In his decades-long career in tech journalism, Dennis has written about nearly every type of hardware and software. He was a founding editor of Ziff Davis’ Computer Select in the 1990s, senior ...

Epson RX8111CE and RX4111CE real-time clock (RTC) modules integrate a 32.768 kHz crystal into the package, saving PCB space and eliminating the need to design an external oscillator circuit. Both come ...

Arduino library for the I2C LCD display, typical 20x4 characters. The library is inspired by the excellent New-LiquidCrystal library by F. Malpartida. Therefore the interface is kept quite identical, ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

This library is written to use the NXP PCF85263 RTC. The functionality implemented is just basic date time retrieval. The device can run in a stop-watch mode. The range goes up to 999 999 hours, which ...

At Electronica 2024, scheduled for November 12 through November 15 in Munich, Germany, Micro Crystal will showcase the new C8 series (2.0 mm x 1.2 mm) real-time clock (RTC) modules offering ...

Abstract: In this communication, several modules are presented to carry out practices with a microcontroller, initially with the PIC16F88, which was later conditioned to be used by the ATMeg328 on the ...

Arduino has just launched a “Plug and Make” kit designed for beginners with an Arduino UNO R4 WiFi board, several “Modulino” modules, a “Modulino” base to neatly attach the UNO R4 and modules, and ...

Core counts have been increasing steadily since IBM’s debut of the Power 4 in 2001, eclipsing 100 CPU cores and over 1,000 for AI accelerators. While sea of processor architectures feature a stamp and ...

The Waveshare 1.69-inch IPS touch LCD is a 1.69-inch rounded display with 240×280 resolution and a 262K color range. The display driver (ST7789V2) and touch controller (CST816T) are integrated ...

If you are building Internet of Things (IoT) projects, the ability to receive real-time alerts is a game-changer. Arduino, a prominent player in the IoT space, has introduced a new feature to its ...