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Small cells gaining traction in cellular nets
Small cells gaining traction in cellular nets
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Small cell base stations are quietly moving from trials to real world deployments, thanks in part to a new class…
DAQ digitisation, waveform generation and fast digital I/O run under Linux
DAQ digitisation, waveform generation and fast digital I/O run under Linux
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The latest SBench 6 data acquisition software from Strategic Test is available for both Windows or Linux users. SBench continues…
Fujitsu expands 32-bit ARM MCU family; lower-power variants to follow
Fujitsu expands 32-bit ARM MCU family; lower-power variants to follow
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FM4 32-bit microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M4F processor core offer greater processing power plus floating point hardware support with…
Development tools for safety-critical applications
Development tools for safety-critical applications
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Texas Instruments and Hitex have introduced the SafeTI Hitex Safety Kit, which provides a platform capable of injecting faults, profiling…

Imec/Renesas pioneer high-performance RF solutions in 28nm cmos technology
Imec/Renesas pioneer high-performance RF solutions in 28nm cmos technology
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Imec and Renesas Electronics have described the world’s first multi-standard radio frequency (RF) receiver in 28nm CMOS technology, and a 28nm analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) targeting wide-bandwidth standards such as LTE-advanced…
IEEE updates 1149.1 ‘JTAG’ standard; IC design costs potentially cut through test re-use
IEEE updates 1149.1 ‘JTAG’ standard; IC design costs potentially cut through test re-use
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IEEE has released the revised IEEE 1149.1-2013 “Standard for Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture”, commonly known in the industry as “JTAG,” for “Joint Test Action Group”.
Read RFID tags at range up to 2m
Read RFID tags at range up to 2m
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The Ha-VIS RF-R200 is the latest RFID reader in Harting's range of auto-ID solutions, it is a mid-range unit optimised for read ranges up to 2m. The RF-R200 reader is…
Detecting people with triangulation technology – an alternative to cameras or thermal imaging
Detecting people with triangulation technology – an alternative to cameras or thermal imaging
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Detecting people and animals presents similar technical application requirements. People wear clothes in various colours or with varying structures, animals may have long or short fur or feathers; they can…
Battery-less wireless temperature sensors based on low power UHF RFID tags
Battery-less wireless temperature sensors based on low power UHF RFID tags
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Nowadays, there is an undeniable and unstoppable trend to use RF identification (RFID) in a number of applications, such as supply chain management, public transportation, access-control and many more.
A new approach to the challenge of powering cellular M2M modems
A new approach to the challenge of powering cellular M2M modems
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Industrial applications for machine-to-machine (M2M) data exchange are becoming ever more common, supported by the wide availability of easy-to-use cellular modem modules.
Translucent flex antenna enables innovative product designs
Translucent flex antenna enables innovative product designs
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Pulse Electronics' mLUX Translucent Flex Antenna enables more innovative, creative, and impressive design effects for mobile devices. The mLUX is an invisible antenna concept. It allows light and colour to…
750W from regulated quarter-brick module for high-power datacom applications
750W from regulated quarter-brick module for high-power datacom applications
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A quarter-brick module delivers high power density of 31.12 W/cm3 (508W per cubic inch); its innovative regulated-ratio topology module delivers high-efficiency flat-curve characteristics of up to 97%.
Fully-organic imager described by Imec and Holst Centre
Fully-organic imager described by Imec and Holst Centre
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Belgian research centre imec, and the Holst Centre (Netherlands) have described a large-area fully-organic photodetector array fabricated on a flexible substrate. The imager is sensitive in the wavelength range suitable…
CBRAM memory block provides non-volatile storage at less than 1V
CBRAM memory block provides non-volatile storage at less than 1V
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Adesto Technologies is to demonstrate ultra-low power operation of its proprietary CBRAM (Conductive Bridging RAM) memory in a paper to be presented at the 2013 Symposia on VLSI Technology and…
Smaller PSU designs enabled by ceramic material ‘s properties
Smaller PSU designs enabled by ceramic material ‘s properties
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Siemens scientists have developed novel ceramic materials to embed transformers. The high thermal conductance of the material allows designers to reduce the size of power supplies and LED drivers by…
Push-button reset controllers for portable applications
Push-button reset controllers for portable applications
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Texas Instruments has introduced a new family of low-power, dual-channel, low quiescent current timers featuring flexible time selection and tiny package…
Bosch and STM top MEMS supplier table for 2012, says analyst
Bosch and STM top MEMS supplier table for 2012, says analyst
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No clear winner has emerged in the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) business for 2012, with Bosch and STMicroelectronics ending up evenly splitting the title of No. 1 supplier for the year,…
Explore powerline communication in industrial applications
Explore powerline communication in industrial applications
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Semitech Semiconductor has introduced a development and evaluation node for using narrowband power line communications in industrial applications.
Data management for a modern M2M framework
Data management for a modern M2M framework
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Our world is surrounded by electronic and wireless devices. Managing all the different types of machines we have to deal with every day has encouraged technologists to have them connected…
Envelope-tracking modulator for mobile handsets enters production
Envelope-tracking modulator for mobile handsets enters production
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Nujira has unveiled the company's newest Coolteq.L envelope-tracking power supply modulator chip for LTE handsets.
16:3 aspect ratio TFT panel for special display applications
16:3 aspect ratio TFT panel for special display applications
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Gleichmann Electronics has available a 14.9-in. (diagonal) transmissive super widescreen IPS TFT display, TX38D25VM0CAA, from KOE Europe. The display features a unique 16:3 wide aspect ratio, wide horizontal and vertical…
Altera previews its “Generation 10” FPGAs and SoCs
Altera previews its “Generation 10” FPGAs and SoCs
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The FPGA vendor has disclosed outline details of its forthcoming Arria and Stratix “10” - for tenth-generation – FPGA product lines.
In-vehicle tests add authentic context to telematics verification
In-vehicle tests add authentic context to telematics verification
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Testing of telematics devices is becoming an issue for OEMs and tier-one automotive systems companies. RF testing company IZT GmbH has developed IZT RecPlay, a platform for RF receiver design…
Track and optimise MCU-system power demand in real time
Track and optimise MCU-system power demand in real time
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Microchip has released the MPLAB REAL ICE Power Monitor Module, which enables designers to identify and eliminate code that consumes high current, in real time.
LED luminaire design – hands-on session demonstrates principles
LED luminaire design – hands-on session demonstrates principles
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Arrow Electronics & Cree are to host a hands-on design seminar at the euroLED conference and exhibition, in which attendees can learn about LED-based lighting through building a luminaire…
Rectification controller chip simulates ideal diodes with MOSFETs
Rectification controller chip simulates ideal diodes with MOSFETs
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Linear Technology's LT4320 is an “ideal diode” bridge controller for 9V to 72V systems that replaces each of the four diodes in a full-wave bridge rectifier with a low loss…
Designing a Tablet PC demonstration platform based on congatec’s COM
Designing a Tablet PC demonstration platform based on congatec’s COM
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Designing a Tablet PC Demonstration Platform isn't exactly child’s play, but thanks to Computer-on-Module technology it is well within the capabilities of bright engineering students.
High-level M2M application design for mobile-based services
High-level M2M application design for mobile-based services
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Machine-to-machine (M2M) applications are complex systems that can only be realized on the basis of a coherent design.


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