hardware
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Think Horses, not Zebras
There is a popular quote in medical circles: When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras. – Dr. Theodore Woodward “Zebra” is the American medical slang for arriving at a surprising, often exotic, medical diagnosis when a more com…
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Adventures with a ATSAMA5D27 board
Recently, we brought up a new PCB (printed circuit board) a customer had designed based on the Microchip ATSAMA5D27C-D1G processor. We encountered several interesting challenges. The first issue was that the design only had serial ports (a…
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How do modern USB chargers work
As we help customers design products, we often try to leverage the latest cell phone practices and technologies. One of these is USB charging. There has been a push in recent years to standardize on USB chargers for cell-phones. There ar…