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Polymer dry active electrodes will improve patient care in EEG and ECG measurements
Polymer dry active electrodes will improve patient care in EEG and ECG measurements
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Jointly announced by imec, Holst Centre and Datwyler Sealing Solutions, a novel polymer dry electrode is soft, flexible, and optimised…
Debugging the iPhone 6
Debugging the iPhone 6
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Verification consultant Lauro Rizzatti says that if he's correct in assuming Apple's using hardware emulation in its verification flow, the…
Structural faults leading to glitches
Structural faults leading to glitches
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With the increasing complexity of SoCs, multiple and independent clocks are essential in their design. The design specifications require system…
Do electric vehicle batteries on the grid make sense?
Do electric vehicle batteries on the grid make sense?
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Mike Everett, CTO at Maxwell Technologies, speaks out against the use of electric vehicle batteries for storage in the smart…

EDA tools should be free
EDA tools should be free
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Scott Elder, principal engineer with Linear Technology argues that access to EDA tools and learned papers could be free if they were developed and offered by the right companies or…
Imagination’s entry to open-source hosts dual-core 1.2 GHz MIPS processors
Imagination’s entry to open-source hosts dual-core 1.2 GHz MIPS processors
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Imagination Technologies has announced that it is now taking orders for its Creator C120, high-performance, low power development board with advanced graphics, video, audio and a range of connectivity options…
How Audi hopes to keep Google at bay
How Audi hopes to keep Google at bay
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In an interview with daily paper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler described the carmaker's strategy for the connected car and for autonomous driving - and why the OEM is…
Reversible debugger adds Save-Load option to increase debugging collaboration
Reversible debugger adds Save-Load option to increase debugging collaboration
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An addition to the UndoDB tool enables saving and loading of reversible debugging recordings…
TI’s DLP Pico 1080p display chipset; full HD projection from compact devices
TI’s DLP Pico 1080p display chipset; full HD projection from compact devices
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Texas Instruments is now sampling its latest and smallest micro-mirror DLP (digital light processor) chipset to leading optical module manufacturers; third party optical engines are now in development.
Bosch Sensortec’s Electronica booth invaded
Bosch Sensortec’s Electronica booth invaded
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Divya Thukkaram, product manager at Bosch Sensortec GmbH, describes how at Electronica an amateur drone maker became a powerful sales support on her company's booth.
Unboxing TI’s DLP LightCrafter
Unboxing TI’s DLP LightCrafter
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In a previous reader offer, EETimes Europe was giving away some DLP LightCrafter 2.0 kits from Texas Instruments. One of the winners was Ivan Kuten, head of R&D at Promwad,…
Adapting test strategies to IoT
Adapting test strategies to IoT
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The internet of things (IoT) brings with it the ability to build more flexible and responsive control systems in which devices from many different vendors are brought together to deliver…
u-blox acquires automotive short range modules business from lesswire
u-blox acquires automotive short range modules business from lesswire
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Increasing its presence in automotive Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules, and in technologies for vehicle-to-vehicle communications, Swiss based u-blox has acquired automotive-grade Bluetooth and Wi-Fi module products and a team of…
OLED display full screen colour pushbutton, in distribution
OLED display full screen colour pushbutton, in distribution
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These full screen units with thin frames provide, say their distributors, an HMI with real impact. Full Screen OLED pushbuttons from NKK Switches may be used to display a variety…
Molex’ MediSpec puts advanced medical technologies in mini 3D package
Molex’ MediSpec puts advanced medical technologies in mini 3D package
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Integrating fine-pitch circuitry, Molex’ MediSpec Moulded Interconnect Device/Laser Direct Structuring (MID/LDS) is a 3D technology that combines advanced MID capability with LDS antenna expertise, to deliver fine-pitch 3D circuitry in…
Low-jitter 1.25-Gsps clock for JESD204B serial interface in fast data conversion
Low-jitter 1.25-Gsps clock for JESD204B serial interface in fast data conversion
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Analog Devices’ clock IC allows full use of the functionality of the JESD204B SERDES high-speed interface.
Cypress and Spansion merge to form biggest SRAM, NOR flash maker
Cypress and Spansion merge to form biggest SRAM, NOR flash maker
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The combined company in a merger of around $4bn valuation will, the corporate announcement says, be a $2 billion [revenue] global leader in microcontrollers and specialised memories for embedded systems;…
Review: Tektronix RSA306 spectrum analyser (part 1)
Review: Tektronix RSA306 spectrum analyser (part 1)
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The spectrum analyser has always been a vital tool for the EMC engineer. Until the last few years, these instruments have been rather large and heavy desktop instruments, weighing up…
Mentor’s FloEFD CFD too gains sliding mesh, water film and enhanced radiation capabilities
Mentor’s FloEFD CFD too gains sliding mesh, water film and enhanced radiation capabilities
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Mentor Graphics’ latest release of its FloEFD upfront and concurrent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) product provides advanced capabilities and functionality which enables designers and analysts to create more realistic operating…
Distributor Mouser puts Development Tools Centre online
Distributor Mouser puts Development Tools Centre online
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Mouser Electronics has created its Engineering Development Tools Center on Mouser.com. This microsite allows developers to select from a variety of development tools for products such as microcontrollers, analogue and…
1.8mm profile, 3-A regulator module for PCIe, ATCA, microTCA cards
1.8mm profile, 3-A regulator module for PCIe, ATCA, microTCA cards
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LTM4623 is a 3A µModule (micromodule) step-down regulator in a 1.8-mm profile LGA package with a 6.25 x 6.25mm footprint. With solder paste, the package height is less than 2mm,…
Power modules for ATCA use hybrid regulated ratio in quarter-brick format
Power modules for ATCA use hybrid regulated ratio in quarter-brick format
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Ericsson has introduced the first 580W high-power DC/DC intermediate bus converter (IBC) module in a quarter-brick format to target Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) applications.
Espros launches QVGA 3D time-of-flight sensor
Espros launches QVGA 3D time-of-flight sensor
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Espros Photonics AG (Sargan, Switzerland) has announced the EPC660, a 3D time-of-flight QVGA imager that offers backside illumination and high sensitivity to near-infrared light.
How to measure the fastest power switches
How to measure the fastest power switches
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If you're designing power circuits with GaN devices, you need a grasp of the device's switching speed. To measure that, your oscilloscope, probes, and interconnects must be fast enough to…
Digitiser front ends need the right inputs
Digitiser front ends need the right inputs
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Digitisers used for capturing both low-speed and high-speed signals need to match their inputs to the fixed input range of their ADC (analogue to digital converter). To best use these…
Soft management of power system hardware
Soft management of power system hardware
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Tough challenges face the power system team on modern digital boards as nanometer-scale processor (ASIC, FPGA, microprocessor, DSP) supply voltages continue their downward march below 1V.
Designing JESD204B converter systems for low BER, Part 1
Designing JESD204B converter systems for low BER, Part 1
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With the adoption of the new high speed serial digital interface link, known as JESD204B, between converters and FPGAs, the error rate within the digital transmission line cannot be ignored…
Micro-fabricated gyroscope accuracy beats MEMS
Micro-fabricated gyroscope accuracy beats MEMS
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"The most accurate gyroscope in the world" is the claim made by Qualtre (Marlborough, Mass.) for its bulk-acoustic wave (BAW) single-axis gyroscope. Originally licensed from the Georgia Institute of Technology…


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