An interface defines clear boundaries and communication/interconnection between systems.
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Flex sensors and pinoccio Interfacing
So I'm planning to interface these flex sensors
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10264
with a Pinoccio: https://pinocc.io/
Since the onboard ADC accept voltages till 1.6 volt and i need to ...
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Understanding V_REN pin in MPC2004 (Arduino & LIN Transciever)
I am trying to connect an Arduino Mega with another device using a LIN Transceiver. I have decided to use a LIN MPC2004 Transceiver for this.
I am now trying to understand the reference design of ...
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High side P channel MOSFET power switch - gate question, and suggestions for my circuit?
My circuit is for switching a 12V battery to a load (LED lights, designed for automotive use), during my testing with prototypes, the lights consumed about 400mA, meaning they were ~5W LED products.
...
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SPI reading from slave
I have small question about how bytes move around during SPI reading.
I have a flash memory chip and microcontroller.
Suppose I want to know jedec data from the chip(although it can be any data, this ...
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Can you turn a non-USB audio mixer into a USB mixer?
Ok. Pretty sure this sort of thing isn't possible but hey ho,
I have a Behringer Eurorack UB1202 multi-channel mixer.
I'm just curious if there is any way way to turn it into a USB ...
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Is it possible to control many microcontrollers using a single microcontroller/microprocessor? [closed]
I am presently working on Home Automation Projects, having no of home appliances. I would like to know the ways that I can control many micro-controllers using a central ...
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How to connect dual 5-pin GS232 to a single 8-pin G-5500 Rotator
I have a Yaesu GS232 computer interface which has two 5-pin slots, one for elevation and one for azimuth. This is supposed to be connected to a Yaesu G5500 Rotator which has a 8 pin DIN slot. Supplied ...
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As a beginner, how can I learn about basic interfacing? [closed]
I have a good background in programming (C, C++, Arduino, Python, Objective-C), and am majoring in electronics engineering. We have been taught about Digital Logic, Basic Microcontrollers (8051 - ...
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DSUB9 maximum signal speed
Is there a practical limit to how fast a data transmission can be run over a DSUB9, SMD male to ribbon cable female? An engineer from a large connector manufacturer once told me that the insertion ...
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How could I connect the TI C2000 to a TI PurePath CC8531?
My goal is to have a microphone connected to the TI C2000 for analysis of the signal and be able to transmit the digital signal between the C2000 and the TI PurePath. Alternatively, I could connect ...
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Getting an 8-bit LCD display interface to work
I have a LCD which this controller is used with: LCD Single Chip Driver.
I am trying to get it to work with an 8-bit interface, but in my kit I can't find the three pins that are mentioned in the ...
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Drive logic signals when power might be off
I'm designing a board that interfaces two systems with an SPI signal. Each system has a 5V power supply, and I have access to both supplies, but either supply may be turned off at any time. How should ...
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Weird output on 16X2 JHD162A LCD display
I am learning interfacing of Atmega 16a with 16X2 LCD.
I have a written a header file for routines which will used frequently and every time I want to interface with LCD using Atmega 16a I use this ...
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Multiple phone (pstn or gsm) numbers in a single modem
Is there any way to receive calls to multiple numbers in a single modem in case of PSTN (land phones) or sim in case of GSM? I already know that for GSM, there are multi-sim modems available but I am ...
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Does BAFO “BF-810 USB to Serial Adapter (DB9)” supports full serial port?
Does BAFO BF-810 USB to Serial Adapter (DB9) support full serial port (hardware flow control) functionality?
If not, how can I test full serial port functionality using serial port only with TX, RX?
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How do I connect GPS receiver module with USB interface?
I have a GPS module DS-330R which has 6 connections, two are not used, one is Ground, one is Vcc (3.8 to 12.0V DC) and the remaining two are Data+ and Data- for USB connection. My questions are:
Can ...
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keyboard and mouse interface
How do I interface a microcontroller with PC USB so that I can imitate the keystrokes and movement of keyboard and mouse. I've heard of software fixes, but is there any IC which can mimic the ...
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Signal to Noise Ratio [closed]
Please explain about Vih,Vil,Voh and Vol and how they are relaed to SNR?
Do we have to take care of these parameters when we are selecting any peripherals to interface with master controller?If yes ...
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Interfacing with SATA in embedded systems
Would it be possible to use a SATA interface in an embedded system, for example a MP3 player or a video camera? (speed not critical)
What is the typical way to do this? On chip peripherals, external ...
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Interfacing MSP430 Launchpad with OmniVision Camera Module?
I have seen that it is possible to interface an OmniVision OV2640 camera module with Ardiuno Uno. Would it be possible to interface this Camera Module with an MSP430 Launchpad board to get a video ...
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Automotive IO input protection design for ESD, transients, and reverse polarity compatible with ISO 7637
I want to accept an signal that could have any of the transients defined in ISO 7637-3 on it. It is a reset signal that could be tied to 24V in the case of a wiring harness meltdown but typically ...
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Are any USB-to-SPI *slave* bridge chips readily available?
I would like to interface a battery-powered device to USB, without requiring users to install drivers. Data transfer requirements are moderate, so the ~60kbytes/sec of HID mode would be fine, but I ...
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Will Renesas V850ES/Jx3-E support 1 wire protocol (max detect temp/humid sensor)?
I would like to connect the DATA pin of sensor to Digital I/O pin of a microcontroller. I am confused that in the data sheet of the sensor they have mentioned this:
MaxDetect 1-wire bus is used ...
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Interfacing 3.3V SD card MISO output to ATmega328P
I am attempting to write data to a SD card from a ATmega328P micro controller with no luck. I've narrowed down the source of the problem to the MISO output of my SD card breakout board, which doesn't ...
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Are phone cameras interchangeable [closed]
I was wondering what determines the availability of a phone to support a camera? and if lets say I have an 8MP camera from one phone manufacturer with the same number of pins that would connect to ...
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Interfacing a serial DAC
I am trying to make a use of AD5612 DAC. It has a serial interface and I can not fully understand how to properly drive it. Given that I will be using only one DAC in normal operating mode with ADDR ...
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Interfacing without an Interface
I have a project where I need to interface with a machine that was never built to be interfaced with.
I basically want to programatically press physical buttons on the machine(critical) and also ...
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Application of intel 8253 timer
8253 timer works in 6 different modes namely interrupt on terminal count, hardware-retriggerable one shot, rate generator, square wave generator, software triggered strobe and hardware triggered ...
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JESD204 ADC - fiber optic?
There's a Youtube video of a high speed ADC, using JESD204 high speed interface, interfacing with an FPGA via a fiber-optic transceiver: http://youtu.be/vkrms2udeKI
Is there a commercial version of ...
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Do you really need all of the sigals for a general RS-232 port?
I know that having TX, RX, GND, RTS, CTS are good. What about all of the others? Do devices these days even make use of the other pins (DSR, RI, DCD, DTR)? Is it safe to generally leave out these ...
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What are the various interfaces used on memory devices
There are various external memory devices for temporary and permanent storage of data. This may have interface as simple as RD/WR signal with data-address bus and chip select with output enable. ...
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Barcode Scanner to Arduino/Interfacing
I've got an old barcode scanner that I've decided that I want to connect to an Arduino Uno(for the purposes of wireless transmission). After poking around I've found some information that states that ...
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Is there any bidirectional 5v-3.3v level shifter?
Is there any IC that interfaces any 3.3V Input/Output to 5V Output/Input? I need it primarily for an Arduino Due but if there any bidirectional IC that works like that it would be great.
Some people ...
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Connecting a 18 gauge wire to a small housing
I'm using a sensor that has a specific connector, which outputs signal with 18-gauge wires, such as these:
And I need to connect it to standard male header pins, where cables such as these would ...
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68 series CPU vs 80 series CPU
I'm reading a lot of LCD driver data sheets at the moment and they often have multiple interfaces (serial, 8-bit, 16-bit, etc...).
They are also often also split into two sections "80 series CPU" and ...
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Real Time Clock DS1307 interfacing with Arduino Uno
I am currently working on an electronics project of building my own Digital wall clock. For that I tried making a RTC module with DS1307 IC.
I followed the following instruction from this website.
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When do we use all pins in RS-232 cable?
I think the minimum for simplex communication are TX so we can transmit and the power supply pins +Vcc and GND. That is all we need. When do we need to use all 9 pins of RS-232? I think that the ...
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Interfacing an automotive pressure sensor to microcontroller circuit
This is a follow up to Measuring water pressure in a tank. I've decided to try and go a different direction so I'm asking a new question.
I have an application in which I need to electronically ...
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How to drive a video signal (of any kind) to a CRT monitor? What's the protocol, interface, standard, convention, etc.? [closed]
Say I am going to develop a video displaying computer componenet (call it a TTL chip, GPU, whatever).
There has to be some basics on how to communicate with the monitor, or how to make sure the data ...
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Interfacing NAND flash with PCI
This is mostly an educational endeavor. I'm looking into prototyping a NAND flash storage on an embedded platform running Linux. The ONFi standard seems convenient and promising, but I'm failing to ...
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MCP73871 <=> MCU interface
I am designing a small device powered by a lithium cell and I'd like to use the Microchip's MCP73871 battery charger to enable charging it from an USB port. The charger IC has three status indicator ...
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ADXL345 interface Pic16f877a
I have tried following code. Works absloutely fine until i see all values of X, Y and Z to be -1. No effect on tilt or anything
VCC = 5V
Chip Select is connected to uC
SDA and SDL are connected to uC
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IC to interface between digital switches (12V) and microprocessors (3.3V)
I am working on an automotive general purpose ECU where I need to interface 12V digital inputs with a µC (3.3V).
The PCB space is limited, so I am searching for a single IC as an interface between ...
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Best PC interface for simple custom hardware
What interface of your PC do you use in order to connect to simple custom hardware?
The most commonly used interface was RS232 some while ago and today is probably USB, but wouldn't it be simpler for ...
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Why did the datasheet mention this interface?
I have a ST32F103RET6 MCU. I got the datasheet (and refrence manual). When I read the datasheet (and refrence manual), I found this section:
Now I have several questions about it:
Why does the ...
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Which interface is better for my OLED displayer?
I have a 0.96 inch 128x64 Yellow-Blue oled display module like this: OLED module and i want to use of it. The Driver is SSD1306. When you see in the SSD1306's datasheet you know it support 8-bit ...
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How to reduce the data rate?(OV7670 + AL422B(FIFO) Camera Module)
I bought this module: OV7670 + AL422B(FIFO) Camera Module and I want to send the live video of the camera by this NRF24L01 but I have a problem.
I don't know is the RF module suitable(NRF24L01) for ...
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Problem with warnings in Xilinx tools [closed]
I am interfacing a VGA monitor with Spartan 3e kit. I have a problem in the code and I'm getting many warnings, as shown below.
Could anyone explain the warnings?
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Connect Laptop to Conference center audio system through Microphone input
I want to play a video on a conference centers audio system. I saw the conference center interface the 2 with a microphone preamplifier. The input to the conference centers audio is a standard round 3 ...
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Help for find Camera Datasheet or interface to st32f103
I want to use of S302's Camera(the S302 is a mobile phone with a good camera) and interface it st32f103 but, unfortunately I can't find any datasheet for it. Also, I can find the schematic of Phone ...
