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3rd-order multi-axis look-ahead trajectory algorithm smooths driven motion
3rd-order multi-axis look-ahead trajectory algorithm smooths driven motion
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ACS Motion Control (Israel) has introduced an advanced 3rd order look-ahead trajectory generation algorithm that optimises the efficiency of motion…
Sensirion develops advanced platform for humidity and temperature sensing
Sensirion develops advanced platform for humidity and temperature sensing
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Sensirion's Platform3x consists of a group of humidity and temperature sensors with different precision levels and features.
ON Semiconductor and Transphorm cooperate on GaN: products by year-end
ON Semiconductor and Transphorm cooperate on GaN: products by year-end
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Co-developed products using Transphorm's high voltage GaN transistors, and power system reference designs will enable previously unobtainable efficiency and power…
MultiSIM comes free in Mouser’s blue
MultiSIM comes free in Mouser’s blue
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Betting on National Instruments’ strong Multisim user base while adding an extra 80,000 components models to NI’s original 20,000 component…

iPhone 6 chips discussed: InvenSense in, ST out
iPhone 6 chips discussed: InvenSense in, ST out
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Brian Coppa discusses some of the revelations in the iFixit teardown of the iPhone 6 from Apple.
PZT making waves in MEMS
PZT making waves in MEMS
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ST's announcement that it is offering a piezoMEMS manufacturing process catapults the company to the front of a wave of uptake for the technology.
Energy monitor IC watches rails to 100V: 1% accurate, 12-bit resolution
Energy monitor IC watches rails to 100V: 1% accurate, 12-bit resolution
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LTC2946 is a high or low side charge, power and energy monitor for DC supply rails in the 0V to 100V range. An integrated ±0.4% accurate, 12-bit ADC and external…
Arduino UNO Click Shield plus accessories for the Atmel Xplained
Arduino UNO Click Shield plus accessories for the Atmel Xplained
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Farnell element14 has announced the Arduino UNO Click Shield, and a range of Click Boards and accessories - that include WiFi and Bluetooth add-ons - for the Atmel SAMA5D3 Xplained,…
Freescale plans highest-performance Kinetis MCUs with ARM Cortex-M7 Core
Freescale plans highest-performance Kinetis MCUs with ARM Cortex-M7 Core
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Freescale Semiconductor has announced its proposed use of the new ARM Cortex-M7 core, which it intends to use to increase performance and power efficiency in forthcoming embedded SoCs.
First use of ARM Cortex-M7 by ST steps up STM32 MCU performance
First use of ARM Cortex-M7 by ST steps up STM32 MCU performance
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STMicroelectronics has announced the extension of its STM32 family of more than 500 pin- and software-compatible microcontrollers. The new STM32 F7 microcontroller (MCU) series uses the ARM Cortex-M7 core, just…
ARM lifts performance levels in MCU sector with Cortex-M7 processor
ARM lifts performance levels in MCU sector with Cortex-M7 processor
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ARM has announced the Cortex-M7 processor that, used in microcontroller cores, will increase performance and bring efficient digital signal processing to enable devices for the industrial, infrastructure and domestic sectors.
USB to SPI/I²C bridge chip from FTDI; IO-rich and power-efficient
USB to SPI/I²C bridge chip from FTDI; IO-rich and power-efficient
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FTDI Chip’s FT4222H is the latest addition to its USB offering; cCompliant with the USB 2.0 hi-speed standard, this is a feature-rich single chip bridging solution with I²C and multi-channel…
ST fabs integrated, flexible wideband RF synthesiser for software radio
ST fabs integrated, flexible wideband RF synthesiser for software radio
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STMicroelectronics’ STW81200 RF synthesiser uses the company’s BiCMOS (SiGe, silicon-germanium) manufacturing technology to integrate on one chip; wideband voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs), a dual fractional and integer phase-locked-loop (PLL) core, low-noise…
Dual mode Bluetooth platforms speed gaming controller development
Dual mode Bluetooth platforms speed gaming controller development
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CSR has created reference designs of Bluetooth 4.1 compliant platforms, intended as turnkey solutions to help speed time to market of low power, next-generation wireless gaming controllers…
LPDDR4 PHY layer test added to Tek’s DDR solutions
LPDDR4 PHY layer test added to Tek’s DDR solutions
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Tektronix has announced the a complete PHY layer and conformance test solution for JEDEC LPDDR4, the next generation of mobile memory technology, to support high-speed, low-power memory interfaces for forthcoming…
LeCroy pitches 1-GHz, 10-Gsample/sec scope at under €10k
LeCroy pitches 1-GHz, 10-Gsample/sec scope at under €10k
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Teledyne LeCroy’s € 9,990/£ 8,640 WaveSurfer 10 oscilloscope hosts the company’s MAUI user interface, 10 Mpts memory, 10 Gsample/sec sample rate and advanced debug tool kit.
Privacy gains traction with secure messaging apps
Privacy gains traction with secure messaging apps
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In 2012, three young software engineers in Switzerland created their own secure mobile messaging app called Threema, with the clear goal give users a tool to prevent their personal data…
USB-powered, PC-based, mixed-signal scopes with ARB
USB-powered, PC-based, mixed-signal scopes with ARB
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The PicoScope 3000D Series Mixed-Signal Oscilloscopes (MSOs) are intended for engineers working on a diverse range of embedded systems. These USB-connected devices form a complete portable test system, with two…
Hardware/software dev kit to add NFC to MCU systems
Hardware/software dev kit to add NFC to MCU systems
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The AS3911 NFC development kit includes an NCI standard-based interface to Android, Linux and Windows operating systems, providing a blueprint for an NFC implementation in any microcontroller-based system.
Ground is a cruel joke
Ground is a cruel joke
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Brandt Braswell, a distinguished member of the technical staff at Freescale Semiconductor, discusses why ground is relative and sometimes not what it seems.
3D printing consumables; high quality plastic filament for precision results
3D printing consumables; high quality plastic filament for precision results
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RS Components has expanded its 3D printing range with availability plastic filament produced to tight tolerances for consistent feed and stable 3D printing. In what is, perhaps, a sign of…
Daimler to test autonomous driving in California
Daimler to test autonomous driving in California
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Luxury carmaker Daimler has received a license from the US state of California to test autonomous driving on public roads in that state. The move is another evidence that automated…
Analyst tips solar microinverter/power optimiser market to pass $1bn in 2018
Analyst tips solar microinverter/power optimiser market to pass $1bn in 2018
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According to market researchers IHS Technology, the global market for photovoltaic (PV) solar microinverters and power optimisers is forecast to more than triple to more than $1 billion in 2018,…
Clock tree design for complex internet infrastructure applications
Clock tree design for complex internet infrastructure applications
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Silicon Labs has an online, web-based utility that performs a parameterised search among the company's clock tree chips, to build the most appropriate configuration for any given high-complexity digital environment…
ST, Soundchip, and AT&S cooperate on “bionic” hearing function module
ST, Soundchip, and AT&S cooperate on “bionic” hearing function module
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AT&S, advanced packaging solutions specialist; Soundchip SA, a Swiss-based company active in wearable sound technology, and STMicroelectronics have worked together on a 'bionic' hearing module that, when installed into a…
Qt – mobile app and HMI development – gets its own company identity
Qt – mobile app and HMI development – gets its own company identity
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Having, until now, grown the Qt line as a product under the Digia name, activity has risen to the level where Digia has formed “The Qt Company” as a wholly…
Building ARM-based Bluetooth-enabled wearables
Building ARM-based Bluetooth-enabled wearables
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The fast evolving market for wearable products will see explosive growth and many new use cases over the next few years. Market research company IHS predicts this market will be…
24-bit, 10 mW, 130 dB SNR, 64 ksps Δ-Σ ADC
24-bit, 10 mW, 130 dB SNR, 64 ksps Δ-Σ ADC
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Maxim Integrated has posted details of its MAX11270, an ADC with an integrated programmable gain amplifier that it presents as having the highest SNR and lowest power in its class…


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