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We’re halfway through 2013 and really getting into the swing of things with our June edition of Elektor Magazine!
This month’s copy of Elektor Magazine is filled with challenging, exciting projects. Stay indoors and learn how to control household appliances from your mobile phone with a...
Publication date: 22 May 2013 - Elektor
TDK Corporation has expanded its portfolio of automotive-grade multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) with new mid-voltage types featuring C0G temperature characteristics and rated voltages from 100 V to 630 V. The new components in the CGA series offer capacitance values that are very...
Publication date: 21 May 2013 - Components
Failure-prone opto-drivers are a weak link in motor controls and other industrial power systems that require long-term reliability, extended warranties and fail-safe operation for up to 20 years. Opto-drivers are inherently limited by their inferior LED-based technology, which is subject to large...
Publication date: 20 May 2013 - Components
According to its manufacturer Maxim, the MAX11156 is the industry’s smallest 12-pin, 18-bit successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Available in a tiny 3mm x 3mm TDFN package, the MAX11156 integrates an internal reference and reference buffer, saving cost and at...
Publication date: 17 May 2013 - Components
Vicor Corporation announced the expansion of its ultra-high density Picor Cool-Power PI31xx series of isolated, ZVS-based DC-DC converters optimized for 24 V industrial, 28 V aerospace and defense, and demanding wide temperature applications. The new converters retain the product...
Publication date: 16 May 2013 - Power Supplies
With the recent release of Warwick A. Smith’s Open Source Electronics on Linux , entering the world of open source software for electronics and everyday applications has never been easier, be it solely on Linux or in tandem with your current operating system.
This book offers the perfect...
Publication date: 15 May 2013 - Elektor
To make it easier for programmers who work with high-level languages to take advantage of the capabilities of programmable logic devices, Altera has launched a Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Open Computing Language (OpenCL) and supported third-party production boards. This ties in with...
Publication date: 14 May 2013 - Computer/Software/Internet
With smartphones becoming the center of many people’s universe, there is a growing need for the ability to connect them to normal monitors for easier viewing, especially among older users. To facilitate this, Analogix Semiconductor offers its SlimPort technology to interface smartphones and...
Publication date: 13 May 2013 - Computer/Software/Internet
VMusic3 is a USB host and MP3/WMA player application module based on FTDI’s Vinculum II microcontroller. The default firmware of the VMusic3 supports audio playback and UART or SPI communication interfaces for integration into the target product. VMusic3 can be used to read MP3 and other audio...
Publication date: 10 May 2013 - Audio/Video/Photography
The compact computer boards offered by the open-source BeagleBoard organization support a variety of Linux distributions and provide laptop computing power in vest-pocket format. The latest member of the family, dubbed “BeagleBone Black”, has credit-card dimensions and features a 1 GHz...
Publication date: 9 May 2013 - Computer/Software/Internet
Thanks to Elektor’s continued cooperation with PCB manufacturer Eurocircuits, the wideband TAPIR E-smog Meter DIY kit has returned to Elektor.STORE! Eurocircuits are producing another batch of 1,000 of these clever little PCBs, and we anticipate them selling fast—the original kit was immensely...
Publication date: 8 May 2013 - Elektor
Altera has launched its Cyclone V System-on-Chip (SoC) development kit. Developed in collaboration with ARM, the kit features the recently announced ARM Development Studio 5 (DS-5) Altera Edition Toolkit software, which boasts FPGA-adaptive debugging software that enables designers to...
Publication date: 7 May 2013 - Microcontrollers
Microchip announces two new 8-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs), the PIC16F527 and PIC16F570, which combine a PIC MCU with a dual Op Amp module, an 8-bit ADC and two comparators. The new MCUs add several features to support ease of use and system robustness. The all-new hardware interrupt...
Publication date: 6 May 2013 - Microcontrollers
Silicon Labs has released what it claims to be the first single-die antenna-to-audio digital radio receiver devices for the global portable and consumer electronics markets. Using software-defined radio technology, the new Si468x receiver ICs bring FM, HD Radio and DAB/DAB+ broadcast capabilities...
Publication date: 3 May 2013 - RF (radio)
Linux use is growing rapidly in the embedded domain, fueled by the availability of low-cost, low-power, high-performance ARM-based MPUs with working Linux ports and communication stacks. Unfortunately, getting started with Embedded Linux can be a daunting experience due to fragmented open-source...
Publication date: 2 May 2013 - Microcontrollers
Elektor Academy and Element14 are excited to bring you the sixteenth installment of our free webinars based around another hugely popular project from Elektor Magazine! In this webinar, long-time Elektor Magazine reader and contributor Martin Ossmann will be outlining some of the basics...
Publication date: 1 May 2013 - Elektor
Linear Technology announces the LT6110 cable drop compensator, a new device that improves voltage regulation at remote loads without the need for Kelvin sense wires. The new device has been architected for use with most types of voltage regulators and can provide several volts of load regulation...
Publication date: 30 April 2013 - Power Supplies
The Chinese semi-conductor manufacturer Worldsemi has developed an RGB-LED that includes a driver chip with a serial interface that allows controlling strings of 1024 of these LEDs using only three wires. The color of each LED can be adjusted individually with a resolution of 24 bits.
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Publication date: 29 April 2013 - Components
Typing on today’s mobile phones and tablets is needlessly slow. One limitation is that the QWERTY layout is ill-suited when typing with the thumbs. Two-thumb typing is ergonomically very different from typing on a physical keyboard, which is why researchers from the Max Planck Institute and...
Publication date: 26 April 2013 - Education & Information
Optogenetics is the process by which genetically-programmed neurons or other cells can be activated by subjecting them to light. Among other things, the technology helps scientists understand how the brain works, which could in turn lead to new treatments for brain disorders. Presently, fiber...
Publication date: 25 April 2013 - Test & Measurement
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