The Achilles Heel of the Mikroelektronika Hexiwear is its charging: the charging and USB connector are only designed for a limited number of plug-unplug cycles, and it does not have a wireless charging capability like the Apple iWatch. Until now! I have built a DIY wireless charging system for the Hexiwear ? : Wireless Qi […]
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RICHLAND, Wash. – Scientists have created a microbattery that packs twice the energy compared to current microbatteries used to monitor the movements of salmon through rivers in the Pacific Northwest and around the world. The battery, a cylinder just slightly larger than a long grain of rice, is certainly not the world’s smallest battery, as
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BOM-Gen BOM-Gen is EGALE ULP script to generate complete BOM (bill of materials) document for EAGLE PCB projects. This script generate BOM document as formatted HTML document. Usage Copy bom.ulp file to EAGLE ULP directory. Normally, in Windows operating systems this directory is located at “C:\Program Files\EAGLE-X.X.X\ulp”. Also note that this is an optional step
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Liked how SquareWear 2.0 has so many built-in components and yet so compact in size? Introducing SquareWear Mini — the little sister of SquareWear that has the same capabilities (and more!) but is 25% smaler in size! SquareWear Mini Available for purchase at Rayshobby Shop. So what is SquareWear Mini? Similar to SquareWear 2.0, the
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While I waited for the Mini 7-Segment Clock v3 PCBs to arrive, I got to work on designing an enclosure. First, I exported the PCB from EAGLE to SketchUp. I then assembled a complete 3D model with all the necessary components. With the 3D model complete, I could then design an enclosure to house the
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The HP 6010A is a monster of a power supply, capable of providing 1kW. There are three limits: 17A, 200V and 1kW – that means that you can source 200V, but only up to 5A. You can suck 17A, but only at up to 60V. I got this one second hand, possibly third or eight
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The usage of BLDC motor is already increasing due to its efficiency in driving motors with lesser power requirement. It runs with a digital signal controller IC that has processing power of a 32-bit DSP and a functionality of the microcontroller with a flexible set of peripherals. Due this flexibility in configuration, the designed system
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For circuits relying on lithium-ion cells, determining the amount of charge remaining in a cell requires specialized techniques that can complicate the design of energy-harvesting applications. Engineers can implement these techniques with MCUs and ADCs normally used in these applications, but at the cost of increased complexity. Instead, engineers can easily add this functionality to
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Tiny, cheap and easy ARM9@400Mhz Linux Embedded module for DIY and Maker cultures Today’s special price: EUR 9.99 13.99 (buy now) Shipping date: June 2014 Buy Arietta G25 right now, the cost will go up until it gets to the final price of EUR 19.99. The next price increase is planned for March 15th, extra
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Maybe it´s the right time for you to also consider usage of OLED displays in your applications. The most advanced display technology – OLED, goes ahead into many industrial products thanks to its advantages. From a certain point of view exactly the industrial environment properly checks features of displays and especially in critical applications
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