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Without a trace: towards eco-friendly electronics that self-degrade and vanish
Without a trace: towards eco-friendly electronics that self-degrade and vanish
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Researchers at Scandinavian research organization SINTEF have made progress in developing components that dissolve in water. They are made of…
The peak-to-average ratio: or how good engineers can look bad
The peak-to-average ratio: or how good engineers can look bad
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Ken Coffman, field applications engineer with Fairchild Semiconductor, discusses the trade-offs between providing excellence and excellent value for money in…
Spread-spectrum frequency modulation reduces automotive LED driver EMI
Spread-spectrum frequency modulation reduces automotive LED driver EMI
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The large number of electronics in an automobile must have reasonably low electromagnetic interference (EMI) in order to avoid disturbing…
3-day European developer forum surveys battery & energy storage trends
3-day European developer forum surveys battery & energy storage trends
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To be held from March 24 to 26, 2015 in the Stadthalle Aschaffenburg, Germany, the 8th Developer Forum: Battery Technologies…

385 MHz bandwidth IF diversity receiver IC
385 MHz bandwidth IF diversity receiver IC
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Analog Devices has posted information on the AD6674, which is a 385 MHz bandwidth mixed-signal intermediate frequency (IF) receiver.
EEsof EDA software links to Cadence Virtuoso for RFIC co-design
EEsof EDA software links to Cadence Virtuoso for RFIC co-design
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The latest release of Keysight Technologies’ Advanced Design System (ADS) software, ADS 2015 extends silicon RFIC interoperability with Cadence’s Virtuoso, alongside GoldenGate-in-ADS, and other capabilities intended to increase design efficiency.
Touch sensing for industrial designs extends moisture tolerance, hover performance
Touch sensing for industrial designs extends moisture tolerance, hover performance
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Atmel’s next-generation maXTouch U family is positioned as the first capacitive touchscreen solution to allow no compromise for designing new state-of-the-art displays. OEMs will no longer have to worry about…
A home for your Raspberry Pi/Arduino-based gadget idea
A home for your Raspberry Pi/Arduino-based gadget idea
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Hammond Electronics’ 1593HAMEGG enclosures are board-specific designs that provide a ready-made housing for the Arduino and Raspberry Pi bareboard computers. Available in translucent blue, translucent purple or translucent black, they…
3D pressure sensors use deforming surfaces to provide ‘grip’ and ‘feel’ functionality
3D pressure sensors use deforming surfaces to provide ‘grip’ and ‘feel’ functionality
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Distributor Conrad Business Supplies has OptoForce’s 10mm OMD sensor, which features a new way of gripping and measuring forces; the design works with infrared technology to give both accuracy and…
Towards object-based audio with Tensilica’s 4th-gen HiFi DSP Architecture IP
Towards object-based audio with Tensilica’s 4th-gen HiFi DSP Architecture IP
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Cadence Design Systems’ Tensilica HiFi 4 audio/voice digital signal processor (DSP) intellectual property (IP) core for system-on-chip (SoC) designs claims the highest performance licensable digital signal processing (DSP) core for…
ST updates Bluetooth network processor to BT4.1 spec
ST updates Bluetooth network processor to BT4.1 spec
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STMicroelectronics has released the latest version of its BlueNRG Bluetooth SMART network processor, which supports the latest Bluetooth version 4.1 enhancements and introduces 1.7V operation for longer-lasting battery-powered applications.
Bridging the gap between speed and power in asynchronous SRAMs
Bridging the gap between speed and power in asynchronous SRAMs
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The Asynchronous SRAM space is divided between two very distinct product families – fast and low power – each with its own set of features, applications, and price. Fast Asynchronous…
Universal debug engine 4.4 targets heterogeneous multicore SoCs
Universal debug engine 4.4 targets heterogeneous multicore SoCs
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PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme's Universal Debug Engine (UDE) 4.4 has been designed with enhanced debugging procedures for complex system-on-chips (SoCs) with heterogeneous controller cores, optimized data visualization in system-level…
Debug functions and data visualisation for complex heterogeneous multicore SoCs
Debug functions and data visualisation for complex heterogeneous multicore SoCs
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PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme has taken its Universal Debug Engine (UDE) to version 4.4; features include significantly enhanced debugging procedures for complex system-on-chips (SoCs) with heterogeneous controller cores, optimised…
Build your Tower for free
Build your Tower for free
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To ensure you have a good start in 2015, Freescale is giving away five of its QorIQ TWR-LS1021A Tower system modules, worth USD269 each, for EETimes Europe's readers to win.
Apple Watch illustrates battery-life challenge
Apple Watch illustrates battery-life challenge
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Mike Salas, vice president of marketing at Ambiq Micro, discusses Apple's first wearable product and ways to improve it.
The Top 10 Most Popular LED Lighting Technical Articles of 2014
The Top 10 Most Popular LED Lighting Technical Articles of 2014
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LED Lighting issues focusing on powering solid state lighting, HBLEDs and dimmabke LED bulbs were all topics for the most popular technical articles of 2014 taken from our newsletters.
Obscured part numbers protect IP in production, without the grind of grinding
Obscured part numbers protect IP in production, without the grind of grinding
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Companies frequently require markings on components to be removed to make it hard for rivals to easily find out what parts are used on the PCB. Contract manufacturer Escatec has…
Wearable, bracelet-sized development kits offer quick IoT development
Wearable, bracelet-sized development kits offer quick IoT development
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When Becky Oh and George Hsu told me that PNI was restructuring into two separate companies, my first thought was "Why?," but as they revealed their strategy and reasoning behind…
Qorvo emerges out of RF-specialist merger
Qorvo emerges out of RF-specialist merger
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RF Micro Devices and TriQuint Semiconductor have completed their "merger of equals" to form Qorvo, presenting the combined company as a leader in RF, focusing on low-power building blocks.
Embedded security rises and falls with crypto key management
Embedded security rises and falls with crypto key management
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Embedded systems face ongoing threats of penetration by persistent individuals and organisations armed with increasingly sophisticated tools. On-chip security features do serve as fundamental enablers for secure systems but can…
15-in-15: Analog, MEMS and sensor startups to watch in 2015
15-in-15: Analog, MEMS and sensor startups to watch in 2015
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Here are fifteen startups that are eager to change the world of electronics and that we think are worth keeping an eye on in 2015 if you are interested in…
The big lie about LED lighting
The big lie about LED lighting
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Scott Elder, principal engineer with Linear Technology discusses why LED lighting fails earlier than consumers might expect.
The four most stressful days of an analog engineer
The four most stressful days of an analog engineer
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Scott Elder, principal engineer with Linear Technology discusses stress testing of analog ICs – and of analog engineers.
Analog Tips; Ultra-low-noise linear regulator powers PLLs, VCOs and clocking ICs
Analog Tips; Ultra-low-noise linear regulator powers PLLs, VCOs and clocking ICs
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Wideband communication systems usually require an ultra-low-noise regulator to power the VCOs and PLLs. The regulator must also be able to reject any ripple presented at its input.
Death to “half-power handsets”
Death to “half-power handsets”
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It is one of the mobile industry's dirty secrets, but nearly all of today's 4G handsets do not transmit at full power. Instead, 4G handset manufacturers have been producing "half-power…
Researchers take FRAM from 130 to 28 nm in a single leap
Researchers take FRAM from 130 to 28 nm in a single leap
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CMOS-compatible 28nm FeRAM (ferroelectric RAM, or FRAM) could become commercially available within three to five years, according to research from a collaborative project between NaMLab (TU Dresden), the Fraunhofer Institute…
IDE for NXP’s ZigBee IoT MCUs promises “breakthrough” programming
IDE for NXP’s ZigBee IoT MCUs promises “breakthrough” programming
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NXP Semiconductors’ BeyondStudio IDE for the JN516x range of wireless MCUs for Internet of Things (IoT) applications is a software development environment, developed by Beyond Semiconductor, that simplifies the development…


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