Tech Videos

Watch Chris Baird of Digi-Key as he explains the diversity of CUI's V78 Switching Regulators, and recaps past Geek Moment videos that also used the V78.

Super Talent Technology have today announced the introduction of their second-generation DataGuardian flash drive. The new DataGuardian is a high-performing USB 3.0 flash drive that keeps your files and private information safe from prying eyes, even if the drive is lost or stolen.

Capes aren't just for Halloween. The beloved cartoon superhero Beagle had a cape that he flew with year-round, and now BeagleBoard.org is asking BeagleBone enthusiasts to create their own cape plug-in boards to fly BeagleBone to greater heights. Starting today, developers, makers and hobbyists worldwide are invited to enter the BeagleBone Cape Plug-in Board Design Contest.

Here is an introductory video looking at the VIA ARTiGO A1250. The World's smallest x86 quad core system on the market to date.

Energy Micro is partnering with CODICO to distribute free EFM32GG-STK3700 Giant Gecko microcontroller starter kits at electronica 2012. To qualify for a free kit, which can be used as the starting point of the development of most energy efficient applications, visitors register their interest at the booth of Energy Micro (A4.442) or Codico (A5.507).

Altera has today announced the successfull benchmarkmarking of complex, high-performance floating-point DSP designs on 28 nm FPGA devices. Independent technology analysis firm Berkeley Design Technology, Inc. (BDTI) verified the efficiency and ease-of-use of Altera’s floating-point DSP design flow as well as the performance of demanding floating-point DSP applications on Altera’s Stratix V and Arria V 28 nm FPGA development kits.

electronica 2012 video discussing embedded systems and their importance for the electronics industry now and in the future. Embedded Systems will be a key focus at electronica from 13th to 16th of November in Munich.

No batteries needed! Now you can power your EFM32 Giant Gecko by energy harvesting. Together with Linear Technology and Würth Elektronik we made the Energy Harvesting Solution To Go-kit which help you design batteryless microcontroller products.

Jeremy Ferrell, Manager of VPT's Standard Product Engineering, presents this tutorial on how the VPTPCM-12 power conditioning module can bring your power system into compliance with MIL-STD-1275. Topics include:

App-based accessory demo for an altimeter using the Tower System with TWR-DOCK module. Combines a sensor and a microcontroller to calculate pressure-based elevation and air temperature, and passes the data to an iOS device, where an app displays the data.