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Considerations when specifying a DC power supply
Considerations when specifying a DC power supply
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Every automated test system that tests electronic circuit boards, modules or equipment needs one or more DC power supplies. DC…
Terahertz scanner detects illicit drugs and explosives in letters
Terahertz scanner detects illicit drugs and explosives in letters
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Until now there was no safe and simple way of reliably detecting the presence of explosives or drugs in letters…
Novel graphene sheet production method promises solar cell advances
Novel graphene sheet production method promises solar cell advances
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Researchers at MIT and the University of Michigan have developed a way of producing graphene using a process that can…
Graphene sheet production method promises to advance solar cell technology
Graphene sheet production method promises to advance solar cell technology
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Researchers at MIT and the University of Michigan have developed a way of producing graphene using a process that can…

Get in touch with the changing user interface of today’s test instruments – part 1
Get in touch with the changing user interface of today’s test instruments – part 1
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New generations of electronics engineers, new groups of users with non-electronics background are increasingly utilizing complex test instruments. This constellation has led to a transformation of the user interface in…
LTpowerCAD II, A Design Tool for Switching Regulators
LTpowerCAD II, A Design Tool for Switching Regulators
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Switching power supply design can often be a challenging and time-consuming experience. Typically this requires knowledge of aspects such as control loop compensation, IC operation and capabilities, filtering and even…
Measure particulate matter with your smartphone
Measure particulate matter with your smartphone
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We all know the photos from Beijing or Sao Paulo where heavy smog is an everyday phenomenon. But how does the situation look like in your personal environment? Researchers from…
Wireless broadband to the moon
Wireless broadband to the moon
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A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory, working with NASA last fall, demonstrated for the first time that a data communication technology exists that…
Fluke Connect: A Cool Concept That Begs for More
Fluke Connect: A Cool Concept That Begs for More
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These days, Fluke Corp. introduced Fluke Connect, a technology that not only links handheld instruments to smartphones, it lets iOS 7 or Android 4.4 phones share measurement data anywhere…
Cloud links desktop design to distributor database
Cloud links desktop design to distributor database
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Mentor Graphics has developed a cloud transformation engine that converts component information from a distributor's database directly into a design in its PADS PCB schematic tool.
Protocol stack software facilitates wireless smart mater developments
Protocol stack software facilitates wireless smart mater developments
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With a protocol stack middleware, Silicon Labs complements its semiconductor and development kit product line for smart metering applications. The software is based on the European standard EN13757-4 and specifies…
R&D project targets fully adaptive automotive lighting
R&D project targets fully adaptive automotive lighting
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A perfect illumination is a major safety factor in road traffic. An R&D project in Germany aims at developing a fully adaptive lighting system for road vehicles. The consortium involved…
Wireless power transfer technique stimulates ‘electroceutical’ medical advances
Wireless power transfer technique stimulates ‘electroceutical’ medical advances
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A Stanford University electrical engineer has invented a way to wirelessly transfer power deep inside the body to run pacemakers, nerve stimulators or new sensors.
Apps move into IoT design
Apps move into IoT design
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Imagination Technologies is placing apps at the heart of its push to get the MIPS architecture adopted for the Internet of Things.
Terahertz scanner identifies hidden explosives, drugs
Terahertz scanner identifies hidden explosives, drugs
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Mails items to government agencies sometimes contain explosives or toxic materials - like the parcel delivered to the office of the German President, Mr. Gauck, about a year ago. The…
Interactive packaging to display contextual messages
Interactive packaging to display contextual messages
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In retail stores, presentation and packaging design are often key to lure customers into buying products. It is the product's skin on the shelves, and it is only at a…
Wireless power transfer deep inside the body runs medical devices and sensors
Wireless power transfer deep inside the body runs medical devices and sensors
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A Stanford University electrical engineer has invented a way to transfer wireless power deep inside the body to run pacemakers, nerve stimulators or sensors.
Protocol stack software targets wireless smart meters
Protocol stack software targets wireless smart meters
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With a protocol stack middleware, Silicon Labs complements its semiconductor and development kit product line for smart metering applications. The software is based on the European standard EN13757-4 and specifies…
Sync 2 again with Microsoft O/S
Sync 2 again with Microsoft O/S
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At the Auto Mobil International show in Leipzig, Ford shows the second generation of its Sync infotainment system. Sync 2 comes with voice control and touch screen - and, contrary…
Toyota develops SiC transistor, reduces fuel consumption
Toyota develops SiC transistor, reduces fuel consumption
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Toyota is not only the world's largest carmaker, it also develops and manufacturers semiconductor for its captive market. Now the company succeeded in reducing the fuel consumption of hybrid electric…
Toshiba and Sandisk to scrap 2D NAND fab for 300mm 3D NAND
Toshiba and Sandisk to scrap 2D NAND fab for 300mm 3D NAND
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Toshiba Corporation announced it will demolish its No. 2 semiconductor fabrication facility (Fab 2) at Yokkaichi Operations, a NAND Flash memory plant in Mie prefecture, Japan, to replace it with…
NEul and BT set up citywide IoT network
NEul and BT set up citywide IoT network
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An open network for the Internet of Things is being built in Milton Keynes in the UK using the Weightless communications protocol.
Are your LEDs electrically overstressed? Part III
Are your LEDs electrically overstressed? Part III
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Yankun Fu continues to look at the conditions that can induce electrical overstress (EOS) and focuses on the different type of failure mechanisms.
Google files array camera patent application
Google files array camera patent application
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Google has filed a patent application on the use of an array of lenses above of an image sensor to produce a low-profile camera suitable for use in a thin…
Sync 2 listens to its master’s voice
Sync 2 listens to its master’s voice
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At the Auto Mobil International show in Leipzig, Ford shows the second generation of its Sync infotainment system. Sync 2 comes with voice control and touch screen - and, contrary…
Conductor discovery reduces lithium ion battery fire risk
Conductor discovery reduces lithium ion battery fire risk
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A team of researchers at Tohoku University in Japan has created a new type of lithium ion conductor for future batteries that could be the basis for a whole new…
Pill dispenser stalks careless patients
Pill dispenser stalks careless patients
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Expanding the IoT sphere, the latest generation of pill dispensers developed by MedMinder has been designed to track medication intake, sends medical alerts, orders refills and improves prescription compliance.
Power Tip 71: Synchronous boost labors the high-to-low transition
Power Tip 71: Synchronous boost labors the high-to-low transition
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Robert Kollman, Senior Applications Manager, Texas Instruments explains why the synchronous boost labors to handle the high-to-low transition.


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