I generally don't use mugs for drinking and I don't actively collect them, yet I seem to have acquired a bunch of mugs that I did not buy - as you can see...They all have significant meaning for me, except the Chicago mug - my memory fails me...
Electro-mobility, advanced driver assistance systems, connected driving – the demand for functionally safe electrical and electronic systems in cars is increasing. Infineon Technologies second generation AURIX (TC3xx) microcontrollers are the first e...
Silicon Labs' new Bluetooth system-on-chip (SoC), the BG22 family, combines an ultra-low transmit and receive power (3.6 mA TX at 0 dBm, 2.6 mA RX) and a high-performance, low-power Arm Cortex-M33 core (27 µA/MHz active, 1.2 µA sleep), and delivers e...
Big data, IoT, 5G, and AI are often touted to transform the semiconductors industry. Clearly, new chipsets are being developed and tailored for compute-intensive processing. But transformations are often predictions directed to the future. What about...
I'm trying out OBS as recording software.It allows to mix sources on a single screen. In my case:laptop camera for my faceUSB cam for the bench, taped to a chair 3 windows: DMM display, eLoad display and datasheet in acrobat readerrecord from Jab...
When you want to make an electronics video, you sometimes like to run your DMM Windows software on screen when showing what you do.Look at Louis Rossmann. He uses "Paul Daniels Software" to show his DMM measurements while probing Apple lapt...
It feels a bit strange to be working on my projects in the midst of this Covid-19 crisis but since the advice is social distancing - I guess it is an appropriate activity. Hopefully isolation will slow the rate at which the virus is spreading s...
The situation we have at the moment creates a lot of anxiety, and with a lot of people being told to isolate or social-distance, it's a difficult to feel part of a group. I'd like to kick off a discussion on our very own awesome element14 Com...
Silicon Labs announced a new family of secure, ultra-low-power Zigbee system-on-chip (SoC) devices designed for eco-friendly IoT products deployed in mesh networks. The EFR32MG22 (MG22) family delivers the smallest, lowest power SoCs optimized for Zi...
(or singles awareness day) Everyone has a love in their life, their partner, pet, a television show, and for others it is their favourite electronics project that takes pride of place in their application or showcase. Though for most of us,...
I'm starting to get more experience with my laser and I'm trying to do some photo engraving on craft wood. It's taking a lot of iterations to figure out the correct settings for transit speed and power for different materials and my...
Whether you are a fan of them or not, flexible touchscreens will be a major part of future technology in both the public and private sectors, and researchers at RMIT University have discovered a new material that could forever change how they are mad...
Introduction More experimenting. This time I thought I'd have a look at the output characteristics of a JFET. Sometimes thesethings go well and sometimes they don't. This one didn't go too well but, for all that, I'm going to blog it as I didit...
I'm continuing to work on enhancing my laser setup. One item on the list is a warning indicator that the laser is operating and that it is not safe to enter the room. I plan to put it outside the door to my computer room (the access to th...
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Having used JFETs (type BF256BBF256B) in some of my test circuits whilst experimenting with MOSFETs, I thought it might be interesting to look at the transfer function and see if I could recreate the curve you sometimes se...
Santa brought me a laser for Christmas and I finally picked up the last piece of required safety equipment - a CO2 fire extinguisher. So, I finally get to give it a try . I have a SainSmart Genmitsu 3018 Pro CNC router that has provisions ...
Introduction More experimenting with MOSFETs. This time I'm going to have a look at the output characteristics. On a datasheet, output characteristics are usually drawn something like the following two graphs. The first is forthe IRF73...
Whether you're sat around the television, games console, board game, card game, a beverage, on your mobile phone, laptop, tablet or your main meal of the day, I hope you're having a good time on this day this year! What has ol' Saint Nic' brough...
We here are the unofficial results of the November 2019 titled " Which OS do you use the most? ".The biggest winner was Linux, with 45% (Debian 30% + Ubuntu 11% + Other 4%) *Editors Note Debian is derived from UbuntuNext was Windows, with 3...
Greetings Best Community Members in the Galaxy! It's getting harder to crank these out week after week like planned so hope you'll forgive the absence. A big part of that is there's a lot going on as you may have guessed. After Turke...
ADCs play a pivotal role in almost all electronic digital products where analog data must be converted to digital data. They are vital in data acquisition systems employed in instrumentation, industrial, and medical equipment. ADCs are a ...
Greetings Best Community Members in the Galaxy! Apologies for not getting this up sooner. I thought I would quickly post a quick run down of all the activities going on currently in the areas that I am on. I've been really behind on ...
The LPC552x/S2x is a mainstream family in LPC5500 series, providing a balance between security, performance efficiency and system integration for general embedded and industrial IoT markets. The LPC552x/S2x MCU family combines the high-performance ef...
