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Teardown Tuesday: Bluetooth Car FM Radio Transmitter

Teardown Tuesday: Bluetooth Car FM Radio Transmitter

See what's inside this Bluetooth device that allows you to use your radio for wireless music in your car.


News Sep 05, 2017 by Mark Hughes
New Flexible Biofuel Cell Designed for Wearables Extracts Energy from Sweat

New Flexible Biofuel Cell Designed for Wearables Extracts Energy from Sweat

A team of engineers from University of California San Diego have created a biofuel cell that produces ten times the power of its predecessors


News Sep 05, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
STMicroelectronics ST25DV Dynamic NFC/RFID Tag | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics ST25DV Dynamic NFC/RFID Tag | New Product Brief

ST’s ST25DV is a dynamic NFC and RFID tag that provides fast data transfer between the tag’s host MCU and an NFC phone or reader.


Teardown Tuesday: Solar Powered Ultrasonic Dog Repellent

Teardown Tuesday: Solar Powered Ultrasonic Dog Repellent

In this teardown, we examine the innards of the solar-powered ultrasonic dog repellent, complete with solar panel and PIR sensor.


News Aug 29, 2017 by Nick Davis
Teardown of Schneider Electric’s Altivar Process ATV630U15M3

Teardown of Schneider Electric’s Altivar Process ATV630U15M3

Take a look at the inner workings of the Altivar Process ATV630U15M3.


Design a Control Board for a Romi Robot Chassis

Design a Control Board for a Romi Robot Chassis

In this article, we’ll discuss the hardware design for a robotics PCB, and we’ll write firmware for controlling two DC motors.


Projects Aug 25, 2017 by Robert Keim
Teardown Tuesday: IR Thermometer

Teardown Tuesday: IR Thermometer

Lets take a look at the insides of an infrared thermometer.


News Aug 22, 2017 by Alex Udanis
Voyager Anniversary Celebration: 40 Years in Space

Voyager Anniversary Celebration: 40 Years in Space

Join us as we celebrate 40 years of the Voyager missions in space!


News Aug 20, 2017 by Mark Hughes
STMicro 1200V SiC Diodes | New Product Brief

STMicro 1200V SiC Diodes | New Product Brief

STMicro's STPSC 1200V silicon-carbide Schottky diodes are high-performance rectifiers for photovoltaic inverters, EV and HEV chargers, motor drives, and other high power applications.


STMicro STWLC03 Dual Mode Qi/PMA Wireless Power Receiver | Featured Product Spotlight

STMicro STWLC03 Dual Mode Qi/PMA Wireless Power Receiver | Featured Product Spotlight

STMicroelectronics' STWLC03 is a high-efficiency wireless power receiver IC that supports both Qi and PMA protocols.


The Importance of Usability When Designing Hardware: Lessons Learned from Developing ProtoBricks

The Importance of Usability When Designing Hardware: Lessons Learned from Developing ProtoBricks

Joe Broms just designed, prototyped, and crowdfunded a hardware product designed to teach kids about digital logic. Here's what he learned about the importance of usability during the design process.


News Aug 15, 2017 by Joe Broms
Teardown Tuesday: Hi-Fi Audio Amplifier with Bluetooth

Teardown Tuesday: Hi-Fi Audio Amplifier with Bluetooth

In this teardown, we examine the Lepy LP-168 Hi-Fi Stereo USB Audio Amplifier with Bluetooth, by NKTECH.


News Aug 15, 2017 by Nick Davis
Semtech TS1310x Neo-Iso Solid State Relays | New Product Brief

Semtech TS1310x Neo-Iso Solid State Relays | New Product Brief

Semtech TS13102 and TS13103 Neo-Iso Solid State Relays are galvanically isolated 60 V relays capable of harvesting energy from the load to extend battery life in IoT devices.


The Difference Between Slow Decay Mode and Fast Decay Mode in H-Bridge DC Motor Applications

The Difference Between Slow Decay Mode and Fast Decay Mode in H-Bridge DC Motor Applications

Learn the difference between slow decay mode and fast decay mode, why these names are used, and how they influence motor deceleration.


Timing, Crowdfunding, and Device Durability: Interview with Quinn Connell of the MVP Tackling Dummy

Timing, Crowdfunding, and Device Durability: Interview with Quinn Connell of the MVP Tackling Dummy

Quinn Connell of the MVP|Drive tackling dummy spoke with us about iterative prototyping, crowdfunding, and the power of having a cause.


News Aug 07, 2017 by Kate Smith
Mitigate Power Failure Programming Issues Using EERAM

Mitigate Power Failure Programming Issues Using EERAM

In this how-to article, we explore the use of I2C EERAM to save critical program variables when power fails and restore them when power returns to easily preserve program continuity.


Researchers Develop a New Coulomb Transistor Concept

Researchers Develop a New Coulomb Transistor Concept

A research team from the University of Hamburg has invented a way to produce a Coulomb transistor (single electron transistor). The transistor is inexpensive and has varying applications.


News Aug 05, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
The Quest to Create Devices Capable of Reducing Carbon Dioxide

The Quest to Create Devices Capable of Reducing Carbon Dioxide

Learn about the push to design devices that can reduce CO2 emissions through a high-tech version of photosynthesis


News Aug 04, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
Learn About ATmega328P Fuse Bits and How to Use Them with an External Crystal Oscillator

Learn About ATmega328P Fuse Bits and How to Use Them with an External Crystal Oscillator

This project introduces ATmega328P fuse bits and shows how to set them to use an external 16 MHz crystal oscillator.


Teardown Tuesday: Epson XP-330 Printer

Teardown Tuesday: Epson XP-330 Printer

In this teardown, we investigate the PCBs, LCD, motors, and ribbon cables found inside the wireless all-in-one Epson XP-330 Printer.


News Aug 01, 2017 by Nick Davis