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Detecting and dealing with stress using sensors: quite a challenge
Detecting and dealing with stress using sensors: quite a challenge
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Chip technology enables us to improve existing measurement and diagnostic methods for conditions such as cardiac and neuro disorders. It…
Are millimeter waves the key to easy Internet access?
Are millimeter waves the key to easy Internet access?
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Bill Schweber considers a startup's proposal to bring high-bandwidth Internet to the masses via difficult-to-engineer millimeter waves.
EMI test receiver expands dynamic range
EMI test receiver expands dynamic range
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Specifically configured for certification and R&D measurements required in the A&D (aerospace & defence) and automotive sectors, Rohde & Schwarz’…
Electrical test tool combines multimeter functions & IR imaging
Electrical test tool combines multimeter functions & IR imaging
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FLIR has designed a test tool, primarily for electrical and power-installation test and maintenance, that adds built-in thermal imaging to…

Making design-for-test a push-button process
Making design-for-test a push-button process
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Implementing a Design for Test approach when designing PCBs at the schematic capture stage can now be significantly assisted using an innovative and free software extension that adds design verification…
Do you have a back-up power supply?
Do you have a back-up power supply?
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Power is the lifeblood of a modern business. In the 21st century, almost everything we do requires a power source. But what do you do if that power source fails?…
Crowdfunding: the new marketing tactic for design-in
Crowdfunding: the new marketing tactic for design-in
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Opting for a ridiculously low and flexible goal, such as the $7,000 seeked for its CleO TFT display board on Indiegogo, FTDI is returning to crowdfunding.
CE+T Power wins Google’s “Little Box Challenge” for compact inverter
CE+T Power wins Google’s “Little Box Challenge” for compact inverter
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Power specialist CE+T Power (Wandre, Belgium) has won the Google and IEEE Little Box Challenge. The company was awarded the $1 million prize at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in…
Secure communications for connected cars, infrastructure, & safety critical IoT
Secure communications for connected cars, infrastructure, & safety critical IoT
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An updated version of LynxSecure from Lynx Software Technologies adds secure bare-metal networking and advanced cloud-based threat detection capabilities. The system continues to use the principles of separation kernel, and…
ITU meeting reports progress in developing 5G standard
ITU meeting reports progress in developing 5G standard
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The ITU group engaged with developing International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) systems – ITU-R Working Party 5D – is meeting in Beijing, China, to further develop IMT-2020, the standard for 5G…
HVGA display shield reduces work-load for Arduino cards
HVGA display shield reduces work-load for Arduino cards
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Following its previous crowdfunding project, NerO, FTDI Chip has announced an Arduino-related product for which it is using Indiegogo to promote to the global engineering fraternity; the company says that…
Raspberry Pi 3 steps up performance, adds connectivity
Raspberry Pi 3 steps up performance, adds connectivity
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The Raspberry Pi Foundation, with distributors RS Components (Electrocomponents) and Farnell element14 have introduced the latest version of the single-board computer; it has a 50% increase in processing power relative…
AMD expands low-power, G-series embedded processor family
AMD expands low-power, G-series embedded processor family
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Three SoC additions deliver a range of performance options for gaming, imaging, industrial control, and other common x86 applications…
High-efficiency 15-W wireless power transmitter/receiver
High-efficiency 15-W wireless power transmitter/receiver
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Supporting the Wireless Power Consortium's Qi Standard, these chips enable wireless charging in new categories of consumer products and infrastructure, according to makers IDT…
Connected-device support package spans sensor-to-cloud; from distribution
Connected-device support package spans sensor-to-cloud; from distribution
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Distributors in the Avnet group have assembled a support package for Internet of Things projects. The Visible things evaluation and development platform delivers hardware and embedded software to connect smart…
Power supply & EMC coexistence in the medical space
Power supply & EMC coexistence in the medical space
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From gadget to vital, connected devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) are everywhere and we see them gradually changing our lives throughout; the exponential development of small to large…
Single-chip USB Full-Speed bridging; USB-to-I2C & USB-to-UART
Single-chip USB Full-Speed bridging; USB-to-I2C & USB-to-UART
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FTDI Chip has advanced its approach that makes USB technology is as straightforward to use as possible. The FT260 is a human interface device (HID) class interface controller IC. It…
Icon Labs/Micrium integrated security platform for IoT devices
Icon Labs/Micrium integrated security platform for IoT devices
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This secure platform for embedded devices aims to simplify connected-device design with a built-in defence against cyber attack.
18-bit, 8-independent-channel multiplexed SAR ADC
18-bit, 8-independent-channel multiplexed SAR ADC
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LTC2335-18 is an 18-bit, 8-channel 1 Msps multiplexed input successive approximation register (SAR) ADC with independently configurable input ranges. Each SoftSpan input can be software configured on a conversion-by-conversion basis…
Wireless SoCs support ZigBee, Thread, Bluetooth Smart and Proprietary protocols
Wireless SoCs support ZigBee, Thread, Bluetooth Smart and Proprietary protocols
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Silicon Labs' Wireless Gecko portfolio of multiprotocol system-on-chip (SoC) devices gives flexible connectivity and price/performance options for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Wireless Gecko SoCs integrate an ARM Cortex-M4 core,…
Simulation environment takes LTE-A demo to 1 Gbit/sec
Simulation environment takes LTE-A demo to 1 Gbit/sec
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Anritsu has announced it has successfully demonstrated peak throughput for an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) device and network simulator using 3x Carrier Aggregation (3CA) and 4 x 4 MIMO with 256QAM modulation.
Mobile solution extends embedded security technology
Mobile solution extends embedded security technology
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To provide turnkey mobile security solutions, Infineon Technologies has introduced OPTIGA Mobile, extending the OPTIGA range of embedded security solutions with dedicated services around mobile security.
Communications tester adds 256QAM for LTE and LTE-A
Communications tester adds 256QAM for LTE and LTE-A
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Modulation methods such as 256QAM and 64QAM in LTE and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) increase data rates in both the downlink and uplink. Rohde & Schwarz now offers these innovative steps on…
IoT sensor-to-cloud from Analog hosts personal-measurement apps
IoT sensor-to-cloud from Analog hosts personal-measurement apps
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Analog Devices and Consumer Physics ( Tel Aviv, Israel) have collaborated on an IoT Platform that enables material analysis of food, drugs and more, for quality, content and composition…
Tunable balance network could replace proliferating SAW filters
Tunable balance network could replace proliferating SAW filters
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LTE handsets must operate on an ever-growing list of frequency bands, and require a corresponding matrix of of SAW (surface-acoustic-wave) filters to provide matching, band selection and T/R switching isolation.
Live LoRa demo will show asset tracking around Nuremberg
Live LoRa demo will show asset tracking around Nuremberg
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At the Embedded World event in Nuremberg this week (23-25th February 2016) Semtech and Digimondo will be demonstrating a “live” deployment of Semtech’s LoRa low-power wide-area network wireless data system.
imec adds digital research, incubation arm with iMinds merger
imec adds digital research, incubation arm with iMinds merger
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The nanoelectronics research centre, imec, and digital research and incubation center, iMinds (also in the Flanders region of Belgium) have announced that they are to merge activities, with the combined…
Quad SPI FRAM at 4Mbit capacity
Quad SPI FRAM at 4Mbit capacity
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Fujitsu’s ferroelectric RAM offers high speed non-volatile memory for networking, industrial computing and HMI applications. The company presents the MB85RQ4ML as the first-available Quad SPI FRAM device.


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