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Code analysis boosted with merger of analysis tools and debugger
Code analysis boosted with merger of analysis tools and debugger
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The LDRA tool suite integrated with the Lauterbach TRACE32 debugger and simulator eases the interface to embedded devices, enabling developers…
Bus manufacturer designs electrical systems with Mentor Graphics’ Capital software
Bus manufacturer designs electrical systems with Mentor Graphics’ Capital software
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Mentor Graphics and CaetanoBus of Portugal have announced that Mentor's Capital software suite has been used in the development of…
Crystal oscillators with very low jitter specifications
Crystal oscillators with very low jitter specifications
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Silicon Labs' Si535/536 differential crystal oscillators meet the ultra-low jitter requirements of data centre switches, routers and storage equipment.
Formal methods & testing programme concludes successfully
Formal methods & testing programme concludes successfully
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AdaCore has announced the successful completion of Project Hi-Lite, an Open Source project conceived to ease high integrity software development…

300% increase in battery life with low power Bluetooth wireless speaker module
300% increase in battery life with low power Bluetooth wireless speaker module
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HiWave Audio, developer of devices that utilise innovative sound technologies, has announced the first in a series of production-ready DyadBA3 modules offering significant power savings and superior audio quality for…
Electrical retimer tackles challenges in designing chip-to-chip links
Electrical retimer tackles challenges in designing chip-to-chip links
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Agilent Technologies has introduced the latest addition to its repeater model library, in its Advanced Design System 2013, for quickly and accurately solving the challenge posed by signal distortion in…
Connect MCUs to the “Internet of Things” with single-chip WiFi device
Connect MCUs to the “Internet of Things” with single-chip WiFi device
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Supporting the growth in machine-to-machine and interconnected-device operation, Broadcom has launched a system-on-a-chip (SoC) for embedded devices using 8 and 16bit microcontrollers that combines WiFi with a rich programming API…
Thirty years of DC/DC power technology
Thirty years of DC/DC power technology
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Thirty years is a long time in this extremely dynamic electronics industry of ours. I choose this somewhat arbitrary measure of time because it was in late April of 1983…
Power management chip spreads thermal load in compact designs
Power management chip spreads thermal load in compact designs
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Helping to reduce thermal stress on processors in phones and tablets, a new-architecture IC from ams enables board designers to physically separate the PMIC and the applications processor.
Pairing iOS devices to automotive Linux IVI systems via open source software
Pairing iOS devices to automotive Linux IVI systems via open source software
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Wind River has launched a version of Linux that allows consumers to connect their iOS devices to Linux-based in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems.
Test EMC parameters with 260W, 10 kHz to 400 MHz amp
Test EMC parameters with 260W, 10 kHz to 400 MHz amp
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Teseq, developer and provider of instrumentation and systems for EMC emission and immunity testing, has expanded its broadband amplifier line to include a Class A linear and low distortion model…
Intel outlines 3-D NAND transition
Intel outlines 3-D NAND transition
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IM Flash Technologies LLC (Lehi, Utah), the joint venture between Intel and Micron Technologies, is considering how and when to take its NAND flash memory ICs into the third dimension…
ARM reveals Cortex A-15 dual core hard macro, power-optimised in 28nm technology
ARM reveals Cortex A-15 dual core hard macro, power-optimised in 28nm technology
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ARM has launched a 28nm dual-core hard macro implementation of its Cortex-A15 processor to further reduce the power consumption in mobile chip designs.
Successive-approximation ADC delivers 20 bits at 1 Msps
Successive-approximation ADC delivers 20 bits at 1 Msps
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The LTC2378-20 is a true 20-bit precision, 1Msample/sec, no latency, successive approximation register (SAR) analogue-to-digital converter with exceptionally low 0.5ppm (typ) and 2ppm (max) Integral Non-Linearity (INL) error.
Power-line-comms coupler links signals frompower line to data transceiver
Power-line-comms coupler links signals frompower line to data transceiver
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Premo has launched a waterproof kit including two units of its medium voltage non-intrusive inductive couplers for smart grids. The MICU 300A-S/LF inductive coupler transmits the PLC signals between power…
Configurable-RF-device concept offered to universities by Lime Micro
Configurable-RF-device concept offered to universities by Lime Micro
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Lime Micro has just announced an agreement with Europraxis that will see its open-source Myriad RF platform and its field programmable transceiver made available to all EU universities.
element14 energy harvesting road test design challenge: month one
element14 energy harvesting road test design challenge: month one
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Our Energy Harvesting Design Challenge is now well under way, and the seven competitors from around the world have been busy developing their ideas for a workable device that utilises…
Single-chip solar energy harvester operates wireless mesh nodes
Single-chip solar energy harvester operates wireless mesh nodes
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At the Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe exhibition that took place around mid-April in Berlin, the organisers IDTechEx have granted Sol Chip Ltd with the “Best Technical Development of Energy…
Time for a new UI programming paradigm
Time for a new UI programming paradigm
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With the ubiquitous usage of smartphones, tablets, and other mainstream screens, traditional products that once had analog displays are now being modernized with digital user interfaces (UI).
The quick way to build better embedded user interfaces
The quick way to build better embedded user interfaces
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A software framework for user interface and application development with cross-platform capability can help speed-up UI development through rapid prototyping as well as ensure smooth and fluid interaction within the…
AMD revises “mobile accelerated processing” configurations to address changing markets
AMD revises “mobile accelerated processing” configurations to address changing markets
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AMD has added three products to its 2013 A-Series and E-Series Mobile Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) lineup, addressing today's evolving PC market with dramatically increased performance and power efficiency,…
Clock generators for PCI Express simplify designs, cut power
Clock generators for PCI Express simplify designs, cut power
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Silicon Labs has launched new one- and two-output PCI Express (PCIe) clock generators that offer the smallest footprint and lowest power in the market.
Freescale extends QorIQ Qonverge B4 processors to industrial and general-purpose markets
Freescale extends QorIQ Qonverge B4 processors to industrial and general-purpose markets
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Floating point arithmetic added to handle general-purpose, compute-intensive application requirements.
€10 billion Europpean programme to bid to boost semiconductors
€10 billion Europpean programme to bid to boost semiconductors
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BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Commission has launched a campaign of public investment in micro- and nano-electronics with the aim of doubling chip production on the continent to reach 20%…
NXP describes ultra-wideband amplifiers in Doherty configuration
NXP describes ultra-wideband amplifiers in Doherty configuration
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NXP Semiconductors has made available its ultra-wideband Doherty reference design using the BLF884P and BLF884PS, yielding what it says are the first wideband Doherty power amplifiers capable of broadband operation…
IGBT drivers for EV and HEV drive trains to ISO 26262
IGBT drivers for EV and HEV drive trains to ISO 26262
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Power device drivers from Infineon enable faster and more cost-effective realisation of ASIL C/D Designs for Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Subsystems; the company has announced early-sample availability of EiceDRIVER SIL…
360° wraparound view system incorporates approaching-object detection
360° wraparound view system incorporates approaching-object detection
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Fujitsu Semiconductor 's MB86R24 is one of the company's third-generation high-performance graphic SoCs for automotive applications. The chip also enables centralised control of display information for different driving situations…
Next-generation NAND flash memory coming soon from Toshiba
Next-generation NAND flash memory coming soon from Toshiba
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Toshiba has announced that the it has developed second generation 19-nanometre process technology that it will apply to mass production of 2-bit-per-cell 64 gigabit NAND memory chips later this month.


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