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IO-Link transceiver integrates step-down regulator & LDO
IO-Link transceiver integrates step-down regulator & LDO
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LT3669 is an IO-Link PHY compatible (COM1/COM2/COM3) industrial transceiver that includes a high efficiency step-down regulator and a low dropout…
TI rolls up industrial automation protocols with higher-performance ARM cores
TI rolls up industrial automation protocols with higher-performance ARM cores
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TI positions its latest processor family as offering higher performance with real-time processing; the Sitara AM437x processors, based on an…
LeCroy’s WaveSurfer 3000 ’scopes offer advanced user-interface
LeCroy’s WaveSurfer 3000 ’scopes offer advanced user-interface
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Teledyne LeCroy’s WaveSurfer 3000 series of oscilloscopes features the company’s MAUI user interface, previously seen on its highest-performance instruments. This…
Breaker technologies for DC power grids: research seeks a solid-state solution
Breaker technologies for DC power grids: research seeks a solid-state solution
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In a joint announcement from the partners in the “NEST-DC”research project – Airbus Group, E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate, Infineon, Siemens, and…

OpenCL software development kit targets FPGA accelerator boards
OpenCL software development kit targets FPGA accelerator boards
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Altera and its board partners have a combined offering that they claim will accelerate development of high-performance computing, networking and SoC applications; an OpenCL development flow is capable of delivering…
High-density interconnect system suits large-scale storage
High-density interconnect system suits large-scale storage
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Molex positions its iPass+™ High-Density Interconnect System as the first end-to-end copper and optical SAS 3.0 I/O solution with multi-plugging capability; it comprises host-side board connectors, internal and external copper…
Embedded fibre-optic monitoring system makes a “smart composite”
Embedded fibre-optic monitoring system makes a “smart composite”
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Nanoelectronics research center imec, Ghent University, and their partners in the European FP7 project SMARTFIBER have demonstrated the world’s first miniaturised fibre-optical sensor system than can be fully embedded in…
Hameg logo disappears, product lines continue under R&S branding
Hameg logo disappears, product lines continue under R&S branding
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Rohde & Schwarz plans to integrate the products of its acquisition Hameg into its own product portfolio. To embody this degree of integration, future Hameg products will no longer carry…
Connected car: Where threats meet new business opportunities
Connected car: Where threats meet new business opportunities
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The connected car offers many comforts to its users, but it also opens up a new challenges and vulnerabilities. A roundtable in Munich showed that data protection and privacy could…
Connected car: Where security threats meet new business opportunities
Connected car: Where security threats meet new business opportunities
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The connected car offers many comforts to its users, but it also opens up a new challenges and vulnerabilities. A roundtable in Munich showed that data protection and privacy could…
Microcontrollers major on capacitive sensing for HMI applications
Microcontrollers major on capacitive sensing for HMI applications
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Silicon Labs’ energy-efficient capacitive sensing microcontrollers (MCUs) are aimed at human-machine interfaces (HMI). The C8051F97x MCU family combines Silicon Labs’ ultra-low-power technology with the industry’s fastest, most accurate capacitive sensing…
Ferro-electric memory (FRAM) MCUs enable ultra-low power operation
Ferro-electric memory (FRAM) MCUs enable ultra-low power operation
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Texas Instruments says it is entering a “new era of ultra-low power” with its MSP430 FRAM microcontrollers; with a feature called EnergyTrace++ technology, they are designed from the outset to…
Low-noise 6-GHz Fractional-N synthesiser matches Integer-N specs
Low-noise 6-GHz Fractional-N synthesiser matches Integer-N specs
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LTC6948 is a high performance fractional-N PLL with a 6 GHz-plus integrated VCO. In the heart of the LTC6948 is an advanced fourth order delta-sigma modulator that employs intelligent noise-shaping…
Industrial-strength driver chip provides 7-ch, drop-in Darlington replacement
Industrial-strength driver chip provides 7-ch, drop-in Darlington replacement
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This 7-channel, NMOS low-side driver replaces Darlington transistor arrays in high-voltage systems; the drop-in compatible relay driver reduces power, cost and board space…
Software development: what’s the cost of fixing vs. preventing bugs?
Software development: what’s the cost of fixing vs. preventing bugs?
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Getting real data on measuring the cost of poor quality code, and the impact of software testing; Vector Software quantifies the cost of fixing bugs versus preventing bugs, in a…
Augmented reality gets physical with haptics
Augmented reality gets physical with haptics
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If all of us are already familiar with the basic silent-mode of most mobile phones, a crude form of haptics (sensing the buzz of a vibrating mass in your pocket),…
relayr’s ‘WunderBar’ Internet of Things starter kit to be distributed by Conrad
relayr’s ‘WunderBar’ Internet of Things starter kit to be distributed by Conrad
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Distributor Conrad Business Supplies has announced that it is working exclusively with Berlin based start-up company relayr (iThings4U GmbH) to support the development and launch of the Open Source ‘Internet…
Inertial sensor unit runs on under 1mA
Inertial sensor unit runs on under 1mA
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This IMU (inertial measurement unit) combines high accuracy, low noise, current consumption and footprint; the high precision 6-axis IMU occupies and industry leading footprint, enables always-on applications for wearable devices…
Digital point-of-load regulator employs embedded dynamic loop compensation
Digital point-of-load regulator employs embedded dynamic loop compensation
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With output uprated to 50A, this regulator offers high power density of 32.61W/cm3 (534W/in3) and 25% more output current compared to previous version and in the same footprint. Dynamic Loop…
Open Source Framework for Sensor Devices from ARM and Sensor Platforms
Open Source Framework for Sensor Devices from ARM and Sensor Platforms
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ARM and Sensor Platforms Inc. are extending their collaboration to the Open Sensor Platform (OSP) to simplify development of embedded sensor-based products using ARM architecture. Open Sensor Platform is aimed…
The self-powered Interent of Things is starting up
The self-powered Interent of Things is starting up
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Matthias Poppel, chief operating officer for EnOcean GmbH, says energy-harvesting with sensors for the Internet of Things is already being deployed for predictive maintenance.
Packet-classification algorithms for networking appliances, on FPGA
Packet-classification algorithms for networking appliances, on FPGA
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Altera and Cavium are offering a ready-to-use solution built with Altera's Interlaken look aside IP and Cavium's NEURON search processor…
15 Gb/sec interface for Hybrid Memory Cube, on Xilinx programmables
15 Gb/sec interface for Hybrid Memory Cube, on Xilinx programmables
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Xilinx and Pico Computing, both members of the Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium (HMCC), have announced the first 15 Gb/sec Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) interface for Xilinx' All Programmable UltraScale devices.
ST Micro expands into production of long-life paper-thin batteries
ST Micro expands into production of long-life paper-thin batteries
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STMicroelectronics has announced limited production of its EnFilm advanced rechargeable batteries that are less than 0.25 mm thick. These paper-thin batteries free designers from the constraints of standard battery sizes…
Microsoft turns to Altera silicon to host data-centre-virtualisation algorithms
Microsoft turns to Altera silicon to host data-centre-virtualisation algorithms
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At the 41st International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) in Minneapolis last week, Microsoft shared key developments in a research paper titled, "A Reconfigurable Fabric for Accelerating Large-Scale Data Center…
T&M app enables data capture & sharing from field measurements
T&M app enables data capture & sharing from field measurements
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The business arm of distributor Conrad stocks the range of test and measurement tools compatible with the Fluke Connect free App-based cloud solution, which allows capture, saving and sharing of…
Analogue front-end for sensor systems improves road hazards detection
Analogue front-end for sensor systems improves road hazards detection
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TI's AFE sensor technology for automotive radar applications, a quad-channel analogue front end, doubles sampling speed and reduces power more than 30%: TI positions it as the fastest and lowest…
Angle sensors eliminate dynamic errors at high axial speeds
Angle sensors eliminate dynamic errors at high axial speeds
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ams' latest magnetic position sensors claim to offer the best-available accuracy at high rotation speeds; AS5047D, AS5147 and AS5247 have a technology ams terms DAEC compensation technology to reduce dynamic…


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