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Exar to acquire display-IC specialist Integrated Memory Logic
Exar to acquire display-IC specialist Integrated Memory Logic
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Exar is to acquire Taiwanese company Integrated Memory Logic Limited, a provider of analogue mixed-signal solutions for the flat-panel display…
Design win for Nordic’s wireless chips in environmental sensor
Design win for Nordic’s wireless chips in environmental sensor
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Bluetooth Smart environmental sensors deliver high accuracy, low cost, smart home monitoring to consumers and can run for up to…
10A high efficiency Schottky rectifiers for smaller designs
10A high efficiency Schottky rectifiers for smaller designs
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This product claims ultra-low forward voltages and high current density in the thinnest package available for this product category –…
Renesas RX tools from IAR Systems gain stack usage analysis
Renesas RX tools from IAR Systems gain stack usage analysis
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IAR Systems’ latest version of its development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench for RX, Version 2.60, contains stack usage analysis functionality…

Comparing reed relays with other relay technologies
Comparing reed relays with other relay technologies
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There are other relay technologies available to users with different characteristics to reed relays, some applications are best served by these alternatives and others are best served by reed relays.
1% accurate programmable voltage supervisor
1% accurate programmable voltage supervisor
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LTC2933 is a programmable voltage supervisor with built-in EEPROM for simultaneous, accurate monitoring of up to six voltage rails from 0.2V to 13.9V. Requiring no external resistors to set thresholds,…
When will PAM4 take over from NRZ?
When will PAM4 take over from NRZ?
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Mike Steinberger said, “I’m going with NRZ right up to the multimode brick wall, then I’m going to PAM4.” Mike is a high-speed serial guru, though his official title is…
Altera boasts working silicon with 14 nm Tri-Gate process
Altera boasts working silicon with 14 nm Tri-Gate process
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Altera says that test chips it has fabricated in 14 nm finfet – or Tri-Gate, as Intel terms it – confirm expected performance, power and density advantages…
RF digital step attenuator gets performance boost for advanced wireless designs
RF digital step attenuator gets performance boost for advanced wireless designs
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Peregrine Semiconductor’s UltraCMOS PE4312 DSA is a successor to the PE4302 for wide dynamic-range network-infrastructure designs that require highly accurate and efficient amplitude control.
Anritsu gives away a handheld spectrum analyzer
Anritsu gives away a handheld spectrum analyzer
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This month, Anritsu is giving away a complete MS2711E spectrum analyzer unit for EETimes Europe's readers to win. Worth 5419 Euros, the handheld instrument fits the bill for spectrum monitoring,…
Battery-management system reference design eliminates shunt resistors
Battery-management system reference design eliminates shunt resistors
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From ams, a current-sensing solution for battery management systems needs no shunt resistor; it achieves accurate, linear current measurement up to 100A by monitoring voltage drop across a PCB’s copper…
Do we need more wireless standards in an M2M world?
Do we need more wireless standards in an M2M world?
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Matthias Poppel, chief operating officer for EnOcean GmbH, reckons established wireless protocols can gain traction in machine-to-machine communications but only if they are open to the requirements of applications.
Do we need more wireless standards for an M2M world?
Do we need more wireless standards for an M2M world?
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Matthias Poppel, chief operating officer for EnOcean GmbH, reckons established wireless protocols can gain traction in machine-to-machine communications but only if they are open to the requirements of applications.
Are more wireless standards needed for M2M?
Are more wireless standards needed for M2M?
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Matthias Poppel, chief operating officer for EnOcean GmbH, reckons established wireless protocols can gain traction in machine-to-machine communications but only if they are open to the requirements of applications.
Vector Software wins test seats at Airbus Helicopters
Vector Software wins test seats at Airbus Helicopters
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Vector Software has announced that Airbus Helicopters has selected VectorCAST as a standard corporate test solution for the company’s division in Germany. The company chose the VectorCAST/Cover, VectorCAST/C++ and VectorCAST/Ada…
Cadence grows formal verification profile with Jasper DA buyout
Cadence grows formal verification profile with Jasper DA buyout
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Cadence Design Systems is to acquire Jasper Design Automation, provider of formal analysis solutions, for approximately $170 million. Cadence comments that ncreasing verification complexity is driving the need for multiple…
Cyber Security Toolkit protects industrial infrastructure, “better than firewall” results
Cyber Security Toolkit protects industrial infrastructure, “better than firewall” results
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Belden’s Tofino Enforcer Software Development Kit adds security to SCADA networks; it allows third parties to create next-generation cyber security solutions using the company’s patented Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology.
Fastest 20-Bit SAR ADC comes with no precision, speed, or power compromises
Fastest 20-Bit SAR ADC comes with no precision, speed, or power compromises
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Engineers can achieve the industry’s highest resolution and fastest sampling rate at the lowest power with the MAX11905, a 20-bit, 1.6 Msamples/sec successive approximation register (SAR) analogue-to-digital converter (ADC), while…
Altera drops “hard” floating point blocks into FPGAs
Altera drops “hard” floating point blocks into FPGAs
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Altera says it has implemented the first-available IEEE 754-compliant hardened floating-point DSP blocks on FPGAs, and that it is shipping the feature now, in its Arria 10 FPGAs. Among other…
HDMI 2.0 brings 18 Gbps to the consumer space; compliance test scheme certified
HDMI 2.0 brings 18 Gbps to the consumer space; compliance test scheme certified
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Agilent Technologies’ Agilent HDMI 2.0 test solution has been certified by the HDMI Forum as an official compliance test tool. The solution has the widest coverage for HDMI Physical layer…
Nike FuelBand layoffs: a pivot in wearables?
Nike FuelBand layoffs: a pivot in wearables?
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Nike is denying rumors that it has laid off most of the engineering team responsible for its Nike+ FuelBand SE fitness band to focus on software development instead.
Data-over-light link Li-Fi demonstration offers route to transform internet usage
Data-over-light link Li-Fi demonstration offers route to transform internet usage
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At the University of Edinburgh, Harald Haas and his team are claiming another breakthrough in Li-Fi technology by demonstrating that up to 1.1 Gbps can be transmitted using light waves…
20-nm FPGAs shift to fine-pitch copper bump technology to meet interconnect needs
20-nm FPGAs shift to fine-pitch copper bump technology to meet interconnect needs
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Altera and TSMC have announced that they are to use TSMC’s fine-pitch copper bump-based packaging technology for Altera’s 20 nm Arria 10 FPGAs and SoCs. Altera is the first company…
Mentor wins emulation role for Imagination Technologies’ IP verification
Mentor wins emulation role for Imagination Technologies’ IP verification
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Imagination Technologies, source of semiconductor design IP including PowerVR GPUs and MIPS CPUs, has adopted Mentor Graphics’ Veloce 2 enterprise emulation platform to add to its existing emulation and verification…
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Getting EMC design right – First time
Getting EMC design right – First time
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This article is part of a series taken from the eBook entitled “Getting EMC Design Right First Time” by EMC FastPass. To download the book, see the link at the…
GUI development editor helps you write “Cooler GUIs”
GUI development editor helps you write “Cooler GUIs”
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Altia is a user interface development software company that provides tools for the creation of graphical user interfaces for embedded devices, with users in automotive, medical, industrial, fitness, and home…
The Filter Wizard: Just add a transistor
The Filter Wizard: Just add a transistor
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Kendall Castor-Perry of Cypress Semiconductor, otherwise known as The Filter Wizard, challenges engineers to add value around PSoCs with minimal additional analog components.


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