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I’m looking to upgrade my hardware to professional embedded projects

Hey everyone! I’m looking to upgrade my hardware to professional embedded projects not for educational purposes , i would like it to handle AI tasks, i already have esp and raspberry Any recommendations ?

How Do I Transition From Power Electronics to Leading an IoT Project With ESP32?

Hello @here@Umesh Lokhande I have a serious challenge on hand. My stack is power electronics/ Embedded Hardware, i am familiar with stm32 and PIC microcontrollers I have built power electronics devices, i am familiar with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, multimeters,s and a few tools used for debugging. The challenge now i am tasked with leading the team on the dev of a new product, it is purely an IOT project, getting data from sensors and the rest and sending it acrross to an endpoint. The cont...

Have You Tried AI Tools for PCB Design Like Flux and DeepPCB? Did They Enhance Your Design Process?

Hello @here @Joseph Ogbonna @Umesh Lokhande @JeremyCook this Ai tools that enhance PCB designs, tools like flux, DeepPcb, and the rest, have you given it a shot before, did it facilitate your design process? This entire week I kept seeing Ads on linkedln about flux in particular

A home work using arduino and analogWrite commands

Our teacher assigned to us a home work, using arduino and analogWrite commands, I know it's so easy and basic lol, but I want to impress him any ideas??😅...

do you know a pcb prototyping service in EU ?

do you know a pcb prototyping service in EU ? or does anybody have experience with seeed or pcbway from EU

How can I implement the circuit for SIM A7670c with ESP32-S3 and 4G connectivity?

Hello @hereI'm designing a board with computer vision capability around an ESP32-S3.Also with 4G(LTE) connectivity. I want to use SIM A7670c chip for the connectivity. I need help to implement the circuit for SIM A7670c .

Is my water monitoring draft okay, and do you have suggestions?

hello everyone i am trying to create a water monitoring and here is my draft is it okay or do you guys have suggestions? the ammonia sensor is temporary because I cant find a water based sensor for ammonia right now. I am new on iot btw
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How does R41 affect AC measurement accuracy in my energy meter?

Hello everyone, Good day. While working on my energy meter project, i noticed that the accuarcy of measurement ( AC and AC voltage) increases or decreases with a change in the feedback resistor R41 as seen in the images above. The image above is for AC reading, i used the ZMCT103 current transformer with a turns ratio of 1000:1, I observed the following: 1) While using frame 2 and R41 as 5.1k ohms, getting an accurate current reading for loads as small as 60 watts was difficult. For a 60-watt load, the current at 220v will be 0.2727A, flowing through the primary, and with a turns ratio of 1000:1, the current at the secondary will be 0.2727mA. With the burden resistor R35 set to 150 ohms, the voltage across will be 40.9mV. The gain of the amplifier will be gain = Rf(R41)/ Rin(R37) in this case will be 5.1/22 = 0.2318. Now Vin = Vout/ gain, which makes Vout = Vin * gain = 40.9mV * 0.2318 = 9.48mV. R40 which is 22k gives the voltage an offset of 3.3v, which now makes Vout = 3.3v + 9.48mV = 3.30948v at the output of the op-amp which is further divided by 2 since there is a voltage divider at the output which now gives my voltage going to my adc to be 1.65v....
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Is there any resources available for flayback transformer design for power supply design

Hello everyone Is there any resources available for flayback transformer design for power supply design...

could anyone help me pick up a 50A:5A current tranformer from DIGIkey,

Hey @here could anyone help me pick up a 50A:5A current tranformer from DIGIkey, I don't know enoug hardware to find a non intrusive one myself.

Urgent Review Needed for IoT Board Design with GPRS, WiFi, and Bluetooth Features

Hello everyone, I have a design I need to send to production tonight, the design just came in some hours ago.. It's an IOT board. In the firmware, I will use GPRS, WIFI, and Bluetooth. Please I just need a quick review, i would appreciate any pointers and adjustments. I am not through with the routing and placements yet.
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Anyone having experience in extending I2C bus length using P82B715?

Anyone having experience in extending I2C bus length using P82B715?

How Might US-China Trade Relations Impact PCB/PCBA Pricing and Imports?

So I generally try to stay away from politics publicly, but I live in the US, and as you may have heard there was an election here. Deferring judgement on other aspects, there will likely be some effect on trade, i.e. US tariffs for goods, especially from China. It's hard to see the pricing I can get from a Chinese PCB/PCBA manufacturer as fair (it's rather unbelievable TBH), but at the same time I really like it. I think/hope that there's some exemption for the price/quantity of goods that I normally order, so maybe that won't change directly, but if there's a general increased unhappiness between our countries maybe this will trickle down to my level imports-wise? Hard to predict what the effects will be, but what are people's thoughts from a US and non-US perspective trade-wise? More specifically thinking about the sort of things that we do, e.g. custom PCBs/parts/etc... Maybe it's a good time to open up a PCBA fabrication operation?...

Is It True That ESP32 Has Noisy Analog Inputs, and Can I Mitigate This with Resistors and Capacitors

I want to design a new board that will read temperature with an NTC and a k-type sensor and I want some Bluetooth connectivity. I have heard that the ESP32 has some noisy analog inputs? Is there any truth to this and can I mitigate this with pulldown resistors and small capaictors?

Has Anyone Seen a Knob Design with a Wide Top and Narrow Bottom for Micro Synths?

Came up with a new 6mm knob design for a micro Synth I've been trying out. This works well for what I wanted (a bit more grip, and clearance from the other knobs below) but I keep thinking that something similar must exist already. I've looked around a bit, but has anyone seen a design like this, where the big part of the knob is on the top and the skinny part is on the bottom? If not that's fine, but maybe I'm reinventing the wheel?...
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Those of you that use a CR2032 battery, have you ever looked at the datasheet?

Those of you that use a CR2032 battery, have you ever looked at the datasheet? Per this one https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/315/3627_fileversion-1627278.pdf for instance, using just 2mA drops the capacity significantly in terms of mAhs. At the same time, a single LED uses much more than that, so it seems like kind of a weird stat. I know at some point higher currents really destroy them, but certainly they are good for more than a couple mA of current? This project uses a CR2032 to power a little OLED screen and can supposedly run for 20 hours, which one would think would draw much more than 2mA or whatever. For that matter, "throwies," which just attach an LED to a coin cell battery should use around 20mA and last for a couple weeks IIRC. That is 480mAh/day, though one might assume the throwies limit this current naturally. Anyway, any thoughts on CR2032 usage beyond something really low power? Obviously it's been done....

What do you guys usually use as your go-to IoT platform?

What do you guys usually use as your go-to IoT platform? I've been working on an Arduino presentation involving their Pro line and just between us... (as much as one can say such a thing on the Internet, ha) I haven't been that impressed with it. It seems like they try to make some things really simple, auto-generating code and such, and maybe they are once you get used to it, but I found it pretty hard to get my head around programming-wise. Now it's kind of hit-and-miss. TBH though, seems like that's the way of such platforms that I've tried as of late. They'll say "5 minute setup," "no code," or whatever, and it just doesn't work as advertised, at least from what I've seen. So, thoughts on the Arduino Cloud platform? Cloud platforms in general?...

Can I Use a Single Pin as Both Rx and Tx on an ATtiny85 for Software Serial?

Related question: I'll likely use an ATtiny85 for this project, meaning limited IO pins (WIP schematic pictured). I'll mostly be listening for signals with a software serial Rx pin, but would be nice to be able to use Tx periodically. Is is possible to refine a single pin to use it as both Rx and Tx (though not at the same time)? Per some previous Arduino code - https://github.com/JeremySCook/arduino-experiments/blob/main/MIDI/1-inch-MIDI/2-inch-midi.ino - I was able to set the Rx as the reset pin, which doesn't really function the way I set things up, so maybe it's possible. OTOH, SoftwareSerial is defined there outside of the setup function there, so I'm not sure if you can change this dynamically....
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How to Design Amplifier and H-Bridge Circuits for an Electromagnetic Flow Meter Project?

Hey everyone, I'm currently working on an electromagnetic flow meter project and have finished the assembly, including the electrodes and Faraday cage. Now, I’m moving on to the circuitry, but I’m facing some challenges. The signals from the electrodes are in the mV range (or smaller), so I’ll need an amplifier circuit for proper signal processing. Additionally, I’m looking for a suitable H-bridge or similar setup for controlling the electromagnets. As a second-year undergraduate student, I don’t have enough experience to confidently move forward with the design. Could anyone recommend resources or guidance on how to approach the circuit design for these requirements?...

How to Reverse the Output of a Reed Switch Circuit to HIGH?

I'm using a circuit that gives a LOW output on D when a magnet passes by the reed switch. Is there a way to make it output HIGH instead? (HIGH being 3.3V, which is the voltage I'm powering the circuit with).
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