments.

The MAX14775E offers high-performance capabilities that make it especially suitable for data transfer in harsh environments.

In this project, we will demonstrate the simplicity of RIOT by creating a data logger that will plot levels of light onto…

In this project, we will demonstrate the simplicity of RIOT by creating a data logger that will plot levels of light onto a graph on a PC server application.