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2-pin, self-powered serial EEPROMs for IoT, battery, consumable & cable ID
2-pin, self-powered serial EEPROMs for IoT, battery, consumable & cable ID
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Using a parasitic power scheme and I²C signalling, these single-wire memories require just one data and one ground pin, eliminating…
NI’s 2015 DIAdem DAQ software promises smarter measurement and data management
NI’s 2015 DIAdem DAQ software promises smarter measurement and data management
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National Instruments has turned its attention to helping engineers ith ‘big data’ problems, with the release of CompactDAQ measurement systems…
Wireless microcontroller for 2.4 GHz/ZigBee applications at ultra-low power
Wireless microcontroller for 2.4 GHz/ZigBee applications at ultra-low power
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NXP has posted details of the JN5169, an ultra low power, high performance wireless microcontroller suitable for ZigBee applications. It…
Maxim aims to grow automotive business, joins Renesas “R-Car” Consortium
Maxim aims to grow automotive business, joins Renesas “R-Car” Consortium
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Maxim Integrated Products has joined Renesas’ “R-Car Consortium,” partner programme, noting that in automotive systems greater focus is being placed…

CSR extends its mesh networking from lighting into Home Automation package
CSR extends its mesh networking from lighting into Home Automation package
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Adding low power sensor and actuator models, and continuing to promote its own mesh networking concept against market alternatives, CSR has released the latest version of its Bluetooth Smart solution…
RF module configured for implantable medical devices
RF module configured for implantable medical devices
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An off-the-shelf radio link, Microsemi’s ZL70323 is, the company says, the smallest radio module it has ever produced. The ZL70323 is optimised for implantable medical devices such as pacemakers, cardiac…
Comprehensive automotive Ethernet will enable secure autonomous vehicles – NXP
Comprehensive automotive Ethernet will enable secure autonomous vehicles – NXP
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NXP has announced a complete automotive Ethernet product portfolio; its high-bandwidth technology will accelerate development of autonomous driving and secure connected vehicles, the company asserts…
GaN-on-Silicon LED die provide efficient blue-to-white light phosphor drive
GaN-on-Silicon LED die provide efficient blue-to-white light phosphor drive
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Plessey has introduced MaGIC LED dice, manufactured on the company's GaN-on-Silicon technology; these blue emitters, sometimes referred to as blue pump for their ability to pump phosphor to a white…
DOCSIS 3.1 chipset for cost-effective multi-gigabit cable gateways
DOCSIS 3.1 chipset for cost-effective multi-gigabit cable gateways
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ST has shown its DOCSIS 3.1 chipset solution, opening what it terms the multi-gigabit era to cable operators. STiD325 (codenamed Barcelona), is a DOCSIS 3.1 chipset for Broadband CPE Cable…
Toshiba packs 256 Gbits of flash on a chip, in 48-layer 3D structure
Toshiba packs 256 Gbits of flash on a chip, in 48-layer 3D structure
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Toshiba has disclosed its latest generation of BiCS FLASH, its three-dimensional (3D) stacked cell structure flash memory. The claims a record with the first 256-Gigabit 48-layer BiCS FLASH device, which…
Industrial grade SD cards offer 100x data retention boost
Industrial grade SD cards offer 100x data retention boost
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Swissbit’s SD and Micro SD memory cards are build to deliver high performance and reliability for industrial, networking and communications applications: the S-450/S-450u cards offer sequential data rate up to…
Real-time spectrum analysis added to EMI receiver capabilities
Real-time spectrum analysis added to EMI receiver capabilities
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Keysight Technologies has added real-time spectrum analysis (RTSA) as an option for its standards-compliant MXE EMI receiver. Adding RTSA to an MXE enables test labs to observe and diagnose transient…
ADC is smallest-available, true-bipolar ±5V, 16-bit device
ADC is smallest-available, true-bipolar ±5V, 16-bit device
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Maxim Integrated has posted details of the MAX11166, a 16-bit, 500 ksample/sec, SAR ADC that offers AC and DC performance with true bipolar input range, small size, and internal reference.
Don’t get stuck at the light: start-stop technology and battery management
Don’t get stuck at the light: start-stop technology and battery management
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If the futurists are correct, in 50 years our grandchildren will be driving autonomous electric vehicles that they summon up from the cloud on demand. Gasoline will be a historical…
8-bit MCU documentation package smooths way to ISO 26262 certification
8-bit MCU documentation package smooths way to ISO 26262 certification
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STMicroelectronics has published a safety manual and Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA) document that together help streamline ISO 26262 functional-safety certification up to ASIL-B for systems containing its…
USB Type-C superMHL product carries 60fps, 4K Video & USB 3.1 data
USB Type-C superMHL product carries 60fps, 4K Video & USB 3.1 data
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Lattice Semiconductor claims the first superMHL products to deliver 4K 60fps RGB/4:4:4 video with concurrent USB 3.1 Gen 1 or Gen 2 data over the new USB Type-C connector; presented…
Automotive electronics complexity at tipping point, study warns
Automotive electronics complexity at tipping point, study warns
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Features and functions are added at rapid pace to new cars. Typically, the E/E engineers add a dedicated electronic control unit (ECU) for every new function. This approach is hitting…
Trigger/decoder for scope analysis of Manchester- and NRZ-coded buses
Trigger/decoder for scope analysis of Manchester- and NRZ-coded buses
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Manchester and NRZ coding are used by a large number of commercially-available, and proprietary, serial buses for the transfer of data and control signals. Debugging options for these protocols have…
Are you bored with your board? How PCB substrates affect aerospace apps
Are you bored with your board? How PCB substrates affect aerospace apps
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The performance required to deliver the next generation of satellite services for operators is stretching the capability of traditional materials used to fabricate space-grade PCBs.
The Filter Wizard: When off the shelf won’t do, Part 1
The Filter Wizard: When off the shelf won’t do, Part 1
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Kendall Castor-Perry of Cypress Semiconductor, otherwise known as The Filter Wizard, describes the process of designing of a decimation filter for an audio signal.
Is NextInput next winner in Apple products?
Is NextInput next winner in Apple products?
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NextInput Inc., a startup founded in 2012, could be the latest MEMS sensor company to be catapulted to fame and fortune by design wins with that doyen of consumer electronics,…
Ancient RF teardown: crude but effective
Ancient RF teardown: crude but effective
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Bill Schweber tears down an old Telectron garage door remote control and finds it elegant as well as more analog than digital.
Demand for radar systems boosts Infineon chip production
Demand for radar systems boosts Infineon chip production
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Radar systems are experience rapidly growing acceptance among car buyers. While passenger cars with a radar sensor can be bought since the nineties, production figures as well as take rates…
Dual differential RF switch offers matched channels to 6 GHz
Dual differential RF switch offers matched channels to 6 GHz
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Peregrine Semiconductor (part of Murata) has added the PE42920 to its range; a dual differential single pole double throw (DDSPDT) RF switch developed on Peregrine’s UltraCMOS® process technology.
Embedded GNSS antenna offers high sensitivity for accurate positioning
Embedded GNSS antenna offers high sensitivity for accurate positioning
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Antenova, maker of antennas and RF antenna modules for M2M and IoT, has added an embedded GNSS antenna, named ‘Sinica’, which operates on the 1559 – 1609 MHz satellite bands.
Evaluation board explores NFC use in wearables, IoT applications
Evaluation board explores NFC use in wearables, IoT applications
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For design of wearables, product identification, and smart-city applications for the Internet of Things (IoT), the CLOUD-ST25TA evaluation board is based on the ST25TA02K chip from STMicroelectronics.
IoT wireless sensors and the problem of short battery life
IoT wireless sensors and the problem of short battery life
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Wireless sensors provide great insight in applications like monitoring environmental conditions or industrial plants and machinery. Because they are simple to install, they can be deployed in a multitude of…
LED filaments – linear light emitters – from Plessey’s MaGIC process
LED filaments – linear light emitters – from Plessey’s MaGIC process
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Plessey is now manufacturing a of LED filaments with its MaGIC GaN-on-Silicon LED technology. The filaments are designed for the growing filament bulb market where these replacement lamps have far…


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