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 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 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...

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...

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 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....

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 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...

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,...

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...

When we think of DevOps, we think of software, naturally. But DevOps is a collection of different technologies and methodologies, that work together in collaboration between software developers and application operators. A continuous development and maintenance process can also be...

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Using Broadcom’s APDS-9960 The embedded technology available today for hand gesture recognition is truly impressive. Here, Jeff examines the capabilities of Broadcom’s APDS-9960 combo sensor. He investigates each function of the sensor—digital proximity, ambient light, RGB, and more. While it’s...

Riots were born of a need to control the mass of wires for the founder’s many IoT things. It is a Microcontroller and sensor family that utilizes plug-and-play hardware, software, and cloud-based technology to create smart, energy-efficient homes and businesses....

Arduino’s Portenta X8 system-on-a-module (SoM) comes with Linux preloaded and ready to go right out of the box. The industrial-grade SoM is capable of running device-independent software due in large part to its modular container. There is onboard WI-FI/Bluetooth Low...

The Raspberry Pi Pico is the stand-out microcontroller that debuted recently to join the company’s line of boards. Built around the RP2040 silicon platform, Pico is a high-performance, low-cost, easy-to-use microcontroller. There is a large on-ship memory, symmetric dual-core processor...

Traco Power has launched its TPI 180 and TPP 180 open frame and encased encapsulated power supplies for industrial and medical applications. The units offer the latest reinforced double I/O isolation system, following the latest medical safety standards certifications (IEC/EN/ES...

The Scouting Owl Project A rescue robot can play an important role in searching for endangered individuals and studying hazardous conditions. Learn how these Cornell students built a Raspberry Pi 4-based robot that allows rescuers to detect and communicate with...

Advantech released the MIC-733-AO, Edge AI computing system running an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin processor. AI AMR Applications There is a great need for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in such diverse fields as logistics, warehouse management, and smart manufacturing. The...

Infineon says their ModusToolbox is all any developer needs to get started with IoT. It is a collection of easy-to-use software and tools for developing Infineon MCUs. The applications the toolbox can be used for embedded sense, control, wireless, and...

The STMicroelectronics STEVAL-FKI001V1 dual-radio development kit supports concurrent communication over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Sub-1GHz wireless.  This allows new flexibility when envisioning, building, and connecting IoT devices, such as smart sensors, finders, and trackers. These devices can be configured,...

Lanner has announced a fanless embedded computer that runs Linux on Intel’s 11th Gen Tiger Lake ULP platform. The system is designed for machine vision, surveillance, and compute-intensive video-related applications, including collaborative robotics and automated driving. Not surprisingly for a...

The Sallen & Key circuit is the simplest active 2-pole filter circuit you will find. It uses just two resistors, two capacitors and an op-amp connected as a buffer to realise a low-pass or high-pass filter. It is a simplified...

Analog Devices have launched a portfolio of ultra-high precision successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). The new line of ADCs is designed to help with the often challenging process of designing ADCs into such environments as instrumentation, industrial, and...

Green Watt Power announced the new EVD200 Series of fully encapsulated, ruggedized DC/DC converters for Electric Vehicle applications. The new EVD200 series has a very wide 40Vdc to 90Vdc input range with an output voltage of 13.8Vdc across the board....