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Crowdfunded Project Roundup (Week of 11/21/16)
High-Performance SDR Transceiver and More

Short on time but interested in learning more about innovative crowdfunded electronics projects? No need to scroll through countless crowdfunded projects to find something interesting. The Circuit Cellar team went through many of them this week and found a few it thinks you'll like. Continue Reading
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News & Recent Posts

Linear Technology Corp. recently introduced the LTM2894 USB µModule (micromodule) reinforced isolator that guards against ground-to-ground voltage differentials and large common-mode transients. With a rugged interface and internal isolation, the LTM2894 is well suited for implementing USB in harsh environments ... Continue reading →...»


 

Multi-Protocol Sub-GHz Wireless Transceiver Platform

NXP Semiconductors recently added the OL2385 family sub-GHz wireless transceivers to its low-power microcontroller and 2.4 GHz portfolio for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Based on a PIN-to-PIN compatible, sub-GHz transceiver hardware platform, the OL2385 supports multiple wireless protocols  (e.g., Sigfox, ... Continue reading →...»


 

Ambiq Micro's Apollo Platform Selected for Fossil Smartwatches

Ambiq Micro recently announced that its patented Apollo Platform with Subthreshold Power Optimized Technology (SPOT) was selected for Fossil Group's hybrid smartwatches. According to Ambiq, the Apollo platform will manage smartwatch operations such as processing sensor inputs and controlling wireless ... Continue reading →...»


 

Taking the "Hard" Out of Hardware

There's this belief among my software developer friends that electronics are complicated, hardware is hard, and that you need a degree before you can design anything to do with electricity. They honestly believe that building electronics is more complicated than ... Continue reading →...»


 

IAR Workbench Supports Next-Generation AVR MCUs

IAR Systems recently announced that its Embedded Workbench now supports a new generation of Microchip Technology 8-bit AVR microcontrollers. You can use Workbench with AVR microcontrollers to develop a wide range of low-power systems. IAR Embedded Workbench's features, benefits, and ... Continue reading →...»

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Flowcode 7 (Article 2)
Displays in Flowcode
 
In the first part of this article series, you were introduced to Flowcode 7, a flowchart-driven electronic IDE that enables you to produce hex code for more than 1,300 different microcontrollers, including PIC8, PIC16, PIC32, AVR, Arduino, and ARM. In the second free article, embedded engineer Ben Rowland gets you working with displays in Flowcode. He covers: communicating with displays, code and display porting, a bitmap drawer component, and more. Read the Article

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Flowcode is an IDE for electronic and electromechanical system development. Pro engineers, electronics enthusiasts, and academics can use Flowcode to develop systems for control and measurement based on microcontrollers or on rugged industrial interfaces using Windows-compatible personal computers. 

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Circuit Cellar #317 December 2016

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