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Optical encoder integration for BLDC-motor feedback
Optical encoder integration for BLDC-motor feedback
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The majority of wasted electrical energy in the industry comes from oversized motors and fixed speed drive systems. Thus energy…
Automotive infotainment system designs get easier with multi-output power management ICs
Automotive infotainment system designs get easier with multi-output power management ICs
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As product form factors are decreasing, demand for their functionality and features continue to increase. Furthermore, the industry trend for…
Design-win for Nordic RF SoC in dual-mode Bluetooth peripheral
Design-win for Nordic RF SoC in dual-mode Bluetooth peripheral
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Said to be the first dual-operating Bluetooth Low Energy, and proprietary 2.4GHz wireless, PC mouse has been launched by Lenovo…
XMOS launches enterprise class tools for xCORE multicore development
XMOS launches enterprise class tools for xCORE multicore development
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The xTIMEcomposer-Enterprise development suite features “industrial grade” debug and support for xCORE and xCORE-XA multicore microcontrollers.

Interoperability standards proposed for EnOcean energy-harvesting nodes
Interoperability standards proposed for EnOcean energy-harvesting nodes
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Generic Profiles define a new communication convention for the data exchange in energy harvesting wireless networks, allowing a broader range of EnOcean-based solutions from a mix of vendors, in any…
Configurable-power-supply range renewal carries 5-year warranty
Configurable-power-supply range renewal carries 5-year warranty
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Excelsys Technologies has introduced an update to its user configurable power supplies; the UltiMod range provides up to 12 outputs and 1200W in a compact 1U format, and is, the…
Rapid development of future retail systems
Rapid development of future retail systems
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Modern retailing is a high-risk business, characterised by aggressive competition and intense pressure on margins. Retailers need help to minimise risks by building customer relationships that win loyalty and recommendations.
ams sets analogue multi-project wafer dates for 2014
ams sets analogue multi-project wafer dates for 2014
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The Full Service Foundry business unit of ams has announced details of its fast and cost-efficient IC prototyping service, known as Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) or shuttle run, with an updated…
IP block adds tamper-detection and security to FPGAs
IP block adds tamper-detection and security to FPGAs
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From Microsemi, for its SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs, comes EnforcIT Security Monitor; security IP that provides deepened layers of security with configurations of advanced hardware tamper detection and…
MCUs add security to mobile and consumer applications
MCUs add security to mobile and consumer applications
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The ST33G1M2 is ST’s latest-generation secure element, succeeding the ST33F1M and offering greater performance, multi-interface flexibility and support for latest security algorithms in advanced NFC Universal Integrated Circuit Cards and…
Energy, Mobility, and the Cloud: key opportunities for power-management solutions
Energy, Mobility, and the Cloud: key opportunities for power-management solutions
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EE Times Europe Power Management’s editor, Paul Buckley interviews Vijay Ullal, the President and Chief Operating Officer of Fairchild Semiconductor, who joined Fairchild Semiconductor in September 2012. After a year…
Large-scale integration of neuronics: Part 1
Large-scale integration of neuronics: Part 1
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Dennis Feucht discusses storage and refresh in the context of analog computation…
Cadence adds targeted tool link for IC power sign-off
Cadence adds targeted tool link for IC power sign-off
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Cadence has introduced a power integrity analysis engine with massively parallel execution that brings up to 10X faster performance; its hierarchical architecture supports very large designs up to 1 billion…
Compliance testing application for SFP+ and QSFP+ Ethernet standards
Compliance testing application for SFP+ and QSFP+ Ethernet standards
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Agilent Technologies has introduced a compliance testing application for devices that use SFP+ (enhanced small form-factor pluggable) standards in networking and server applications.
CEVA DSP cores delivered via Synopsys’ DesignWare
CEVA DSP cores delivered via Synopsys’ DesignWare
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An HPC Design kit of optimised embedded memories and logic libraries yields 8% performance improvement and 13% leakage power reduction with smaller area, for CEVA-XC DSPs…
Drop-in Gigabit Ethernet module
Drop-in Gigabit Ethernet module
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Orange Tree Technologies (Oxford, UK) has added the ZestETM1, a high performance Gigabit Ethernet TCP/IP offload engine (TOE) module.
Mixed-signal scopes span 200MHz to 1GHz, add high-def mode
Mixed-signal scopes span 200MHz to 1GHz, add high-def mode
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The HDO4000-MS and HDO6000-MS high definition oscilloscopes from Teledyne LeCroy combine 16 channels of ixed signal capabilities with HD4096 high definition technology, long memory, and a compact form factor, in…
Webinar to address “Designing Testable Software”
Webinar to address “Designing Testable Software”
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Learn the essential strategies for writing easy-to-test code, and “Get the Secret to Designing Testable Software” – is the proposition from Vector software, for a webinar to to broadcast on…
First 20nm SoC product shipped, says Xilinx
First 20nm SoC product shipped, says Xilinx
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The era of 20-nm silicon – outside of high-end processors – has become more “real” with Xilinx' announcement that it has despatched the first UltraScale ASIC-class programmable architecture parts to…
TI creates TI Designs, a reference design library
TI creates TI Designs, a reference design library
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TI has restructured its resource of reference designs into TI Designs which it says will enable you to jump-start your designs with system- and subsystem-level solutions across analogue, embedded processors…
Switch matrix enables vector network analysis on up to 48 ports
Switch matrix enables vector network analysis on up to 48 ports
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Rohde & Schwarz' ZN-Z84 switch matrix is an up-to 48-port solution for testing multiport components. The matrix can be controlled and operated directly from an R&S ZNB network analyser, combining…
Compensation calculation eliminated in digital DC/DC power controller designs
Compensation calculation eliminated in digital DC/DC power controller designs
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Intersil Corporation has expanded the company's family of power management ICs with a highly-integrated, digital DC/DC power controller that reduces design risk, time, and cost for developers of complex power…
New materials gaining ground for touchscreen fabrication, says analyst
New materials gaining ground for touchscreen fabrication, says analyst
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According to market research firm IHS, the dominance of indium-tin-oxide in the construction of touchscreens is being challenged by alternative technologies…
Arduino Yún board: open-source design environment for IoT
Arduino Yún board: open-source design environment for IoT
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Distributor RS Components now has the Arduino Yún, first member of a new family of wireless products that integrate the open-source Arduino architecture with Linux.
USB-scope specialists put 200 MHz DSO in a hand-held: from under 200 euro
USB-scope specialists put 200 MHz DSO in a hand-held: from under 200 euro
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“Bench-top performance in a pocket-sized scope” is the claim of Pico Technology for its PicoScope 2000 Series oscilloscopes that occupy about the area of a passport and are only 19…
Windows XP in automation – time for action
Windows XP in automation – time for action
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The extended support and availability of security updates for Microsoft Windows XP will expire in April 2014. Asset owners with a need to continue secure operation of industrial Windows XP…
Neuronics creates efficient memory: Part 2
Neuronics creates efficient memory: Part 2
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In the second part of his opinion piece Dennis Feucht discusses the use of neuromorphic learning behaviors in memory and control.
Freescale collaborates with ARM and Oracle on “One Box” IoT Gateway Platform
Freescale collaborates with ARM and Oracle on “One Box” IoT Gateway Platform
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With the aim of delivering a common, open and secure Internet of Things (IoT) service delivery infrastructure from the cloud to the network’s edge, Freescale, ARM and Oracle are offering…


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