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Turning waste heat from industrial piping into electrical energy
Turning waste heat from industrial piping into electrical energy
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Marlow Industries' EverGen PowerStrap is a thermoelectric-based energy harvesting solution that produces multiple watts of power by conversion of waste…
Energy harvesters: a thin film approach
Energy harvesters: a thin film approach
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During idtechex'last energy harvesting and Storage Europe conference held in Berlin, thin piezoelectric and low foot-print thermoelectric materials were cited…
Custom designed wireless links: what the 2012 VLSI Symposia had on offer
Custom designed wireless links: what the 2012 VLSI Symposia had on offer
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Sponsored by the electron devices Society, the Solid State Circuits Society and the Japan Society of Applied Physics, the 2012…
Tackling the European challenges in verification
Tackling the European challenges in verification
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EETimes Europe asked Mike Bartley of leading verification house TVS to look at how European companies see the challenges and…

No magnetics required – charge pumps can handle the Volts!
No magnetics required – charge pumps can handle the Volts!
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A charge pump, or switched capacitor voltage converter, uses capacitors as energy storage elements to generate an output voltage.
A peek at innovation from Minalogic
A peek at innovation from Minalogic
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Created in 2005 to become a global competitive cluster in the Grenoble region (France), Minalogic - www.minalogic.org - gathers over 200 members all benefiting from the cluster's collaborative projects in…
On the photonics roadmap: chip-to-chip and intra-chip interconnects
On the photonics roadmap: chip-to-chip and intra-chip interconnects
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The CEA-LETI annual review that took place late June was an opportunity to catch up with the state-of-the-art in microsystems and microelectronics.
Comparing uninterruptible power supply topologies
Comparing uninterruptible power supply topologies
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Today, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems are typically employed to support data centres, communications hubs and other applications using sensitive ICT equipment.
Wafer-scale CMOS X-ray imaging for medical applications
Wafer-scale CMOS X-ray imaging for medical applications
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There is an increasing interest in the use of solid-state based X-ray medical imaging and detection systems in the replacement of conventional diagnostic imaging techniques.
Designing a MEMS driver ASIC for a novel contact lens sensor
Designing a MEMS driver ASIC for a novel contact lens sensor
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Ansem is in the business of translating real world problems into ASIC solutions by matching up RF, analog and digital processing elements to transform real world inputs into the required…
Choosing the right EMS partner for medical applications
Choosing the right EMS partner for medical applications
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Fierce competition, tightening regulations and increasing pressure to produce a differentiated product: these are the challenges of the fast paced medical electronics market that OEMs have to tackle to reduce…
Q&A: The trends in the medical embedded market
Q&A: The trends in the medical embedded market
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Q: What trends do you see in the medical market? A: There are many different trends in the medical market. Looking at the high-end systems we see continuous improvements in…
Developing a 200Gbit/s line card with 22nm FPGAs
Developing a 200Gbit/s line card with 22nm FPGAs
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Two key developments are shaking up the FPGA world: the advent of 22nm programmable devices and the availability of devices strongly targeted towards specific markets through the use of hardened…
Expanding system control with PLDs and low overhead serial buses
Expanding system control with PLDs and low overhead serial buses
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Developing the architecture for a complicated system, the system control aspect of the design rarely gets the lion's share of attention from architects and designers.
In the crystal ball: fast networks for smart manufacturing lines
In the crystal ball: fast networks for smart manufacturing lines
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From collective intelligence to smart power and from cyber physical systems to future mobile network technologies, the IEEE Technology Time Machine conference which took place end of May in Dresden…
OpenCL emerges for FPGA high level design
OpenCL emerges for FPGA high level design
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In the debate about high-level design, a new standard is emerging for FPGA designers to use alongside VHDL, Verilog and System C to bridge the gap.
New EU Data Directive will drive turning point for security
New EU Data Directive will drive turning point for security
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The European Commission is planning a raft of new directives on data security that commentators say will come to be seen as an important turning point. The New 24-hour data…
Get your digital copy of eeNews Europe
Get your digital copy of eeNews Europe
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The combined July/August edition is now out in print, but you can also access our digital edition online. This month's focuses on Medical Electronics, Power Supplies and Programmable Logic will…
Foundation fieldbus right to the point
Foundation fieldbus right to the point
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Following the market requirements, BIFFI, a manufacturer of valve actuators for petro-chemical applications decided to implement the Foundation fieldbus H1 communication protocol for its electric actuator ICON2000.
Ultra-low power radio drives continuous medical monitoring with low-cost batteries
Ultra-low power radio drives continuous medical monitoring with low-cost batteries
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The advent of wireless personal area networks (WPANs) and wireless body area networks (WBANs) has created the need for sensing and monitoring solutions that can support continuous data streaming with…
Understanding DDR SDRAM timing parameters
Understanding DDR SDRAM timing parameters
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Many an engineers who have ever dealt with DDR SDRAM must have been intrigued by the various timing parameters of the DRAM. This article explains the various timing parameters and…
The challenges of developing embedded code for GPUs
The challenges of developing embedded code for GPUs
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Upgrading the graphics capability of any platform holds significant software challenges and the reasons for preserving code compatibility are overwhelming in most sectors.
FPGA-based SoC verification challenges
FPGA-based SoC verification challenges
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As FPGA designs become increasingly complex, a clear synergy emerges with that of the ASIC (design) world and, more specifically, creating a System-on Chip (SoC).
A design data management approach for the SoC era
A design data management approach for the SoC era
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European IC design teams are often part of a widespread network trying to work toward a common goal of a finished SoC design, but today's IT infrastructure is not keeping…
Roll-to-roll manufacturing for small-molecule flexible OLED devices
Roll-to-roll manufacturing for small-molecule flexible OLED devices
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Recentl y, several lighting companies in Europe and Asia have started pilot production of OLED devices on glass.
European research alliance aims to drive flexible circuits
European research alliance aims to drive flexible circuits
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An alliance of four of the leading research institutes in Europe is looking to drive forward the development of organic and flexible circuits with printable technology under 1 μm.
Testing hybrid engine technology
Testing hybrid engine technology
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Essentially a vehicle's powertrain is the system that powers the car - traditionally a combustion engine - and transfers that power to the transmission, drive shaft and finally to the…
Next generation high-speed sigma-delta ADC architectures
Next generation high-speed sigma-delta ADC architectures
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A promising architecture for next generation high-speed Analog to Digital Converters (ADCs) is the so-called sigma-delta (ΣΔ) converter architecture.


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