This pack contains the LCR45 Passive Component Impedance Meter, great for advanced hobbyists and professionals. It also contains the very popular DCA Pro (model DCA75), fantastic for component identification, pinout identification, detailed characteristic measurement and curve tracing on a PC. Complete with USB cable and software on a USB flash drive.
DCA75
Building on the continued success of Peak's existing component identification and analysis instruments, the DCA Pro brings an array of exciting new features for the hobbyist and professional alike.
The DCA Pro is an advanced new design that features a graphics display, USB communications, PC Software and an enhanced component identification library.
Automatic component type identification
Automatic pinout identification (connect any way round)
The DCA Pro supports all the components that the popular Peak Atlas DCA55 supports, but adds plenty more. Components supported include:
Transistors (including Darlingtons), Silicon and Germanium types. Measures gain, Vbe and leakage
MOSFETs, enhancement mode and depletion mode types. Measure on-threshold (at 5 mA) and approx transconductance (for span of 3-5 mA)
JFETs, including normally off SiC types. Measures pinch-off voltage (at 1 uA) and approx transconductance (for span of 3-5 mA)
IGBTs (insulated gate bipolar transistors). Measures on-threshold (at 5 mA)
Diodes and Diode networks
LEDs and bicolour LEDs (2 lead and 3 lead types)
Zener Diodes with measurement of zener voltage up to 9 V at 5 mA
Voltage regulators (measures regulation voltage, drop-out voltage, quiescent current)
Triacs and Thyristors that require less than 10 mA of gate current and holding current
Stand-alone or with a PC
The instrument can be used stand-alone or connected to a PC. Either way, the DCA Pro will automatically identify the component type, identify the pinout and also measure a range of component parameters such as transistor gain, leakage, MOSFET and IGBT threshold voltages, pn characteristics and much more.
Curve Tracing
When connected to a PC using the supplied USB cable, a range of low current curve-tracing functions can be performed. Various graph types are available, with more to follow:
Bipolar transistor output characteristics, IC vs VCE
Bipolar transistor gain characteristics, HFE vs VCE
Bipolar transistor gain characteristics, HFE vs IC
MOSFET and IGBT output function, ID vs VDS
MOSFET and IGBT transfer function, ID vs VGS
JFET output function, ID vs VDS
JFET transfer function, ID vs VGS
Voltage regulator, VOUT vs VIN
Voltage regulator, IQ vs VIN.
PN junction I/V curves, forward and reverse options (for Zener diodes)
Curve tracing is performed using test parameters in the range of +/-12 V or +/-12 mA. All curve-tracing data can be instantly pasted into Excel for further graphing and analysis. PC Software is included with the DCA Pro on a Peak USB memory stick. Software designed for Windows 7 and higher (all 32 or 64 bit).
LCR45
A great handheld LCR analyzer that can measure the value of your passive component (inductor, capacitor or resistor) and also measure the detailed impedance in a number of modes. The LCR45 offers enhanced measurement resolution (better than 0.1 uH!) whilst also giving you continuous fluid measurements. Additionally, the test frequencies of DC, 1 kHz, 15 kHz and 200 kHz can be set to automatic or manual modes. Supplied with removable gold plated hook probes, battery and user guide. Compatible with standard 2 mm test connectors. Not designed for in-circuit use.
Automatic or manual component type selection: Inductor, Capacitor or Resistor
Automatic or manual test frequency selection: DC, 1 kHz, 15 kHz and 200 kHz
Inductance from 0.1 uH to 10 H
Capacitance from 0.1 pF to 10,000 uF
Resistance from 0.1 Ohm to 2 MOhm
Inductance measurement also shows DC winding resistance
Display of "Component type and values", "Complex Impedance", "Magnitude/Phase" and "Admittance"
Test frequency displayed for all measurements
Typical accuracy of 1.5% for inductors and capacitors (see spec table for details)
Typical accuracy of 1% for resistors
Test lead complete with gold plated 2 mm plugs and sockets
Supplied with removable gold plated hook probes
Included
LCR45
DCA75
Extra GP23 Battery
Extra AAA cell
Dual Carry Case
The Peak Atlas DCA55 is great for automatically identifying the type of semiconductor on the test leads as well as the pinout and many other parameters.
Supports transistors MOSFETs, JFETs (gate pin only can be identified), diodes, LEDs and lots more. Automatically identifies type of component, pinout and other important parameters. Now features transistor leakage measurement and Germanium/Silicon identification.
Component Support
Bipolar transistors (NPN/PNP inc Silicon/Germanium)
Darlington transistors (NPN/PNP)
Enhancement mode MOSFETs (N-Ch and P-Ch)
Depletion mode MOSFETs (N-Ch and P-Ch)
Junction FETs (N-Ch and P-Ch). Only gate lead identified
Diodes and diode networks (2 and 3 lead types)
LEDs and bi-colour LEDs (2 lead and 3 lead types)
Low power sensitive Triacs and Thyristors (<5 mA trigger and hold)
Measurements
Part type identification
Pinout identification
BJT current gain (hFE)
BJT base emitter voltage (Vbe)
BJT collector leakage current
MOSFET gate threshold voltage
Diode forward voltage drop (Vf)
Specifications
Analyzer type
Transistors, Diodes, LEDs, MOSFETs, JFETs
Pinout detection
Full pinout (only Gate on JFETs)
Pinout configuration
Connect any way round
Transistor measurements
Vbe, hFE, Iceo
MOSFET measurements
Vgs(on)
Diode measurements
Vf
Probe type
Universal grabber type
Battery
Single AAA cell (supplied). Life typically 1300 ops
Test conditions
Typically 5 mA, 5 V peak
Display type
Alphanumeric LCD (with backlight)
Included
Peak Atlas DCA55 Semiconductor Analyzer
Comprehensive illustrated user guide
Fitted universal hook probes
AAA Alkaline battery
Downloads
Datasheet (EN)
User Guide (EN)
User Guide (IT)
The Peak Atlas LCR45 does everything that the popular LCR40 does, but it has some significant enhancements. The LCR45 features a new high capacity micro and high resolution ADCs.
LCR45 incorporates advanced maths, based on Complex Impedance analysis. This allows for enhanced component value measurement as well as a comprehensive and detailed impedance display.
Features
Supplied with gold plated removable hook probes
Fluid measurements with hold function
Automatic or manual component type
Automatic or manual test frequency, DC, 1 kHz, 15 kHz or 200 kHz
Enhanced measurement resolution: 0.2 µH, 0.2 pF and 0.2 Ohms
Easy menu system for user settings
Enhanced compensation for component parasitics and losses (such as core losses etc)
Automatic or manual power-off
Specifications
Analyser type
LCR and component impedance
Component types
Auto/Manual for L,C & R
Measurement types
Inductance, Capacitance and Resistance
Other measurements
Complex impedance/admittance
More measurements
Magnitude and Phase of impedance
Inductance range
0uH to 2H
Capacitance range
0 pF to 10000 uF
Resistance range
0R to 2MR
Test frequency
Auto and manual: DC, 1 kHz, 15 kHz, 200 kHz
Display type
Alphanumeric LCD (not backlit)
Measurement scheme
Continuous (with optional hold)
Battery
GP23 (12 V/55 mAH type), ~700 ops
Included
LCR45 Passive Component Impedance Meter
2 mm plugs and sockets and removeable hook probes
Comprehensive illustrated user guide
2 Batteries, one installed and one spare. GP23 Alkaline battery. (12 V/55 mAH)
Downloads
Datasheet (EN)
User Guide (EN)
User Guide (FR)
User Guide (IT)
The nRF52840 dongle is a small, low-cost USB dongle that supports Bluetooth 5.3, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, ZigBee, 802.15.4, ANT and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols. The dongle is the perfect target hardware for use with nRF Connect for Desktop as it is low-cost but still support all the short range wireless standards used with Nordic devices.
The dongle has been designed to be used as a wireless HW device together with nRF Connect for Desktop. For other use cases please do note that there is no debug support on the dongle, only support for programming the device and communicating through USB.
It is supported by most of the nRF Connect for Desktop apps and will automatically be programmed if needed. In addition custom applications can be compiled and downloaded to the dongle. It has a user programmable RGB LED, a green LED, a user programmable button as well as 15 GPIO accessible from castellated solder points along the edge. Example applications are available in the nRF5 SDK under the board name PCA10059.
The nRF52840 dongle is supported by nRF Connect for Desktop as well as programming through nRFUtil.
Features
Bluetooth 5.2 ready multiprotocol radio
2 Mbps
Long Range
Advertising Extensions
Channel Selection Algorithm #2 (CSA #2)
IEEE 802.15.4 radio support
Thread
ZigBee
Arm Cortex-M4 with floating point support
DSP instruction set
ARM CryptoCell CC310 cryptographic accelerator
15 GPIO available via edge castellation
USB interface direct to nRF52840 SoC
Integrated 2.4 GHz PCB antenna
1 user-programmable button
1 user-programmable RGB LED
1 user-programmable LED
1.7-5.5 V operation from USB or external
Downloads
Datasheet
Hardware Files
Mastering PCB design with real-world projects
This book builts on KiCad Like a Pro – Fundamentals and Projects and aims to help you practice your new KiCad skills by challenging you in a series of real-world projects. The projects are supported by a comprehensive set of recipes with detailed instructions on how to achieve a variety of simple and complex tasks. Design the PCBs for a solar power supply, an LED matrix array, an Arduino-powered datalogger, and a custom ESP32 board. Understand the finer details of the interactive router, how to manage KiCad project teams with Git, how to use an autorouter on 2 and 4-layer PCBs, and much more.
KiCad 8 is a modern, cross-platform application suite built around schematic and design editors. This stable and mature PCB tool is a perfect fit for electronic engineers and makers. With KiCad 8, you can create PCBs of any complexity and size without the constraints associated with the commercial packages.
Here are the most significant improvements and features in KiCad 8, both over and under the hood:
Modern user interface, completely redesigned from earlier versions
Improved and customizable electrical and design rule checkers
Theme editor allowing you to fully customize the look of KiCad on your screen
Ability to import projects from Eagle, CADSTART, and more
An improved and tightly integrated SPICE circuit simulator
Autorouting with the Freerouting plugin
Filters define which elements of a layout are selectable
Enhanced interactive router helps you draw single tracks and differential pairs with precision
New or enhanced tools to draw tracks, measure distances, tune track lengths, etc.
Enhanced tool for creating filled zones
A customizable coordinate system facilitates data exchange with other CAD applications
Realistic ray-tracing capable 3D viewer
Differential pair routing
Rich repositories of symbol, footprint, and 3D shape libraries
Python scripting API for programmatic customization and extensions
Improved footprint wizard for fast custom footprints
If you enjoy DIY electronics, projects, software and robots, you’ll find this book intellectually stimulating and immediately useful. With the right parts and a little guidance, you can build robot systems that suit your needs more than overpriced commercial systems can.
20 years ago, robots based on simple 8-bit processors and touch sensors were the norm. Now, it’s possible to build multi-core robots that can react to their surroundings with intelligence. Today’s robots combine sensor readings from accelerometers, gyroscopes and computer vision sensors to learn about their environments. They can respond using sophisticated control algorithms and they can process data both locally and in the cloud.
This book, which covers the theory and best practices associated with advanced robot technologies, was written to help roboticists, whether amateur hobbyist or professional, take their designs to the next level. As will be seen, building advanced applications does not require extremely costly robot technology. All that is needed is simply the knowledge of which technologies are out there and how best to use each of them.
Each chapter in this book will introduce one of these different technologies and discuss how best to use it in a robotics application. On the hardware side, we’ll cover microcontrollers, servos, and sensors, hopefully inspiring you to design your own awe-inspiring, next-generation systems. On the software side, we’ll cover programming languages, debugging, algorithms, and state machines. We’ll focus on the Arduino, the Parallax Propeller, Revolution Education PICAXE and projects I’ve with which I’ve been involved, including the TBot educational robot, the PropScope oscilloscope, the 12Blocks visual programming language, and the ViewPort development environment. In addition, we’ll serve up a comprehensive introduction to a variety of essential topics, including output (e.g. LEDs, servo motors), and communication technologies (e.g. infrared, audio), that you can use to develop systems that interact to stimuli and communicate with humans and other robots. To make these topics as accessible as possible, handy schematics, sample code and practical tips regarding building and debugging have been included.
Hanno Sander
Christchurch, New Zealand
This book is about advanced programming of the Raspberry Pi computer using the Python programming language. The book explains in simple terms and with examples:
How to configure the Raspberry Pi computer;
How to install and use the Linux operating system and the desktop;
How to write advanced programs using the Python programming language;
How to use graphics in our programs;
How to develop hardware based projects using the Raspberry Pi.
The book starts with an introduction to the Raspberry Pi computer and covers the topics of purchasing all the necessary accessories and installing and operating the Linux operating system in command mode. The network interface of the RPi is explained in simple steps, demonstrating how the computer can be accessed remotely from a desktop or a laptop computer.
The remaining parts of the book cover the Python programming language in detail, including advanced topics such as operating system calls, multitasking, interprocess synchronization and interprocess communication techniques. The important topic of network programming using UDP and TCP protocols is described with working examples. The Tkinter graphical user interface module (GUI) is described in detail with example widgets and programs.
The last part of the book includes hardware projects based on using the advanced programming topics such as multitasking and interprocess communication techniques. All the projects given in the book have been fully tested and are working. Complete program listings of all projects are provided with detailed explanations.
Master the software tools behind the STM32 microcontroller
This book is project-based and aims to teach the software tools behind STM32 microcontroller programming. Author Majid Pakdel has developed projects using various different software development environments including Keil MDK, IAR Embedded Workbench, Arduino IDE and MATLAB. Readers should be able to use the projects as they are, or modify them to suit to their own needs. This book is written for students, established engineers, and hobbyists. STM32 microcontroller development boards including the STM32F103 and STM32F407 are used throughout the book. Readers should also find it easy to use other ARM-based development boards.
Advanced Programming with STM32 Microcontrollers includes:
Introduction to easy-to-use software tools for STM32
Accessing the features of the STM32
Practical, goal oriented learning
Complete code available online
Producing practical projects with ease
Topics cover:
Pulse Width Modulation
Serial Communication
Watchdog Timers
I²C
Direct Memory Access (DMA)
Finite State Machine Programming
ADCs and DACs
External Interupts
Timers and Counters
32 new Projects, Practical Examples and Exercises with the Elektor Arduino Nano MCCAB Training Board
Electronics and microcontroller technology offer the opportunity to be creative. This practical microcontroller course provides you with the chance to bring your own Arduino projects and experience such moments of success. Ideally, everything works as you imagined when you switch it on for the first time. In practice, however, things rarely work as expected. At that point, you need knowledge to efficiently search for and find the reason for the malfunction.
In this book for advanced users, we delve deep into the world of microcontrollers and the Arduino IDE to learn new procedures and details, enabling you to successfully tackle and solve even more challenging situations.
With this book, the author gives the reader the necessary tools to create projects independently and also to be able to find errors quickly. Instead of just offering ready-made solutions, he explains the background, the hardware used, and any tools required. He sets tasks in which the reader contributes their own creativity and writes the Arduino sketch themselves.
If you don’t have a good idea and get stuck, there is, of course, a suggested solution for every project and every task, along with the corresponding software, which is commented on and explained in detail in the book.
This practical course will teach you more about the inner workings of the Arduino Nano and its microcontroller. You will get to know hardware modules that you can use to realize new and interesting projects. You will familiarize yourself with software methods such as ‘state machines,’ which can often be used to solve problems more easily and clearly.
The numerous practical projects and exercise sketches are once again realized on the Arduino Nano MCCAB Training Board, which you may already be familiar with from the course book ‘Microcontrollers Hands-on Course for Arduino Starters’, and which contains all the hardware peripherals and operating elements we need for the input/output operations of our sketches.
Readers who do not yet own the Arduino Nano MCCAB Training Board can purchase the required hardware separately, or alternatively, build it on a breadboard.
Comprehensive Book-Hardware Bundle for the RP2040 Microcontroller with over 80 Projects
Unlock the potential of modern controller technology with the Raspberry Pi Pico in this bundle. Perfect for both beginners and experienced users, the easy-to-follow guide takes you from the basics of electronics to the complexities of digital signal processing. With the Raspberry Pi Pico, the dedicated hardware kit and MicroPython programming, you will learn the key principles of circuit design, data collection, and processing.
Get hands-on with over 80 projects like a stopwatch with an OLED display, a laser distance meter, and a servo-controlled fan. These projects are designed to help you apply what you've learned in real-world scenarios. The book also covers advanced topics like wireless RFID technology, object detection, and sensor integration for robotics.
Whether you're looking to build your skills in electronics or dive deeper into embedded systems, this bundle is the perfect resource to help you explore the full potential of the Raspberry Pi Pico.
Contents of the Bundle
1x Project Book (273 pages)
1x Raspberry Pi Pico WH
1x Raspberry Pi Pico H
1x Smart Car Kit
Electronic Parts
2x Solderless breadboard (400 holes)
1x Solderless breadboard (170 holes)
5x Colorful 5 mm LEDs (green, red, blue, yellow and white)
1x Laser transmitter
1x Passive buzzer
1x Micro USB cable (30 cm)
1x 65 Jumper wires
1x 20 cm male to female Dupont wire
1x Clear case
1x Magnet (diameter: 8 mm, thickness: 5 mm)
1x Rotary potentiometer
10x 2 KΩ resistors
2x M2.5x30 mm copper pillars
10x Phillips pan head screws
10x M2.5 nickel hex nuts
1x 2-inch dual-purpose screwdriver
Modules
1x RGB module
1x 9G servo
1x Dual-axis XY joystick module
1x RC522 RFID module
1x 4 Bits digital LED display module
1x Traffic light display module
1x Rotary Encoder module
1x 1602 LCD Display module (Blue)
1x Photoresistor module
1x DC motor with male Dupont wire
1x Fan blade
1x Raindrops module
1x OLED module
1x Membrane switch keyboard
1x Mini magnetic spring module
1x Infrared remote control
1x Infrared receiver module
1x DC stepper motor driver board
1x Button
Sensors
1x Vibration sensor
1x Soil moisture sensor
1x Sound sensor
1x Mini PIR motion sensor
1x Temperature & Humidity sensor
1x Flame sensor
2x Crash sensor
2x Tracking sensor
1x Ultrasonic sensor
This ebook is about the Raspberry Pi 3 computer and its use in various control and monitoring applications. The book explains in simple terms and with tested and working example projects, how to configure the Raspberry Pi 3 computer, how to install and use the Linux operating system, and how to write hardware based applications programs using the Python programming language.
The nice feature of this book is that it covers many Raspberry Pi 3 based hardware projects using the latest hardware modules such as the Sense HAT, Swiss Pi, MotoPi, Camera module, and many other state of the art analog and digital sensors. An important feature of the Raspberry Pi 3 is that it contains on-board Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules. Example projects are given in the book on using the Wi-Fi and the Bluetooth modules to show how real-data can be sent to the Cloud using the Wi-Fi module, and also how to communicate with an Android based mobile phone using the Bluetooth module.
The book is ideal for self-study, and is intended for electronic/electrical engineering students, practising engineers, research students, and for hobbyists. It is recommended that the book should be followed in the given Chapter order.
Over 30 projects are given in the book. All the projects in the book are based on the Python programming language and they have been fully tested. Full program listings of every project are given in the book with comments and full descriptions. Experienced programmers should find it easy to modify and update the programs to suit their needs.
The following sub-headings are given for each project to make it as easy as possible for the readers to follow the projects:
Project title
Description
Aim of the project
Raspberry Pi type
Block diagram
Circuit diagram
Program listing
