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Carriers to embrace the Wi-Fi opportunity in 2014
Carriers to embrace the Wi-Fi opportunity in 2014
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Throughout 2013 we have seen further adoption of Wi-Fi by mobile operators, as carriers look to ease congestion on their…
Bosch sets up group company to focus on IoT products
Bosch sets up group company to focus on IoT products
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Robert Bosch GmbH has set up a wholly-owned subsidiary company to engage in the market for the Internet of Things…
Betting on GaN-on-GaN for efficient white light
Betting on GaN-on-GaN for efficient white light
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“How efficient is white light?” asked Dr Harald Pier, team leader for EMEA technical solutions at Philips Lumileds, during a…
STMicroelectronics joins ARM mbed project
STMicroelectronics joins ARM mbed project
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ARM and STMicroelectronics have announced that ST has joined the ARM mbed Project, a collaboration that both parties say will…

60-GHz system IP for WiGig and backhaul markets
60-GHz system IP for WiGig and backhaul markets
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Imagination Technologies and Blu Wireless Technology are collaborating to advance 60 GHz wireless technology, using BWT's baseband IP and Imagination's MIPS Aptiv processors; the outcome will be, the two companies…
TASKING C compiler for Power Architecture
TASKING C compiler for Power Architecture
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Altium has a major release of its TASKING C compiler solution for automotive application development, supporting the Power Architecture based microcontrollers from the Freescale Qorivva/5xxx series and STMicroelectronics SPC5 series.
Capacitive “multi-touch” LCD module for SABRE Lite and MarS board
Capacitive “multi-touch” LCD module for SABRE Lite and MarS board
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Distributor element14 is manufacturing and stocking the LCD8000-97C, a portable 9.7-in. LVDS display with capacitive ”multi-touch” capability for SABRELite and MarS boards featuring the Freescale i.MX6 multimedia application processor.
HAPS-70 prototyping family focusses on IP and subsystem development
HAPS-70 prototyping family focusses on IP and subsystem development
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Synopsys has extended its prototyping offering with HAPS Developer eXpress (HAPS-DX), that supports up to four million ASIC gates and integrates with HAPS-70 systems to enable seamless software development, hardware/software…
Gaining control over engineering data
Gaining control over engineering data
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Nujira is a leader in Envelope Tracking (ET) technology and solutions for powering energy efficient 4G cellular terminals, base stations and digital broadcast transmitters. As CAD Engineering Manager responsible for…
HLS is dead, long live HLS? Time for a revolution
HLS is dead, long live HLS? Time for a revolution
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If you pay attention, you will find that there is something a bit amusing regarding the marketing of high-level synthesis (HLS) solutions for C/C++/SystemC.
Wireless power receiver IC offers low heat generation, Qi compatibility
Wireless power receiver IC offers low heat generation, Qi compatibility
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Toshiba Electronics Europe's TC7761WBG is a wireless power receiver IC that complies with the Qi Standard's Low Power Specifications version1.1.
Qt 5.2 offers apps and UI true cross-platform application development
Qt 5.2 offers apps and UI true cross-platform application development
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Qt 5.2 features full Android and iOS support, enhanced desktop capabilities, and increased performance and functionality, on all leading desktop, embedded and mobile platforms…
400 to 4000MHz, USB-connected, dual-port vector network analyser
400 to 4000MHz, USB-connected, dual-port vector network analyser
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The VNA-0440 vector network analyser from MegiQ is a bi-directional two-port unit allowing detailed impedance measurements of antennas, circuits and components. With its 400 to 4000MHz measuring range, the instrument…
Flexible haptics with capacitive touch for more intuitive interfaces
Flexible haptics with capacitive touch for more intuitive interfaces
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The MSP430TCH5E haptics-enabled microcontrollers released by Texas Instruments allow users to add vibrational feedback to all capacitive touch buttons, sliders and wheels on any portable or mobile devices.
Bluetooth Low Energy integration can be taken further, under European project
Bluetooth Low Energy integration can be taken further, under European project
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Initiated by RivieraWaves and CSEM, the European funded BLIM4SME project will develop miniature wireless modules targeting healthcare and lifestyle applications using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
25A digital point-of-load regulator embeds dynamic loop compensation
25A digital point-of-load regulator embeds dynamic loop compensation
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A 25A regulator offers very high power density of 28.44 W/cm3 (465 W/in3) and 25% more output current in the same footprint as second-generation 20A module. Dynamic Loop Compensation improves…
Highly-integrated, sub-GHz wireless microcontrollers shut down to 30 nA
Highly-integrated, sub-GHz wireless microcontrollers shut down to 30 nA
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Silicon Labs has expanded its family of 8-bit Si10xx wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) with two new options optimised for both cost-sensitive and performance-intensive designs.
The Top 10 Most Popular LED Lighting Technical Articles of 2013
The Top 10 Most Popular LED Lighting Technical Articles of 2013
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The most popular LED lighting technical articles of 2013 covered a broad selection of technology issues and hopefully shed new light of various solutions to LED-based applications.
Electromobility, Formula One and the Fatal Consequences of Bad Software Design: The top ten stories of 2013
Electromobility, Formula One and the Fatal Consequences of Bad Software Design: The top ten stories of 2013
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This year, automated driving once again was one of the topics that drove the discussions among design engineers in the automotive industry. Plus connected car, plus electromobility. And, of course,…
Synopsys demonstrates SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps IP data transfer
Synopsys demonstrates SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps IP data transfer
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Demonstrated 10 Gbps USB 3.1 Host-Device data transfers at over 900 MBps enables increased performance for storage devices and PCs; the demo used backward-compatible USB 3.0 connectors, cables and software…
Low-power RF development toolbox for Bluetooth Smart/ Android
Low-power RF development toolbox for Bluetooth Smart/ Android
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Nordic Semiconductor has released a toolset for Android 4.3 that includes Over-the-Air Device Firmware Update (OTA DFU) and is claimed to be the most comprehensive Android toolset currently available for…
Energy-harvesting IC combines energy collection and battery charger
Energy-harvesting IC combines energy collection and battery charger
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STMicroelectronics' SPV1050 is suitable for applications using either a solar cell or Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) with power requirements from a few microwatts to several milliwatts, and is equally suitable for…
Step aside MEMS. Here comes NEMS
Step aside MEMS. Here comes NEMS
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I think it is safe to say that MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) has become a mature process/manufacturing technology. In the analog world, MEMS sensors (including microphones) have become mainstream, high-volume products…
Optimising high-performance CPUs, GPUs and DSPs? Use logic and memory IP
Optimising high-performance CPUs, GPUs and DSPs? Use logic and memory IP
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Mobile communications, multimedia and consumer systems-on-chip (SoCs) must achieve the highest performance while consuming the minimal amount of energy to achieve longer battery life and/or fit into lower cost packaging.
Microchip uses Agilent modelling software for PDK creation, modification, and validation
Microchip uses Agilent modelling software for PDK creation, modification, and validation
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Agilent has announced that Microchip Technology has adopted Agilent EEsof EDA's Model Builder Program and Model Quality Assurance software, and will use the software to create internal fabrication device model…
USB-TO-SPI Bridge chip joins ‘smart interface’ range
USB-TO-SPI Bridge chip joins ‘smart interface’ range
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Silicon Labs has introduced a high-performance bridge controller that offers a turnkey solution for bridging a universal serial bus (USB) host and a serial peripheral interface (SPI) bus with driver…
The Top 10 Most Popular Power Management Technical Articles of 2013
The Top 10 Most Popular Power Management Technical Articles of 2013
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Power management issues focusing on modern lighting technologies, energy harvesting and Smart Energy such as the ZigBee's Smart Energy Profile 2.0 standard were all topics for the most popular technical…
Capturing images of moving atoms under bursts of light
Capturing images of moving atoms under bursts of light
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Tyndall National Institute (Ireland) and its collaborators are unravelling how atoms vibrate and change when stimulated by intense bursts of light.


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