Development is the process of designing, implementing and maintaining.
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Minimal Atmel ATSAM4LC4A parts requirement [closed]
I want to make myself a developmet board with that chip.
http://www.atmel.co.il/devices/ATSAM4LC4A.aspx
And I would like to get a schematic or anything that will help building a development board.
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Micro rectangular heating element for thin layer heating
The purpose
The main goal is creating a little hand-held device that would heat a thin film (locally) to \$50-70°C\$ by sliding over it. The film area is \$<150cm^2\$.
A secondary goal would be ...
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plugging in a microcontroller in an fpga board [closed]
so i'm about to buy this fpga board:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mojo-V3-FPGA-Developement-Board-Spartan-6-XC6SLX9-FPGA-/200967239091
it has the spartan 6 i'm looking for and it comes with a ...
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schematics for a spartan 6 development board [duplicate]
so i'm looking for a cheap and minimalistic fpga development board and i've set my eyes on xilinx's spartan 6.
reason for choosing spartan 6:
1) from what i heard, xilinx's development system is ...
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What's the difference between using SPICE and just putting things on breadboard and testing?
Can SPICE programs do most of the imaginable simulations with any kind of components in the market? Is it important to run SPICE before you do any kind of breadboard work/prototyping?
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New to microcontrollers…options for getting up and going cheaply
I've never designed a microcontroller circuit before, but have programmed them on dev boards. I've Googled around for a while, but haven't found a definitive answer. Maybe I'm missing something.
I ...
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Developing an Android device
I would like to create a product that has an embedded Android device for the main reason the price. Because it will be embedded into another system it doesn't need all the peripherals; no camera, gps ...
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Multi-Core microcontroller eval boards? [closed]
Seeing as there are more and more mutli-core processors systems. I'd like to learn more about them.
What mutli-core microcontroller eval boards exist, if any?
Thanks
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DsPIC development board recommendation
In a few months I should begin developing a power converter and I was told I should get used to dsPIC. The currently used model is "dsPIC30F6010" which is kind of "old" (compared to the newer ...
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Compare implementing a simple automation design on a MCU vs an FPGA/CPLD
I have been working with MCU's since the 90's, and I've recently ventured into the FPGA scene with the Spartan6 series chips from Xilinx. Assuming a simple factory automation design with sensors and ...
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How to start implementing your own computer? [closed]
The question
As a first step I need to select a circuit board, CPU & RAM/ROM chips and I/O connectors. How do I select a board that can interconnect all these components? Perhaps you could give ...
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What's the best way to virtually design and test your circuits?
I've been reading up on some old tech manuals and found that apparently some IC chips where designed and tested in BASIC. While I already have a copy of Eagle and fritzing these are more for board ...
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Raspberry Pi as basis for commercial device?
I am thinking of using a Raspberry Pi as the basis of an electronics project that I am working on, and plan to eventually sell to the public. I want to use the Raspberry Pi in order to reduce the ...
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Tiny ARM Development Board? [closed]
I need a very small ARM based development board capable of running Linux (and Android, if possible, via SD card). The board should be not more than 25mm in terms of breadth. I found Raspberry Pi Model ...
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How do I develop for STM32 discovery on Linux?
I have an STM32 discovery board and would like to be able to program it on Linux.
What is the easiest way to do this?
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1answer
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Bluetooth 4 and Wifi direct chip development board
I'm trying to create a device which uses bluetooth 4 or Wifi Direct to send gyroscope readings from my device to a PC.
I know nothing of bluetooth and wifi chips and protocols, but I was thinking of ...
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4answers
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What's a fun electronics related gift for 2012? [closed]
My cousin's 19-year old son has a birthday coming up and he is quite intelligent with computers, software and electronics. What's a fun / serious electronics-related gift I could buy him? Anything ...
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Texas Instruments Compiler
I am working with TI's CC2533 SoC Low Power RF
I bought a few chips and assembled a few PCBs.. Using TI's debugger I confirmed that I can send and receive packets using the basic RF using the ...
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Good ARM development board for bare-metal development
I'm looking for an ARM development board for bare-metal (no underlying OS) development. Some criteria that I value:
1) External SRAM/SDRAM, at least 1MB
2) External Flash, at least 512kB
3) Built-in ...
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3answers
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Entropy Source on Microchip PIC24F
I am working to develop an Android accessory hardware. Currently, I am trying to generate an random number (C language) on a embedded system, but the value doesn't change. I am wondering if there is ...
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Embedded Development - Taking the Next Step
I'm going to start by telling you what I know. Then I'm going to tell you that I want to get to this magical land of knowing everything about embedded systems development. Then I'm going to ask you ...
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Software to manage packaging all files related to a product (for hand off to customer)
I want to provide my client with a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Product Data Management (PDM) style package of all the documentation related to the project (in house user manual for their ...
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2answers
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Is a loginway PIC-01 development board enough to program a PIC?
I have a loginway PIC-01 Development board (it was sat in a cupboard for years).
Does this board require additional adaptor hardware to blow a PIC (ICSP stuff etc), or can the on board serial port be ...
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Choosing Configuration Jumpers - Solder bridges, 0-ohm resistors, DIP switches, pin jumpers
I'm working on a development board, and need to let users set some configurations.
It will be used by students and engineers who are trying to build circuits on a breadboard; I'm not dealing with ...
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3answers
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Recommended first steps with the BeagleBoard
How can I easily start off professional development with the BeagleBoard XM?
Which OS should I work with? .. my choices include:
Ubuntu
Android
MeeGo
WinCE
QNX
Angstrom (preinstalled)
Symbian
...
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2answers
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How does one find an equivalent component?
I was looking for an equivalent MOSFET and haven't had any success.
I'd like to know if are there any websites or software which gives a list of alternative equivalent components?
Edit:
The ...
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FPGA development kit for beginners , Spartan6 or Spartan3?
I intend to purchase an FPGA, development kit and I have looked at both the Xilinx and Digilent website. Both seem to have good development kits.
I have never worked with FPGA's before but have some ...
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1answer
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Where can I get a microcontroller board for TI Stellaris?
I'm Looking at using one of the TI ARM chips (see list below) and I'm wondering what I should be looking for to do experiments with, the computer equivalent of breadboarding. I've seen Development ...
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5answers
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What should I learn?
My New term is going to start a couple of weeks from now. And as it goes in colleges here the first few months of the semester are easy. I have lots and lots of spare time to learn something new. I ...
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How do you find high-quantity prices for ICs?
I know of findchips.com, oemstrade.com, octopart.com, and the like. But even the lowest prices on these sites are still higher than the prices on BOMs I get from China. How do you realistically ...
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Beginner 8051 microcontroller kit recommendation?
I'm reposting this from stackoverflow, as the question is better suited here.
I'm a first year Computer Science student looking to get started with development for micro-controllers. I'd like to use ...
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Best development board for ARM9?
I am looking for a cheap but powerful dev board for an ARM9 processor. It needs to be able to run linux. I am unsure about the exact specifications for RAM and such(thats partly why I'm posting this ...
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Firsthand experience with Linux AVR IDE
I am looking for some input into getting a good integrated development environment set up for AVR programming under Linux (Assembly and C).
My studies gave me some limited practical experience with ...
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What are low cost circuit and PCB design software?
Do you know of any freeware or low cost circuit / PCB design software?
I know a few which I have listed below but I was wondering if there were more of its kind. Please mention the good features and ...
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What are good microcontrollers available today?
I have experience with assembly and C programming for microcontrollers, but I'm not familiar with the various MCU and DSP families offered by today's companies. (eg: Texas Instruments, Atmel, Renesas)
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Manufacturing, qualification and sale
I'm thinking about selling a small batch of a simple gadget that would have some electronics inside.
If I want to use an online shop and sell it worldwide, what are the certifications and licenses to ...
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How to choose an FPGA?
I need to do digital signal processing on 8 analog lines at 10 kHz. This is quite a demanding task, and I was thinking that an FPGA might be the right approach. I am currently looking at dev kits ...
