Micrel RF Module

>> Thursday, July 16, 2009

Micrel's radiowire modules can be connected directly to an mcu for
RF data transmission.

MICRF620Z TR

http://www.micrel.com/RadioWire/micrf620.pdf

Try requesting sample from Micrel's website.

www.micrel.com

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LM34 Temperature Sensor

>> Monday, July 6, 2009

National Semiconductor's Farenheit scale temperature sensor is available for sampling.

http://www.national.com/mpf/LM/LM34.html
http://www.national.com/mpf/LM/LM34.html#Availability

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PCB Design Software

>> Saturday, July 4, 2009

If you need to design the PCB for your projects and don't have access to Orcad or don't want
to use it for your single or 2 layer boards, try the following alternatives:

1. Eagle
http://www.cadsoft.de/download.htm

There is a freeware version that should work well for your needs.


2. 123 PCB
http://www.pcb123.com/

This is absolutely free and provides an option for a direct PCB order. Nice.
(I guess they are giving this software away with the hope that you order a prototype PCB )

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Freescale Pressure Sensors 2

>> Thursday, July 2, 2009

I recommend the following pressure sensors from Freescale.

MPX10DP
MPX53DP

MPXM2053DT1

These parts are available for sampling. You can try requesting samples here.

https://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?nodeId=010984007869597059286929489

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