Introduction In this project, we implemented a two-degree-of-freedom ball balancing platform using a resistive touchscreen, two servo motors, and PID control. We used a PIC32 microcontroller to read position data from the touchscreen and drive the servos, adjusting the platform’s angle. We tuned the system to balance a 1 inch diameter steel ball using a …
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Introduction and High-Level Design When we were brainstorming ideas, each one of us had different interests. Max wanted to do an audio-related project as he is working for McIntosh, a company that designs and manufactures handcrafted legendary home audio systems. Ben wanted to make something that would be highly visually appealing. Alek wanted to take …
The DSG3000B RF Signal Generator series simplifies high power setup since an external amplifier is not needed. Engineers can generate more complex signals without additional hardware using the modulation schemes supplied in the DSG3000B with both internal and external IQ modulation capabilities. Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced the Rigol DSG3000B RF Signal Generator series, improving on the previous DSG3000 …
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Introduction Audio effects are used in nearly every recorded and live song across genres, whether its reverb being added to a vocalist or noise being filtered from a drum track. When used with guitars, they’re so ubiquitous that the interesting tones they create are often already associated with the instrument (like distortion), although they can …
Introduction This article describes how to build a smart digital dimmer. A dimmer is a common light switch that is used in houses, hotels and many other buildings. Older versions of dimmer switches were manual, and would typically incorporate a rotary switch (potentiometer) or buttons to control the light level. This article describes how to …
The emergence of HDMI 2.0 and the widespread acceptance of this technology is making a deep impact on the multimedia and entertainment industry in our emerging economy. And the urge to support high-speed data transmission and ongoing advancements has made industries to focus on providing a diverse category of products that can support all necessary …
ENABLING 4K ULTRA HD CAPABILITIES THROUGH IWAVE’S ZYNQ ULTRASCALE+ MPSOC PLATFORM Read More »
When your product needs to be designed to work in the most harsh of conditions, such as in military vehicles, aircrafts and others of the same sort, you need military-grade components to cope with extreme temperatures, radiation, and other environmental characteristics commonly found in the defense and aerospacial industries, among others. In these industries, not any …
MICROCHIP ANNOUNCED NEW VSC8541RT GIGABIT ETHERNET PHY RMII / RGMII TRANSCEIVER Read More »
Texas Instruments’ buffer features stuck bus recovery Texas Instruments’ TCA4307 is a hot-swappable I2C bus buffer that supports I/O card insertion into a live backplane without corruption of the data and clock lines. Control circuitry prevents the backplane-side I2C lines (in) from being connected to the card-side I2C lines (out) until a stop command or bus idle …
The all-in-one DT71 Mini Digital Tweezers is a measuring tool with full differential input measurement, capable of functioning as an LCR / ESR meter, a digital multimeter, or/and an SMD Tester. Design with innovation and the highest user experience intentions, the DT71 subvert the appearance restrictions of traditional measuring instruments. It is compact by design and has a unique trinary structure …
Sensirion’s SGP40 VOC sensor is designed for air purifiers or demand-controlled ventilation The SGP40 is Sensirion’s digital volatile organic compounds (VOC) sensor designed for easy integration into air treatment devices and air quality monitors. Based on Sensirion’s CMOSens® technology, the SGP40 offers a complete sensor system on a single chip and features a digital I²C interface, a temperature-controlled micro-hotplate, …
