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Tek’s fastest 10-bit DAC on Curtiss-Wright DSP board
Tek’s fastest 10-bit DAC on Curtiss-Wright DSP board
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Curtiss-Wright is to integrate the latest Tektronix components, 25 Gsample/sec DACs in OpenVPX COTS Systems: high performance, open architecture VPX…
Image sensor receiver bridges full-HD images to processors
Image sensor receiver bridges full-HD images to processors
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Texas Instruments has introduced an image sensor receiver IC to serve as a dedicated LVDS bridge between image sensors and…
Research funding is prize for university kprogramme investigating system energy use
Research funding is prize for university kprogramme investigating system energy use
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University of Essex spin-out company UltraSoC Technologies has won funding under the Energy Efficient Computing competition, receiving £150,000 from the…
Technology to grow GaN substrates may lead to cheaper lighting LEDs
Technology to grow GaN substrates may lead to cheaper lighting LEDs
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A new facility for growing Gallium Nitride – the key material needed to make energy-saving light-emitting diodes (LEDs) – has…

UHF RFID tags can be embedded in custom PCBs
UHF RFID tags can be embedded in custom PCBs
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Murata and its RFID partner Beta Layout have launched a prototype trial service for Murata's Magicstrap-based PCB RFID devices. Beta Layout will embed the UHF RFID component for a regular…
Swindon Silicon Systems & Redtree cooperate to boost European coverage
Swindon Silicon Systems & Redtree cooperate to boost European coverage
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SWINDON Silicon Systems, a leading supplier of high performance mixed signal ASICs, has signed a new partnership with Redtree Solutions Ltd, a manufacturers’ representative organization covering the EMEA markets.
Analog Devices CEO Jerry Fishman dies
Analog Devices CEO Jerry Fishman dies
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Jerry Fishman, longtime CEO of chip vendor Analog Devices Inc. died Thursday (March 28) after an apparent heart attack. He was 67 years old.
Design power-factor-corrected DC/DC circuits with online CAD tool
Design power-factor-corrected DC/DC circuits with online CAD tool
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Fairchild Semiconductor has enhanced the company's Power Supply WebDesigner - an online design and simulation tool that provides complete designs in under a minute - to include complete continuous conduction…
Code coverage tools assess source and object at early, model-based design stages
Code coverage tools assess source and object at early, model-based design stages
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LDRA now offers a new level of verification of design models through an integration with MATLAB and Simulink. The LDRA tool suite can now use real-world data from MATLAB that's…
16nm FinFET technology at TSMC builds an ARM A57 core
16nm FinFET technology at TSMC builds an ARM A57 core
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ARM and TSMC have announced the first tape-out of an ARM Cortex-A57 processor on FinFET process technology. The Cortex-A57 processor is ARM's highest performing processor, designed to further extend the…
Market researchers see tough times ahead for LCD makers
Market researchers see tough times ahead for LCD makers
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In the cause of promoting the forthcoming event “OLEDs LIVE!, Raghu Das, CEO, of IDTechEx, has been looking into his crystal ball and forecasting drastic changes amongst the “panel makers”…
Add tactile feedback to consumer and industrial products with haptic driver
Add tactile feedback to consumer and industrial products with haptic driver
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Texas Instruments has introduced a device it claims as the industry’s only ERM/LRA haptic driver, pre-loaded with a library of 123 distinct haptic effects designed and licensed by Immersion, developer…
Patient-managed care and telehealth technologies drive medical design trends
Patient-managed care and telehealth technologies drive medical design trends
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One of the most significant growth segments in the medical industry is devices used for patient managed care. These include a number of handheld medical devices that patients use to…
Win a 2-channel USB 3.0 PC oscilloscope
Win a 2-channel USB 3.0 PC oscilloscope
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The PicoScope 3207A is a 2 channel USB oscilloscope with 250 MHz bandwidth, 1 GS/s sampling rate, 256 MS buffer memory and a built-in function generator. In this month's reader…
The three essentials of RTL power optimization
The three essentials of RTL power optimization
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There are three essential components to optimizing power for today's and tomorrow’s unprecedented and relentless consumer-driven power requirements: power reduction, power estimation and power verification.
Designing and verifying embedded applications based on state machines
Designing and verifying embedded applications based on state machines
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Version 7.1 of IAR visualSTATE adds an extensive amount of features for state machine-based design and formal verification…
Wind River’s Yocto Project participation yields carrier grade Linux
Wind River’s Yocto Project participation yields carrier grade Linux
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Wind River is claiming to have the first Carrier Grade (CG) Linux that supports the Yocto compatibility project to boost custom designs.
ZigBee IP: an open standard for IPv6-based wireless mesh networks
ZigBee IP: an open standard for IPv6-based wireless mesh networks
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A new specification brings end-to-end IPv6 control to low-power, low-cost devices, according to the ZigBee Alliance, the ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and…
Implementing real-time geolocation for medical personnel and patients
Implementing real-time geolocation for medical personnel and patients
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Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are used for gathering the information needed by intelligent environments, whether in urban construction and Smart Cities, home and building automation, industrial applications or smart hospitals.
Swedish technology startup to develop graphene-on-SiC
Swedish technology startup to develop graphene-on-SiC
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Graphensic is Europe's first supplier of graphene on silicon carbide. The Swedish manufacturer is a university spin off company that has developed a method for growth of high quality material…
Using color sensors to diagnose skin diseases
Using color sensors to diagnose skin diseases
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Color related skin conditions or alterations can be determined accurately using optical instruments. While in the past such skin color measurements were only possible in laboratories with expensive spectrometers or…
NASA opens its 2nd annual international space apps challenge
NASA opens its 2nd annual international space apps challenge
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NASA's 2nd annual International Space Apps Challenge is an international “hackathon” focused on space exploration to be held on April 20-21, 2013. The aim is to leverage citizens’ contributions to…
Designing closed-loop MEMS-based capacitive inertial sensors
Designing closed-loop MEMS-based capacitive inertial sensors
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Micromachined inertial sensors have become an integral part of many consumer products, such as handheld mobile terminals, cameras, and game controllers.
Increased support for wireless and radar design in Matlab/ Simulink environment
Increased support for wireless and radar design in Matlab/ Simulink environment
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MathWorks has strengthened support for wireless communications and radar design in its MATLAB and Simulink tools.
Microchip increases analogue and I/O resources in 16-bit MCU family
Microchip increases analogue and I/O resources in 16-bit MCU family
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Microchip has extended its 16-bit PIC microcontroller family with analog integration and configurable low pin-count options for cost-sensitive automotive, consumer, medical and industrial applications.
Embedded system racks for harsh environments
Embedded system racks for harsh environments
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Based on its Schroff 19-in. product platform of components and complete subracks, Pentair Equipment Protection helps system OEMs meet the demands of harsh operating environments, such as those found in…
ECOC Optical Communication Conference; London, September 2013
ECOC Optical Communication Conference; London, September 2013
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ECOC (European Conference on Optical Communications) this year will take place at the ICC London ExCeL from 22 to 26 September, the conference organisers observe that it will be held…
4-channel, 100G networking streams on a single programmable logic device
4-channel, 100G networking streams on a single programmable logic device
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FPGA startup Tabula is demonstrating its early prototype device supporting high‐performance packet processing from 40G to 400G.


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