The FreeSoC2 PSoC® 5LP Dev Board uses Cypress ARM processors and built-in configurable hardware to make a versatile system that can be used in the Arduino IDE or in the Cypress PSoC Creator environment (which offers many significant advantages). We take a quick look at the board to discover just some of the powerful features it has to offer. The FreeSoC2 PSoC® 5LP Dev Board is now available from the Elektor Store as part of a promotion.

Sometimes you need to fit equipment with a display able to show electrical signals or waveforms. Oscilloscope modules are available from the Far East which can do the job at very little expense. Some of these modules can even be supplied with a case so that they make a handy second scope. Are they any good? We looked at two examples from JYE Tech.

If you have ever ordered a PCB somewhere you will probably have noticed some text on the manufactured boards that was not present in your original design. PCB manufacturers have a habit of putting codes and sometimes even logos on boards, and these are marks. The Eurocircuits Marking Editor lets you control these marks and lets you add, edit and move custom marks.

You think a CRT oscilloscope, 100% analog, is not made for “looking at music”? Well, you’re wrong: here a good old oscilloscope draws elegant animated geometric images on its screen, synchronized with music specially created for this. It’s the well-known principle of Lissajous figures, elevated here to the realms of art, matched with an amazing soundtrack. Fascinating!

The speed of production of our Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) is progressing. Nonetheless the demands of busy electronicists are more and more difficult to satisfy: we want every PCB in an instant. With the Printed Circuit Printer, this dream seems close to reality.

This video shows the quick and easy assembling of the new high-efficiency wireless power converter kit (SMD presoldered) brought to you by Würth Elektronik and Elektor Magazine. Try out this highly promising technology with a transfer capacity of 50W over distances up to a few centimeters, through any non-conductive material, such as plywood or a dry wall.

This Precise Nixie Clock from Elektor synced by GPS displays the time on six nixie tubes and comes with a very finely laser engraved transparent acrylic glass enclosing, with brass tubes and blue back light. The new design uses IN-12 nixies. If you wish to use other types of nixie tubes, it is easy to assemble your own display on veroboard.

It’s that time again – our September and October 2017 Elektor edition is now available for purchase! You can get your printed copy posted direct to your door for free, with no shipping costs at all, or the completely identical online version is available for instant download by GOLD and GREEN members here. This issue is packed full or things to keep you entertained, one of which is the Raspberry Pi Zero W. This article looks at the mini version of the Raspberry Pi — the Zero W — and how to not only get started with it but to make the most of all its capabilities. It also gives a practical project to put it all in to action and see what it can do. An exciting LabsProject featured in this edition is the GoNotify. This project looks at a flexible IoT sensor interface and how you can connect anything you like to the right sensor in the right place and keep an eye on it from a remote location. Definitely not a project to miss.

Elektor Business Magazine (EBM) offers innovators, electronics engineers and startup companies, essential information and insights into the latest products, research and intelligence from the industry. EBM Edition 4 / 2017 for August & September is now available and has a strong focus on LEDs, Drivers & Displays. 

It’s that time again – Elektor's July & August 2017 edition is now available for purchase! This issue is packed full of things to keep you entertained. You can get your printed copy posted direct to your door for free, with no shipping costs at all.

Huawei is backing an initiative for an AOSP (Android open source project) using ARM-based hardware and the Linaro open source collaborative engineering organization to develop the software. Their common aim: an ARM ecosystem. The new HiKey 960 dev platform from Huawei is now listed on the 96Boards website and will become available through global distribution channels. It is expected to be of interest to mobile developers and product design for markets like digital signage, point of sale (POS) and robotics.