Electronics Design

2014 Advent Calender of Circuits

This might be a bit late for this – but better to be late than too late: I just happened to find out that there is 2014 Advent Calender of Circuits. Every day this month and until Christmas, [vk2zay] is (has already been!) posting a simple but useful hack in his 2nd sort-of-annual “Advent Calender

Popular Electronics Archive On-Line

Popular Electronics magazine was once one of the best-selling DIY electronics magazines. And now you can relive memories from many years back by browsing through this archive of PDFs of all back issues from 1954 to 1982. It is interesting historical content. In November 1982 the magazine became Computers & Electronics. Popular Electronics was sold

Solar power inverters have problems

A solar inverter converts the variable direct current (DC) output of a photovoltaic (PV) solar panel into a utility frequency alternating current (AC) that can be fed into a commercial electrical grid or used by a local, off-grid electrical network. It allows to the use of ordinary AC-powered equipment with solar power. Solar inverters may

Cloudwash – Creating the Technical Prototype

How to build a IoT device? Cloudwash – Creating the Technical Prototype is an interesting project description how to design and build a connected washing machine. Cloudwash developers understood that to understand and design for this type of device, the designers need to have a working technical prototype that allows experimenting and getting experience. So

Processors for Internet of Things

There is a wide variation of processors that are used and aimed for IoT. The processors in use range typically from small 8 bit micro-controllers to 32 bit ARM processors and more. 7 Controllers for Internet of Things article has a good update on newest trends. EDN magazine  article 7 Controllers for Internet of Things