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Trimmer Resistors
Trimmer potentiometers, sometimes referred to as trim pots or trimmer resistors are a type of
adjustable potentiometer (variable resistor). They are used to calibrate and fine-tune circuits.
Trimmer potentiometers are typically constructed from cermet or have a carbon composition.
They can be mounted directly onto PCBs (printed circuit boards).
Trimmer potentiometers are not adjusted very frequently. You can think of them as a ’set and
forget’ component. Trim pots let you set (or trim) the resistance to obtain a very precise current,
output voltage or gain. Once the value has been set, it is unlikely that you’ll need to adjust the
trimmer again unless you need to recalibrate the circuit.
SMA Connectors
SMA (SubMiniature version A) connectors are semi-precision coaxial RF connectors developed
in the 1960s as a minimal connector interface for coaxial cable with a screw-type coupling
mechanism
Mbed is a platform and operating system for internet-connected devices based on 32-bit ARM Cortex-M
microcontrollers. Such devices are also known as Internet of Things devices
There are various hardware demo-boards for the Mbed platform, with the first being the original Mbed
Microcontroller board. The Mbed Microcontroller Board (marketed as the "mbed NXP LPC1768") is a
demo-board based on an NXP microcontroller, which has an ARM Cortex M3 core, running at 96 MHz,
with 512 KB flash, 64 KB RAM, as well as several interfaces including Ethernet, USB Device, CAN, SPI, I2C
and other I/O
DC-DC Converter
A DC-to-DC converter is an electronic circuit or electromechanical device that converts a source of direct
current (DC) from one voltage level to another. It is a type of electric power converter. Power levels
range from very low (small batteries) to very high (high-voltage power transmission).
A lithium polymer battery, or more correctly lithium-ion polymer battery (abbreviated as LiPo, LIP, Li-
poly, lithium-poly and others), is a rechargeable battery of lithium-ion technology using a polymer
electrolyte instead of a liquid electrolyte. High conductivity semisolid (gel) polymers form this
electrolyte. These batteries provide higher specific energy than other lithium battery types
Voltage Regulators