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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…
Analogue building blocks support AC LED lighting applications
Analogue building blocks support AC LED lighting applications
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X-FAB Silicon Foundries has a new library of analogue building blocks to help designers create AC LED and AC/DC converter…
SMPS: a crucial component of the “system Data Center”
SMPS: a crucial component of the “system Data Center”
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Improving the standard of living requires ever-increasing demand for energy, particularly in electrical forms. People do not use directly electrical…
ITU standard enables health data exchange, advances e-health standards
ITU standard enables health data exchange, advances e-health standards
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ITU (International Telecommunications Union) has offered first stage approval to a specification enabling an exchange of multimedia health data between…

Automotive angular sensor sends with SENT protocol
Automotive angular sensor sends with SENT protocol
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NXP’s KMA215 is an angular sensor with digital output, designed to meet changing needs in the automotive industry; it is compliant with the most recent Single Edge Nibble Transmission (SAE…
Power system slave controller allows up to 240A supplies
Power system slave controller allows up to 240A supplies
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LTC3870 is a dual phase synchronous step-down slave controller that can generate currents up to 240A - when paired with a companion master controller - by extending the phase count…
The slope of the line is key to ESD protection
The slope of the line is key to ESD protection
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As the components used in high-quality electronic products, televisions for instance, continue to shrink, the circuitry becomes increasingly more sensitive and difficult to protect because of the deep sub-micron silicon…
Infra-red imaging module maker sees growth in security markets
Infra-red imaging module maker sees growth in security markets
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Xenics, European developer and manufacturer of InGaAs infrared detectors and customised IR imaging solutions, is expanding its reach to government and security systems applications for ShortWave InfraRed and LongWave InfraRed…
ST promotes progress to UHD TV, with STB chipset
ST promotes progress to UHD TV, with STB chipset
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STMicroelectronics and SoftAtHome, a provider of home operating platforms enabling convergent services for the digital home, are to extend their extended collaboration to enable operators to deliver Ultra High Definition…
Programme details announced for Supercapacitors Europe 2014 event
Programme details announced for Supercapacitors Europe 2014 event
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Franco Gonzalez, Technology Analyst, IDTechEx, offers insights around “What you will learn at Supercapacitors Europe” - the event takes place in Berlin on 1-2 April.
Distributor expands 3D printer range; from under 1200euro
Distributor expands 3D printer range; from under 1200euro
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RS Components (RS), has introduced an array of 3D printers and print technologies to its product offering.
Embedding components within PCB substrates
Embedding components within PCB substrates
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Embedding components within a PCB substrate offers a range of benefits in terms of space and performance. But this alternative approach to product design demands support from the entire supply…
Next generation optical bonding
Next generation optical bonding
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Optical bonding is an enhancement process for TFT displays in which a protective glass, a touch screen, or a combination of both is applied to a TFT display by means…
TI expands WEBENCH on-line tool with interactive Schematic Editor
TI expands WEBENCH on-line tool with interactive Schematic Editor
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You can customise and simulate analogue designs with TI's free interactive environment to quickly modify power management designs…
Eight tips to accelerate SoC physical design at RTL
Eight tips to accelerate SoC physical design at RTL
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The growing complexity of modern System on Chip (SoC), the design effort associated with the increasing pressure on silicon cost, and the pressure associated with shortened schedule requirements, makes it…
Ongoing trend: digitally augmented autism
Ongoing trend: digitally augmented autism
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While augmented reality is about adding contextual bits of information on whatever display is at hand (your smartphone or a head-up display such as google glasses), you could argue it…
Automotive MEMS: A changing global landscape
Automotive MEMS: A changing global landscape
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With the automotive industry being the largest market for MEMS manufacturers, and the automotive industry currently undergoing massive changes, the question is: How will the relationship between MEMS and automotive…
Audio codec allows voice-activated functions with low, always-on power levels
Audio codec allows voice-activated functions with low, always-on power levels
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Dialog’s DA7212 audio codec has low always-on power consumption (650 µW) which can extend the battery life of portable devices – including new ‘wearables’ such as smart watches and connected…
Sync an array of 10 scopes at 63 GHz
Sync an array of 10 scopes at 63 GHz
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Agilent Technologies’ Infiniium Z-Series oscilloscopes can be synchronized to measure up to 40 channels simultaneously with a maximum 63-GHz real-time oscilloscope bandwidth (on up to 10 oscilloscopes).
Physical verification certified for GlobalFoundries 65nm to 14nm FinFETs
Physical verification certified for GlobalFoundries 65nm to 14nm FinFETs
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Progressing the move to making FinFET processes standard in leading-edge silicon fabrication, Cadence has announced that GlobalFoundries has certified the Cadence Physical Verification System (PVS) for custom/analogue, digital and mixed-signal…
Surface mount ultrasonic transducer
Surface mount ultrasonic transducer
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Murata has developed a surface-mount device (SMD)-type ultrasonic transducer; in an ultra low profile package measuring 5.2 x 5.2 mm and 1.15 mm thick, the MA40H1S-R series is capable of…
40 Gb/sec BER tester for datacom & long-haul testing
40 Gb/sec BER tester for datacom & long-haul testing
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Tektronix’ PatternPro PPG is, Tek says, the first bit-error-rate test system with support for 40 Gb/sec data rates.
Precision 50A current measurement sensor in 7-mm sq. IC-style packaging
Precision 50A current measurement sensor in 7-mm sq. IC-style packaging
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TLI4970 from Infineon is a high-precision, AC/DC, ±50A current sensor that claims to resolve many compromises in today’s current measurement circuitry, and which requires only a sixth of the board…
Smallest transistors reduce footprint by 50%
Smallest transistors reduce footprint by 50%
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ROHM has announced what it believes are the smallest discrete transistors available. The VML0604 package (0.6 x 0.4mm, t=0.36mm) cuts size by 50% compared with conventional models; low ON resistance…
Wolfson audio card brings high definition audio to the Raspberry Pi
Wolfson audio card brings high definition audio to the Raspberry Pi
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From distributor element 14, this card adds high quality audio playback, stereo recording and voice control inspiration for a “soundwave” of new Pi innovations…
The Internet of Things: How will the dream come true?
The Internet of Things: How will the dream come true?
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Matthias Poppel, chief operating officer for EnOcean GmbH claims that all of the technologies are in place to allow the Internet of Things to flourish. All that is needed are…
SimpleLink Bluetooth module with enhanced audio and Bluetooth LE
SimpleLink Bluetooth module with enhanced audio and Bluetooth LE
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Texas Instruments’ SimpleLink Bluetooth CC256x portfolio has gained new modules and audio reference designs for rapid prototyping, development and production.
6W, isolated regulator eliminates opto-coupler, uses off-the-shelf magnetics
6W, isolated regulator eliminates opto-coupler, uses off-the-shelf magnetics
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LT8301 is a monolithic flyback regulator that simplifies the design of isolated DC/DC converters. By sampling the isolated output voltage directly from the primary-side flyback waveform, the part requires no…


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