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The compact computer boards offered by the open-source BeagleBoard organization support a variety of Linux distributions and provide laptop computing power in vest-pocket format. The latest member of the family, dubbed “BeagleBone Black”, has credit-card dimensions and features a 1 GHz AM335x ARM...
Publiceringsdatum: 17 maj 2013
With the recent release of Warwick A. Smith’s Open Source Electronics on Linux , entering the world of open source software for electronics and everyday applications has never been easier, be it solely on Linux or in tandem with your current operating system.
This book offers the perfect...
Publiceringsdatum: 17 maj 2013 - Elektor
To make it easier for programmers who work with high-level languages to take advantage of the capabilities of programmable logic devices, Altera has launched a Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Open Computing Language (OpenCL) and supported third-party production boards. This ties in with...
Publiceringsdatum: 17 maj 2013
With smartphones becoming the center of many people’s universe, there is a growing need for the ability to connect them to normal monitors for easier viewing, especially among older users. To facilitate this, Analogix Semiconductor offers its SlimPort technology to interface smartphones and...
Publiceringsdatum: 17 maj 2013
Thanks to Elektor’s continued cooperation with PCB manufacturer Eurocircuits, the wideband TAPIR E-smog Meter DIY kit has returned to Elektor.STORE! Eurocircuits are producing another batch of 1,000 of these clever little PCBs, and we anticipate them selling fast—the original kit was immensely...
Publiceringsdatum: 17 maj 2013 - Elektor
Direct current resonance is a new technology that converts direct current electric energy into electromagnetic field energy and uses a newly discovered physical phenomenon called an electromagnetic resonance field to transmit power. The technology can enhance energy conversion efficiency because...
Publiceringsdatum: 19 april 2013
BlinkSight, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in real-time location systems (RTLS), has released the first single-chip “indoor GPS” solution for RTLS and wireless sensor network applications. Based on the ultra-low power impulse radio technology developed by Imec and Holst Centre, the...
Publiceringsdatum: 19 april 2013
Plessey has released samples of their new gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon LEDs. These entry level products, fabricated on 6-inch wafers, are the first LEDs manufactured using GaN on silicon technology to be commercially available anywhere in the world.
Manufactured using Plessy’s...
Publiceringsdatum: 19 april 2013
Maxim has announced the MAX2173 RF to Bits tuner for digital audio broadcast (DAB) applications in automobiles and other mobile DAB/FM products. The industry’s first RF to Bits DAB/FM tuner integrates a radio tuner, analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and digital filtering, and uses a digital I²S...
Publiceringsdatum: 19 april 2013
It doesn’t matter if you’re just beginning to scratch the surface of PCB manufacturing, or an accomplished engineer looking to expand their repertoire: this guide to Eagle v6 offers a comprehensive, accessible introduction to CadSoft’s PCB design software package.
After learning how...
Publiceringsdatum: 19 april 2013 - Datorer/Mjukvara/Internet
3D printers allow users to print 3D objects from a digital design. Once the technology hits the mainstream it will likely be as disruptive to manufacturing as file sharing was and is to the music, movie and publishing industry. It will probably be no different for manufacturers of goods. Instead...
Publiceringsdatum: 19 oktober 2012 - Utbildning & Information
Smart metering applications using wireless communication result in huge networks with many nodes. The RC1700HP-MBUS4 module from Radiocrafts provides all features necessary for secure two-way communication between the meters and a data concentrator. The module integrates a wireless M-Bus stack...
Publiceringsdatum: 18 oktober 2012 - HF (radio)
Texas Instruments promises users of its new motor control safety chipset, comprising twelve Hercules TMS570 ARM Cortex-R4 safety microcontrollers along with the TPS65831-Q1 multi-rail safety power management IC (PMIC) and the DRV3201-Q1 safety motor driver, shorter time to market for...
Publiceringsdatum: 18 oktober 2012
MIT researchers have designed a new type of pencil lead in which graphite is replaced with a compressed powder of carbon nanotubes. The lead, which can be used with a regular mechanical pencil, can inscribe sensors on any paper surface. Carbon nanotubes offer a powerful new way to detect harmful...
Publiceringsdatum: 18 oktober 2012 - Utbildning & Information
Vad vore dagens rock och popmusik utan elektriska gitarrer? Dessa instrument har angett tonen inom popmusiken under mer än 60 år nu. Deras ljud bestäms i huvudsak av elektroniska komponenter, men inte enbart. Hur fungerar de egentligen? Och kan du förklara detta för en musiker utan teknisk...
Publiceringsdatum: 18 oktober 2012
A group of university researchers in the USA and China are exploring methods for fabricating electronic circuits on elastomer substrates that can be formed into tubes and fitted on users’ fingertips. They envisaged applications such as electrotactile stimulation with arrays of silicon...
Publiceringsdatum: 11 oktober 2012 - Utbildning & Information
New multicore DSP devices from the French firm Kalray aim to surpass FPGAs in compute-intensive tasks, such as image and signal processing, 3D augmented reality and industrial automation. The company recently demonstrated the MPPA-256, the first member of their MPPA Manycore family of processors,...
Publiceringsdatum: 11 oktober 2012 - Komponenter
PureVLC brings its first Visible Light Communication (VLC) product to the market. VLC transmits data wirelessly using visible light as its medium instead of radio waves. VLC was demonstrated over a year ago when Harold Haas, professor of Mobile Communications at the University of Edinburgh,...
Publiceringsdatum: 11 oktober 2012 - Utbildning & Information
Flowcode 5 is an advanced graphical programming language (GPL) enabling those with little to no programming experience to create complex electronic and robotic systems in minutes. Flowcode is a powerful language that uses macros to facilitate the control of complex devices such as seven-segment...
Publiceringsdatum: 11 oktober 2012 - Mikrokontroller
Imec, Holst Centre and Panasonic have developed a new prototype of a wireless EEG (electroencephalogram) headset. The system combines ease-of-use with ultra-low power electronics. Continuous impedance monitoring and the use of active electrodes increases the quality of EEG signal recording...
Publiceringsdatum: 11 oktober 2012
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