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Researchers develop tiny laser on a lithium niobate chip

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The researchers combined this laser with a 50 gigahertz electro-optic modulator to develop a high-power transmitter. (Image Credit: Second Bay Studios/Harvard SEAS) Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Scienc...
- 21 Apr 2022
TI C2000 Launchpad XL, TMS320F28379D, 32-Bit, 200 MHz, Dual Core with Dual Control Law Accelerators

kkazem

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...
- 13 Dec 2021
Researchers develop a new approach to write 500GB on a silica glass disc

Catwell

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...
- 5 Nov 2021
Researchers develop new energy-efficient memcapacitor

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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...
- 3 Nov 2021
Transistor Fabrication : So simple anyone can do it

Catwell

I found these tutorials on homebrew transistor fabrication. Though I am not one for fabbing my own chips, when you can buy them for pennies, I am still impressed with what they did in the following videos. www.youtube.com/watch www.yo...
- 7 Oct 2021
This foldable 3D QLED display folds like origami

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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...
- 6 Oct 2021
New! Avnet Boards MPU & MCU Solutions Guide

narrucmot

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...
- 26 Aug 2021
Researchers discover short-lived electrical state in a nanoscale switch

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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...
- 20 Aug 2021
Use Xilinx Analog-to-Digital (XADC) with breadboardable Spartan 7 FPGA module

alexwonglik1

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....
- 19 Aug 2021
Monarch Go Starter Kit: access to all UARTs

Jan Cumps

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 ...
- 25 Jul 2021
This 100-qubit processor was developed with atoms cooled down to microkelvin

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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...
- 14 Jul 2021
Physicists discovered superconductivity exists in trilayer graphene

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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...
- 30 Jun 2021
Applied Materials achieve a chip wiring breakthrough that could lead to 3nm chips

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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...
- 17 Jun 2021
IoT devices need to rely less on a battery

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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...
- 11 Jun 2021
Making USB 3.0 Play Nice with WiFi on Ultra96-V2

narrucmot

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...
- 7 Jun 2021
For the first time, engineers demonstrate two-qubit quantum computing capabilities

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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 ...
- 1 Jun 2021
Researchers develop Foamin, a foam gesture detection sensor

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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...
- 27 May 2021
IBM developed the world's first 2-nanometer chip

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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...
- 18 May 2021
Why is standardized data so important in embedded systems?

jlangbridge

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...
- 13 May 2021
when a mod goes wrong - failed attempt to add an external antenna

Jan Cumps

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. &...
- 25 Apr 2021
Fan Controller with Raspberry Pi and Pmods

alexwonglik1

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...
- 21 Apr 2021
TinyML combines machine and deep learning models on tiny hardware

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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...
- 12 Apr 2021
AWS IoT: convert a character array into JSON in a MQTT Rule

Jan Cumps

This is a little side note, related to the project Arduino Day Workshop: NanoDrone II: AI and Computer Vision with LoRa (Win a PSoC6 and a Pair of MKR 1300 Boards!).In this project, 4 attributes are sent to Amazon Web Services, via MQTT.We get the da...
- 6 Apr 2021
PSoC 6 and ModusToolbox: UART receiver with FreeRTOS - Deep Sleep support

Jan Cumps

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...
- 3 Apr 2021
PSoC 6 and ModusToolbox: Break the Debugger from the Proto Board

Jan Cumps

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...
- 3 Apr 2021