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4K autofocus zoom camera block for 30 fps industrial use
4K autofocus zoom camera block for 30 fps industrial use
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Sony has taken its leading 4K technology from its consumer and professional products to create what the company believes to…
Design win; Altera’s Arria 10 in real-time high-speed airborne Ethernet
Design win; Altera’s Arria 10 in real-time high-speed airborne Ethernet
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A design that implement Ethernet technology in demanding environments, Silkan’s CETRAC Ethernet interconnection technology achieves new levels of performance, and…
High speed magnetic rotary position sensor provides 14-bit on-axis readout
High speed magnetic rotary position sensor provides 14-bit on-axis readout
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This magnetic rotary position sensor also delivers a 12-bit binary incremental pulse count; the AS5147P is a high-resolution rotary position…
The Filter Wizard: Do your duty when you duty-cycle
The Filter Wizard: Do your duty when you duty-cycle
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Kendall Castor-Perry of Cypress Semiconductor, otherwise known as The Filter Wizard, discusses the perils of assuming duty cycling is as…

Phase-&-amplitude CMOS controller to optimise Doherty amplifiers
Phase-&-amplitude CMOS controller to optimise Doherty amplifiers
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Having previously outlined their proposed architecture, Peregrine Semiconductor has recently announced availability of its first UltraCMOS MPAC product: the PE46120 Monolithic Phase and Amplitude Controller (MPAC) is designed to optimise…
Migrating to advanced displays
Migrating to advanced displays
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No doubt Steve Jobs did a great job at Apple, some might say he even changed the world! Today a simple 7-segment display is not enough for even the simplest…
Good things from down under
Good things from down under
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There is an argument that as they come from a can-do, self-reliant culture, engineers and executives from Australia and New Zealand should be more creative and entrepreneurial than those from…
EU Electromobility research projects; Infineon takes lead role
EU Electromobility research projects; Infineon takes lead role
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With the ultimate objective of putting more electric vehicles on Europe's roads, three EU-funded research projects – "3Ccar", "OSEM-EV" and "Silver Stream" – are aimed at making electromobility cheaper, more…
Six-sensor platform evaluation kit from Rohm, in distribution
Six-sensor platform evaluation kit from Rohm, in distribution
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Distributor Farnell element14 has Rohm’s Multisense Evaluation Kit add-on sensor platform, opening up hot swappable sensor capability to projects. Users can test and interchange six of the most popular sensors…
RS adds low-cost CAD extensions to take 3D designs into manufacturing
RS adds low-cost CAD extensions to take 3D designs into manufacturing
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Distributor RS Components reports widespread take-up of its free 3D design package, DesignSpark Mechanical. The free package is intended as a prototyping vehicle for any engineer, and aims at 3D…
Altera schedules Stratix 10 FPGAs on Intel FinFET by year-end
Altera schedules Stratix 10 FPGAs on Intel FinFET by year-end
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Altera lays claim to the fastest and highest capacity FPGAs and SoCs, with doubling of performance, 5.5 million Logic Elements in a single device, 3D System-in Package integration, and comprehensive…
Multi-partner programme to broaden use of FD-SOI for low-power ICs
Multi-partner programme to broaden use of FD-SOI for low-power ICs
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Leti is launching the Silicon Impulse FD-SOI (fully-depleted, silicon-on-insulator) Development Program, through which eight partners are to combine expertise and facilities for one-stop-shop services to speed development of energy-efficient products…
Automotive SoCs targeted by qualified IP from Synopsys
Automotive SoCs targeted by qualified IP from Synopsys
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Synopsys’ DesignWare IP portfolio includes function to meet key automotive functional safety requirements and is being further enhanced with availability of ASIL B ready IP, and investment in AEC-Q100 testing…
Cadence combines its own, and acquired Jasper, formal tools
Cadence combines its own, and acquired Jasper, formal tools
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Cadence has announced its next-generation formal verification platform. Combining the formal methods previously incorporated in Cadence’s Incisive tools with the technology it purchased with Jasper, the designation selected going forward…
Dual-mode Bluetooth module spans ‘Smart’ & ‘Classic’ apps
Dual-mode Bluetooth module spans ‘Smart’ & ‘Classic’ apps
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Silicon Labs’ dual-mode Bluetooth Smart Ready module is a flexible route to integrate both Bluetooth Smart and Bluetooth Basic Rate/Enhanced Data Rate (BR/EDR) wireless technologies while minimising design time, cost…
Comparing position sensor technologies for Hydraulic cylinder feedback
Comparing position sensor technologies for Hydraulic cylinder feedback
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Position feedback sensors for hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders have used one of three traditional technologies: Magnetostrictive, Variable Resistance, and Variable Inductance sensors.
Comparing position sensor technologies for hydraulic cylinder feedback
Comparing position sensor technologies for hydraulic cylinder feedback
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Position feedback sensors for hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders have used one of three traditional technologies: Magnetostrictive, Variable Resistance, and Variable Inductance sensors.
Apple Watch begins countdown to connected devices in the enterprise
Apple Watch begins countdown to connected devices in the enterprise
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Unless you have been living under a rock these past few months, you're probably aware that Apple recently released its long awaited smartwatch. Even then, actually, you probably would have…
ASIC by ams enables magnetic measurements in satellite-based exploration
ASIC by ams enables magnetic measurements in satellite-based exploration
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Profiling the Earth’s magnetosphere, a mission by (among others) the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, the Space Research Institute (Institut für Weltraumforschung, IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences…
32-bit RISC IP extends use of 8051 peripherals/software
32-bit RISC IP extends use of 8051 peripherals/software
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Dolphin Integration’s RISC-351 Zephyr microcontroller IP (intellectual property) enables 80x51 users to benefit from 32-bit microcontroller performances while building on the i51 legacy of peripherals and software.
Quantum technique extends thermometry, resolves smallest ΔT
Quantum technique extends thermometry, resolves smallest ΔT
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Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the University of Nottingham, UK, claim to have fixed the limits of thermometry by establishing the smallest possible fluctuation in temperature which…
Bluetooth Smart controller reduces idle/standby power
Bluetooth Smart controller reduces idle/standby power
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The latest version of EM Microelectronic’s EM9301 ultra-low power Bluetooth Smart Controller now supports Bluetooth 4.1, and can implement Bluetooth Smart with any microcontroller, ASIC or electronic system. Optimised for…
Is first-pass success possible for silicon IP? Part 2
Is first-pass success possible for silicon IP? Part 2
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Brandt Braswell, a distinguished member of the technical staff at Freescale Semiconductor, continues with his tips to help turn out an IP core that is "right" the first time it…
2.5A power manager simplifies Li-ion battery backup
2.5A power manager simplifies Li-ion battery backup
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LTC4040 is a complete lithium battery backup power management system for 3.5V to 5V supply rails that must be kept active during a main power failure. Batteries provide considerably more…
“Performance” 2- and 4-port VNAs focus on affordability, speed sweeping
“Performance” 2- and 4-port VNAs focus on affordability, speed sweeping
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Anritsu’s MS46500B series brings industry first simultaneous forward and reverse sweeping VNAs to variety of measurement applications.
Thank Einstein for GPS
Thank Einstein for GPS
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John Teel considers how the intellect of Albert Einstein has made an item of apparently every-day electronics possible.
Freescale bridges electrical/hydraulic systems with integrated valve driver
Freescale bridges electrical/hydraulic systems with integrated valve driver
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Precision valve controller SoCs are designed to provide safe and robust connected hydraulic systems; Freescale says its highly integrated solution with connected diagnostics for IoT-based preventative maintenance reduces costs, simplifies…
I²C bus address translators resolve address conflicts
I²C bus address translators resolve address conflicts
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Requiring no extra software coding or I²C multiplexers, the LTC4316/LTC4317/LTC4318 family of I²C/SMBus address translators enable multiple slaves with identical addresses, such as temperature sensors, to individually communicate with the…


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