µ[micro]electronics info

Microchip announces new ethernet controller named ENC624J600 - the successor of the well-known ENC28J60.

There are several different levels of microcontrollers and microcontroller systems. Some are very small, chip-size devices to which you have to connect your own electronics. Others are larger, composed of several components and ports for input output, ready to plug right into other devices. Here is a short introduction.

USBTenki is an electronic project to interface sensors to an USB port for collecting weather related data such as temperature.

Ethernet, 2 serial, USB, Memory and other interfaces on a $120 board.

Arduino Nano is a surface mount breadboard embedded version with integrated USB. It is a smallest, complete, and breadboard friendly. The Nano was designed and is being produced by Gravitech.

An oscilloscope is an invaluable tool for anyone working in electronics. LCS-1M is a simple yet full-featured homemade digital sampling oscilloscope.

Making a Propeller programming cable from an FTDI USB cable.

An free and open-source house network based on PICs.

It takes just few components to get the ENC28J60 up and running and connected to a host microprocessor or microcontroller with support for the industry standard SPI interface.

Unlike old-school mechanical alarm clocks that you have to set manually, this Internet-connected alarm clock provides three primary features: automatic time setting on power-up, streaming MP3 music, and remote management.