What is the point of reviewing a cheap timer module, especially if it is based on the ubiquitous 555 timer chip? Recently I got an ‘updated’ version of the common 555 timer relay module. This time it ...

Fig. 1: Identify the tab holes on the bottom of the generator modules. Crawford Chicago Chief Engineer Art Reis offers a tip for engineers who use Onan generators. He encountered a situation in which ...

The G4 compatible G-Series watchdog timer module has an adjustable time-out period for monitoring control system integrity. The new -A option gives the user a top-accessible, multi-turn timing ...

Pointer arrays are a useful tool for mapping peripheral registers to a driver. There are many advantages to using pointer arrays such as simplified initializations and the ability to generate a ...

The module’s operation consists of reading data of a 24-bit timer/counter and transferring it to three registers called TMR, CPR, and PR. The SMT can perform a variety of measurements such as Gated ...

There are many advantages to using configuration tables to initialize an MCU’s registers. The most prevalent is that a configuration table displays the peripheral module as a channel with its entire ...

AMD graphics card partners seem to be churning out R9 270(X) GPUs like there’s no tomorrow and today we’ve got another one to put onto the test bench. Powercolor are the provider this time and they’ve ...

The Teensy platform is very popular with hackers — and rightly so. Teensys are available in 8-bit and 32-bit versions, the hardware has a bread-board friendly footprint, there are a ton of Teensy ...

One of the very first examples for an MCU or SoC usually involves the famous ‘Blinky‘ example, where an LED is pulsed on and off with a fixed delay. This is actually a lot more complicated than the ...

WAGO Corporation's 859 Series DIN-rail Timer Relay Module offers On-/Off-Delay timer modes and multiple time ranges for diverse applications such as switch and package "de-bounce" sensors. Unlike ...