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Dialog & Bosch merge wireless & sensor expertise
Dialog & Bosch merge wireless & sensor expertise
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Dialog Semiconductor and Bosch Sensortec have announced a collaboration to develop a low power smart sensor wireless platform for IoT…
Thread plus Bluetooth Smart, running on a single wireless MCU
Thread plus Bluetooth Smart, running on a single wireless MCU
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Freescale’s 32-bit Kinetis KW41Z MCU claims to be the only-available multi-mode radio with Thread support, capable of running 802.15.4 and…
Atmel adds Somnium’s DRT software tools for improved code generation
Atmel adds Somnium’s DRT software tools for improved code generation
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Atmel and Somnium Technologies have added the Somnium DRT software tools as an extension to the recently launched Atmel Studio…
Renesas offers qualified software modules with Synergy MCUs
Renesas offers qualified software modules with Synergy MCUs
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Synergy is an embedded hardware-and-software platform from Renesas. The company observes that embedded product designers spend a disproportionate amount of…

Keeping pace with big data: real time searches
Keeping pace with big data: real time searches
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Cambridge-based startup Geospock has just secured £3.5M in Series A funding to bring its first product to market, a cloud-based database service with a simple-to-use API for developers to easily…
IDT/Altera collaborate on meeting Synchronous Ethernet specs
IDT/Altera collaborate on meeting Synchronous Ethernet specs
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Integrated Device Technology and Altera have been working on designs that combine IDT network communications solutions with Altera FPGAs and Altera IP cores to build flexible Ethernet nodes that comply…
Bosch drives development of both batteries and fuel cells
Bosch drives development of both batteries and fuel cells
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Will future electric cars drive with better batteries or fuel cells? Automotive supplier Bosch gives a sibylline answer: Both. The company has stated its goal in the battery development more…
Snapdragon processor hosted in graphics-oriented HMI module
Snapdragon processor hosted in graphics-oriented HMI module
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andersDX describes its latest design as its fastest-ever ARM module for graphics-rich user interfaces; it is a core module and a single board computer based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600…
Calibration: meeting the challenges of high-frequency power measurement
Calibration: meeting the challenges of high-frequency power measurement
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As more and more innovation focuses on energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy resources, engineers are increasingly demanding accuracy and precision from their power measurements. At the same…
Imagination’s Ensigma connectivity IP spans baseband to RF
Imagination’s Ensigma connectivity IP spans baseband to RF
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IP creator Imagination Technologies’ complete Ensigma connectivity IP system solutions include Wi-Fi/Bluetooth software, media access control (MAC) layer, baseband, analogue front end (AFE) and RF, made available through a range…
Renesas/Icon tie-up on security for IoT and industrial systems
Renesas/Icon tie-up on security for IoT and industrial systems
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Embedded security specialist Icon Labs has integrated its Floodgate security products with Renesas’ R-IN32M3 industrial network controller ICs and the Renesas Synergy Platform creating, the cpmpany says, a secure platform…
An IoT ‘starter kit’ from Arrow and Amazon Web Services
An IoT ‘starter kit’ from Arrow and Amazon Web Services
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Distributor Arrow Electronics, in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies and Amazon has disclosed its DragonBoard 410c “Internet of Things” (IoT) Starter Kit, which is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor…
Redriver function boosts USB 2.0 signal integrity in automotive designs
Redriver function boosts USB 2.0 signal integrity in automotive designs
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Texas Instruments presents this IC as the first stand-alone USB 2.0 redriver, improving signal integrity in automotive applications; the high-speed redriver easily enables designers to reduce the size, cost and…
Lasers go embedded
Lasers go embedded
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Embedded systems and laser applications are based on different technologies. Embedded systems are basically digital and require an analog connection to laser technology. The goal is a compact and efficient…
Low-power camera reference design streams 1080p video over Wi-Fi
Low-power camera reference design streams 1080p video over Wi-Fi
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ON Semiconductor, GainSpan and GEO Semiconductor are working on products for emerging IoT markets, combining ON Semiconductor’s image sensors, GEO’s image signal processing technology and GainSpan’s low power Wi-Fi solutions.
What’s your definition of ‘autonomous’ car?
What’s your definition of ‘autonomous’ car?
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During one of the panels — entitled “Connected and Automated Driving” — at this week's Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) World Congress, Doug Patton, CTO of Denso International America, Inc., asked…
Arduino-compatible, ARM mbed MCU development platform, from Maxim
Arduino-compatible, ARM mbed MCU development platform, from Maxim
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Maxim Integrated has posted details of a development platform for its own ARM-based MAX32600 microcontroller; it offers an ultra-low-power ARM Cortex-M3 with advanced analogue front-end in an Arduino-compatible form factor.
Calibration reveals order of magnitude better accuracy, says Yokogawa
Calibration reveals order of magnitude better accuracy, says Yokogawa
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Having just received the ISO17025 accreditation for its brand new European Calibration Laboratory at its European headquarters in Amersfoort, Yokogawa Europe B.V. took its centenary anniversary (it was founded in…
Next-gen ADAS focus on urban driving
Next-gen ADAS focus on urban driving
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With a number of seriously interesting results these days the UR:BAN research project has been finalised. 31 partners – OEMs, tier ones, research institutes and other entities – jointly presented…
Dolphin Integration acts as European Foundry portal for ASIC/SoC
Dolphin Integration acts as European Foundry portal for ASIC/SoC
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The EDA-SoC project has put Dolphin Integration (Grenoble, France) in the position of a full supplier for ASIC and SOC users: this R&D Program supported by the French, Italian, German…
Distributor sponsors 2-day course on Java in M2M & IoT
Distributor sponsors 2-day course on Java in M2M & IoT
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Distributor Anglia M2M, in conjunction with Gemalto, is to offer an in-depth two-day course that aims to show how to exploit the power and flexibility of Java in M2M and…
Fastest, highest-resolution DLP chipset for 3D print/lithography
Fastest, highest-resolution DLP chipset for 3D print/lithography
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With its latest micro-mirror-based light-steering chip, Texas Instruments says, applications developers can innovate with more than 4 million micromirrors to enable high throughput digital imaging applications.
Next-gen ADAS focuses on urban driving
Next-gen ADAS focuses on urban driving
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With a number of seriously interesting results these days the UR:BAN research project has been finalised. 31 partners – OEMs, tier ones, research institutes and other entities – jointly presented…
Imec & Cadence tapeout first test chip for 5-nm technologies
Imec & Cadence tapeout first test chip for 5-nm technologies
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Nano-electronics research centre imec (Leuven, Belgium) and Cadence Design Systems, have announced first tapeout of a 5nm test chip using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) as well as 193 immersion (193i) lithography.
Dresden’s chilling evening stroll
Dresden’s chilling evening stroll
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I am just back from Dresden, in east Germany. The weather was sunny and warm during the day but the temperature fell in the evenings and became uncomfortably chill. But…
Analogue/mixed-signal ICs implement anti-lock braking – in motorcycles
Analogue/mixed-signal ICs implement anti-lock braking – in motorcycles
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With a highly-integrated analogue approach, that Freescale presents as an innovative design that eliminates the need for heat sinking, this device is designed to enable smaller, lighter and more cost-effective…
Integrated 7.8 mΩ power switch handles 9A, with reverse-blocking
Integrated 7.8 mΩ power switch handles 9A, with reverse-blocking
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In Silego Technology’s range of single-channel, self-contained, reverse-blocking integrated power-switches, the SLG59M1600V is optimised for high-current, low-voltage power-rail distribution, power-rail sequencing, or any other power-rail application where power flow from…
60 GHz WirelessHD modules link wireless displays in medical, industrial apps
60 GHz WirelessHD modules link wireless displays in medical, industrial apps
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Providing a “simple and elegant” way to connect video source to video sink, eliminating the clutter of messy cables, these regulatory-approved modules can reduce the complexity of adding high-performance wireless…


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