Hacked Gadgets (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
Nuxie1 has a new Frequency Counter project kit called FunCount, looks like it would be fun to put together. If you act now you can get it on sale for only $20! Kit Page "This kit includes everything needed to build a frequency counter capable of measuring frequencies from 1Hz to over 2MHz. Perfect for use with [...]
marxy's musing on technology (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
To free myself from using crystals in small transmitters. The DDS-60 board seemed like the way to go, but how to do the frequency entry? I've played with the excellent AVR Butterfly DDS controller, but it's a little fiddly for regular use. BCD thumb switches seem like a nice way to go as they remove the need for a display. Here's how it looks: And here's my rather messy prototype board with
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today’s interview is with senior analyst Abdul Saleh, who talks about
LinuxDevices.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Timesys is offering low-cost, bare-bones Linux BSPs (board support packages) aimed at helping developers evaluate their apps on ARM development boards. Available for ARM9, ARM11, and ARM Cortex A8 based boards, the "Linux ReadyKits" include a pre-configured kernel, drivers, cross-toolchain, and minimalist RFS (root file system) built against glibc.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
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Hack A Day (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
[Andlier] sent us this cool little project. He has built a wireless accelerometer controlled RGB LED lighting system. Based on what a mouth full that is, it sounds complicated right? The end result looks fairly intuitive. Simply pick up the controller and tilt your hand to change the color of the light. The controller consists of [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (), a subscription service focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, announced it has updated outlooks for Texas Instruments (NYSE: ), STMicroelectronics (NYSE: ), Power Integrations (Nasdaq: ), and ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ). In his extensive August 22nd Strategy Review, Next Inning Editor Paul McWilliams not only predicted...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
For Doubling of Processing Power, Upgrade to AT91SAM9G20 INDIANAPOLIS and ROUSSET, France, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ) and electronic engineering design services firm, Indesign, LLC, announced today the availability of a Computer-On-Module (COM) reference platform for use in products designed by Indesign engineers for their clients. The COM platform is based on the Atmel...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Rob writes that he's created a custom Arduino AVR library for EAGLE that lets you easily integrate Atmel's ATMEGA168 and ATMEGA8 microcontrollers into your designs. You can download this library from the link below. Arduino-AVR library via Rob Faludi Blog Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arduino | Digg this!
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Improved accuracy increases energy availability up to 15% and additional monitoring functions ensure higher safety SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today a family of single-chip Li-ion battery management devices. Combining Atmel's patented high voltage manufacturing process and AVR(R) microcontrollers' technology, the new family gives an extremely...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (), a subscription service focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, announced it has updated outlooks for Analog Devices (NYSE: ), Intersil (Nasdaq: ), Linear Technology (Nasdaq: ), and Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: ). In his extensive August 22nd Strategy Review, Next Inning Editor Paul McWilliams not only predicted the...
Silicon Valley Redneck (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Apparently there's a hostile takeover of Atmel in the works. One of the companies involved is Microchip. One might suspect that, if the takeover succeeds, Microchip will kill off Atmel's microcontroller family. Probably not all at once, but maybe shifting it to maintenance / not recommended for new designs status, and slowly jacking up the prices, to encourage everyone to switch (back) to the PIC family....
Fool.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Not every buyout bid is consummated. Here's another prospective failure.
EE Times (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Investors fleeing the bloodbath on Wall Street dumped technology stocks, driving many companies to new record lows as the global economy continued to wobble on concerns about growth and credit availability.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
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