LCD Smartie official USB hardware powered by gglabs
Submitted by GG on Thu, 06/27/2013 - 22:30
We are proud to announce that gglabs was chosen by the LCD Smartie team to design a custom USB interface for text displays specifically designed for LCD Smartie. The result of our collaboration is the LCD Smartie official hardware. Beside purchasing the most advanced USB based LCD interface on the market, your money will serve good cause as part of the profits will go to the LCD smartie developers.
USTK01 - 4-in-1 USB stick (Thermocouple/Humidity/I2C/RS232)
Submitted by GG on Sun, 06/02/2013 - 22:50
USTK01 is a small USB device that allows the connection of thermocouples (using MAX6675 or MAX 31855), humidity sensors (DHT11/DHT22) or any I2C or RS232 device (5V or 3.3V).
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SDCC 3.3.0 Released
Submitted by GG on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 15:36
The SDCC team is spoiling us with yet another great release. After a little less than one year of development and 3 release candidates the new 3.3.0 version is ready for download.
Besides the numerous bug fixes here is a list of the important changes since the release 3.2.0 (list taken from SDCC website):
Freescale S08 Headers Under a Free Software License
Submitted by GG on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 13:53
Our staff has been working with Freescale to negotiate the release of S08 header files under a free software license to allow their inclusion in the SDCC distribution.
After more than one year of work and the superstar effort of Jim Trudeau at Freescale we finally received the package under the BSD 3-clause license.
PWR01 - Small and Efficient AC-DC Flyback Converter
Submitted by GG on Thu, 11/15/2012 - 18:06
Despite the significant advantages in size, weight and efficiency, switching AC-DC supplies are not very common with hobbyist due to their complexity and scarcity of ready to build kits.
PWR01 is a low power (~6W) universal voltage (100-240V) isolated AC-DC flyback converter based on the ST Microelectronics VIPer17. Either 5V or 12V output can be obtained using an off the shelf transformer.
G78xxHE - DC-DC converter module in a TO-220 footprint
Submitted by GG on Sun, 08/12/2012 - 14:02
Linear regulators from the 7800 series are often the choice for electronics hobbyists because of their ease of use, versatility, robustness and availability. G78xxHE is a very small DC-DC converter aimed to be a "drop in" replacement for the 7800 series regulators in TO-220 package. Thanks to its high efficiency the G78xxHE does not need to be connected to an heatsink even when delivering the maximum rated 7800 series current (1A) with large Vin-Vout deltas.
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SDCC 3.2.0 Released
Submitted by GG on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 17:48The SDCC team has been quite busy lately and they managed to put out yet another great release of the best free software compiler for microcontrollers. Version 3.2.0 adds S08 support (making our staff incredibly happy) and revives the support for gbz80.
Besides the numerous bug fixes here is a list of the important changes since the release 3.1.0 (list taken from SDCC website):
Freescale S08JS SDCC Tutorial
Submitted by GG on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 01:32maxtc - Breakout board for Maxim SPI thermocouple sensors
Submitted by GG on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 10:15
The Maxim MAX6675 and the newer MAX31855 thermocouple to SPI interface chips are very popular with electronics enthusiasts because of their extreme ease of use combined with good accuracy.
Both devices however are only available in SMD package making breadboard prototyping very difficult without using a suitable breakout PCB. Standard thermocouple connectors are also not breadboard friendly further aggravating the issue.