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Tech-based firm perpetuates geek stereotype
Tech-based firm perpetuates geek stereotype
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InVisage Technologies Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company developing a quantum-dot based film material to enable more efficient light capture…
Road ahead cleared for European C2X car-data-comms standard
Road ahead cleared for European C2X car-data-comms standard
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Cars that can automatically transmit hazard warnings are one step closer to reality. At a workshop in Berlin, standard bodies…
Test envelope tracking amps with VSG digital predistortion function
Test envelope tracking amps with VSG digital predistortion function
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Rohde & Schwarz has integrated realtime digital predistortion into its SMW200A high-end vector signal generator (VSG), an option that the…
Explore hybrid NFC/RFID tag apps with starter kit: collect a free one at Embedded World
Explore hybrid NFC/RFID tag apps with starter kit: collect a free one at Embedded World
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You can “jumpstart” IoT (Internet of things) application designs, says ST Microelectronics, with its NFC Discovery Kit, produced to accompany…

Improved model-based code quality to result from dSPACE/AbsInt cooperation
Improved model-based code quality to result from dSPACE/AbsInt cooperation
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dSpace has announced that it is co-operating with AbsInt Angewandte Informatik GmbH, which becomes a member of its TargetLink Partner Program. The two companies are working together to couple AbsInt…
Connected-consumer-device-count rises, but no IoT-style explosion in view
Connected-consumer-device-count rises, but no IoT-style explosion in view
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6 billion Internet-enabled devices will be produced in 2014, according to analysis by market researchers IHS: their predictions for the next few years show continued modest growth, confirming that any…
More accurate battery “fuel gauging” – chip meets MIPI BIF standard, adds authentication
More accurate battery “fuel gauging” – chip meets MIPI BIF standard, adds authentication
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Infineon’s ORIGA 3 enables accurate fuel gauging in mobile devices; its PrediGauge technology minimises the risk, for the consumer, of unexpectedly running out of power.
EMI absorption material cuts broadband-radiated noise – tape or sheet
EMI absorption material cuts broadband-radiated noise – tape or sheet
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Molex’ HOZOX Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Absorption Tape and Sheets provides a means by which manufacturers of high-frequency equipment in multiple industries, including medical, consumer electronics, data/telecommunications and microwave/radio frequency can…
Large-area, intelligent solid-state lighting gets EU research backing
Large-area, intelligent solid-state lighting gets EU research backing
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CSEM has launched a solid-state lighting (SSL) research project funded by the European Commission to develop an integrated LED-based module that will constitute a breakthrough in professional and architectural lighting.
Roadshows introduce UI development platform for Android/iOS mobile app writers
Roadshows introduce UI development platform for Android/iOS mobile app writers
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Digia has announced a series of Qt Mobile Roadshows that will run in the US, UK and Germany during February and March. The full-day events will feature technical training and…
Low-power DSP re-defined in 28nm FD-SOI technology:ultra-wide-voltage operation
Low-power DSP re-defined in 28nm FD-SOI technology:ultra-wide-voltage operation
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At the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2014, CEA-Leti and STMicroelectronics have exhibited an ultra-wide-voltage range (UWVR) digital signal processor based on 28nm ultra-thin body buried-oxide (UTBB) FD-SOI technology.
Cree doubles light output from high-density LED arrays
Cree doubles light output from high-density LED arrays
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Cree says its CXA high-density LED arrays offer unmatched lumen density, to access new designs and applications for LED lighting…
Signal boost chip gains design win in integrated NFC payment card
Signal boost chip gains design win in integrated NFC payment card
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The CredenSE 2.10 is a stand-alone NFC microSD card – claimed as the first of its kind – that has achieved certification for Visa and MasterCard (EMV) mobile payments; Austrian…
Wireless transceiver for EEG monitoring meets medical and BAN specs; under 2 mW Tx
Wireless transceiver for EEG monitoring meets medical and BAN specs; under 2 mW Tx
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A co-operation between Fujitsu Laboratories and imec’s Holst Centre has yielded a transceiver design that complies with the 400 MHz-band international standard while consuming 1/10th the power of previous models,…
Field-programmable RF; CMOS multi-standard/multi-band MIMO transceiver
Field-programmable RF; CMOS multi-standard/multi-band MIMO transceiver
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Lime Microsystems has announced its second-generation field programmable RF (FPRF) concept announces its second-generation device, the LMS7002M, built in 65nm CMOS technology to reduce the cost of FPRF transceiver technology…
Multi-touch capacitive touch detection and analysis of up to 40 contact points
Multi-touch capacitive touch detection and analysis of up to 40 contact points
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From distributors MSC, Zytronics’ Multi-Touch Projected Capacitive Technology (MPCT) permits up to 40 independent contact points to be analysed simultaneously on displays of up to 216 cm (85 in.).
Multiprotocol transceiver is a total solution for traditional serial standards
Multiprotocol transceiver is a total solution for traditional serial standards
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With internally switched termination, and occupying a 5 x 5 mm package, Exar’s SP335 multiprotocol transceiver supports RS-232, RS-485, and RS-422 serial standards.
Microsemi proposes SmartFusion FPGAs as secure-boot vehicle for connected systems
Microsemi proposes SmartFusion FPGAs as secure-boot vehicle for connected systems
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Reference designs aim to enable FPGA-based Root-of-Trust solution for embedded systems, adding security to connected devices.
A displays milestone? – First flexible, plastic, organic AMOLED technology revealed
A displays milestone? – First flexible, plastic, organic AMOLED technology revealed
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For as long as researchers have been working with organic LEDs, one of the hope-for end-points has been the concept of high-volume, low-cost, light-emitting displays produced on continuous media -…
Distributor names winners in its “Smarter Life Challenge”
Distributor names winners in its “Smarter Life Challenge”
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In the autumn of 2013 distributor Farnell element 14 invited engineers to submit entries to a competition in which they would develop projects that, “had the potential to enhance the…
Lower Rx clock rate cuts EMI from LCD panel connections
Lower Rx clock rate cuts EMI from LCD panel connections
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Accepting a reduced pixel clock compared to existing devices, this LVDS receiver IC reduces EMI and power consumption in applications such as printers, copiers, appliances and digital cameras that use…
Simplify current monitoring in industrial applications with dual precision sense amp
Simplify current monitoring in industrial applications with dual precision sense amp
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Maxim has posted details of a 2-channel, high-voltage, current-sense amplifier; its combination of high accuracy and operation at 76V will assist you in implementing precision current monitoring in a wide…
Motion-tracking IC implements dead-reckoning navigation for cars, without GPS
Motion-tracking IC implements dead-reckoning navigation for cars, without GPS
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Swiss company u-blox has introduced an IC for advanced in-dash navigation, emergency call such as eCall and ERA-GLONASS, usage-based insurance (UBI), road-pricing, and stolen vehicle recovery systems.
How to design an efficient MEMS-based pico-projector
How to design an efficient MEMS-based pico-projector
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Over the last few years, millions of products incorporating pico projection have shipped, and developers are innovating new applications for this rapidly growing display category.
ARM’s turn to non-volatile memory is right move
ARM’s turn to non-volatile memory is right move
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ARM has an initiative to look at non-volatile memory and how it will be used in the future. Deals on MRAM and Correlated electron RAM are the first evidence of…
Five key challenges to improving LTE network backhaul speed – and how to solve them
Five key challenges to improving LTE network backhaul speed – and how to solve them
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The move to LTE brings great improvements in connection speeds (30 Mbps typical) but it also brings a costly problem with it; the need to greatly uprate mobile network backhaul…
LPRS’ low-power wireless connectivity for Raspberry Pi now in distribution
LPRS’ low-power wireless connectivity for Raspberry Pi now in distribution
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Raspberry Pi products available from RS feature low-power RF technology, and Wi-Fi, to add low cost, low power wireless functionality to the widely-used computing platform…
This Week; Chip markets pick up, ARM shares quiver, CMOS keeps on keepin’-on
This Week; Chip markets pick up, ARM shares quiver, CMOS keeps on keepin’-on
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Analysts IHS report that the industrial electronic chip market turned around in 2013 with double-digit growth.


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