I used the TI, TMS320F38379D, dual core processor in the form of a low-cost launchpad board that's only about $40. This is part of TI's C2000 flagship Delfino series of MCUs (we used to call them DSPs). The Launchpad board has little more tha...
Researchers developed a new technique that writes 500GB of data into silica glass. (Image Credit: University of Hampton) Recently, University of Hampton researchers developed an energy-efficient laser-writing technique capable of producing...
The team’s new memecapacitor device stores artificial neural network models and could be used for speech recognition applications. (Image Credit: Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics) Training and implementing artificial neural network...
The QLED display can fold similarly to origami into user-defined shapes such as butterflies, pyramids, and a paper airplane. It can also transform from 2D to 3D, providing a dynamic display of information. (Image Credit: Institute for Basic Science N...
Hello! Looking for a new dev board to play with or the next SBC to use in your product? Can't decide what Avnet MPU or MCU board is the best fit for your application? Avnet has just published a new MPU and MCU Solutions Guide:&nb...
The team developed a new technique to capture atomic motions in a nanoscale switch. (Image Credit: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Researchers developed an extremely fast, new imaging technique that uses an electron diffraction camera to c...
In this example project, you will learn how to use the Cmod S7-25's Spartan 7 FPGA's analog-to-digital core with a Microblaze processor. Xilinx Vivado 2018.2 SDK is used to program the bitstream onto the board and to build and deploy a C application....
I've reviewed the Monarch Go LTE/4G modem for a road test. For that exercise, the modem was mounted on an Arduino-style shield. And there was a complete software example.In this post, I am checking the lower levels of the modem. How to directly talk ...
ColdQuanta’s 100-quantum processor, named Hilbert, is set to launch later this year. (Image Credit: ColdQuanta) Quantum computing is fascinating. Some have said they will bring us into a tech revolution of some sort. I’d like to see more practic...
Recently, physicists discovered superconductivity in graphene. (Image Credit: CoolVid-Shows/Pixabay) In 2018, physicists made a unique discovery: stacking two carbon sheets with a small, 1.1-degree twist between them causes the material to behav...
Applied Materials’ new solution involves combining seven process technologies in one system under a high vacuum. This improves chip performance and power consumption. (Image Credit: Applied Material) Recently, Applied Materials announced it achi...
Wiliot’s sticker-mounted transmitter powers devices by collecting radio waves instead of relying on a battery. (Image Credit: Wiliot) The Internet of Things is constantly expanding with more connected devices. However, more connected longevity c...
USB 3.0 and WiFi and Interference, Oh My!We have seen comments and questions in the Ultra96 Hardware Design Forum here on Element14 about how WiFi performance on the Ultra96-V2 is affected if the adjacent USB 3.0 interface is also used simultaneously...
Intel and QuTech utilized the Horse Ridge chip to demonstrate two-qubit quantum computing capabilities. The researchers say it could pave the way toward silicon-based quantum computing. (Image Credit: Marieke de Lorijn) Engineers from QuTech in ...
Foamin, which consists of a single wire connected to a piece of foam and a microcontroller, detects multiple deformations or touch inputs. (Image Credit: University of Tokyo) Tactile sensors provide robots with enhanced movement or improve...
A 2 nm wafer was developed at IBM Research's Albany facility. There are hundreds of chips on this wafer. (Image Credit: IBM) The semiconductor industry has been striving to produce smaller, faster, more powerful, and energy-efficient microch...
A 193,1 million USD loss because of a bad conversionDecember 11th, 1998. The Mars Climate Orbiter blasts off, starting its voyage of over 200 million kilometers to Mars. Its mission was to orbit and survey the red planet, looking at both the atmosphe...
Modifications don't always go right.Yesterday morning I tried to replace the PCB WiFi / BT antenna on a Avnet SmartEdge with an external one.I had to place a fitting connector on a footprint and turn a resistor 90° to route the signal to it. ...
In this project, we use Digilent Pmods and Raspberry Pi 4 to measure the temperature, control the speed of a DC motor, display data, and control the device. Digilent Pmod HAT is used to connect Pmods to Raspberry Pi 4. The motor controll...
The Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense. (Image Credit: Arduino) Developing machine learning (ML) algorithms for hardware involves complex mathematical models based on training data. Using this approach enabled it to make predictions without being program...
The steps to integrate incoming UART data with FreeRTOS on a PSoC 6.Part 2: now with low power support. image source: Infineon application note AN219528 PSoC 6 MCU Low-Power Modes and Power Reduction Techniques In the first iteration of thi...
In this post: what happens if you remove the debugger. Will everything still work? What's the difference? TL;DR: you can still use all functionality. Difference when debugger is broken off When you break the debugger off the main P...
In this post we react on a message on the RTOS queue and publish its payload on Amazon's AWS IoT MQTT service. Together with the two previous posts, this one describes a hardware component in the NanoDrone II project of balearicdynamicsScenario:...
Despite the thousands of development boards that have shipped and the overwhelming interest from the market for the i.MX RT1170 crossover MCU, I do come across an occasional customer that does not understand the value. They say they do not need...
