A couple years ago I got into making electronic conferences badges by building a device for DEFCON 25 shaped like a dragonfly. Like all badges the most important design factor was quite literally how ...

LED lighting continues to successfully carve out a growing portion of $50 billion lighting market, which is not surprising given that LEDs provide the best energy efficiency when compared to CFL and ...

EE and firmware developer [Enrico] had played with LEDs as a kid, burning out his fair share of them by applying too much current. With the benefit of his firmware chops, he set about creating a board ...

Controlling an LED with ESP32 Using Blynk IoT Cloud The ESP32 is a powerful microcontroller with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities, making it ideal for IoT applications. With Blynk IoT Cloud, ...

NXP's SSL5511T is an offline dimmable controller IC, intended to drive dimmable LEDs in general lighting applications, like remote-controlled luminaires and smart lamps. NXP's SSL5511T is an offline ...

This article is excerpted from Section 21 of “Analog Circuit Design: Volume 3 – The Design Note Collection,” (ISBN: 978-0-12-800001-4), edited by Bob Dobkin and John Hamburger of Linear Technology ...

Melexis, the Belgian auto IC specialist, has launched a multi-channel LIN RGB LED controller with 24 LED driver outputs each capable of sourcing up to 60mA. Capable of driving eight RGB channels, the ...

LED dimming isn't just for mood lighting. Here's how digital controllers can handle dimming chores necessary for creating multicolor displays. Most engineers are quite familiar with typical ...

A TypeScript REST API for controlling LED strips connected to a Raspberry Pi 4B. This project consists of two main components: a Python LED driver running on the Raspberry Pi and a TypeScript API ...

This board, described in Elektor Magazine November-December 2016 issue, based on a AVR microcontroller ATmega 328 (as on the Arduino Uno) and a ESP8266 transmitter module, allows wireless controlling ...

The company released a new collection of Switch 2 accessories including cases, controllers, and screen protectors, but the ...

Controlling fans in a PC is something every builder has run into at some point or another. Whether sticking with an all air cooling build or even going with custom water cooling, you always need a ...