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Class-D Amplifier for High-Definition Automotive Audio from STMicroelectronics Adds Diagnostics for Safety Alerting

“The HFDA801A from STMicroelectronics is a high-resolution audio amplifier that is specifically designed for compact, cost-effective automotive applications. The HFDA801A is a 2MHz switching pulse-width modulation (PWM) Class-D amplifier with a quad-bridge configuration. An integrated high-performance digital-to-analog converter (DAC) ensures …

CO2 sensor and real-time plotter

“A practical Arduino-based air sensor unit, which can work alone or in combination with a PC. Introduction This is a simple and fairly inexpensively air quality sensor. It measures CO2 and total VOC (volatile organic content) levels in the air …

Cosio Air Quality Sensor (With Wifi & Mqtt)

“ABOUT COSIO This guide will teach you how to build your own CO sensor for air quality monitoring. The sensor indicates bad air quality and shows when ventialtion is recommended, thus lowering the risk of infections carried by aerosols (like …

CSS555 EEPROM Programmer: Celebrate 50 years of 555 IC’s!

“Create amazingly long delays using this super low power 555 timer This year the world famous 555 timer IC celebrates its 50th anniversary! A lot of things have happened with IC’s since then but the 555 timer IC still …

Customizable Arduino Nano LED Candle (2 - 6 LEDs)

“A simple Arduino Nano LED candle for 2 to 6 LEDs. You will need Tools A computer with Arduino IDE installed and a mini USB cable. Soldering iron, solder and flux. Hot glue gun and glue. Wire cutters/strippers. Materials …

Daft Punk LIVES ON! My Guy Manuel Helmet

“WHAAAAT??? DAFT PUNK CALLED IT QUITS ??? Daft Punk may have retired but that doesn’t have to mean that you have to stop having fun with their inspiration! Here is my second dedicated project to that musical duo. This project …

DIY Pico Mechanical Keyboard with Fritzing and CircuitPython

“Build your own custom mechanical keyboard that runs CircuitPython on the RaspberryPi Pico RP2040! With lots of pins, the RaspberryPi RP2040 Pico makes for a great brain of a mechanical keyboard/macro pad — no scan matrix required. Up to 26 …

“Egg carton” quantum dot array could lead to ultralow power devices

“By putting a twist on new “2D” semiconductors, researchers have demonstrated their potential for using single photons to transmit information.| Medium Read A new path toward sending and receiving information with single photons of light has been discovered by an …

Engineering the boundary between 2D and 3D materials

“Cutting-edge microscope helps reveal ways to control the electronic properties of atomically thin materials. In recent years, engineers have found ways to modify the properties of some “two- dimensional” materials, which are just one or a few atoms thick, by …

Extinct atom reveals the long-kept secrets of the solar system

“Using the extinct niobium-​92 atom, ETH researchers have been able to date events in the early solar system with greater precision than before. The study concludes that supernova explosions must have taken place in the birth environment of our …