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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…
LED street lighting-as-a-service by Philips and Ericsson
LED street lighting-as-a-service by Philips and Ericsson
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Philips has partnered Ericsson to launch an innovative connected LED street lighting model that aims to provide an improved network…
Virtualization pushes into microcontrollers
Virtualization pushes into microcontrollers
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Virtualization is set to be the next battlefield for microcontroller technology.
Global positioning down to 1 centimetre
Global positioning down to 1 centimetre
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Imec and Septentrio have collaborated on the design of an antenna-RF integrated element for a multi-frequency Global Navigation Satellite Systems…

BMW sports car sparks laser light revolution
BMW sports car sparks laser light revolution
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Osram has been named as the system partner for the first production vehicle in the world equipped with a laser light. German automotive manufacturer BMW plans to put a laser-equipped…
Is envelope tracking innovation smartphone battery-life game-changer?
Is envelope tracking innovation smartphone battery-life game-changer?
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Eta Devices, Inc., a spin-off from the electrical engineering department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is unveiling a envelope tracking platform technology, ETAdvanced, which the company claims will…
NXP takes on Wolfson with Rubidium
NXP takes on Wolfson with Rubidium
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NXP is attacking Wolfson's 'always on' audio technology through a deal with Israeli developer Rubidium.
Power-efficient micro-mirror array delivers brighter HD image quality
Power-efficient micro-mirror array delivers brighter HD image quality
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Texas Instruments has released the 0.3" HD Tilt & Roll Pixel (TRP) DLP Pico chipset, which is the company's smallest, most power-efficient micro-mirror array, which can generate high-definition (HD) displays…
Firefox OS gains in mobile, targets $25 smartphones
Firefox OS gains in mobile, targets $25 smartphones
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Mozilla has demonstrated the breadth and growth of its Firefox OS open mobile ecosystem on the eve of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, with the introduction of seven commercial Firefox…
Antenna enables global positioning to one centimetre
Antenna enables global positioning to one centimetre
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Imec and Septentrio have collaborated on the design of an antenna-RF integrated element for a multi-frequency Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) antenna aimed at GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou and GALILEO.
First major PC manufacturer supports wireless charging standard
First major PC manufacturer supports wireless charging standard
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Dell has become the first major PC original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to support a wireless power standards organization by joining the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP).
Envelope tracking: a game-changer for smartphones?
Envelope tracking: a game-changer for smartphones?
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Eta Devices, Inc., a spin-off from the electrical engineering department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is unveiling a envelope tracking platform technology, ETAdvanced, which the company claims will…
150 V, 100 mA step-down regulator requires only three external components
150 V, 100 mA step-down regulator requires only three external components
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The LTC3639 step-down regulator integrates key high performance features into one compact IC. It is capable of up to 150 V input voltage and 100 mA output current, utilizing synchronous…
How to characterize vector response of future broadband instrumentation
How to characterize vector response of future broadband instrumentation
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Re-allocating frequency spaces formerly used for analogue services poses high challenges to RF circuit designers. This article discusses ways to achieve high accuracy and measurements at acceptable cost.
Power Tip 68: Pick the right turns ratio for a fly-buck converter
Power Tip 68: Pick the right turns ratio for a fly-buck converter
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Robert Kollman, Senior Applications Manager, Texas Instruments considers the benefits of picking the right turns ratio for a fly-buck converter.
How to extend a power supply for droop compensation
How to extend a power supply for droop compensation
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Carsten Thiele, Analog Senior Field Application Engineer at Texas Instruments explains how to extend a power supply for droop compensation.
Newswatch: Are LED lights spying on you?
Newswatch: Are LED lights spying on you?
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This week a couple of innovative intelligent LED lighting control developments raised more questions than answers particulary with regard to privacy and security issues.
Smart sports watch streams smartphone app data
Smart sports watch streams smartphone app data
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Magellan has selected the Nordic Semiconductor µBlue™ nRF8001 Bluetooth low energy connectivity IC to provide the Bluetooth Smart connectivity in its Echo sports watch. Echo can stream and display smartphone…
Google prototypes depth-sensing mobile phone
Google prototypes depth-sensing mobile phone
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OmniVision, Movidius and Paracosm could benefit if Google can hone its just announced prototype depth-sensing mobile phone.
Strain gauge is based on optical fibre
Strain gauge is based on optical fibre
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AMS Technologies, a company that provides solutions in the area of optical, power and thermal management technologies, has developed an innovative application for polymer optical fibres (POF): The fibres are…
Implantable hearing aid can be charged wirelessly
Implantable hearing aid can be charged wirelessly
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At this year’s IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, MIT researchers have presented a paper on fully implantable hearing aids that would not require any connection to an external apparatus for…
Graphene rediscovered as the ultimate electromagnetic shield
Graphene rediscovered as the ultimate electromagnetic shield
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Researchers at Queen Mary University of London and the Cambridge Graphene Centre have shown that graphene's previously unheralded ability to absorb electromagnetic radiation could be used to improve the efficiency…
Injectable microbattery to revolutionize biotelemetry
Injectable microbattery to revolutionize biotelemetry
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Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have created an injectable microbattery that packs twice the energy of current microbatteries used to monitor the movements of…
Auto Infotainment — Driving the Course for Connectivity
Auto Infotainment — Driving the Course for Connectivity
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In the connected car, the head unit - formerly called infotainment system - will be the pivotal point. While this system has evolved a long way from our father's car…
Recycling process trims thin film CIGS manufacturing costs
Recycling process trims thin film CIGS manufacturing costs
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Swedish flexible thin film CIGS solar cell manufacturer, Midsummer, has developed a process to recover rare metals such as indium and gallium when manufacturing thin film CIGS solar cells. The…
Electromagnetic energy absorption performance boosts graphene’s wireless potential
Electromagnetic energy absorption performance boosts graphene’s wireless potential
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Researchers at Queen Mary University of London and the Cambridge Graphene Centre have shown that graphene's previously unheralded ability to absorb electromagnetic radiation could be used to improve the efficiency…
Augmented reality chip mimics human vision in smart glasses
Augmented reality chip mimics human vision in smart glasses
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Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed K-Glass, a wearable, hands-free HMD that features a built-in augmented reality (AR) processor.
Powerful injectable microbattery aims to revolutionize biotelemetry
Powerful injectable microbattery aims to revolutionize biotelemetry
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Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have created an injectable microbattery that packs twice the energy of current microbatteries used to monitor the movements of…


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