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ARTICLE Understand Drone Design Trade-Offs Before Piling on the Sensors

Drones are increasingly finding use in many applications, including as part of a first responder’s tool kit at the scene of an emergency or disaster.

VIDEO 5 Favorite Maker Projects of 2019 [Maker Update #153]

This week on Maker Update, my picks for the Top 5 most year-defining projects of 2019.

REFERENCE DESIGN EPC90120: Half-Bridge, 10 A @ 0 ~ 64 V

The EPC90120 development board is a 80 V maximum device voltage,10 A maximum output current, half bridge featuring the EPC2152 Integrated ePower™ Stage.

ARTICLE Fundamentals of FPGAs: What Are FPGAs and Why Are They Needed?

In many situations, an optimal solution often requires the use of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), but many designers are woefully unfamiliar with the capabilities of these devices.

VIDEO Signs of Attraction [Maker Update #152]

This week on Maker Update, animating ferrofluid, fabricating a landspeeder, advanced animatronic eyes, and more…

REFERENCE DESIGN MAL219699003E3: SuperCap Charger and Backup Power Supply

The MAL219699003E3 mini charger and backup demonstration circuit is a fully transparent charger unit that uses a BQ24095 charging IC and TPS610997 boost converter IC from Texas Instruments.

ARTICLE Rapidly Deploy a Battery-Powered Bluetooth 5 Certified Multi-Sensor IoT Device

Developers are being presented with a rapidly growing demand for Bluetooth-enabled, portable, multi-sensor designs across diverse markets; but finding effective solutions has been a challenge.

VIDEO Getting Started with NVIDIA Jetson Nano Part 1: Setup

In this tutorial, we show you how to connect accessories to the Jetson Nano, set up Linux (Ubuntu), and install the necessary packages.

REFERENCE DESIGN EVK-UTC2000: USB Type-C Controller

The EVK-UTC2000 evaluation kit is intended to demonstrate the form factor and reversibility of the USB Type-C™ cable operation as enabled by the UTC2000 basic Type-C controller.

ARTICLE The Fundamentals and Application of Zener, PIN, Schottky, and Varactor Diodes

Each diode type was designed by enhancing some unique characteristics of diodes to fill niche applications with low cost diode structures.

VIDEO Doomsday Pi [Maker Update #150]

This week on Maker Update, an off-grid Pi recovery kit, Hackaday Grand Prize, a chorus of Billy Bass, improving old toys, and more…

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