New Power MOSFET Drivers Feature Thermally Efficient, Small Packages

From circuitcellar.com 8 years ago in News

Microchip Technology recently announced the first power MOSFET drivers in a new product family—the MCP14A005X and MCP14A015X. The drivers feature a new driver architecture for high-speed operation. The new devices’ small packaging (SOT-23 and 2 mm × 2 mm DFN packages) enables higher … Continue reading →

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A New Option for Renewable Backup Energy

From circuitcellar.com 3 days ago in News

For Solar Power and Batteries Solar power and battery technologies play an important role in renewable energy resources, whereas the PhotoPod can be a useful device for renewable backup. Although electric vehicles (EVs) are an environmental upgrade over the widespread...

Microchip Expands MPU-Based System-on-Modules Portfolio With SAM9X60D1G-SOM

From circuitcellar.com 3 days ago in News

Microchip announced on August 4, 2022, an expansion to their portfolio of Microprocessor Units (MPUs) – based Systems-on-Modules (SOMs) with the SAM9X60D1G-SOM. To enhance the world around development, which is more and more transitioning from Microcontrollers to a more robust,...

Maxim’s Tiny Buck Converters are Ready for Automotive Applications

From circuitcellar.com 6 days ago in News

Maxim’s and Analog Devices Inc.’s two tiny buck converters, the MAX20402 / MAX20403 IC are designed with high-side and low-side switches. The pair deliver up to 2.5A and 3.5A respectively and do this over a wide input voltage range of...

August (issue #385) Circuit Cellar

From circuitcellar.com 3 weeks ago in News

Click here for the Circuit Cellar article code archive 6: A Rubik’s Cube Solving Guide: Based on a PIC32 Microcontroller, By Alexander Drazic, Tushar Khan, and Myles Cherebin REFERENCES[1] Thistlethwaite’s algorithmhttps://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/thistle.htm [2] Rubik’s Cube Solverhttps://rubiks-cube-solver.com/ RESOURCESMicrochip | www.microchip.comAdafruit | www.adafruit.com...

Custom Power Converters for an Electric Vehicle

From circuitcellar.com 3 weeks ago in News

Cornell EV Team Design Most modern electronics use power converters to operate properly. Learn how this Cornell Electric Vehicles (EV) project team member designed several highly efficient converters to power the team’s competition EV. The design blends efficiency with environmental...

Axiomtek’s Embedded System Is An Outdoor AI Inference System Aimed At AIoT.

From circuitcellar.com 3 weeks ago in News

Axiomtek’s AIE800-904-FL is an AI embedded system designed for AIoT applications in rugged, harsher environments. The platform is based on an NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX with a six-core Carmel ARM v8.2 (64-bit) processor, and a 384 core NVIDIA Volta GPU....

Neural Computing with an AI Development Bundle Running Intel NCS2

From circuitcellar.com 3 weeks ago in News

One of the ways do-it-yourselfers and makers get their development jones on is through Kickstarter.io kits and bundles. One of the latest is deep learning, neural computing with an AI development bundle. The kit boasts an x86 Atomic Pi with...

Particle Announces New Tracking System to Support IoT in Transportation, Cold Chain and Micromobility

From circuitcellar.com 3 weeks ago in News

Particle is enhancing an already stellar lineup of Internet of Things (IoT) Platform as a Service (PaaS) to add to the edge-to-the-cloud services. It announced in April 2022 an all-new Tracking System to provide organizations with the ability to track...

July (issue #384) Circuit Cellar

From circuitcellar.com 2 months ago in News

Click here for the Circuit Cellar article code archive 6: Searching for Gold with X-Rays: Using a Common PIN Photodiode, By George R. Steber REFERENCES[1] Amptek, Inc., “XRF Instrumentation – Introduction to spectrometer”https://www.amptek.com/-/media/ametekamptek/documents/resources/tutorials/4-amptek-intro-to-spectrometer.pdf?la=en&revision=8006de1c-8d2c-49b2-b71f-bc1085236bb4[2] Cremat Inc., “Femtojoule Detection”,https://www.cremat.com/femtojoule-detection/[3] F. J. Ramírez,...

Op-Amp Frequency Compensation

From circuitcellar.com 2 months ago in News

We all know that an op-amp has a very high open-loop gain, typically 100 to 120dB (100,000 to 1,000,000), but how does this vary with frequency? The answer may surprise you. Figure 1 shows a typical curve I have taken...