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TDK granted patent on new PSU digitally-controlled load sharing technique
TDK granted patent on new PSU digitally-controlled load sharing technique
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Aimed at improving load sharing between power supplies in N+1 redundancy applications, TDK-Lambda UK’s “Load Sharing Apparatus” patent application has…
Improved hub motor design from Ford, Schaeffler advances EV design
Improved hub motor design from Ford, Schaeffler advances EV design
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In tomorrow's city cars, electric wheel hub drives will be the solution of choice - they enable innovative, extremely flexible…
Digital radio drop-in module adds Bluetooth with all service options
Digital radio drop-in module adds Bluetooth with all service options
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Frontier Silicon's Tuscany module allows audio devices to operate with any combination of high-performance Bluetooth, dual Band DAB/DAB+, FM with…
Linux kernel 3.9 release includes support for NFC functions
Linux kernel 3.9 release includes support for NFC functions
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Inside Secure's MicroRead Near Field Communications (NFC) controller chip is now supported in the Linux kernel 3.9 release. The new…

Microsemi offers webinar update on programmable solution for fast serial interfaces
Microsemi offers webinar update on programmable solution for fast serial interfaces
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Microsemi will present a webinar briefing next week on using its SmartFusion2 FPGA device to implement high-speed serial interfaces.
Distribution source for open-source RF project hardware
Distribution source for open-source RF project hardware
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The Myriad project was launched in March 2013 as an open source, non-profit initiative to increase access for easy-to-use, low-cost RF hardware and to drive innovation in the sector. Now,…
Strategy proposed to reduced collisions, improve latency and throughput in WiFi
Strategy proposed to reduced collisions, improve latency and throughput in WiFi
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The Wireless Association - formerly the Cellular Telephone Industry Association (CTIA) - claims that there are more WiFi enabled smartphones, laptops and tablets in the U.S. than there are people…
3D views cut costly iterations and ease assembly in robotics design
3D views cut costly iterations and ease assembly in robotics design
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Over the last two years, the use of the latest 3D design technology has greatly improved the electronic developments in the Miniature Mobile Robots Group (MOBOTS) at the Ecole Polytechnique…
Coherent optical signal generation with high performance arbitrary waveform generator
Coherent optical signal generation with high performance arbitrary waveform generator
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The ever-increasing need for capacity in metro and long-haul networks has resulted in the continuous improvement of the optical network infrastructure all around the World.
Imec’s Technology Forum to discuss nano-electronics, medical, mm-wave and plastic electronics advances
Imec’s Technology Forum to discuss nano-electronics, medical, mm-wave and plastic electronics advances
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Leuven (Belgium)-based research organisation imec will hold the Spring edition of its Technology Forum meetings in Brussels on 22nd and 23rd May 2013.
Samsung to use Wolfson audio chips in growing Galaxy range
Samsung to use Wolfson audio chips in growing Galaxy range
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Wolfson Microelectronics and Samsung Electronics have agreed a multi-year IP License and a Component Supply Agreement which establishes Wolfson as a primary Samsung audio partner, which will make Wolfson a…
Sub-GHz mesh networks for coin cell powered and energy harvest applications
Sub-GHz mesh networks for coin cell powered and energy harvest applications
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Microsemi and Virtual Extension (Beit-Dagan), Israel have collaborated to produce what they claim to be the lowest-power mesh networking chipset available. The two-chip wireless mesh network chipset and reference design…
LED lighting produces warm white at 200 lm/W from tube lamps
LED lighting produces warm white at 200 lm/W from tube lamps
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Philips Electronics has developed an LED lighting technique that the company claims as the world’s most energy-efficient LED lamp suitable for general lighting applications. Philips researchers developed a tube lighting…
Middleware for energy-harvesting wireless sensor networks
Middleware for energy-harvesting wireless sensor networks
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With EnOcean Link, EnOcean has launched the first middleware for energy harvesting wireless technology. You can now integrate EnOcean technology easier and faster into a wide range of applications and…
Indoor fixes to aid GPS in location-based applications
Indoor fixes to aid GPS in location-based applications
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BlinkSight and imec have jointly announced a single-chip indoor GPS solution: BlinkSight, a fabless semiconductor company working in real-time location systems (RTLS), has released the first single-chip ‘indoor GPS’ solution…
Samsung mass-producing high-performance 128-Gbit 3-bit multi-level-cell NAND flash
Samsung mass-producing high-performance 128-Gbit 3-bit multi-level-cell NAND flash
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Samsung Electronics has announced that it has begun mass producing its 128-Gbit 3bit multi-level-cell (MLC) NAND memory chip using 10-nanometer (nm)-class process technology. The chip will enable high-density memory solutions…
Flood spaces with high-bandwidth data from lighting LEDs
Flood spaces with high-bandwidth data from lighting LEDs
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The Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) in Berlin has further developed its broadband optical communications technology which utilizes standard commercial LEDs used for lighting purposes to transmit data. While hitherto data…
Standard practice
Standard practice
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The evolution of asset management is gathering pace. Once restricted primarily to maintenance management and the repair of faulty equipment, modern day asset management is proactive and focused on achieving…
Robotics makes inroads into education
Robotics makes inroads into education
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The EMEA Freescale Cup Challenge that took place late last month at ESIEE Paris' university campus – www.esiee.fr - gathered 83 students, from 27 teams representing their respective university from…
Smartphones as vector to low-cost ambient temperature monitoring
Smartphones as vector to low-cost ambient temperature monitoring
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Hong Kong-based National Electronics & Watch Co. Ltd has announced a Bluetooth low energy temperature sensor platform that could reduce the cost of installing smart ambient temperature monitoring networks into…
GaN-on-silicon LEDs open path to cheaper lighting products
GaN-on-silicon LEDs open path to cheaper lighting products
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Plessey has announced that samples of its Gallium Nitride (GaN) on silicon LED products, coded PLW111010) are now available.
Crocus Technology awarded IARPA contract to develop 8-bit per cell memory
Crocus Technology awarded IARPA contract to develop 8-bit per cell memory
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The new structure, a first in the world, based on Crocus’ Magnetic Logic Unit architecture, will enhance chip security and crypto-processors…
Simplified route to smart homes with RF4CE hides complexity in a single remote
Simplified route to smart homes with RF4CE hides complexity in a single remote
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After luminaires with individual IP address, the next step towards really smart homes could be anything that enables a two-way communication link between electricity consumer and user. A significant contribution…
Take part in our Annual Distributor Customer Evaluation Survey and grab a tablet computer
Take part in our Annual Distributor Customer Evaluation Survey and grab a tablet computer
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EETimes is a sponsor of UBM Tech's Annual Distributor Customer Evaluation Survey, and we hope to get your views on distributors, the way you rely on them, your spending and…
Cars need more bandwidth, report concludes; mobile video in the driving seat
Cars need more bandwidth, report concludes; mobile video in the driving seat
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Consumers increasingly want to use their media tablets and smartphones to stream high-definition video to displays in their cars, a phenomenon that will help to nearly double the size of…
20-nm programmable silicon will support 32-Gbps transceivers – Altera
20-nm programmable silicon will support 32-Gbps transceivers – Altera
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Altera has announced that it has succeeded with a laboratory demonstration of a programmable device with 32-Gbps transceiver capabilities. The demonstration uses a 20-nm device based on TSMC’s 20SoC process…
Robotics moves to multicore devices to create artificial nervous systems
Robotics moves to multicore devices to create artificial nervous systems
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A young German company is changing the way industrial robots are designed and developed. Some believe robotics today are at a point where personal computers were in the late 1970s,…
STMicroelectronics and Lab4MEMS collaborate on processes for next-generation MEMS devices
STMicroelectronics and Lab4MEMS collaborate on processes for next-generation MEMS devices
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STMicroelectronics has begun working with research partners to develop a pilot line for next-generation MEMS devices augmented with advanced technologies such as piezoelectric or magnetic materials and 3D packaging.


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