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Converged audio testing for integrated audio products
Converged audio testing for integrated audio products
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A suite of electro-acoustic measurements has been added to the APx platform for end-to-end testing of Integrated Audio Products, from…
Portable FieldFox analyser gains pulse measurements for radar field testing
Portable FieldFox analyser gains pulse measurements for radar field testing
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Agilent Technologies has introduced a pulse measurement option for its FieldFox handheld analysers that is designed to further simplify radar…
18-bit ADC simplifies signal conditioning for ±10V industrial applications
18-bit ADC simplifies signal conditioning for ±10V industrial applications
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LTC2338-18 is an 18-bit, 1Msample/sec, no-latency analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) with a wide ±10.24V fully differential, true bipolar input range for…
Automotive analysts tag safety-related driver assist systems as “becoming mainstream”
Automotive analysts tag safety-related driver assist systems as “becoming mainstream”
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The global market for Front Collision Warning Systems (FCWS) and Lane Departure Warning Systems (LDWS) will experience rapid growth -…

System-on-module platform for ARM Cortex-A5-based development
System-on-module platform for ARM Cortex-A5-based development
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Arrow's AT-501 SoM enables users to focus on their own IP, and to reduce time to market…
Specialist heat-transfer technologist launches water-cooled performance PC
Specialist heat-transfer technologist launches water-cooled performance PC
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Versarien has introduced its own brand of advanced computer platforms with cutting-edge functionality driven by innovative proprietary technology, which it offers as world-class, water-cooled PCs.
Low-energy wireless “combo” chip offers concurrent ANT+ and Bluetooth
Low-energy wireless “combo” chip offers concurrent ANT+ and Bluetooth
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The nRF51922 from Nordic Semiconductor is claimed to be the world's first concurrent ANT+ and Bluetooth low energy combo chip. The nRF51922 System-on-Chip will allow the development of products that…
Rohde & Schwarz ‘scopes add options and probes, for power analysis
Rohde & Schwarz ‘scopes add options and probes, for power analysis
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Rohde & Schwarz has added power analysis options and a new differential wideband probe to its portfolio of analysis solutions for clocked power supplies.
Development tool provider offers embedded design training programme
Development tool provider offers embedded design training programme
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IAR Systems' technical education program IAR Academy, previously launched in Germany and Sweden, is now extended to the UK, France, United States, Brazil, and Japan.
Primary-side-control LED driver enables high power factor retrofit LED lamps
Primary-side-control LED driver enables high power factor retrofit LED lamps
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Diodes Inc. has announced the AP1684, a power factor-corrected AC-DC LED driver suiting a variety of offline LED lamp types, including E26, GU10, PAR and T8.
Connecting campuses building-to-building: exploring the fiber option
Connecting campuses building-to-building: exploring the fiber option
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As recently as the early 1990s most computers lacked network connections of any kind. Dialup modems were painfully slow, the Internet hadn’t caught on yet, and unless you were employed…
600-mA negative LDO+ offers rail-to-rail operation
600-mA negative LDO+ offers rail-to-rail operation
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Linear Technology's LT3090, in the company's LDO+ family, is a 600mA low dropout negative linear regulator featuring low noise, rail-to-rail operation, precision programmable current limit and a bidirectional output current…
Reduced consumer demand in 2012 drags down power semiconductor business says analyst
Reduced consumer demand in 2012 drags down power semiconductor business says analyst
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Market research firm IHS reported that the global revenue in the power semiconductor business dropped by nearly 16%t in 2012 as sluggish consumer demand hit the sector. Falling pricing and…
Non-magnetic, copper barrier capacitors attract the attention of the medical market
Non-magnetic, copper barrier capacitors attract the attention of the medical market
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Rapid technological advances in medical electronics are generating significant demand worldwide for a range of passive electronic components, capacitors in particular, for use in a growing and diversified range of…
Interface converter takes HDMI to MIPI for small screens
Interface converter takes HDMI to MIPI for small screens
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A chipset enables HDMI video streams to be processed and displayed on small form factor LCD displays…
Industrial control and automation designs targeted by 60V, 2.5A voltage regulator
Industrial control and automation designs targeted by 60V, 2.5A voltage regulator
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Maxim Integrated’s high-voltage regulator reduces heat dissipation, improves reliability; reduces space by up to 50% and component count by 75%.
High resolution copper ink printing for electronic interconnects
High resolution copper ink printing for electronic interconnects
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Printed electronics is an example of additive manufacturing where only materials that are contributing to the final circuit are deposited, offering a simpler, more cost effective and cleaner process with…
Maxim integrates drivers/receivers in octal ultrasound transceiver
Maxim integrates drivers/receivers in octal ultrasound transceiver
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Maxim Integrated says its low-noise ultrasound transceiver saves 40% board space and replaces thousands of discrete components in a standard ultrasound system.
Online Ada educational resource for the safety-critical software community
Online Ada educational resource for the safety-critical software community
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AdaCore's AdaCore University is a free, web-based resource centre for anyone interested in learning about, or how to program in, the standards-based Ada programming language.
FPGA family offers lowest cost per I/O programmable bridging and I/O expansion
FPGA family offers lowest cost per I/O programmable bridging and I/O expansion
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Lattice's MachXO3 FPGA family has 640 to 22K logic cells, lowest power, $.01 per I/O cost, and hard IP blocks to ease implementation of emerging connectivity interfaces…
Highest-isolation, carrier-grade Wi-Fi switch in CMOS technology
Highest-isolation, carrier-grade Wi-Fi switch in CMOS technology
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An RF switch delivers a claimed 50 times more isolation and 10 times better linearity for 802.11ac Wi-Fi access points…
Further integration with semiconductor technology shrinks passives and protection devices
Further integration with semiconductor technology shrinks passives and protection devices
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Next-generation integrated devices for matching, filtering and protection help shrink circuit size and boost end-product performance, using wafer-level manufacturing techniques…
Dual full-bridge motor driver IC for automotive/harsh environment applications
Dual full-bridge motor driver IC for automotive/harsh environment applications
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A4990 from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a dual full-bridge driver IC designed to operate one bipolar stepper or two brush DC motors in automotive and harsh environment industrial applications.
Dual-channel dedmod chip supports latest DVB standards
Dual-channel dedmod chip supports latest DVB standards
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Silicon Labs' latest family of universal digital video broadcast (DVB) demodulators support worldwide DVB standards for cable, terrestrial and satellite reception. Designed to simplify the design of complex, high-performance video…
Xilinx and Analog Devices achieve JEDEC JESD204B interoperability
Xilinx and Analog Devices achieve JEDEC JESD204B interoperability
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High-speed data converters and programmable chips talk to each other enabling, the companies say, accelerated and widespread adoption in communications equipment…
Future Horizons’ Forum: sub-20-nm, graphene, IP for SoCs, lifesciences – and, how’s Moore’s Law doing?
Future Horizons’ Forum: sub-20-nm, graphene, IP for SoCs, lifesciences – and, how’s Moore’s Law doing?
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Semiconductor and Electronics industry analysts Future Horizons has released previews of some of the key presentations at its imminent, 2013 running of its Annual International Electronics Industry Forum. The 22nd…
element14 kicks off development competition using Cypress’ PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit
element14 kicks off development competition using Cypress’ PSoC 4 Pioneer Kit
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element14 has launched the Smarter Life Challenge, a global design competition which aims to encourage participants to develop forward-thinking products.
STMicroelectronics and Movea cooperation for motion-recognition on MCUs
STMicroelectronics and Movea cooperation for motion-recognition on MCUs
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STMicroelectronics and Movea, provider of data-fusion and motion-processing technologies for consumer electronics, are to integrate Movea’s SmartMotion technology into the STM32F401 microcontroller to provide a low-power sensor-hub controller for power-efficient,…


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