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Building a MicroPython heart rate monitor Finding the beat in HR sensor data

Building a MicroPython heart rate monitor | Finding the beat in HR sensor data

Pulse sensors have become popular due to their use in health-monitors like the Fitbit. The sensors used are cheap, simple and pretty reliable at getting a reasonable indication of heart rate in daily use. They work by sensing the change in light absorption or reflection by blood as it pulses through your arteries — a technique […]

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LINUX DRIVEN COM AND CARRIER BOARD POWERED BY ZYNQ SOC

LINUX-DRIVEN COM AND CARRIER BOARD POWERED BY ZYNQ SOC

MYIR Tech has launched an $85 module, Xilinx Zynq-7010 or -7007S that runs on MYC-C7Z010/007S CPU Module. MYC-C7Z010/007S CPU Module is a part of their newly launched sandwich-style, $209 MYD-Y7Z010/007S Development Board. There’s an open source Linux 3.15.0 based BSP for the module, and the MYD-Y7Z010/007S carrier board ships with schematics. Both the module and development board can withstand -40 to 85°C temperature range. Xilinx’s Zynq-7010 has dual-core Arm

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CONNECT TECH’S V7G SYSTEM IS AN AI TARGETED SBC WITH 5TH GEN XEON D CPU AND NVIDIA PASCAL CARDS

CONNECT TECH’S V7G SYSTEM IS AN AI-TARGETED SBC WITH 5TH GEN XEON-D CPU AND NVIDIA PASCAL CARDS

Connect Tech Inc’s V7G System, which is also listed as the “COM Express Type 7 + GPU Embedded System”, is the first Xeon-D based SBC-like product. The V7G houses a 5th Gen “Broadwell” Xeon-D based COM Express Type 7 module and it can house three Nvidia Pascal-driven graphics boards. No OS support was listed yet, but it is

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NEW MINI ITX FORM FACTOR OPEN X 8M DEVELOPMENT KIT IS BUILT AROUND I.MX8M MODULE

NEW MINI-ITX FORM FACTOR OPEN-X 8M DEVELOPMENT KIT IS BUILT AROUND I.MX8M MODULE

The Canada based company Intrinsyc has announced the Open-X 8M System on Module (SOM) a month ago. Now Open-X 8M is followed up with a Mini-ITX form factor Open-X 8M Development Kit build. The kit includes a GbE port, dual USB 3.0 ports, M2 expansion, and much more user-friendly features. The Open-X 8M SOM can run Linux and Android 8.0 on the high-end Quad model

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A field configurable wideband frequency converter and signal generator

A field-configurable wideband frequency converter and signal generator

MoRFeus is a 30 MHz–6 GHz field-configurable Fractional-N wideband frequency converter and signal generator. Its LCD display and button interface enable dynamic field-level configuration – from switching between signal generator and other modes, to setting the local oscillator frequency and more. It was designed for wideband frequency up- and down-conversion – with an LO frequency

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PHYTEC DEVELOPS THREE PHYCORE MODULES – I.MX8 I.MX8M AND IMX8X DRIVEN BY LINUX

PHYTEC DEVELOPS THREE PHYCORE MODULES – I.MX8, I.MX8M, AND IMX8X, DRIVEN BY LINUX

Phytec has updated their product pages for three new PhyCore modules, all of which support Linux. The three modules, which employ three different flavors of i.MX8 SOC is phyCORE-i.MX 8X, i.MX 8M, and i.MX 8 SBCs. The PhyCore COMs are based on NXP’s Cortex-A53 based i.MX8M, its -A53 and -A72 equipped i.MX8 Quad, and its -A35 based i.MX8X. The i.MX8X SoC found on the

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PICO316 – THE NEW PICO ITX SBC POWERED BY INTEL APOLLO LAKE PROCESSORS

PICO316 – THE NEW PICO-ITX SBC POWERED BY INTEL APOLLO LAKE PROCESSORS

Axiomtek, a Taiwan based company has introduced new Pico-ITX form factor SBCs using Intel’s Apollo Lake processor. This line of SBCs from Axiomtek started with PICO312 with minimal coastline ports, and then followed with a COM-like PICO313. Recently they launched a similar 100 x 72mm PICO316 SBC with more versatile ports than the original PICO312. This PICO316 SBC is

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1W REGULATED SMT DC or DC CONVERTER CAN BE USED IN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

1W REGULATED SMT DC/DC CONVERTER CAN BE USED IN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Expanding its range of embedded-core DC/DC converters, Murata Power Solutions adds the NXF1 series of regulated, high isolation converter with 3.3 or 5.0V outputs. Inputs available are nominal 3.3 and 5.0V in an industry-standard, surface-mount package with a low profile of 5.1mm. Line regulation is typically better than 0.03 per cent and load regulation is

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