| To the average e-enthusiast, the RS232 interface always appears friendlier than the USB port. However, with a small 8-bit microcontroller,...
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| When you need resolution higher than 8 bits, the cost of mixed analogue/digital devices increases sharply. I wanted to show how, at no addit...
| FPGAs are unquestionably among the most versatile but complex components in modern-day electronics. An FPGA contains a maze of gates and oth...
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| Researchers at MIT have developed small building blocks called smart sand which can duplicate any shape they get in contact with. Smart san...
| While developing ElektorBus applications it started to get a bit tedious to have to set up all the hardware every time. This new PC-based so...
| Scientists of the University of Nottingham are developing an operating system to program a biological cell making it perform any function wi...
| Earlier I wrote about bitcoin and its potential to revolutionize the monetary system beyond all recognition. Over the past weeks the digital...
| Cypress PSoC 3 and PSoC 5 devices surround industry standard microcontroller cores with high-performance programmable analog and digital. Th...
| Thumbwheel switches are remarkably expensive and always playing hard to get. Here’s a cheaper, digital equivalent with the ability to rememb...