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ARM reveals Cortex-R8 developments, aims at 5G baseband design-ins
ARM reveals Cortex-R8 developments, aims at 5G baseband design-ins
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Next generation LTE Advanced Pro and 5G mobile baseband standards and mass storage applications will, ARM says, exploit its Cortex-R8…
Testing M2M comms; Rohde & Schwarz and Sequans demo LTE IoT module
Testing M2M comms; Rohde & Schwarz and Sequans demo LTE IoT module
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With the aim of promoting commercial use of machine type communications, at Mobile World Congress 2016 Rohde & Schwarz and…
ST/ARCCORE in joint focus to cut costs in AUTOSAR development
ST/ARCCORE in joint focus to cut costs in AUTOSAR development
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STMicroelectronics and ARCCORE AB (Göteborg, Sweden) independent specialist in software for AUTOSAR have formed a strategic cooperation to reduce the…
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…

Maxim goes on a diet
Maxim goes on a diet
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The analog power-house faces a paradox: trim down to appeal to investors while continuing to invest in industry-leading products.
Engineering failure is useful
Engineering failure is useful
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Dennis Feucht discusses the works of the engineering author Henry Petroski and what he had to say about failure.
When second sources aren’t
When second sources aren’t
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James Bryant, who was an applications manager for Analog Devices for 30 years, stresses that second-source components – almost by definition – not identical to the primary source and therefore…
Untethered 3D dead-reckoning bridges gaps in automotive locations fixes
Untethered 3D dead-reckoning bridges gaps in automotive locations fixes
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u-blox’ NEO-M8U is presented as the first Untethered 3D Dead Reckoning (UDR) module; combining multi-GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo) with an onboard 3D gyro/accelerometer, NEO-M8U provides accurate positioning even where…
It’s all about the IoT
It’s all about the IoT
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Yes – and it will be for quite some time to come. One could argue that it will be all about the Internet of Things right up until things become…
Measuring 2 nV/√Hz noise and 120 dB supply rejection in linear regulators; the Quest for Quiet, part 4
Measuring 2 nV/√Hz noise and 120 dB supply rejection in linear regulators; the Quest for Quiet, part 4
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A quiet, well regulated supply is important for optimum performance in a number of circuit applications; linear regulators are required to provide quiet power supply rails, but how does one…
CEVA claims “most efficient processor architecture for baseband”
CEVA claims “most efficient processor architecture for baseband”
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DSP-IP vendor CEVA has introduced its revised CEVA-X architecture, presenting it as a framework that unifies control and DSP processing, for high-end smartphones, machine-type-communication and wireless connectivity. Using a scalable…
Renesas develops Synergy platform for IoT designs
Renesas develops Synergy platform for IoT designs
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Expanding its Synergy platform, that is intended to allow system designers to spend as much time as possible on end-applications, and to provide a higher proportion of design ‘infrastructure’ elements…
Universal SoC debug environment out of UltraSoC/Lauterbach co-operation
Universal SoC debug environment out of UltraSoC/Lauterbach co-operation
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Enabling vendor-independent debug within an industry standard toolchain, a collaboration between UltraSoC (Cambridge, UK) and Lauterbach (Hoehenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn) creates what the partners describe as the “most powerful, fully-featured independent system-on-chip (SoC)…
Build accessories with USB-C controller with Power Delivery (PD)
Build accessories with USB-C controller with Power Delivery (PD)
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Cypress Semiconductor says its EZ-PD CCG3 Controller simplifies design of USB-C hosts, accessories and power adapters; the integrated, programmable, single-chip solution includes 20-V support and USB authentication…
Micrium to seed startups with free version of µC/OS RTOS, in offer to makers
Micrium to seed startups with free version of µC/OS RTOS, in offer to makers
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A provider of real-time operating systems (RTOS) for embedded systems and the IoT, Micrium will launch its µC/OS for Makers program at the Embedded World exhibition.
Optical interconnects supported with 14 Gbps, multi-channel chipset
Optical interconnects supported with 14 Gbps, multi-channel chipset
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Semtech’s GN1090 and GN1190 chipset builds quad channel SR optical interconnects operating from 1 Gbps up to 14.5 Gbps.
Multi-Gigabit wireless fibre backhaul baseband processor
Multi-Gigabit wireless fibre backhaul baseband processor
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Lattice Semiconductor’s SB6541, combined with RF transceivers that use the SiBEAM Sil6340 and SiI6342 RF transceivers, comprise a solution for wireless access and backhaul markets, running multi-gigabit speeds in the…
Mentor proposes Open Manufacturing Language for PCB assembly
Mentor proposes Open Manufacturing Language for PCB assembly
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Mentor Graphics has launched the Open Manufacturing Language (OML) initiative that directly addresses what it terms the longstanding need and urgent calls from the industry for a printed circuit board…
PC/104 SBC with Xilinx’ SDSoC enables hardware IP acceleration
PC/104 SBC with Xilinx’ SDSoC enables hardware IP acceleration
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“A game-changer for programmable embedded systems,” - Sundance’s EMC2-Z7030 is a stackable SBC with PC/104 OneBank interface and VITA57.1 FMC, controlled by a Zynq SoC and fully supported by the…
Software control adds test options to source-measure units
Software control adds test options to source-measure units
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Keysight Technologies’ Precision SMU Series of software control options address a range of development and test application needs; software options support basic sourcing functions up to full device and material…
GNSS RTK fixes to ‘centimetre-level’ precision for the mass market
GNSS RTK fixes to ‘centimetre-level’ precision for the mass market
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From u-blox (Thalwil, Switzerland), the NEO-M8P offers high precision technology with accuracy to centimetre-level in a small design for applications such as unmanned vehicles and robotic guidance systems.
Toolbox for MATLAB enables faster and more robust WLAN design
Toolbox for MATLAB enables faster and more robust WLAN design
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MathWorks recently introduced WLAN System Toolbox, which provided designers and test engineers standard-compliant functions for the design, simulation, analysis, and testing of wireless LAN communications systems.
Soft Machines: promising, not proven
Soft Machines: promising, not proven
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Soft Machines is working on a new architecture that, if successful, will represent a major breakthrough in single- and multicore CPU performance.
ZigBee mesh network evaluation kit, in distribution
ZigBee mesh network evaluation kit, in distribution
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Distributor Mouser Electronic has the XBee ZigBee Mesh Kit from Digi International, which offers designers a hands-on way to learn how to use XBee radio frequency (RF) modules for device…
Broad-spectrum hyperspectral imaging sensors and cameras
Broad-spectrum hyperspectral imaging sensors and cameras
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At an event called SPIE Photonics West (San Francisco), imec (Leuven, Belgium) is presenting hyperspectral sensor and camera solutions with extended spectral range, going from the visible light (VIS) up…
Free, cloud-based development platform; entry to the world of PIC
Free, cloud-based development platform; entry to the world of PIC
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Way before the world learned that they were called ‘makers’, experimenters and product developers working around the boundary between the professional and semi-pro, even hobbyist, worlds could very often be…
Fast LVDS isolators eliminate de-serialising in industrial environments
Fast LVDS isolators eliminate de-serialising in industrial environments
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Analog Devices has introduced a low-voltage differential signal (LVDS) digital isolator series designed to improve performance, reliability and power consumption in industrial instrumentation and programmable logic controller (PLC) applications that…
Automated filter design package offers intuitive, graphical approach
Automated filter design package offers intuitive, graphical approach
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Advanced Solutions Nederland has formally released version 3.0 of its ASN Digital Filter Designer. The company says that the package, for IIR and FIR filter design, offers an intuitive route…


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