The crew at Element 14 has announced the release of a combo R-Pi/STM32 interface board compatible with Arduino shields. The Embedded Pi is based on the STMicroelectronics STM32F103 MCU and is open-source (see Technical Documents for schematic, layout and BOM). … Read more
In relation to the previously posted nrf24L01+ wireless module, Kehribar shared his CR2032 powered node board in the forum: I also designed a 30.8 x 30.8 mm CR2032 powered node board for these modules. I’m waiting for my prototypes from OSHPark, but … Read more
Cypress Semiconductor has announced the availability of their new PSoC 4 system-on-chip device The chip features an ARM Cortex-M0 CPU up to 48MHz, up to 32 kB Flash, 4 kB SRAM, programmable analog: Op-Amps, 12-bit 1Msps SAR ADC, programmable digital: … Read more
Carl over at SolderSplash Labs has written an article about their new project known as DipCortex: It’s an ARM Cortex M3/M0 in a 40 pin dip package and USB socket. It has two version a NXP LPC1347 M3 and a LPC11U24 … Read more
Valentin Angelovski has developed Project Fleatiny, a 8051-based hobby board. “Project Fleatiny is a 100% open-source hobby-computer built around the 8051 micro controller. From a software point of view, Fleatiny consists of a sofware kernel (taking up from ~3K to … Read more
Mark McKillen shared his EthNode – ATMega based Ethernet board in the forum: Taking inspiration from the good folks at Nanode and an Instructable I saw recently, I’ve come up with “another” AVR based Ethernet board that can be programmed and … Read more
The ultimate comparison of IOT development boards: With this post we wanted to compare the latest arrived boards in the world of hobbyists electronics with devices that were already on the market. We highlighted the pros and cons of the … Read more
Myriad-RF is an open-source project for the prototyping and creation of fully configurable wireless platforms that run on almost any communication standard and frequency. Its based on the multi standard LMS6002DFN transceiver and Altera FPGA module, allowing for the creation … Read more
Chris Fenton has spent the last year and a half or so constructing his own 1/10-scale, binary-compatible, cycle-accurate Cray-1. He says this project falls purely into the “because I can!” category.” The actual design was implemented in a Xilinx Spartan-3E … Read more
Lattice Semiconductor is once again offering several PLD dev boards for under $30 each. The available boards feature the MachXO2, MachXO 2280, ispMACH 4256ZE and the POWR1014. Each Breakout Board is a 3” x 3” form factor and features GPIO … Read more
NXP has announced the LPC800-MAX – an mbed/Arduino development board based on the LPC812 – which will be released in April 2013. NXP is working with key partners to develop LPC800-MAX, a development board which combines mbed, LPCXpresso and Arduino … Read more
Elpis shared his GSM/GPRS micro dev board in the project log forum: It is a 70×43.7mm control board (the PCB is made from SeeedStudio) designed as a part of a bigger project. But since the beginning I was trying to make it … Read more
Here’s a tutorial on the TOS-100 Arduino stepper driver shield. The TOS-100 is an Arduino compatible Shield capable of driving one stepper motor up to to 1.7A that utilizes the Trinamic Motion Control TMC260 motor driver chip. For added compatibility … Read more
Embedded Lab designed a mini breakout board for 18-pin PIC16F series microcontroller: This mini breakout board is designed to simplify prototyping and experimentation work with the popular 18-pin PIC16F series microcontrollers. It is small in size (1.95″ X 0.75″) and … Read more
Alexandru Csete, amateur radio operator OZ9AEC, has developed this spectrum analyzer running on a Beaglebone dev board. He calls the project the rtlizer, designed to be a simple real-time spectrum analyzer that uses an RTL2832U DVB-T receiver (RTL-SDR USB stick) … Read more
Open source STM32 book at Indiana University: Lucky students at Indiana University might like to enrol on the [C - H]335 Computer Structures course run by Geoffrey Brown. If they do, they will be treated to a great introduction to … Read more
Sjaak designed the RGB led controller board which was featured on yesterday’s video. I made a quick RGB led controller for the RGB strips Ian and I took with us from china last year. Dunno about ians one, but mine … Read more
Rwinscot is attempting a project-a-week. This week he shared his RickPAW 3.3volt/5volt power project in the forum: This breakout could be used in an automotive application where bare wires are soldered into place and the whole package wrapped in shrink … Read more
Here is an open source ATmega325 development board designed by Dilshan. The board includes a crystal oscillator circuit for the MCU, a MAX232 serial driver, hardware reset button, and breakouts for all the MCU pins. This post is about simple … Read more
Boisblas tweeted a picture of his Raspberry Pi setup, inspired by our Sick of Beige case. The Pi is mounted on a plastic plate with hex standoffs. Like our cases it’s not fully enclosed, but it does provide some protection … Read more
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