MENU

Feature articles Page 68

Feature articles Page 68
1Mbit SPI FRAM comes in chip-scale packaging
1Mbit SPI FRAM comes in chip-scale packaging
Feature articles |
Fujitsu has used an ultra small package for this memory part, which it presents as a solution for power-critical miniature…
7 cardinal sins of embedded software development
7 cardinal sins of embedded software development
Feature articles |
Along with its best practices, every industry has its sinful ones. The cardinal sins are the sinful practices that many…
Pickering Interfaces’ eBIRST FAQ
Pickering Interfaces’ eBIRST FAQ
Feature articles |
Switching systems are an important part of many test systems; they allow test resources to access the key parts of…
Gigabit Ethernet FPGA Module for control and DAQ functions
Gigabit Ethernet FPGA Module for control and DAQ functions
Feature articles |
Orange Tree Technologies’ (Oxford, UK) ZestET2-NJ is a Gigabit-Ethernet-equipped FPGA module. Comprising Gigabit Ethernet processing engine, Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA, DDR3…

3-cm round touchscreen for wearable and industrial designs
3-cm round touchscreen for wearable and industrial designs
Feature articles |
Custom and semi-custom display specialist and distributor andersDX has a new round TFT touch screens aimed specifically at the growing market for wearable electronics, especially in the healthcare and fitness…
Arduino mini wireless development board, in distribution
Arduino mini wireless development board, in distribution
Feature articles |
Distributor RS Components has the Arduino Yun Mini, which it positions as an affordable, small and lightweight Linux-based WiFi prototyping solution…
Viao – and its gone
Viao – and its gone
Feature articles |
Only a few years ago the Sony Viao was arguably the most fashionable notebook computer around. And Sony – like Nokia with its mobile phones before it – was not…
Microthermal mass flow meters for G4 and G6 smart gas meters
Microthermal mass flow meters for G4 and G6 smart gas meters
Feature articles |
Sensirion (Staefa, Switzerland) has added two versions of its SGM70xx mass flow meter modules for G4 and G6 gas meters. These microthermal gas meter modules enable real-time gas flow monitoring…
Heisenberg’s principle applied to Indian wafer fabs
Heisenberg’s principle applied to Indian wafer fabs
Feature articles |
Could the curiously-named Cricket Semiconductor be going the same way as two previously-touted wafer fabs for India: into a state of uncertainty in position and momentum?…
For medical applications, micro brushless motor is 4 mm in diameter
For medical applications, micro brushless motor is 4 mm in diameter
Feature articles |
For use in micro drives, maxon's smallest DC brushless motor is only four millimetres in diameter and comes in two different lengths. Certified in accordance with ISO 13485, the new…
Sensor-to-host interface & front-end multiplexes 16 inputs
Sensor-to-host interface & front-end multiplexes 16 inputs
Feature articles |
This 16:1 sensor interface connects multiple bridge sensors to MCUs or FPGAs; the XR10910 simplifies sensor conditioning with integrated MUX, DAC, PGA and LDO.
Altera joins Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) to add FPGA expertise
Altera joins Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) to add FPGA expertise
Feature articles |
Altera has joined the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV), a community-led, industry-supported, open-source reference platform for network function virtualisation (NFV).
Automotive software design: The multiprocessing challenge
Automotive software design: The multiprocessing challenge
Feature articles |
Advanced Driver Assistance systems need increasingly more computing power. But not just processing power: Processing data from such disparate sensor types as cameras, radar, speed and steering angle detectors, these…
Automotive software design: new challenges through multiprocessing
Automotive software design: new challenges through multiprocessing
Feature articles |
Advanced Driver Assistance systems need increasingly more computing power. But not just processing power: Processing data from such disparate sensor types as cameras, radar, speed and steering angle detectors, these…
ARM-based Advantech ‘box’ computer for IoT, in distribution
ARM-based Advantech ‘box’ computer for IoT, in distribution
Feature articles |
Distributor Rutronik has the palm-sized UBC-220, an ARM-based compact box computer hosting a Freescale ARM Cortex-A9 i.MX6 Dual Lite high-performance processor. With compact size, high capability, and superior connectivity, UBC-220…
Electro Rent grows European operations with UK office opening
Electro Rent grows European operations with UK office opening
Feature articles |
Test equipment rental company Electro Rent – which is marking 10 years of operations in Europe – has recently opened a new facility to service the UK market. Reflecting on…
Integrated switch rated 4.5A and 16 mΩ, with reverse current blocking
Integrated switch rated 4.5A and 16 mΩ, with reverse current blocking
Feature articles |
Silego’s SLG59M1603V is a dual-channel, high-performance integrated power switch which adds reverse-current blocking to prior features of the range. It prevents power flow from load to source in low-voltage power-rail…
Reconfigurable computing card hosts Xilinx UltraScale FPGAs.
Reconfigurable computing card hosts Xilinx UltraScale FPGAs.
Feature articles |
Alpha Data’s range of off-the-shelf boards is augmented with the ADM-XRC-KU1, a high performance reconfigurable XMC (compliant to VITA Standard 42.0 and 42.3) based on the Xilinx UltraScale range of…
Hardware debugger for the fastest (IP) 8051 & 80251
Hardware debugger for the fastest (IP) 8051 & 80251
Feature articles |
Polish IP core provider and SoC design house Digital Core Design recently announced IP (intellectual property) 8051-architecture cores that it says are the fastest available; now, the company has added…
Exploring through-wall presence detection
Exploring through-wall presence detection
Feature articles |
This month, Novelda is giving away two full XeThru Inspiration kits worth 1499 US Dollars each, for EETimes Europe's readers to experiment first hand with its XeThru technology.
Automotive King Redefines Future
Automotive King Redefines Future
Feature articles |
Automotive is becoming one of the largest sectors of the electronics market pulling along with it the major suppliers. Renesas, for instance, made its fortune in automotive electronics before diversifying…
How well do you understand S-parameters? – A short course in Stockholm
How well do you understand S-parameters? – A short course in Stockholm
Feature articles |
The Danish training company EE-Training has arranged for signal integrity expert Eric Bogatin to teach a course on S-parameters – in Stockholm, in September 2015 – for the first time…
Wind River promotes Agile coding practices for IoT projects, with Simics release
Wind River promotes Agile coding practices for IoT projects, with Simics release
Feature articles |
The latest version of Wind River’s Simics package accelerates software development with, among other features, an expanded simulation capability. The release supports increased use of Agile software practices through the…
Power efficiency and digital filtering uprated in Renesas’ RX231 MCUs
Power efficiency and digital filtering uprated in Renesas’ RX231 MCUs
Feature articles |
With target application spaces such as industrial sensor and healthcare, this release of microcontrollers from Renesas offers a combination of the RXv2 CPU core with improved DSP/FPU and low-power consumption…
Multi-channel chipset simultaneously supports ZigBee and Thread networks
Multi-channel chipset simultaneously supports ZigBee and Thread networks
Feature articles |
GreenPeak Technologies’ GP712 for gateways and set-top boxes makes IoT solutions future-proof, at no additional cost, the company asserts: it positions the offering as the first single radio multi-protocol chipset…
Two-switch-quasi-resonant Flyback converter
Two-switch-quasi-resonant Flyback converter
Feature articles |
A flyback converter is very attractive in that it is typically the least expensive isolated topology because it uses the fewest number of components. For offline flyback designs a quasi-resonant…
Imagination offers mobile-graphics teaching materials to academia
Imagination offers mobile-graphics teaching materials to academia
Feature articles |
Describing it as, “the first complete university teaching course on mobile graphics,” Imagination Technollgies, under its University Programme (IUP), has created, “An Introduction to Mobile Graphics” that includes teaching materials…
Universal temperature sensor IC gains EEPROM in update
Universal temperature sensor IC gains EEPROM in update
Feature articles |
Intended for use in modular and custom sensor systems, LTC2984 is a high performance digital temperature measurement IC that directly digitises RTDs, thermocouples, thermistors and external diodes with 0.1°C conformity…


10s