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3D printing materials market will increase ten-fold to $8bn by 2025
3D printing materials market will increase ten-fold to $8bn by 2025
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It's no secret that 3D printing is a 'hot topic' with great interest in the technology for both protoyping and…
Industry embraces 48V supply in the cause of bringing down emissions
Industry embraces 48V supply in the cause of bringing down emissions
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At the recent 48V Hybrid electric vehicle conference in Düsseldorf (Germany), two areas of broad agreement emerged; 48V supply is…
Distributor Farnell element14 backs 3D print kickstarter project Robox
Distributor Farnell element14 backs 3D print kickstarter project Robox
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Farnell element14 is now stocking Robox' 3D printer. Retailing for £849.90 (UK Pounds, or equivalent), the unit features a proprietary…
ST’s gapDRIVE integrated gate drivers include on-chip galvanic isolation
ST’s gapDRIVE integrated gate drivers include on-chip galvanic isolation
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The STGAP1S advanced single-channel gate driver from STMicroelectronics, that integrates galvanic isolation with analogue and logic circuitry in the same…

Intel Edison embedded/IoT development platform, now in distribution
Intel Edison embedded/IoT development platform, now in distribution
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RS Components now has the complete Intel Edison development platform, which includes: the ultra-small Intel Edison compute module; the Intel Edison breakout board that helps rapid prototyping; and the Intel…
FTTH solutions for MDUs
FTTH solutions for MDUs
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Services that demand high quality such as IPTV, HDTV, video-on-demand, video telephony and video conferencing are gaining in popularity and require ever higher bandwidths and faster download and upload speeds.
FPGA-based functional safety boards, IP and industrial reference designs
FPGA-based functional safety boards, IP and industrial reference designs
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Altera FPGAs and IP, with a functional safety development board from NewTec, speed time to market for IEC61508 functional safety applications: reference designs reduce SIL 3 development and certification costs…
J-Link on-board adds Drag & Drop applications programming feature
J-Link on-board adds Drag & Drop applications programming feature
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Segger has introduced a Drag & Drop “intuitive programming" feature to its J-Link OB single-chip on-board debug probe.
Programmable RF dual transceiver implements MIMO-on-a-chip
Programmable RF dual transceiver implements MIMO-on-a-chip
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Lime Microsystems is shipping its second generation Field Programmable Radio Frequency (FPRF) devices. The FPRF contains dual transceivers that cover the frequency range 0.1 to 3800 MHz.
Lauterbach, Symtavision combine software for better safety verification
Lauterbach, Symtavision combine software for better safety verification
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Embedded systems timing analysis software vendor Symtavision and development tool company Lauterbach will merge their products more closely. The improved integration between Lauterbach's Trace32 software development suite and Symtavision's SymTA/S…
Distributor RS updates free PCB design software
Distributor RS updates free PCB design software
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Version 7.0 of RS Components’ DesignSpark PCB software comes with new functionality and additional features to support rapid prototyping…
Microchip’s 5V “EV” dsPIC33 MCUs offer enhanced noise immunity, ECC flash
Microchip’s 5V “EV” dsPIC33 MCUs offer enhanced noise immunity, ECC flash
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Microchip has added a family of 16-bit dsPIC33 Digital Signal Controllers (DSC), the dsPIC33 "EV" family that has 5V operation for improved noise immunity and robustness, for devices operating in…
Software test libraries for STM32 Microcontrollers boost functional safety
Software test libraries for STM32 Microcontrollers boost functional safety
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Certification has been announced of YOGITECH’s Diagnostic Libraries, enabling SIL2(3) on STMicroelectronics’ STM32 MCUs.
Universal temperature sensor IC linearises data to 0.1°C accuracy
Universal temperature sensor IC linearises data to 0.1°C accuracy
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LTC2983 is a high performance digital temperature measurement IC which directly digitises RTDs, thermocouples, thermistors and external diodes with 0.1°C accuracy and 0.001°C resolution.
LA Auto Show: Hydrogen fuel cell drive is back
LA Auto Show: Hydrogen fuel cell drive is back
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For a long time they have been disappeared from the limelight, even pronounced dead by some observers, the hydrogen fuel cell technology celebrates a spectacular comeback at the Los Angeles…
CSR’s accurate indoor location available to Android device developers
CSR’s accurate indoor location available to Android device developers
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A software library brings, says the provider of SiRF location products, plug and play simplicity to Android app developers: the SiRFusion Software Development Kit (SDK) enables indoor positioning for Android…
Rohm’s European Design Center in growth phase
Rohm’s European Design Center in growth phase
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At Electronica EE Times Europe caught up with Michael Davis European R&D director at the European Design Center (EDC) of Japan's Rohm Semiconductor.
Added integration in ST’s latest ARM Cortex-M0 MCU
Added integration in ST’s latest ARM Cortex-M0 MCU
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STMicroelectronics’ STM32F091 ARM Cortex-M0 MCU overcomes the resource constraints imposed by similar devices positioned for cost-sensitive applications by providing large on-chip memories and up to eight USARTs that save multiplexing…
The engineering desk-to-bench ratio
The engineering desk-to-bench ratio
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Dennis Feucht discusses the right and wrong, senior and junior ways to organize the theoretical and practical work of an analog engineer.
Opening up the IoT data flood gates: Semtech/IBM put LoRa spec public
Opening up the IoT data flood gates: Semtech/IBM put LoRa spec public
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IBM and Semtech are making the LoRa MAC protocol specification an open standard known as “LoRa MAC in C” under the Eclipse Public License (EPL).
PC software for EMI pre-compliance testing on a €4000 budget
PC software for EMI pre-compliance testing on a €4000 budget
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Rigol has introduced PC-based software that automates standard EMI precompliance tests. Used with a Rigol DSA800 or 1000 spectrum analyser, the software forms an economical test system for EMC parameter…
USB Type-C Interface IP for Lattice Semiconductor’s programmable logic
USB Type-C Interface IP for Lattice Semiconductor’s programmable logic
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Four programmable solutions support Type-C management functions with low power and small form factor; Lattice is providing integrated support for three key functions that unlock Type-C’s potential. In packaging down…
The Messe U-bahn crush business indicator
The Messe U-bahn crush business indicator
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Hurrah, Electronica was busy once again.
GaN-on-Si LED technology hits 120 lumens per Watt performance
GaN-on-Si LED technology hits 120 lumens per Watt performance
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Plessey has announced that its MAGIC gallium-nitride-on-silicon technology has successfully achieved light output of 120 lumens per Watt with greater than 50% light output efficiency. The UK-based company says that…
USB-scope drivers for PicoScopes now run on BeagleBone and Raspberry Pi boards
USB-scope drivers for PicoScopes now run on BeagleBone and Raspberry Pi boards
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Pico Technology has released beta drivers for its oscilloscope and data logging devices to run on the ARM-based BeagleBone Black and Raspberry Pi development boards.
Altera, IBM develop FPGA-accelerated POWER Systems with Coherent Shared Memory
Altera, IBM develop FPGA-accelerated POWER Systems with Coherent Shared Memory
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POWER8 systems that exploit reprogrammable FPGA accelerators gain significant improvements in system performance, efficiency and flexibility, the two companies say.
Design win; Sony selects ST secure MCUs for Japan’s next payment cards
Design win; Sony selects ST secure MCUs for Japan’s next payment cards
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STMicroelectronics has announced that its technology will provide Japan's first payment cards that will have multiple contactless applications in a single chip; ST says that the cards’ auto-detection RF capabilities…
RS adds to 3D printer offering with desktop “Ultimaker 2”
RS adds to 3D printer offering with desktop “Ultimaker 2”
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RS Components has augmented its rapid-prototyping product portfolio with a 3D printer that aims to severe the needs of a wide range of users including engineers involved in rapid-prototyping and…


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