Let’s say you want to blink an LED. You might grab an Arduino and run the Blink sketch, or you might lace up a few components to a 555. But you needn’t go so fancy! [The Design Graveyard] explains how ...

Schematic and operation of a capacitorless active-matrix micro-LED pixel, where a single memristor (1M) substitutes both the storage capacitor and the driving TFT. The compact 1M cell can be ...

Although Christmas may be several weeks behind us, various colorful LED contraptions can nowadays be found in our houses at any time of year. [Tim] got his hands on an LED curtain that came with a ...

Discover how to build a simple device that converts light into electricity using LEDs and diodes. This step-by-step guide demonstrates assembling an LED-diode cluster, connecting it to a capacitor for ...

The PAS2126FR2R5504 polyacene capacitors measure 26 mm x 20 mm with a maximum height of 0.9 mm and realizes a high capacitance of 0.5F. The PAS2126FR2R5504 polyacene capacitors measure 26 mm x 20 mm ...

There were a couple of comments in the Samsung LED light teardown that I wanted to highlight in a separate blog post so that they didn’t get lost in the comments thread. The first was alluded to by ...

Machine-vision systems use very short flashes of intense light to produce high-speed images employed in a wide variety of data-processing applications. For instance, fast-moving conveyor belts are run ...