Understanding Automotive CAN Bus Technology Principles

This article is reprinted from the Jishu Community Jishu Column: Shanghai Hangxin Author: C H E N Y I With the continuous development of the automotive industry, the number of automotive electronic control units has gradually increased, and the signal exchange between various control units has become more complex. The CAN bus connects the various … Read more

How to Build a GPS-Enabled E-Paper Clock

How to Build a GPS-Enabled E-Paper Clock

MAKER: mattwach/Translated by: 趣无尽 The combination of an e-paper display with any frame creates a classic look. Its unique nostalgic quality ensures that the display works created with it remain timeless. Previously, we introduced an e-paper photo frame: it can display one classic film for an entire year using a black-and-white frame display. Today, we … Read more

Exploring Arduino: Unleashing Infinite Maker Potential!

Exploring Arduino: Unleashing Infinite Maker Potential!

Click the blue text Follow us When it comes to makers, the Arduino tool is undoubtedly indispensable, as it is almost a must-have for showcasing creativity at Maker events. What is Arduino? 01 The intelligent open-source electronic prototyping platform—Arduino is a convenient, flexible, and easy-to-use open-source electronic prototyping platform. It includes hardware (various models of … Read more

CEPARK USB Development Board Operation Experiments

CEPARK USB Development Board Operation Experiments

1. USB Fake U-Disk Experiment 1) Correctly download the hex file of the USB disk (fake U-Disk) to the microcontroller of the USB development board. 2) You will see a circular indicator for the fake U-Disk in the bottom right corner of your computer. 3) Open the circular U-Disk, and you will see a test … Read more

Understanding the Components of Arduino Development Boards

Understanding the Components of Arduino Development Boards

Click the blue text to follow us Hello everyone Welcome to 【Advanced Training Industrial Control】 Session Three Arduino Maker Series Basic Application Explanation Lesson Three The Components of Arduino Development Boards Those who have learned about Arduino know that: Arduino consists of a microcontroller and a development environment. In the last session, we also learned … Read more

Choosing Between Arduino and Raspberry Pi for Beginners

Choosing Between Arduino and Raspberry Pi for Beginners

Everyone knows that Arduino and Raspberry Pi are two types of development boards that are quite familiar to electronics and embedded engineers, and they are also boards that many beginners consider. Arduino and Raspberry Pi each have their own positioning, and there is a significant difference in performance. However, recently, Arduino launched the Portenta X8 … Read more

History of Development Boards and Their Differences from SBCs

History of Development Boards and Their Differences from SBCs

In recent years, the term “development board” has nearly disappeared, overshadowed by countless other hardware board terms used to describe development purposes, such as “demonstration board,” “evaluation kit,” and “reference design.” In this article, we will explain the meaning of the term “development board” (Figure 1) and show how they differ from closely related single-board … Read more

Detailed Explanation of SPI, UART, and I2C Buses

Detailed Explanation of SPI, UART, and I2C Buses

Source: Automotive ECU Design When you connect a microcontroller to sensors, displays, or other modules, have you considered how these two devices communicate with each other? What exactly are they saying? In fact, communication between electronic devices is like communication between humans; both parties need to speak the same language. In electronic products, these languages … Read more

Microcontroller Communication Protocols: UART, SPI, I2C

Microcontroller Communication Protocols: UART, SPI, I2C

Today, let’s talk about the topic of microcontroller communication protocols. When microcontrollers interact with peripherals, there needs to be a common language, right? That’s what communication protocols are for! We will focus on three common protocols: UART, SPI, and I2C, and see how they allow devices to communicate with each other. UART: The Simplest Serial … Read more