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Amazing race toward autonomous car design
Amazing race toward autonomous car design
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Chip companies are finding 2014 a critical year to drive their technology into semi-autonomous car platforms - currently in development…
Intematix patents red nitride phosphor for LED lighting
Intematix patents red nitride phosphor for LED lighting
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Manufacturer of phosphor solutions for LED lighting, Intematix Corporation, has patented novel formulations for red emitting, nitride based phosphors which…
Bosch highlights MEMS sensors at CES
Bosch highlights MEMS sensors at CES
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At the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Bosch will showcase its MEMS sensors and highlights its applications as…
Snap-Lock LED driver cartridge offers quick-change serviceability benefits
Snap-Lock LED driver cartridge offers quick-change serviceability benefits
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Journée Lighting has expanded the company's intellectual property portfolio with the introduction of the patented Snap-Lock LED Driver Cartridge and…

80V Wide Range I2C Power Monitor Simplifies Challenging System
80V Wide Range I2C Power Monitor Simplifies Challenging System
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Accurate monitoring of power is an essential part of a reliable and energy efficient (green) system design.
Carmakers test C2X under winter conditions in Finland
Carmakers test C2X under winter conditions in Finland
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If safety-critical technologies such as car-to-x communications eventually will be used in series vehicles and everyday transport, they have to be reliable and must not fail if weather conditions are…
Continental to showcase first concepts jointly developed with IBM
Continental to showcase first concepts jointly developed with IBM
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At the forthcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, automotive tier one Continental plans to demonstrate the first results of its strategic collaboration with IBM. Examples are a 'connected…
Smart activity tracker integrates ultra-low power MEMS accelerometer for longer battery life
Smart activity tracker integrates ultra-low power MEMS accelerometer for longer battery life
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Analog Devices, Inc., has introduced the ultra-low power ADXL362 MEMS accelerometer which is integrated into the Pulse activity tracker developed by Withings, a company that creates smart products and apps…
E-waste to jump one-third to 65.4 million tonnes annually by 2017, says StEP report
E-waste to jump one-third to 65.4 million tonnes annually by 2017, says StEP report
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By 2017, all of that year’s end-of-life refrigerators, TVs, mobile phones, computers, monitors, e-toys and other products with a battery or electrical cord worldwide could fill a line of 40-ton…
Nanosheets alleviate lattice matching restrictions of epitaxial crystalline thin film growth
Nanosheets alleviate lattice matching restrictions of epitaxial crystalline thin film growth
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Epitaxial growth has become increasingly important for growing crystalline thin films with tailored electronic, optical and magnetic properties for technological applications. However the approach is limited by the high structural…
Project aims to shrink cooling systems
Project aims to shrink cooling systems
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Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and Imperial College in the UK are working on a project to use electrocaloric effect to develop new methods of cooling where a…
Micron collaborates with Broadcom to improve DRAM timing and speed of operation
Micron collaborates with Broadcom to improve DRAM timing and speed of operation
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Micron Technology is joining forces with Broadcom Corporation to develop what is claimed to be the industry's first solution designed for customers challenged by an intrinsic DDR3 timing parameter called…
Ford rolls research platform for automated driving
Ford rolls research platform for automated driving
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In collaboration with the University of Michigan and insurance company State Farm, carmaker Ford has developed a research vehicle capable of highly automated driving. The move is in line with…
Imagination strengthens its position in digital radio IP
Imagination strengthens its position in digital radio IP
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Imagination Technologies has strengthened its position in digital radio IP through deals with STMicroelectronics and Frontier Silicon.
Advances within the JESD204B converter protocol
Advances within the JESD204B converter protocol
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A new converter interface is steadily picking up steam and looks to become the protocol of choice for future converters. This new interface, JESD204, was originally rolled out several years…
IEC publishes technical specification for a single external charger for notebook computers
IEC publishes technical specification for a single external charger for notebook computers
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IEC, the international standards and conformity assessment body for all fields of electrotechnology, has published the first globally relevant Technical Specification for a single external charger for a wide range…
Digital trigger system with minimum trigger jitter
Digital trigger system with minimum trigger jitter
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Rohde & Schwarz has designed and engineered its R&S RTO family of oscilloscopes for speed and signal fidelity. It is possible to analyze 1 million waveforms per second, and even…
Extending battery life in transportation and mobile applications with supercapacitors
Extending battery life in transportation and mobile applications with supercapacitors
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Jason P Lee, Global Product Manager of Eaton Bussmann looks at how supercapacitors can be used to extend battery life in transportation and mobile applications.
Silex funded to develop PZT energy harvest process
Silex funded to develop PZT energy harvest process
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MEMS foundry Silex Microsystems AB has been awarded a grant of 5.8 million Swedish Krone (about $1 million) to develop its lead zirconate titanate (PZT) manufacturing capability in support of…
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute launches Light and Health Alliance
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute launches Light and Health Alliance
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The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has launched the Light and Health Alliance which is a collaborative initiative to bridge the science of light and health to…
Connect MCU to car’s OBD-II
Connect MCU to car’s OBD-II
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Onboard diagnostic systems (OBDs) are found in almost every car these days, providing a very rich set of information about parameters like coolant temperature, RPM, and the like. The information…
The 13-step EMI mitigation program for switching power supplies
The 13-step EMI mitigation program for switching power supplies
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Jeff Schnabel of CUI examines 13 key steps that can help eliminate EMI generated by ac/dc supplies and dc/dc converters.
Soitec partners IntelliEPI to provide reliable second source in GaAs market
Soitec partners IntelliEPI to provide reliable second source in GaAs market
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Semiconductor materials manufacturer, Soitec has signed a collaborative agreement with Intelligent Epitaxy Technology, Inc., (IntelliEPI) to better serve the GaAs market.
Workflow enables fast, cost-effective simulation of electric drives
Workflow enables fast, cost-effective simulation of electric drives
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In response to the rising demand of the automotive industry for electric powertrains, the FZI research centre in Karlsruhe (Germany) has launched the SimCelerate research project to develop methodologies for…
European consortium forms to develop integrated Bluetooth Low Energy modules for SMEs
European consortium forms to develop integrated Bluetooth Low Energy modules for SMEs
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A new pan-European technology consortium has been formed with the objective of developing innovative integrated Bluetooth Low Energy modules for SMEs.
Flexible haptics and capacitive touch combo solution enables more intuitive interfaces
Flexible haptics and capacitive touch combo solution enables more intuitive interfaces
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The MSP430TCH5E haptics-enabled microcontrollers released by Texas Instruments allow users to add vibrational feedback to all capacitive touch buttons, sliders and wheels on any portable or mobile devices.
Additive photolithographic process yields micro flex circuits with 5um feature resolution
Additive photolithographic process yields micro flex circuits with 5um feature resolution
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Using additive photolithographic processes, Metrigraphics is able to manufacture Extreme Resolution Micro Flex (ERMF) ultra-miniature passive circuits and structures with traces and spaces as small as 5µm.
European consortium develops integrated Bluetooth Low Energy modules for SMEs
European consortium develops integrated Bluetooth Low Energy modules for SMEs
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A new pan-European technology consortium has been formed with the objective of developing innovative integrated Bluetooth Low Energy modules for SMEs. One of the consortium's objectives is to meet the…


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