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European MEMS Summit news compendium
European MEMS Summit news compendium
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A compendium of news stories from the first European MEMS Summit organized by SEMI that took place in Milan, Italy,…
Opinion: Volkswagen’s failure
Opinion: Volkswagen’s failure
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It went through the press like a thunderstorm: Volkswagen installed a software in its diesel engine controllers that detected when…
16-bit precision sensor signal conditioner, with on-chip DSP
16-bit precision sensor signal conditioner, with on-chip DSP
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ZMDI’s ZSSC3036 is an energy-efficient, high-precision 16-bit sensor signal conditioner providing high accuracy amplification and high resolution output…
Texas Instruments digital light processing event; Mainz, Germany, October 7th
Texas Instruments digital light processing event; Mainz, Germany, October 7th
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TI is holding a 2-day symposium to showcase the future of DLP technology; the tenth running of this event, the…

Type-C interconnect test fixtures major on signal integrity
Type-C interconnect test fixtures major on signal integrity
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To assist engineers verify and debug devices that use Type-C connector technology, Keysight Technologies has designed what it claims to be the highest-signal-integrity Type-C test fixtures for high-speed differential bus…
All-optical switching in transparent networks: challenges and new implementations
All-optical switching in transparent networks: challenges and new implementations
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As modern networks continue to evolve in both size and complexity, new technologies have emerged to facilitate the most basic networking functions and to efficiently utilise the potential of optical…
Calfornian startup goes multi-die to customize MCUs
Calfornian startup goes multi-die to customize MCUs
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A startup company from Southern California has made use of the increased availability and lower cost of multi-die packaging to offer custom microcontrollers. The company reckons this approach and the…
IT security becomes essential feature for cars
IT security becomes essential feature for cars
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The development in the automotive industry clearly shows that the car is increasingly becoming a mainstream IT object, widely defined by software. Therefore, IT security is becoming a design goal…
Sleep-monitoring health application takes ARM’s Smart Product Design prize
Sleep-monitoring health application takes ARM’s Smart Product Design prize
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A device to help tackle sleep apnea has claimed first prize in the ARM Smart Product Design Competition. The Apnea Observer was designed by developer Clemente di Caprio from Rome,…
Non-isolated, digital PoL standard by “AMP” PSU-maker grouping
Non-isolated, digital PoL standard by “AMP” PSU-maker grouping
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The consortium of power supply makers collaborating as ‘Architects of Modern Power’ have announced their ‘picoAMP’ standard to provide a non-isolated platform for the lower 6A to 18A power range.
Digitally-controllable LED drivers for energy-efficient lighting systems
Digitally-controllable LED drivers for energy-efficient lighting systems
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Infineon has developed a digital platform for LED lighting power supplies: its .dp digital power 2.0 allows LED lighting systems to be controlled intelligently, thus making maximum energy savings possible.
“Chip-scale optics” – silicon engineering shapes LED light patterns
“Chip-scale optics” – silicon engineering shapes LED light patterns
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Plessey Semiconductors has developed technology for Chip Scale Optics (CSO) based on its GaN-on-Silicon MaGIC LEDs. Chip Scale Optics permits design of light emission angles down to ten degrees direct…
Bosch acquisition of Seeo highlights NMC vs. NCA chemistries and safety
Bosch acquisition of Seeo highlights NMC vs. NCA chemistries and safety
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Bosch, one of the top automotive suppliers in the industry, on August 28, 2015 strategically acquired Seeo, a solid-state battery developer of next-generation energy storage. There was not much notice…
Power quality paramount in digital age
Power quality paramount in digital age
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The days of rooms full of rows of filing cabinets are rapidly disappearing into distant memory. These days we don't have to stand for hours each week painstakingly shuffling paper…
Dialog aims to grow IoT market coverage with buy-out of Atmel
Dialog aims to grow IoT market coverage with buy-out of Atmel
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Dialog Semiconductor plc is to buy Atmel Corp. in a $4.6 billion cash-and-stock deal in a move to intended to capture a larger slice of the Internet of Things (IOT)…
8-bit MCUs still keepin’ on; Microchip adds new development platform
8-bit MCUs still keepin’ on; Microchip adds new development platform
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This development platform, Microchip says, accelerates design of application functions using advanced peripherals available on 8-bit PIC microcontrollers…
ST builds development package around STM32L4 MCUs
ST builds development package around STM32L4 MCUs
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STMicroelectronics has updated its microcontroller development ecosystem with prototype boards for all budgets and STM32Cube software support for the STM32L4 series now entering full production.
IC controls power delivery over USB Type-C connector
IC controls power delivery over USB Type-C connector
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Rohm Semiconductor has developed power receiver controller ICs compatible with the latest USB Power Delivery (Rev2.0) and Type-C (Rev1.1) standards. The BM92TxxMWV series supports conventional USB power supply up to…
Scalable, royalty-free 32-bit CPU IP core for deeply-embedded designs
Scalable, royalty-free 32-bit CPU IP core for deeply-embedded designs
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IP Core provider and System-on-Chip design house Digital Core Design (Bytom, Poland) has its D32PRO CPU, a 32-bit, deeply embedded and royalty-free IP Core. Based on a RISC architecture it…
Boost ADC performance at Gsample rates, with digital enhancement
Boost ADC performance at Gsample rates, with digital enhancement
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Swedish company Signal Processing Devices has issued a note on its IP for FPGAs, a digital time-interleaved ADC mismatch error correction IP-core; the ADX4 IP is used to enhance ADC…
Car security at IAA: No need to reinvent the wheel
Car security at IAA: No need to reinvent the wheel
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The recent spectacular hacks in the USA apparently startled the automotive industry – or at least some service providers and suppliers. In any case, security was a topic at the…
The Silicon 60 v16.1: A tale of two Cs
The Silicon 60 v16.1: A tale of two Cs
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The Silicon 60 has moved through another major iteration with half its number changing over.
EE Times Silicon 60: 2015’s Startups to Watch
EE Times Silicon 60: 2015’s Startups to Watch
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It has been just over a year since EE Times produced a version15.1 of the Silicon 60.
AMD/Mentor Graphics partnership expanded to Embedded Sourcery code
AMD/Mentor Graphics partnership expanded to Embedded Sourcery code
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Describing it as a move to demonstrate commitment to the embedded market and accelerate development for x86 and ARM environments, AMD and Mentor will now provide AMD users access to…
Bias generators with ultralow noise and ripple for sensitive circuits
Bias generators with ultralow noise and ripple for sensitive circuits
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LT3095 is a dual-channel IC delivering two very low noise, low ripple bias supplies from a single input. Each channel incorporates a monolithic step-up DC/DC converter post-regulated by an integrated…
Imagination highlights virtualisation in Microchip’s 32-bit PICs
Imagination highlights virtualisation in Microchip’s 32-bit PICs
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Following Microchip’s announcement of its PIC32MZ microcontrollers, Imagination Technologies, supplier of the MIPS core around which the PICs are built, is emphasising that the MIPS M-class CPUs concerned are the…
Designing RF generators for MedTech applications
Designing RF generators for MedTech applications
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To design for manufacture an RF generator for use in medical applications can prove an exercise in jumping through regulatory hoops for the design team. There are so many complex…
crowdfunded CodeBug nano-board now at element14
crowdfunded CodeBug nano-board now at element14
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CodeBug is a low-cost crowdfunded nano-board designed to teach beginners the fundamentals of programming and electronics in a friendly non-intimidating way.


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