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Slideshow: A guided tour inside Google’s data centers
Slideshow: A guided tour inside Google’s data centers
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Steve Taranovich, editor of Planet Analog, has been looking at Google's approach to heat minimization in the data center and…
Open Source: licensing pitfalls may outweigh benefits
Open Source: licensing pitfalls may outweigh benefits
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The use of open-source software in product development can produce substantial savings, an intellectual property attorney told attendees at the…
Arduino-compatible LoRa board senses it all under the sun
Arduino-compatible LoRa board senses it all under the sun
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Dutch startup SODAQ (short for solar data acquisition) has launched what the company believes will truly boost LoRa's adoption by…
TE is moving up the value chain to drive IoT
TE is moving up the value chain to drive IoT
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TE Connectivity Ltd. (Schaffhausen, Switzerland), a company that sells connectivity and sensor products into a variety of industries, is taking…

It hurts when…
It hurts when…
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Scott Deuty considers the creativity of engineers when it comes to naming the things they make and the things they use.
Sensor fusion – more than just the sum of its parts!
Sensor fusion – more than just the sum of its parts!
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Many cars on the road today, and even more new cars in the show rooms, have some form of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) based on sensors like cameras, radar,…
Sensor fusion – more than just the sum of its parts!
Sensor fusion – more than just the sum of its parts!
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Many cars on the road today, and even more new cars in the show rooms, have some form of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) based on sensors like cameras, radar,…
Sensor fusion: A critical step on the road to autonomous vehicles
Sensor fusion: A critical step on the road to autonomous vehicles
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Many cars on the road today, and even more new cars in the show rooms, have some form of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) based on sensors like cameras, radar,…
Sensor fusion – more than just the sum of its parts!
Sensor fusion – more than just the sum of its parts!
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Many cars on the road today, and even more new cars in the show rooms, have some form of advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) based on sensors like cameras, radar,…
Clever sensors stand surrogate
Clever sensors stand surrogate
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Bill Schweber ponders the creativity of engineers in using the RLC basics of electronics to stand in for a parameter of interest.
As analog goes digital must digital go soft?
As analog goes digital must digital go soft?
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Ken Coffman, field applications engineer with Intersil, discusses the long-term evolution of electronics.
What happened to: SuVolta?
What happened to: SuVolta?
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SuVolta Inc. was a promising startup developing deeply depleted channel transistor technology for low-power ICs that is no more.
Keep it simple: beware of feature creep
Keep it simple: beware of feature creep
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Bill Schweber discusses how keeping the design problem – and then the solution – as simple as possible, can provide the best chance of success.
The difference between inductive proximity, displacement, and eddy-current sensors
The difference between inductive proximity, displacement, and eddy-current sensors
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It seems like engineering 101, but do you actually remember the specific differences between inductive proximity, inductive displacement, and eddy-current sensors? I asked a few friends and everyone had a…
Clever sensors stand surrogate
Clever sensors stand surrogate
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Bill Schweber ponders the creativity of engineers in using the RLC basics of electronics to stand in for a parameter of interest.
The difference between inductive proximity, displacement, and eddy-current sensors
The difference between inductive proximity, displacement, and eddy-current sensors
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It seems like engineering 101, but do you actually remember the specific differences between inductive proximity, inductive displacement, and eddy-current sensors? I asked a few friends and everyone had a…
Clever sensors stand surrogate
Clever sensors stand surrogate
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Bill Schweber ponders the creativity of engineers in using the RLC basics of electronics to stand in for a parameter of interest.
Photonic circuit design, coming of age in a fabless ecosystem
Photonic circuit design, coming of age in a fabless ecosystem
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Optical integration is a technology that enables the miniaturization of multiple optical components like lasers, photodetectors, splitters or filters into a single photonic integrated chip.
Powering a precision SAR ADC with an efficient, ultra-low power switcher
Powering a precision SAR ADC with an efficient, ultra-low power switcher
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Typically precision measurement systems use low-dropout regulators (LDOs) as part of their power supply schemes to generate low noise rails for precision ADCs. However LDOs can be very inefficient in…
Google Car’s road traffic accident
Google Car’s road traffic accident
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On Valentine’s Day this year, near Google's global headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Google’s autonomous test car was involved in a road traffic accident.
Google Car’s road traffic accident
Google Car’s road traffic accident
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On Valentine’s Day this year, near Google's global headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Google’s autonomous test car was involved in a road traffic accident.
What happened to DDC pioneer SuVolta?
What happened to DDC pioneer SuVolta?
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SuVolta Inc. was a promising startup developing deeply depleted channel transistor technology for low-power ICs that is no more.
As analog goes digital must digital go soft?
As analog goes digital must digital go soft?
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Ken Coffman, field applications engineer with Intersil, discusses the long-term evolution of electronics.
What happened to: SuVolta?
What happened to: SuVolta?
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SuVolta Inc. was a promising startup developing deeply depleted channel transistor technology for low-power ICs that is no more.
JTAG Mixed-signal IO Systems (MIOS) Redefine Benchtop ATE
JTAG Mixed-signal IO Systems (MIOS) Redefine Benchtop ATE
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Most digital electronics designs now feature some form of JTAG/boundary-scan to aid structural board testing or in-system device programming.
Keep it simple: beware of feature creep
Keep it simple: beware of feature creep
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Bill Schweber discusses how keeping the design problem – and then the solution – as simple as possible, can provide the best chance of success.
The coming revolution in vehicle technology
The coming revolution in vehicle technology
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We are on the threshold of a radical change in vehicle technology, driven by crash avoidance technology and delivered by advanced driver assistance systems, or ADAS for short.
The potential of predictive analytics for machine builders
The potential of predictive analytics for machine builders
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The cost of production downtime varies significantly from one industry sector to another, but without a doubt, when it occurs, downtime is a troublesome and expensive inconvenience for all manufacturers.


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