How to port EFSL to any CPU architecture
By Ionela Feb 9th, 2010
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EFSL is a FAT file-system library that has been written in pure C. The philosophy behind EFSL was that the library should compile on anything called a C-compiler. |
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32K I2C Serial EEPROM
By Ionela Feb 8th, 2010
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The 24AA32A/24LC32A (24XX32A*) is a 32 Kbit Electrically Erasable PROM. The device is organized as a single block of 4K x 8-bit memory with a 2-wire serial interface. |
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How to hack Hack the Wii Motion Plus
By Ionela Feb 7th, 2010
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I’ve been looking for a 3-axis gyroscope recently, and I came across the Wii Motion Plus. Fortunately, other people have done the hard work of reverse engineering the protocol and written this up elsewhere. |
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How to interface PS3 and Wiimote game controllers directly onto the Arduino using the USB Host Shield
By Ionela Feb 6th, 2010
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This article describes how to interface PS3 and Wiimote game controllers directly onto the Arduino using the USB Host Shield. |
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MAX11835 Haptic Piezo Controller with I2C Interface
By Ionela Feb 5th, 2010
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The MAX11835 haptic (tactile) piezo controller provides a complete solution to drive ceramic piezo actuators to create haptic feedback for products featuring user touch interfaces. |
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MAX15054 High-Side MOSFET Driver for HB LED Drivers and DC-DC Applications
By Ionela Feb 4th, 2010
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The MAX15054 is a high-side, n-channel MOSFET driver for high-voltage applications capable of switching at high frequencies. |
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MAX2135 Industry's Only Diversity Tuner for Automotive TV Consumes Only 300mW
By Ionela Feb 3rd, 2010
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The MAX2135 low-power, 6MHz ISDB-T and 6MHz/7MHz/ 8MHz DVB-T low-IF diversity tuner directly converts broadcast ISDB-T and DVB-T signals to a low-IF using a broadband I/Q downconverter. |
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How to Interface 16- and 32-bit MCUs to Modern Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) Displays
By Ionela Feb 2nd, 2010
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This presentation focuses on the practical aspects of interfacing modern 16- and 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) architectures to a QVGA Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) display system. |
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Reasonably priced PCB prototype manufacturing houses
By brumbarchris Feb 1st, 2010
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The purpose of this article is to review a few PCB prototype manufacturing houses that I have used in the past and that I am currently using for various projects. It does NOT cover fabrication houses that I have only heard of, and it will reflect actual experiences. |
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Digital Media System-on-Chip - TMS320DM6467
By wordpainter Jan 31st, 2010
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The TMS320DM6467 (also referenced as DM6467) is a Digital Media System-on-Chip. It leverages TI's DaVinci technology to meet the networked media encode and decode application processing needs of next-generation embedded devices. |
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Practical Applications of Low-Power Design with nanoWatt XLP
By Ionela Jan 30th, 2010
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In any low power or battery powered application that includes microcontrollers, there are four basic parameters that need to be controlled in order to have a system meet power requirements: |
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Broadest Portfolio of Semiconductors Specified for Operation up to 150°C Ambient from Microchip
By Ionela Jan 29th, 2010
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Microchip‘s high-temperature products enable better connectivity, more intelligent motor control, improved system efficiency and lower system cost when compared to mechanical, or previouslyavailable electronic solutions. |
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Three New PIC32 Families Add Integrated Ethernet, Dual CAN, USB and 128 KB RAM
By Ionela Jan 28th, 2010
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The demand for embedded connectivity continues to grow, forcing existing products to run more software stacks simultaneously. The new PIC32MX5/6/7 families are designed specifically for these data-intensive applications. |
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MAX17120 Triple High-Voltage Scan Driver for TFT LCD
By Ionela Jan 27th, 2010
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The MAX17120 includes three high-voltage level-shifting scan drivers for TFT panel integrated gate logic. Each scan driver has two channels that switch complementarily. |
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Industry's Most Robust and Smallest Pin-Selectable DTE/DCE Multiprotocol Chipset
By Ionela Jan 26th, 2010
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The MAX13171E along with the MAX13173E/ MAX13175E, form a complete pin-selectable data terminal equipment (DTE) or data communication equipment (DCE) interface port that support the V.28 (RS-232), V.10/V.11 (RS-449/V.36, RS-530, RS-530A, X.21), and V.35 protocols. |
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MAX17121 Dual High-Voltage Scan Drivers for TFT LCD
By Ionela Jan 25th, 2010
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The MAX17121 includes two high-voltage, level-shifting scan drivers for TFT panel integrated gate logic. Each scan driver has two channels that switch complementarily. |
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Digital Video Recorder vs Digital Video Server
By Ionela Jan 24th, 2010
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A digital video recorder (DVR) and digital video server (DVS) are appliances used in video surveillance. These appliances take the analog video signals from multiple analog surveillance cameras and digitize them. |
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High-Efficiency Power Solution Using DC/DC Converter for the DM365
By Ionela Jan 23rd, 2010
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In multi-voltage architectures, coordinated management of power supplies is necessary to avoid potential problems and ensure reliable performance. |
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MAX9724 DirectDrive Headphone Amplifier
By Ionela Jan 22nd, 2010
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This article introduces the DirectDrive Technology in headphone amplifies, and overviews the MAX9724 DirectDrive Headphone Amplifier |
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How to Sequence with the MAX16046 System-Management IC
By planright Jan 21st, 2010
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Complex devices like CPUs, ASICs, FPGAs, and memories commonly require power-supply sequencing. MAX16046 provides a highly integrated solution for sequencing, monitoring, and power-supply margining. |
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OMAP35x Platform Solutions for Portable Patient Monitoring and Diagnostic Applications
By Ionela Jan 20th, 2010
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The need to minimize healthcare costs is driving healthcare providers to move patient treatment and monitoring outside the hospital. |
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FAQs About dsPIC® DSC SMPS Devices
By planright Jan 19th, 2010
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Answers to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about dsPIC33FJ06GS101/X02 and dsPIC33FJ16GSX02/X04 devices, which are designed to meet the requirements of power conversion applications. These devices were developed using a newer, advanced architecture and include many new features over the dsPIC30F1010/202X devices. |
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Cool LCD Design Using MC9S08LG32
By veryshant Jan 18th, 2010
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Cool LCD Design Using Freescale's MC9S08LG32 read more about it and found out how it can used in LCD's |
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Adding a Capacitive Touch User Interface With Resources Already Present in Your System
By Ionela Jan 17th, 2010
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With your embedded system already containing a microcontroller, you may be able to replace buttons and proximity sensors with capacitive-touch controls for minimal expense, or even cost savings. |
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How to Reduce the Development Time, While Improving Efficiency with New Motor Control Tools from Microchip
By Ionela Jan 16th, 2010
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Microchip announced two new low-cost development systems, one for the control of high-voltage motors and another for stepper motors. |
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