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Cloud license from Koubachi expands Sensirion’s software capabilities
Cloud license from Koubachi expands Sensirion’s software capabilities
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Zurich-based company Sensirion is gearing up to meet the increasing demand for cloud-based sensor data management and services.
What you should know about HBLEDs – and nobody will tell you – Part 3
What you should know about HBLEDs – and nobody will tell you – Part 3
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Ed Rodriguez introduces some of the basic considerations involved with selecting the right optics and power supply for your design…
Lithium-ion to primary battery power design conversion strategies
Lithium-ion to primary battery power design conversion strategies
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Terry Cleveland, John Haroian & Adam Jakubiak  consider some lithium-ion to primary battery power design conversion strategies.
Is flower power the shape of solar cells to come?
Is flower power the shape of solar cells to come?
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A hydrangea-inspired dye-sensitised solar cell has been developed by Hiroshi Segawa, a professor at University of Tokyo's Research Centre for…

Using fluids other than alcohol for cleaning fiber optic connectors
Using fluids other than alcohol for cleaning fiber optic connectors
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Long ago in days of yore, like the 1970s, Bell Labs was busy perfecting the technologies to commercialize fiber optic communications. Peering into their crystal ball in the nascent years…
View noisy signals with a stable oscilloscope trigger
View noisy signals with a stable oscilloscope trigger
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Dave Rishavy of Rohde and Schwarz considers how to deal with noise on a signal which poses a triggering challenge for test equipment such as oscilloscopes.
Low noise rail-to-rail negative regulator with programmable current limit
Low noise rail-to-rail negative regulator with programmable current limit
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The LTR3090 is a low noise single resistor programmable negative regulator based upon current reference architecture.
Laser sensor system scans railway tracks
Laser sensor system scans railway tracks
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To keep the track infrastructure safe, railway operators need to acquire many track parameters in regular intervals. Irregularities in the rail geometry can cause sudden cracks in the steel rails…
Monitoring deteriorating bridges with wireless sensors and drones
Monitoring deteriorating bridges with wireless sensors and drones
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Developed countries have an enormous amount of infrastructure built over many decades. But there is a downside, all this infrastructure that has been put in place is facing ever rising…
Can solar cells result from recycling lead-acid batteries?
Can solar cells result from recycling lead-acid batteries?
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Researchers at MIT have proposed a system to recycle materials from discarded car batteries - a potential source of lead pollution - into long-lasting solar panels that provide emissions-free power.
Graphene gets edgy
Graphene gets edgy
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It appears that the conductivity at the edges of graphene devices is different to that of the central material, a property that might be helpful in developing nanoribbon devices. As…
Copenhagen starts smart LED lighting experiment
Copenhagen starts smart LED lighting experiment
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The Danish capital city Copenhagen is planning to roll out a large-scale pilot project featuring smart LED lights that is aiming to save money, cut carbon emissions and even alert…
Copenhagen starts large-scale smart LED lighting experiment
Copenhagen starts large-scale smart LED lighting experiment
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The Danish capital city Copenhagen is planning to roll out a large-scale pilot project featuring smart LED lights that is aiming to save money, cut carbon emissions and even alert…
Mobile commerce driving global NFC market
Mobile commerce driving global NFC market
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The NFC market is currently witnessing rapid growth driven by the increasing trend of mobile commerce, according to a report from ReportsnReports.com. Further, the NFC Forum and GSMA are pushing…
Tattoo biobatteries produce power from sweat
Tattoo biobatteries produce power from sweat
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Researchers University of California San Diego have designed a sensor in the form of a temporary tattoo that can both monitor a person’s progress during exercise and the tattoo biobatteries…
Startup company can print commercially viable bendable displays
Startup company can print commercially viable bendable displays
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Kateeva, a Californian startup company that has an exclusive license from MIT for an OLED deposition technology, has revealed plans to start shipping manufacturing equipment that could finally bring flexible…
LTE bandwidths rise with 3-carrier aggregation demo
LTE bandwidths rise with 3-carrier aggregation demo
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Wireless equipment test company Anite has announced it has achieved peak data rate throughput of 300 Mbps with 40 MHz bandwidth using three component Carrier Aggregation (3 CC CA). The…
Startup printer development makes bendable displays commercially viable
Startup printer development makes bendable displays commercially viable
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Kateeva, a Californian startup company that has an exclusive license from MIT for an OLED deposition technology, has revealed plans to start shipping manufacturing equipment that could finally bring flexible…
Capacitive sensing in battery-powered devices – Design considerations
Capacitive sensing in battery-powered devices – Design considerations
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Riaan du Toit of Azoteq focuses on the effective use of the capacitive sensor electrode reference (battery ground) and presents another variable reference introduced by the user (earth). There also…
Calculate power with a scope
Calculate power with a scope
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Arthur Pini of Teledyne LeCroy explains how to use the Power Analysis software package on the Teledyne LeCroy HDO 6000 scope to eliminate the need to set up proper math operations.
Design of capacitive sensing in battery-powered devices
Design of capacitive sensing in battery-powered devices
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Riaan du Toit of Azoteq focuses on the effective use of the capacitive sensor electrode reference (battery ground) and presents another variable reference introduced by the user (earth). There also…
Hemp nanosheets could trump graphene for supercapacitors
Hemp nanosheets could trump graphene for supercapacitors
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After a decades-long ban on its cultivation in the USA, scientists are reporting that fibers from the hemp plant can pack as much energy and power as graphene, long-touted as…
Nanotubular material opens new energy harvesting opportunities
Nanotubular material opens new energy harvesting opportunities
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Researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California claim to have made a material that is 10 times stronger and stiffer than traditional aerogels of the same density…
Hemp nanosheets rival graphene for supercapacitor performance
Hemp nanosheets rival graphene for supercapacitor performance
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Scientists in Canada are reporting that fibers from hemp can pack as much energy and power as graphene which has been favored as an ideal candidate material for supercapacitors.
App helps patients control their lives and lights
App helps patients control their lives and lights
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Philips and Accenture have developed proof of concept app that shows how patients with neurodegenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) could gain greater control of their lives through brain,…
FAA sparks safety fears over lithium batteries
FAA sparks safety fears over lithium batteries
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New research by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has sparked fears that lithium batteries can explode and burn even more violently than previously thought. The test results raising questions…
Cracking the diode compromise
Cracking the diode compromise
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Klaus Pietrczak of Power Integrations explains how to crack the diode compromise.
Xiaomi selects Dialog’s Bluetooth Smart IC for wearable device
Xiaomi selects Dialog’s Bluetooth Smart IC for wearable device
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Xiaomi, one of China's fastest growing electronics companies, has included Dialog Semiconductor’s Bluetooth ultra-low-power SmartBond SoC (System-on-Chip) in the company's new Mi Band fitness tracking wrist band.


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