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The blurring line between oscilloscopes and On-Die instrumentation
The blurring line between oscilloscopes and On-Die instrumentation
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Limitations from the fundamental physics of interconnect losses can't be eliminated. The only practical way around this limitation in the…
Best practices for designing high-throughput, real-time SoC systems
Best practices for designing high-throughput, real-time SoC systems
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Modern SoC software often consists of multiple applications ranging from hard real-time, such as automotive motor control, to high-throughput, such…
Synopsys updates IC place-&-route flagship; IC Compiler II
Synopsys updates IC place-&-route flagship; IC Compiler II
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A new generation of the company’s physical-design place-and-route tool for complex SoC designs in leading-edge silicon processes claims as much…
Printed-electronics timer demonstrates flex electronics possibilities
Printed-electronics timer demonstrates flex electronics possibilities
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Describing it as the world's first flexible multi-functional timer, event organisers IDTechEx have co-ordinated the manufacture of samples of a…

Rare earth scarcity triggers design for recyclability
Rare earth scarcity triggers design for recyclability
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In the March edition of Green Chemistry, researchers from the University of Leuven, Belgium, are detailing what they describe as an environmentally friendly process to separate transition metals copper, cobalt,…
ARM Cortex A9 MCU development board runs Linux
ARM Cortex A9 MCU development board runs Linux
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Silica has launched a new ArchiTech development board that offers a low cost streamlined platform for Linux based designs.
Mentor Graphics acquires Berkeley Design Automation
Mentor Graphics acquires Berkeley Design Automation
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Mentor Graphics has added to its capabilities in nanometre-scale analogue and mixed-signal IC design verification by buying up Berkeley Design Automation (BDA).
Synchronous forward controller generates secondary bias
Synchronous forward controller generates secondary bias
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LT3752/LT3752-1 is a high input voltage capable synchronous forward controller with active clamp transformer reset. A controlled VOUT start-up and shut-down is maintained using an integrated housekeeping controller to bias…
DC brushed motor driver for high current/voltage applications
DC brushed motor driver for high current/voltage applications
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Toshiba has added a 1-channel DC brush motor driver IC for industrial equipment; TB67H303HG is the first monolithic IC to deliver 10A output current with 50V withstand voltage.
The Filter Wizard: on being analog AND open
The Filter Wizard: on being analog AND open
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Kendall Castor-Perry of Cypress Semiconductor, otherwise known as The Filter Wizard, uses the example of a sensor interface to illustrate how using digital circuitry can be a good thing but…
28nm – The last node of Moore’s law
28nm – The last node of Moore’s law
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We have been hearing about the imminent demise of Moore's Law quite a lot recently. Most of these predictions have been targeting the 7nm node and 2020 as the end-point.
Fighting headwinds in the lab
Fighting headwinds in the lab
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In May last year, bicycle manufacturer Specialized publicly announced an industry’s first for the cycling industry, an in-house wind-tunnel specifically designed and equipped to test bike aerodynamics and measure wind…
Distribution company expands in-house design services
Distribution company expands in-house design services
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Premier Farnell has grown its design capabilities with purchase of AVID Technologies, Inc. a design services company based in Twinsburg, Ohio, for $13 million (USD). AVID’s design expertise includes analogue,…
Appliance power supply reference design achieves “zero standby” power rating
Appliance power supply reference design achieves “zero standby” power rating
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Power Integrations has a reference design for an 8W, universal-input auxiliary power supply that achieves zero standby power consumption, using the definition in the standard IEC 62301 Clause 4.5 that…
Altium links component search engine spanning 200 distributors to design software
Altium links component search engine spanning 200 distributors to design software
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Altium has entered a partnership with Octopart in in a programme that runs within Altium Designer; Octopart is a provider of an electronic parts search engine used by many engineers…
Add touchscreen display module starter kits to Raspberry Pi
Add touchscreen display module starter kits to Raspberry Pi
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From distributor RS Components, add-on kits enable portable, low power Raspberry Pi applications; the easy-to-connect resistive touchscreen 2.8- and 4.3-inch LCD modules simplify mobility for Raspberry Pi projects and applications.
Automotive safety support in compiler software, for ISO 26262 certification
Automotive safety support in compiler software, for ISO 26262 certification
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Altium has announced a support program designed to assist Tasking customers to build automotive software applications compliant with ISO 26262 functional safety standard.
Digital power controller matches analogue control bandwidth and transient response
Digital power controller matches analogue control bandwidth and transient response
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Analog Devices’ ADP1055 is an advanced digital power controller with PMBus interface for high-density, isolated DC-to-DC power supply system applications; it uses Analog Devices’ high-resolution, high-speed A/D converter sensing technology…
Thermal design manual available as download
Thermal design manual available as download
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Maxim Integrated has published the latest revision of its Thermal Management Handbook; the downloadable document provides an introduction to thermal management devices and illustrates some of the ways in which…
Android users sue Google over personal data power-drain
Android users sue Google over personal data power-drain
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Your personal data, anonimized or not, makes the bread and butter of today’s web-giants who offer to place individualized and precisely targeted adverts in front of billions of smartphone and…
IP builds audio converter with voice detection feature for home appliances
IP builds audio converter with voice detection feature for home appliances
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IP-for-SoC provider Dolphin Integration has announced sCODp-MT1-VD.02, a voice-oriented converter supporting both analogue and digital microphones.
STM32 Nucleo prototyping boards, free from distributor’s “Board Club”
STM32 Nucleo prototyping boards, free from distributor’s “Board Club”
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Future Electronics enables designers working with any STM32 microcontroller to benefit free from the combination of tools and peripheral boards supported by the STM32 Nucleo systems…
Range extension up to 7x for low-power 2.4 GHz wireless networks
Range extension up to 7x for low-power 2.4 GHz wireless networks
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Texas Instruments’ SimpleLink CC2592 range extender delivers a low cost, high temperature, small form factor design for worldwide operation…
Intersil adds 25/33A point-of-load regulator integrated modules
Intersil adds 25/33A point-of-load regulator integrated modules
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The ISL8270M/71M family of digital modules meets the power needs of high-current 25/33 Amp applications in cloud computing and wired and wireless infrastructure; the company has based these digital power…
CUI uses SEPIC-fed buck DC/DC topology in 720W intermediate bus converter
CUI uses SEPIC-fed buck DC/DC topology in 720W intermediate bus converter
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Calling it a second-generation high density isolated intermediate bus converter, CUI has used its recently introduced Solus technology, which combines SEPIC and buck circuit configurations, to build the NQBS seriesfor…
Power e-bikes with lithium ion battery reference design
Power e-bikes with lithium ion battery reference design
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ams has produced a cost-saving system management reference design for lithium pedelec/e-bike batteries; implementing controller-less balancing and voltage monitoring, it shows how to reduce component count and BoM cost while…
Webinar will demonstrate Vicor’s online tool for complex power system design
Webinar will demonstrate Vicor’s online tool for complex power system design
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A live presentation on April 10, 2014 is ineteded to help power engineers architect, analyse and optimise power system designs with flexibility and efficiency…
Choosing the right housing materials for DDR4 memory modules
Choosing the right housing materials for DDR4 memory modules
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Green Design is, and will remain, the subject of significant attention in the electronics industry. Besides looking for more efficient energy consumption, OEMs are increasingly restricting the use of halogens…


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