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The Filter Wizard: ‘three-legs’ and the 4-20 mA current loop
The Filter Wizard: ‘three-legs’ and the 4-20 mA current loop
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Kendall Castor-Perry of Cypress Semiconductor, otherwise known as The Filter Wizard, looks at some tricks for implementing a 4 to…
Automotive electric motor pre-driver supports ASIL-D protection
Automotive electric motor pre-driver supports ASIL-D protection
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Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has a motor pre-driver IC for automotive applications, especially electric power steering (EPS) systems, where safety…
Mentor continues PCB software revamp with data management design
Mentor continues PCB software revamp with data management design
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Mentor Graphics has added the next element in its Xpedition platform, the Xpedition Data Management (xDM) product suite. The xDM…
Failed merger talks won’t stop Dialog
Failed merger talks won’t stop Dialog
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AMS, formerly known as Austriamicrosystems, and Dialog Semiconductor couldn't agree the terms of a merger, which feels like a missed…

40V step-down voltage controller achieves 0.008%/V line regulation
40V step-down voltage controller achieves 0.008%/V line regulation
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Exar’s XR75100 is a 40V-capable switching controller added to its line of DC-DC power conversion products, and intended to simplify point-of-load supply designs in industrial applications.
MOST reference designs simplify automotive infotainment projects
MOST reference designs simplify automotive infotainment projects
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MOST ToGo is a concept from Microchip; a collection of reference designs comprising hardware, firmware and documentation for MOST50 electrical and MOST150 coax physical-layer systems, that enable designers to focus…
Photographic technology visualises magnetic fields
Photographic technology visualises magnetic fields
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A new technique enables users to display magnetic fields as a 2D colour photography. Users can acquire, visualise and quantify the distribution of magnetic field strengths. The technique can be…
AMS, Dialog call a halt to merger talks
AMS, Dialog call a halt to merger talks
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Talks over a possible merger of mixed-signal chip companies AMS (Unterpremstaetten, Austria) and Dialog Semiconductor plc (Reading, England) have failed to reach agreement and been abandoned.
Thoughts on energy harvesting for wearable equipment
Thoughts on energy harvesting for wearable equipment
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Thomas Kail, a product manager with AMS AG, reckons increasingly wearable equipment will include energy harvesting tuned to the application.
40 Gbps connector system comes with pin-map generator tool
40 Gbps connector system comes with pin-map generator tool
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Molex’ Impel is a high-speed, high-performance backplane connector system that combines signal integrity and density with a scalable price and performance path for future data-rate enhancements.
Five technologies that football should consider next
Five technologies that football should consider next
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For some of us, the only milestone this year's World Cup tournament achieved was for being the shortest-lived edition ever, lasting a paltry 7 days for England.
Spark Core WiFi/Arduino-compatible development platform, now in distribution
Spark Core WiFi/Arduino-compatible development platform, now in distribution
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CPC, UK distributor of electrical products and accessories, is to distribute in the UK for Spark. The Spark Core is a complete Wi-Fi enabled, Arduino-compatible development platform that aims to…
UDOO ARM Cortex-A9 4-core 1-GHz prototyping platform, now in distribution
UDOO ARM Cortex-A9 4-core 1-GHz prototyping platform, now in distribution
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This small sized, powerful development and prototyping platform integrates ARM cortex-A9 iMX.6 CPU and an Arduino Due-compatible board embedded with a dedicated ARM SAM3X8E MCU.
Large-system rapid prototyping, software development & low-power verification from Cadence
Large-system rapid prototyping, software development & low-power verification from Cadence
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Added to Cadence Design Systems’ System Development Suite, the Protium rapid prototyping platform is configured to improve software development productivity, and includes verification according to the IEEE 1801 low power…
SparqEE boards add cellular connectivity to Raspberry Pi and Arduino
SparqEE boards add cellular connectivity to Raspberry Pi and Arduino
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Available from distributor RS, CELLv1.0 2G+3G module and shield adapter boards will simplfy adding cellular connections to projects in the Raspberry Pi and Arduino development communities…
Design win for wireless modules in vibration-powered, real-time railway bearing monitoring
Design win for wireless modules in vibration-powered, real-time railway bearing monitoring
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LPRS is supplying its easyRadio Advanced (eRA) wireless modules to energy-harvesting specialist Perpetuum for a sensor system which enables users to predict failure of rotating components including wheel bearings and…
ST’s paper-thin EnFilm rechargeable batteries – in distribution
ST’s paper-thin EnFilm rechargeable batteries – in distribution
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Mouser Electronics has the EFL700A39 EnFilm rechargeable lithium batteries from STMicroelectronics. At 25.7 x 25.7 mm, these batteries are about the size of a postage stamp and are almost as…
CSR set to release Mesh-radio-for-Bluetooth development kit
CSR set to release Mesh-radio-for-Bluetooth development kit
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Smartphone control makes the difference, CSR says; the Bluetoooth silicon vendor announced earlier in 2014 that it had developed a mesh networking protocol to run on the Bluetooth Smart (a.k.a.
“Hats Off” Challenge promotes head-worn electronic designs
“Hats Off” Challenge promotes head-worn electronic designs
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element14, along with partner Adafruit, has launched the “Hats Off” global design challenge, invinting participants to re-imagine the hat into new wearable technology solutions with real-world functionality.
8 megapixel CCD image sensor boosts sensitivity, cuts noise
8 megapixel CCD image sensor boosts sensitivity, cuts noise
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Offering uprated performance for intelligent traffic, surveillance, medical imaging and industrial inspection, ON Semiconductor’s KAI-08051 image sensor includes technology acquired with Truesense Imaging…
Renesas’ IP for capacitive touch sensing improves HMI performance
Renesas’ IP for capacitive touch sensing improves HMI performance
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Renesas Electronics Europe has developed intellectual property (IP) that implements leading-performance capacitive touch sensing technology suitable for home appliances, and healthcare equipment, such as blood pressure and blood glucose meters.
Sub-GHz “Security MCU” integrates transceiver and wake-up transponder
Sub-GHz “Security MCU” integrates transceiver and wake-up transponder
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Texas Instruments’ latest RF430 security MCU offers a high level of RF integration and comes with a new evaluation module to jumpstarts designs; the RF430F5978 MCU integrates TI sub-1GHz RF…
‘Hats Off’ Challenge promotes head-worn electronic designs
‘Hats Off’ Challenge promotes head-worn electronic designs
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element14, along with partner Adafruit, has launched the “Hats Off” global design challenge, invinting participants to re-imagine the hat into new wearable technology solutions with real-world functionality.
Silicon 60 Reveals Shifts in Technology Focus
Silicon 60 Reveals Shifts in Technology Focus
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The names of more than 340 companies have appeared on the EE Times Silicon 60 list of emerging technology companies since it first appeared in April 2004. That includes the…
EE Times Silicon 60: Hot Startups to Watch
EE Times Silicon 60: Hot Startups to Watch
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It has been more than 18 months since EE Times last produced a version of the Silicon 60. The global economic, entrepreneurial, and electronics business climates have all improved in…
EE Times Silicon 60: Hot Startups to Watch
EE Times Silicon 60: Hot Startups to Watch
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It has been more than 18 months since EE Times last produced a version of the Silicon 60. The global economic, entrepreneurial, and electronics business climates have all improved in…
VGA CMOS image sensors for surveillance cameras and drive recorders
VGA CMOS image sensors for surveillance cameras and drive recorders
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Toshiba Electronics Europe’s TCM3211PB is a 1/4-inch VGA CMOS area image sensor for security cameras, surveillance cameras and drive recorder applications that enables high sensitivity video capture even in low…
Design-in for FreeRTOS in crowd-funded home network access product
Design-in for FreeRTOS in crowd-funded home network access product
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FreeRTOS is at the heart of the software in a low-cost, low-power home network remote access appliance from Nabto. The crowd-funded project was hosted on Indiegogo; in the design, FreeRTOS…


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