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PSoC6: Low Power Management - prepare the board for current measurements

Jan Cumps

When you're making a low power design, it's interesting to know the energy use of your gizmo.I'm working on PSoC6 projects, and I'm going to calculate its energy profile.I'll need to measure the current used by the SoC, and that requires a mod of the...
- 19 Feb 2021
PSoC 6 and ModusToolbox: Create a Project with its own Board- and Module configurations

Jan Cumps

By default, projects in a workspace in the Cypress ModusToolbox IDE (mtb) share board and device configuration files.There are several good reasons to do this, but it's not always what you need.If you want to build designs with a different configurat...
- 19 Feb 2021
FYI: Silicon Labs BG22 Hands-On Workshop Series

navadeepganeshu

Bluetooth Workshops: BG22 Project SeriesJoin the workshop on the 3rd Tuesday of every month "Learn new ways to integrate Bluetooth connectivity into your next project with the help of Silicon Labs expert engineers. Each project session will explore a...
- 5 Feb 2021
Physicists form a new theory on superconductors

Catwell

Qumiao Si and Emilian Nica may not have come up with a new theory had the 2017 model of orbital-selective superconductivity been named differently. (Image Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) Physicists Qumiao Si and Emilian Nica may not have co...
- 4 Feb 2021
Scientists from MIT discovered a way to study and manipulate dreams

Catwell

The Dormio and TDI work together to manipulate dreams. The device and protocol were used on 50 participants. (Image Credit: Helen Gao) Scientists from MIT have started using the wearable sleep-tracking device, Dormio and a protocol called the Ta...
- 11 Dec 2020
Looking Glass Portrait converts photos into 3D holograms

Catwell

An early prototype test of the Looking Glass Portrait, which took place in early 2020. (Image Credit: Looking Glass Factory) Looking Glass Factory has recently unveiled its new Looking Glass Portrait, a portrait-oriented 3D display designed for ...
- 8 Dec 2020
Click boards -- The Biggest Add-on Board Collection in the World

bhfletcher

If you've never heard or used a Click board, now is a great time to check them out.Click Boards from MikroElektronica MikroElektronika invented the Click boards and the mikroBUS standard to which they fit. MikroElektronika makes the claim, "The ...
- 1 Dec 2020
RasPi use for evaluation/demo of an I2C IoT device, e.g. sensor

kersten

Electronic designers can leverage worldwide “maker” trend and use off-the-shelf easy-use platforms like Raspberry Pi for IoT demos or for evaluation purposes - at least as a starting point before you select a suitable component and eva board, tools, ...
- 25 Nov 2020
The Difference Between SoCs and MCUs

Catwell

Untangling SoCs from Microcontrollers Photo Credit: Intel SoC by Konstantin Lanzet Photo Credit: Intel Microcontroller by Konstantin Lanzet Some might say that computer technology is evolving and advancing at such a cli...
- 17 Nov 2020
Port an MBED design to non-MBED - Phase 5: OO Callbacks Simplified

Jan Cumps

I'm playing with object oriented firmware for embedded controllers.In this blog I review object oriented callbacks. How to invoke the correct function of the correct object. I've been using the C / C++ mix for a decent time now, with good result...
- 3 Nov 2020
Warranty, RoHS, and Lifecycle for Avnet SOMs/SBCs

bhfletcher

Avnet's System-on-Module (SOM) and Single Board Computer (SBC) products are meant to be designed into end products. This includes products like UltraZed, Ultra96-V2 , PicoZed ,Azure Sphere Module, MaaXBoard, and SmartEdge Industrial IoT Gateway. Usin...
- 19 Oct 2020
Cornell researchers discover a third type of superconductor

Catwell

A crystal lattice of strontium ruthenate reacts to various sound waves sent from resonant ultrasound spectroscopy while the material cools down. The highlighted area suggests that this material could be a new type of superconductor. (Image Credit: Co...
- 6 Oct 2020
Sync PWM with an External Signal - TI Hercules Microcontroller

Jan Cumps

At times it is useful to get activities in your firmware synced up with external events.There are several types of events that are dependent of the speed, frequency, state, ... of something external.In this blog, I'm showing martinvalencia's solution...
- 19 Sep 2020
Researchers manipulate two different types of magnetism in a single atom

Catwell

Using scan-tunneling microscopy, researchers were able to separate the atom's spin and orbital rotation. Artist rendition of the atom studied under the needle of a tunnel microscope. (Image credit: TU Delft) Researchers at the Delft Universi...
- 11 Sep 2020
STM32H7B3I - Write a CubeMX application: Hardware Cryptography with DMA

Jan Cumps

The STM32H7 firmware pack comes with a very nice encrypt / decrypt example.This example uses the STM32 HAL libraries, and configures all periherals in source code.I'm going to replicate the exact same example, using the CubeIDE MX STM32 Device Config...
- 29 Aug 2020
STM32H7B3I - TouchGFX Application Framework: MVP and the ModelListener

Jan Cumps

I'm selected for the STM32H7B3I-DK - DISCOVERY KIT road test.I'm working on a touch screen GUI for my electronic load.I'm going to review the ModelListener today. A software component that takes care that your business logic (electronic lab ins...
- 22 Aug 2020
Taiyo Yuden BLE EVK : Miniature BLE Automation

navadeepganeshu

Taiyo Yuden BLE EVK : Toggling GPIOs and Taiyo Yuden BLE EVK : Wireless LED Control gives insights on basic configuration, setting up, toggling GPIOs and wireless LED control by interacting with MPU core + SoftDevice of Taiyo Yuden Bluetooth®︎ Low En...
- 22 Aug 2020
Taiyo Yuden BLE EVK : Wireless LED Control

navadeepganeshu

Taiyo Yuden BLE EVK : Toggling GPIOs , explains and gives insights on basic configuration, setting up and toggling GPIOs by interacting with MPU core of Taiyo Yuden Bluetooth®︎ Low Energy EYSNSNZWW Evaluation Kit . This blog will be all about configur...
- 21 Aug 2020
Taiyo Yuden BLE EVK : Toggling GPIOs

navadeepganeshu

Recently, I was selected for Taiyo Yuden Bluetooth®︎ LE EVK RoadTest which is my first experience! Beginning with big thanks to E14, Taiyo Yuden and all supporters. From past few hours I have been on Taiyo Yuden Bluetooth®︎ LE EVK with fresh...
- 20 Aug 2020
STM32H7B3I - TouchGFX Application Framework: Model, View, Presentation, Message Queue

Jan Cumps

I'm selected for the STM32H7B3I-DK - DISCOVERY KIT road test.I'm working on a touch screen GUI for my electronic load. In this part of the review, I explore the application layer:request data from the business layerdisplay that datau...
- 10 Aug 2020
STM32H7B3I - the Development Kit STMod+ Connector and Using UART2

Jan Cumps

I'm selected for the STM32H7B3I-DK - DISCOVERY KIT road test.In this part of the review, I try to mount the extra fan-out PCB and use its UART pins. I'll start with a rant. The fan-out expansion board does not fit. It is not possible that ...
- 8 Aug 2020
STM32H7B3I - USB, freeRTOS ,Task Notifications and Interrupts

Jan Cumps

I'm selected for the STM32H7B3I-DK - DISCOVERY KIT road test.In this part of the review, I try to integrate a UART listener in freeRTOS. listen to UART characters arriving from the USB portinterrupt driven, no constant pollinguse HAL and f...
- 7 Aug 2020
Conscious Gate Transistors Could Allow Users Control PCs Remotely using their Minds

Catwell

A newly filed patent describes the conscious gate transistors as psychotronically steerable bifurcated nanotube-based, and their use in implementing conscious input and output devices. (Image credit: Jerry Harthcock via GitHub) Back during the ...
- 7 Aug 2020
STM32H7B3I - TouchGFX Simple Example: react on a button click

Jan Cumps

I'm selected for the STM32H7B3I-DK - DISCOVERY KIT road test.In this part of the review, I'm writing a first custom handler for a button click. The scenario is simple: you click a button, and that makes a square show up and disappear...
- 5 Aug 2020
STM32H7B3I - Create a TouchGFX Project with support for the Designer, CubeIDE and Debugger - Pt 2: Touch Works

Jan Cumps

Continued from Pt 1: Screen Works.We left off at the point where the LCD shows out TouchGFX design, but touch screen doesn't work yet.We'll fix that. 5. Add Touch Screen init and handling The two methods in TouchGFX/target/STM32TouchContro...
- 4 Aug 2020