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TI Hercules LaunchPad RM42x: Supply DC Source 20v/50A Part 2

martinvalencia

reasons for the upgrade: The previous version only uses the Hercules RM42x platform as a device for displayar the voltage and current and the main board power supply uses dobre.I have not understand the reasons but there comes a time when the tr...
- 26 Jun 2015
Controlling High Powered LEDs using Flowcode

benmatrix

LED’s have always been a staple component in programming microcontrollers, they are most commonly used as indicators that elements of a program are functioning correctly. However, more people are realising that high powered LED’s have a multitude of ...
- 25 Jun 2015
Safety + Automotive Design and the Hercules Microcontroller - part 1: Firmware

Jan Cumps

or How Hardware Helps Us to Build Safer Solutions Disclaimer:Safety design and automotive applications are my dada. And I'm a fanboy of the Texas Instruments Hercules microcontroller family.You can't expect an unbiased, neutral review here...
- 24 Jun 2015
Keep it cool - part 2

mlease

You may not expect to read about multiple amp loads in the context of “Low Power Design”. It could be an indication of how wide-spread the push for energy efficient products has become. In many embedded applications it is quite common for a mic...
- 23 Jun 2015
Building a Weather Analytics System with MCU's

russm24

Anyone can build a weather station --- But taking it a step further by adding an automatic analytic algorithm would add practicality to creating one in the first place. Here is an IoT project I created that does just that. The heat in the Philip...
- 23 Jun 2015
MIAC Controlled Door Lock

benmatrix

Many people don’t realise the MIACs potential for real world, everyday applications. In this article readers are shown how the versatile MIAC device, coupled with the powerful programming language of Flowcode, can be used to quickly and easily develo...
- 23 Jun 2015
Microsoft Will Die!

nick123

I just checked out the MS Windows 10 Developer preview. It was a disaster. I know it's still not ready, but it still has the horrible "Live Tiles". I didn't like it. (I know that it still isn't finished.) Windows 95, XP, an...
- 17 Jun 2015
The Light up NFC Bracelet: Stage 3

charlotte_godley

This is the third and final step of producing a GEMMA bracelet which can have its LED pattern programmed using an NFC capable phone.In the previous 2 stages, I talked about putting together the hardware and producing an app which would communicate wi...
- 16 Jun 2015
Specifying Parts - You can't have Enough Meters

Jan Cumps

I've put in my candidature for the Keysight 34470A and Texas Instruments DAC8734EVM roadtest here on element14.My application is themed around using the DMM to specify the attributes of parts - just like the manufactures do in their datasheets.Th...
- 16 Jun 2015
Half the Battle of Making Low Power Devices

chriswhite

Written by elecia. On episode 104, we talked to Andreas Eieland of Atmel about choosing low power processors, comparing them with EEMBC’s benchmark ULPBench, and tips for achieving low power. If you are making a low power device (like a wearabl...
- 16 Jun 2015
Keep it cool!

mlease

Several of my recent posts have mentioned the very negative impact of heat on power consumption. This is the first of a two part series of posts on thermal management for low power devices. This information is mostly taken from my "Low Power Design" ...
- 15 Jun 2015
Hercules TMS570LC43x LaunchPad: Web Server Example and Lightweight IP

Jan Cumps

I have the new Texas Instruments Hercules LaunchPad here at home.It's the LAUNCHXL2-570LC43LAUNCHXL2-570LC43 with a TMS570LC4357 microcontroller It's the first Hercules LaunchPad with Ethernet connector. In this post we'll use that connec...
- 15 Jun 2015
Dreamboard Competition

e14 Contributor

If you happen to be a fishkeeper go have a look at my dreamboard as it will be of interest to you, just follow the link below.brixtonian1970's DreamBoard Design 216254 : MARINE AQUARIUM INTERFACE BOARDThanks.
- 14 Jun 2015
The Light-up NFC Bracelet Project: Stage 2

charlotte_godley

It's been a while since I last posted - I've had a lot of work to do with uni, but now I can continue writing this project up, and I hope you enjoy reading some more on it and hopefully learning. Last time I wrote about soldering togethe...
- 12 Jun 2015
First-Person review of The National Videogame Arcade

psymon

One of the best things about my job at element14 is the diverse work I get to participate in. So when I was given the opportunity to go and visit the National Videogames Arcade in Nottingham I jumped at the chance. Videogames were a big part of ...
- 12 Jun 2015
Real-time wind speed, MSP430 FRAM FR5739/FR5969, cAno board + some spare time. cAno Pt1.

e14 Contributor

Hi, this is my first post. I want to write about a project I have been involved with over the last 18-20 months. I do some kitesurfing in my spare time, or at least used to and my friends and I got frustrated by the location, resolution and frequency...
- 11 Jun 2015
Hercules TMS570LC43x LaunchPad: Starting with an ADC Project

Jan Cumps

I have the new Texas Instruments Hercules LaunchPad here at home.It's the LAUNCHXL2-570LC43LAUNCHXL2-570LC43 with a TMS570LC4357 microcontroller. That TMS570LC43, an ARM Cortex R5 that can clock up to a whopping 300MHz (the RM57L843 goes u...
- 11 Jun 2015
TI Hercules LaunchPad RM42x: Supply DC Source 20v/50A Part 1

martinvalencia

LeachingExtractive MetallurgyThe process used in metallurgy, mainly for working oxidized ores. From a time now leaching of copper sulfide minerals it is done through bacterial leaching processes.In the case of leaching of gold ores (oxides) design of...
- 11 Jun 2015
Bitscope - Analog Bandbreite - Sampling Rate

Anonymous-342052

Hallo zusammen, hatte im Datenblatt vom Bitscope BS10 folgendes gesehen : Nun hatte ich mich gefragt wie dies sein kann da laut Nyquist-Shannon Theorem ( Frequenz = 2 x fmax ) die Sampling Frequenz zweimal die Bandbreite ist, meiner Meinung...
- 11 Jun 2015
No more paper stencils

modalpdx

I royally botched a GoodFET build today, and at least some of the blame rests with the silly paper solder stencil that I made (shush, it was glossy and it should have worked better. Who doesn't want to save a buck?) I figured it was worth a shot. One...
- 11 Jun 2015
Non-volatile memory for low power designs

mlease

I came across a mention in a newsletter recently of the Texas Instruments line of FRAM based MSP430 microcontrollers and thought a short post on FRAM would be of interest. If you aren’t familiar with FRAM (also called FeRAM), think of it as esse...
- 9 Jun 2015
Robotic Dinosaurs

drlucyrogers

Blackgang Chine Theme Park on the Isle of Wight has always been a place of wonder and imagination. Their robotic dinosaurs are no exception - here's a video of some of the things we've been up to with them ... www.youtube.com/watch
- 9 Jun 2015
Tethered Balloon Launch in Chicago

mikedavis

On Saturday, June 6th I had the pleasure of doing a tethered balloon launch as part of the STEM Bridges Program at the Illinois Institute of Technology. This activity is funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Critical MASS grant which...
- 8 Jun 2015
IoT: An introduction to the "Modern Day Industrial Revolution"

russm24

In 1999, Ashton said it best in this quote from an article in the RFID Journal: "If we had computers that knew everything there was to know about things - using data they gathered without any help from us - we would be a...
- 7 Jun 2015
TI Hercules LaunchPad Type 2: Ultrasound Radar

martinvalencia

Christian Huelsmeyer, Radar inventorRadar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, wea...
- 7 Jun 2015