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  • switch up to 5V and 8 mA with MSPM0 Open Drain IO

    The Texas Instruments MSPM0 microcontroller has a few open drain GPIOs. TI calls them ODIO. These are 5V tolerant, and can switch up to ( see jc2048 comment below) +-8 mA. The main purpose is to support multi-level IO. They can do general low side switching…
  • Use TI Code Composer Studio with EasyL1105 MSPM0 board

    Use TI Code Composer Studio with EasyL1105 MSPM0 board

    shabaz designed a development kit for the recent Texas Instruments MSPM0 microcontroller series. In this post, I try to make it work with TI's toolchain: Code Composer Studio, and the XDS110 debugger. This introduction post explains how to use the kit…

  • Affordable Robotic Arm Gets Stronger with the Raspberry Pi Pico

    ( Image credit: element 14 via YouTube) Desktop robotic arms are a great tool to have, but they tend to lean more on the pricier side for the more advanced models. Electrical engineer Milos Rasic understood that notion when he designed his first robotic…

  • Lenovo Introduces Snapdragon Chips to its Mini Desktop PCs

    Lenovo’s ThinkCentre neo 50q mini desktop is ideal for small and medium businesses and can use up to 16GB of RAM. (Image Credit: Lenovo ) Will this translate to other ARM based platforms? Recently, Qualcomm revealed plans to join the mini desktop world…

  • TMC5272-EVAL-KIT prototyping of X-axis stage for microscopy

    The TMCL-IDE is used to test an prototype of X-axis stage for metallography image acquisition using an El Gato video capture board. In addition to the stage and capture board, the image acquisition consists of a C-mount camera and configurable opt...
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  • FruitVision Scale

    Blog 3 - FruitVision Scale - Weighing strategies with load cells using the Digilent Arty Z7

    Introduction This is my third entry in The Eye on Intelligence design challenge. In the previous two, I introduced the Digilent Arty Z7 development board and the PYNQ development framework. PYNQ enables the creation of designs in adaptive computing…
  • Blog #2: Third Eye for Blind - Deep Dive into ZYNQ & PYNQ

    Blog #2: Third Eye for Blind - Deep Dive into ZYNQ & PYNQ

    This is my second blog for the Eye On Intelligence Challenge sponsored by AMD . In my first blog, I unboxed the challenger kit and prepared the Arty Z7 board for developing applications with Python. I will share my experience with the ZYNQ SoC and the…
  • Blog 2 - FruitVision Scale - PYNQ on the Digilent Arty Z7 - Quickstart

    Blog 2 - FruitVision Scale - PYNQ on the Digilent Arty Z7 - Quickstart

    This is my second entry for the AMD-sponsored “The Eye on Intelligence” experimentation challenge. In my initial post, I provided a brief introduction to my smart fruit scale project and explored the potential of the Arty Z7 development board. In this…

  • MediaTek Is Making an Arm-Based Chip for Windows PCs

    MediaTek will make its Arm-based CPUs for Windows computers, expected to launch in 2025. (Image Credit: MediaTek ) Similar to other big players, like NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm, MediaTek is making a big splash by developing its own AI PC chipset…

  • Arm DS Development Studio Bronze Edition

    Arm DS Development Studio Bronze Edition Manufactured By: ARM ARM DS000B DEV Studio Bronze Perpetual Floating DS000B DEVSTUDIOBRONZE FL PERP Buy Now ARM DS000B DEV Studio Bronze Node Locked…

  • Arm DS Development Studio Silver Edition

    Arm DS Development Studio Silver Edition Manufactured By: ARM ARM DS000B DEV Studio Silver Perpetual Floating DS000B DEVSTUDIOSILVER FL PERP Buy Now ARM DS000B DEV Studio Silver Floating 90…

  • Digital to Analog Converter | Arduino Uno R4

    Hey everyone, welcome back to our channel! Today, we're diving into the fascinating world of Digital to Analog Converters or DACs, and how you can use them with your Arduino UNO. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced Arduino enthusiast, this...
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  • You can use external GPUs on the Raspberry Pi 5

    GitHub issue: https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/issues/564 Thanks to EVERYONE who's helped along this long journey (and it's not quite over yet!). Will AMD or Nvidia—or maybe even INTEL!?—support their cards on the Pi 5 offi...
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  • Arm Grabs a Slice of Raspberry Pi

    In partnership with The chipmaker takes a minority stake in Raspberry Pi Fans of the Raspberry Pi are no strangers to Arm. Several Raspberry Pi single board computers (SBCs) use powerful Arm processors. The just-released Raspberry Pi 5 uses a quad…

  • Evaluate ModusToolbox Software with the Infineon PSoC 62S2

    Table of Contents
    • Introduction
    • Description and used names:
    • Documentation
    • Unboxing
    • Preparing the environment for testing.
    • ModusToolbox installation
    • Testing
      • CAPSENSE Buttons and Slider
      • PSoC 62S2 & Sterling-LWB5
    • Usage of ModusToolbox Machine Learning...

  • Can you run PalmOS on the Raspberry Pi RP2040?

    How do you run an obsolete OS on modern hardware? Figure 1: Palm TX (Source: Brusselsshrek/Wikipedia) Remember the PalmPilot? PalmPilots came out in the 90's and were one of the earliest PDAs (personal digital assistants). They were basically a pocket…

  • Question of the Month: What will be the impact of ARM's IPO on the future of the ARM architecture?

    ARM Holdings just had an initial public offering (IPO), and ARM stock is now available on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Take the poll and in the Comments section , let us know how you feel about ARM going public.
  • Avnet Minized Zynq Board

    P2P3 Getting Started. Clockless Hardware Blinky on the Avnet Minized

    Path to Programmable III Intro This is the first blog of my participation in the element14 Path to Programmable III program. I have chosen the MiniZed development board for my participation. I have never worked with Zynq processors before and the Minized…

  • Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) with Renesas RA series Microcontrollers

    Table of Contents Introduction Timer Modules Configuring the Timer Peripheral PWM Code Example Output Summary Introduction The Renesas RA series of ARM Cortex-M4 microcontrollers have a lot of excellent integrated peripherals.…

  • Adding a Dual Number Display Segment LCD to Renesas RA Microcontrollers

    Table of Contents Introduction LCD Connections LCD Code Summary Introduction This is a very short blog that simply builds on earlier work: Using Segment LCD and ADC with Renesas RA Microcontrollers I was interested in finding a large…

  • Using Segment LCD and ADC with Renesas RA Microcontrollers

    Introduction This blog post discusses how to take segment LCD glass and attach it to ARM Cortex-M series microcontrollers known as the Renesas RA family. Often projects might connect via I2C or SPI to displays that have on-board LCD controllers…

  • Multi-core IPC Application - LED thread

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. OpenVINO toolkit Installation Steps for Windows https://youtu.be/fCo05FwH0oM 2. People Counter App using OpenCV and Open...
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  • Infineon Beverage Dispenser # 7 - Summary

    Infineon Beverage Dispenser # 7 - Summary

    Table of Contents Introduction Getting Started Adding CapSense How to Configure The OLED Display Device Assembly Programming, Test and Troubleshooting Summary ***********************************************************************…
  • Infineon Beverage Dispenser # 6 - Programming, Test and Troubleshooting

    Infineon Beverage Dispenser # 6 - Programming, Test and Troubleshooting

    Table of Contents Introduction Getting Started Adding CapSense How to Configure The OLED Display Device Assembly Programming, Test and Troubleshooting Summary ***********************************************************************…

  • Working with the Renesas RA4M1 Microcontroller

    Table of Contents Introduction Renesas RA4M1 Overview Evaluation Board Overview Pre-Loaded Demo Software Installation Building an Example Project Uploading and Running Code Setting up a Debug Configuration Running a Debug Configuration…