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Energy harvesting switch powers 2.4GHz radio link
Energy harvesting switch powers 2.4GHz radio link
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At Embedded World this week, EnOcean demonstrated that a low cost energy-harvesting switch could power a 2.4GHz radio link, extending…
Handheld hyperspectral camera to detect skin cancer
Handheld hyperspectral camera to detect skin cancer
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The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a handheld hyperspectral camera for the detection of skin cancers and…
Dual-mode 5W wireless power receiver enters volume production
Dual-mode 5W wireless power receiver enters volume production
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Texas Instruments has begun volume shipping of what the company claims is industry's smallest, most efficient wireless power receiver to…
CdTe solar cell grabs conversion efficiency world record
CdTe solar cell grabs conversion efficiency world record
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First Solar, Inc. is claiming to have set a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar cell conversion efficiency…

Volvo builds HMI around large centre-stack touch screen
Volvo builds HMI around large centre-stack touch screen
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Though criticized by many car owners, Tesla's cockpit approach with a large flat computer screen serving as Human-machine interface apparently inspires other carmakers to similar designs. At the imminent Geneva…
CSR networks the Internet of Things with Bluetooth
CSR networks the Internet of Things with Bluetooth
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Engineers at CSR in Cambridge have developed a mesh networking layer on top of Bluetooth to control thousands of low cost devices via a smartphone.
Green Hills backs early access to ARM 64bit cores for real time designs
Green Hills backs early access to ARM 64bit cores for real time designs
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Green Hills Software is offering early access to its INTEGRITY real-time operating system (RTOS) and MULTI development tools for ARM's 64bit processors in embedded designs.
IBM sets data transfer record in multimode optical fiber
IBM sets data transfer record in multimode optical fiber
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A record for data transmission over a multimode optical fiber has been set by IBM researchers.
Compact 5-V Qi wireless charger offers design freedom
Compact 5-V Qi wireless charger offers design freedom
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NXP Semiconductors is demonstrating a 'revolutionary' Qi wireless charging transmitter device at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. The device integrates all the circuits for a 5 V…
Anti-reflective coating boosts LED lumen output by eight percent
Anti-reflective coating boosts LED lumen output by eight percent
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A new anti-reflective (AR) coating solution designed to increase the lumen output of light emitting diode (LED) devices by up to eight percent has been introduced EV Group and Brisbane…
Sine/cosine-to-digital conversion: Methods and design challenges
Sine/cosine-to-digital conversion: Methods and design challenges
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Joachim Quasdorf considers some of the methods and design challenges posed by sine/cosine-to-digital conversion techniques.
Sine/cosine-to-digital conversion
Sine/cosine-to-digital conversion
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Joachim Quasdorf considers some of the methods and design challenges posed by sine/cosine-to-digital conversion techniques.
Innovative GaN on GaN LED claims wall-plug-efficiency record
Innovative GaN on GaN LED claims wall-plug-efficiency record
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GaN on GaN LED technology company, Soraa is claiming to have developed the world’s most efficient LED which runs at 75% wall-plug-efficiency at a current density of 35 A/cm2 and…
VxWorks reinvented for the Internet of Things
VxWorks reinvented for the Internet of Things
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Wind River has developed a new version of its VxWorks real time operating system for the Internet of Things.
One hardware, multiple domains: virtualising is the answer
One hardware, multiple domains: virtualising is the answer
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Automotive head units increasingly are becoming the place where multiple application worlds and functional domains meet - from safety-relevant assistant systems to infotainment and internet access. Virtualisation, a software technique…
Can lightning strikes protect smart grid components?
Can lightning strikes protect smart grid components?
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A researcher at Stockholm's KTH Royal Instititute of Technology has developed a system that uses natural transients such as lightning to measure the wear and tear on power components.
Embedded test tools move into the cloud
Embedded test tools move into the cloud
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The need for more visibility of the vast amounts data in the cloud is driving embedded test tools into the cloud as well.
Linux consolidation vital for distributor’s boards
Linux consolidation vital for distributor’s boards
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Silica is extending its ArchiTect programme into software with four new development board on different processors all running the same Linux operating system.
New 32bit architecture takes on ARM in home automation
New 32bit architecture takes on ARM in home automation
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Glasgow chip designer FTDI has developed its own 32bit RISC microcontroller architecture for a new family of video and connectivity devices.
Wearable platform shortens development time
Wearable platform shortens development time
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InvenSense has launched a turnkey wearable platform solution intended to substantially shorten the time-to-market for an OEM or ODM.
Emitter doubles lumen density and achieves 50,000-CBCP
Emitter doubles lumen density and achieves 50,000-CBCP
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Philips Lumileds has released a high-power emitter, the LUXEON MZ, which enables customers to create tighter beam angles with higher lumen density at a lower cost than was previously possible.
Automated driving demonstrated at Mobile World Congress
Automated driving demonstrated at Mobile World Congress
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The vehicle at the Mobile World Congress is the result of more than ten years of corporate research dedicated to automated driving functions and will be used to further develop…
Ford demos automated driving at Mobile World Congress
Ford demos automated driving at Mobile World Congress
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The vehicle at the Mobile World Congress is the result of more than ten years of corporate research dedicated to automated driving functions and will be used to further develop…
Freescale shrinks world’s smallest ARM-based MCU
Freescale shrinks world’s smallest ARM-based MCU
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Freescale Semiconductor has shrunk its tiny KL02 ARM-based microcontroller even further to target the edge of the Internet of Things.
Tronics prototypes piezoresistive 6DOF sensor
Tronics prototypes piezoresistive 6DOF sensor
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Tronics Microsystems SA (Grenoble, France) has designed and manufactured its first batch of 6-degrees-of-freedom (6DOF) MEMS chips based on piezoresistive nanowire technology licensed from research institute CEA-Leti.
Philips partners Ericsson to provide LED street lighting-as-a-service
Philips partners Ericsson to provide LED street lighting-as-a-service
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Philips has partnered Ericsson to launch an innovative connected LED street lighting model that aims to provide an improved network performance in dense urban areas as well as high quality,…
IEEE, MEMS Industry Group team on standards
IEEE, MEMS Industry Group team on standards
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The IEEE Standards Association and MEMS Industry Group trade association have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a working group to develop standards for e-health and the Internet of…
Piezo-nanowires boost fingerprint resolution
Piezo-nanowires boost fingerprint resolution
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Within the 3-year €2.9M EU Commission funded PIEZOelectric nanowire MATrices project (PiezoMAT), CEA-Leti and seven other European partners are joining forces to explore the use of piezoelectric ZnO nanowires in…


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