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Mobile device proximity sensor manages RF exposure while maintaining network connectivity – article
Mobile device proximity sensor manages RF exposure while maintaining network connectivity – article
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The FCC last set U.S. mobile phone RF exposure limits in 1996, recommending a maximum of 1.6 Watts per kilogram…
Samsung is running 28nm FDSOI chip process, cites IoT as driver
Samsung is running 28nm FDSOI chip process, cites IoT as driver
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Samsung is running 28nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) wafers for STMicroelectronics, the developer of the technology, and has other customers lined…
Review: Rohde & Schwarz FPH spectrum analyser
Review: Rohde & Schwarz FPH spectrum analyser
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Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) recently released its new affordable handheld spectrum analyser, the model FPH “Spectrum Rider”. The basic unit…
A smart grid can be a more stable gird, Euro project concludes
A smart grid can be a more stable gird, Euro project concludes
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Infineon has noted the culmination of a European research project that looked at the application of “smart” technologies to the…

Building on the cloud for Big Data services; ITU begins to set standards
Building on the cloud for Big Data services; ITU begins to set standards
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ITU (International Telecommunications Union) members, meeting in Geneva, have approved the first ITU standard on Big Data. The international standard details the requirements, capabilities and use cases of cloud-based Big…
2015 Best of auto electronics
2015 Best of auto electronics
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From Bosch’s insatiable demand for engineers to the Volkswagen scandal and from an ostensible “Tesla Killer to the NXP/Freescale merger : 2015 was by no means a boring year. We…
3D image sensor chips put VR on smartphones
3D image sensor chips put VR on smartphones
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Infineon Technologies and pmdtechnologies have disclosed their REAL3, 3D image sensor chips that will allow mobile devices to quickly and realistically detect their surroundings in three dimensions.
These topics moved auto electronics designers in 2015
These topics moved auto electronics designers in 2015
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From Bosch’s insatiable demand for engineers to the Volkswagen scandal and from an ostensible “Tesla Killer to the NXP/Freescale merger : 2015 was by no means a boring year. We…
u-blox/Vodafone/Huawei trial IoT RF link scheme in mobile bands
u-blox/Vodafone/Huawei trial IoT RF link scheme in mobile bands
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Vodafone, Huawei and u-blox have announced that they have completed a commercial trial of “pre-standard” NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things). NB-IoT is an RF medium that intended extend Internet of…
PAM-4 analysis software on Keysight oscilloscopes
PAM-4 analysis software on Keysight oscilloscopes
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Keysight Technologies has issued software that provides automated PAM-4 pre-compliance testing and report generation; it automates testing of the PAM-4 measurements outlined in IEEE 400G Ethernet (P802.3bs) and OIF-CEI-56G-PAM4, operating…
10A micromodule regulator for 3.3V bus PoL applications
10A micromodule regulator for 3.3V bus PoL applications
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LTM4648 is a µModule (micromodule) regulator in a 9 x 15 x 4.92 mm BGA package, that accepts a 2.375V to 5.5V input (3.3V nominal bus) and delivers 10A µModule…
16-channel LED backlight controller applies local dimming
16-channel LED backlight controller applies local dimming
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ams presents its LED controller as a means of improving TV picture quality and saving power: the AS3824 controller enables independent, flexible PWM control of each of 16 LED channels…
Serial-to-WiFi board assists with IoT deployment – in distribution
Serial-to-WiFi board assists with IoT deployment – in distribution
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Distributor Alpha Micro has the xPico Wi-Fi SMT board with u.fl and on-board antennas, that converts serial ports to Wi-Fi connections to simplify the development of large scale IoT applications.
Microchip in late-entry bid for Atmel
Microchip in late-entry bid for Atmel
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The Reuters news agency names Microchip Technology as a origin of a bid for Atmel, that comes as the existing proposed takeover, and the associated legal process, of Atmel by…
Software-upgradable cars launch new platform race
Software-upgradable cars launch new platform race
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Software over-the-air upgrades for cars are the next big thing in automotive electronics. But which hardware platforms will enable carmakers to implement the desired feature? Nvidia, NXP and Renesas appear…
Jaguar reports back in racing sport
Jaguar reports back in racing sport
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British motor icon Jaguar will re-enter the racing sport. What sounds like exciting news gets even more interesting if one knows more about the motivation to this move – and…
Wireless LED lighting talks multiple communication protocols
Wireless LED lighting talks multiple communication protocols
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GreenPeak Technologies (Utrecht, The Netherlands) has based a wireless LED lighting platform for low-cost ambient lighting around its GP651 communication chip that can support various ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 communication…
Smartphone-based workplace tools measure temperature, moisture
Smartphone-based workplace tools measure temperature, moisture
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Distributor Conrad Business Supplies has added a group of devices called Phone Works, made by power tool manufacturer Ryobi, that carry out a number of physical measurements with control and…
Silicon Labs targets IoT’s security issues with low-power MCUs
Silicon Labs targets IoT’s security issues with low-power MCUs
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Differentiating its EFM32 Jade and Pearl Gecko microcontrollers in the marketplace of MCUs for internet-of-things nodes, Silicon Labs cites the presence of hardware cryptography functions together with a range of…
Jaguar is back in racing sport
Jaguar is back in racing sport
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British motor icon Jaguar will re-enter the racing sport. What sounds like exciting news gets even more interesting if one knows more about the motivation to this move – and…
Hybrid supercap completes UL certification, aims to replace Li batteries
Hybrid supercap completes UL certification, aims to replace Li batteries
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The developer of an innovative supercapacitor-based energy storage and battery enhancement technology, Paper Battery Company has completed UL certification for the company's PowerResponder product range.
RF powers & connects autonomous temperature sensor
RF powers & connects autonomous temperature sensor
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Researchers at the Technical University of Eindhoven have developed a wireless temperature sensor that is powered by millimeter wavelength radio waves that are also used for communications.
LoRa programme boosted by Semtech/STMicroelectronics collaboration
LoRa programme boosted by Semtech/STMicroelectronics collaboration
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Programme to scale LoRa technology to meet high-volume demands of Internet of Things applications; ST has announced it will offer a product line including LoRa systems on chips (SOCs) to…
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity: A disease for the wireless age?
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity: A disease for the wireless age?
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Paul Pickering considers the unexplained ailments and diseases that have arisen in different eras and speculates that a widely-held distrust of electromagnetic radiation may be about to go into decline.
Rohde & Schwarz discloses commercial test solution for 5G channel sounding
Rohde & Schwarz discloses commercial test solution for 5G channel sounding
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In the progression towards fifth generation mobile radio (5G), manufacturers of base stations and end user devices are facing the challenge of opening time and location-dependent radio channels.
IP builds low-power floating point core for connected devices
IP builds low-power floating point core for connected devices
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IP provider Cortus aims its FPS26 IP core, providing single precision floating point performance, at applications such as industrial control, machine vision and MIMO wireless systems.
Dedicated controllers offer ‘no software’ to add touch controls
Dedicated controllers offer ‘no software’ to add touch controls
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Silicon Labs’s TouchXpress fixed-function controllers claim to offer the fastest and easiest way to add low-power capacitive touch interfaces to embedded designs.
How to suppress interference on LVDS connections
How to suppress interference on LVDS connections
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A short paper from Langer EMV-Technik (Bannewitz, Germany) notes that LVDS drivers (and LVDS receivers) can be the source of significant interference emissions. The paper describes methods of measuring, analysing…


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