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Flying Robots Compete
Flying Robots Compete
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Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to make a three-pound flying robot that takes off autonomously, enters…
Creating power-good for isolated USB applications
Creating power-good for isolated USB applications
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Many if not most modern microprocessors have built in USB controller ports explains Steve Daly of Analog Devices but while…
ReRAM Startup Bets on Silver
ReRAM Startup Bets on Silver
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A resistive RAM non-volatile memory technology that could be embedded in SoCs and used in multilayered terabyte memory ICs is…
Voltage-to-current converter offers precisely defined dead-band
Voltage-to-current converter offers precisely defined dead-band
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Marian Stofka of the Slovak University of Technology explains how a voltage-to-current converter is able to offer precisely defined dead-band.

University of Basel develops cobalt replacements to make solar cells more sustainable
University of Basel develops cobalt replacements to make solar cells more sustainable
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Researchers at the University of Basel have replaced the rare element iodine in copper-based dye-sensitized solar cells by the more abundant element cobalt to take a step forward in the…
Add battery back-up power option to existing grid-tied PV and solar systems
Add battery back-up power option to existing grid-tied PV and solar systems
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Mark Mays of OutBack Power explains how to add a battery back-up power option to existing grid-tied PV and solar systems.
In Formula Student, future engineers compete with ideas
In Formula Student, future engineers compete with ideas
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From July 30 to August 4, the racing car design competition Formula Student Germany takes place at the Hockenheim race track. 115 teams from 25 countries compete with racing car…
Cobalt replacements make solar cells more sustainable
Cobalt replacements make solar cells more sustainable
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Researchers at the University of Basel have replaced the rare element iodine in copper-based dye-sensitized solar cells by the more abundant element cobalt to take a step forward in the…
DALI and LED converters for high-tech dimming
DALI and LED converters for high-tech dimming
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The DALI international lighting standard (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) is now firmly established in the professional lighting sector. It stands for intelligent light management that enables different lighting levels to…
Continuous Delivery In Automotive Environments
Continuous Delivery In Automotive Environments
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This paper discusses how to manage complexity and compliance with rapidly decreasing development cycles. The software industry has been addressing these problems with increasing success over the last five decades.
Probing of 25-µm-diameter micro-bumps is a step towards 3D ICs
Probing of 25-µm-diameter micro-bumps is a step towards 3D ICs
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Breakthrough probing results, achieved with CM300 probe system, are seen as an enabling technology for progress in the 3D IC market…
Cypress gains design win in Digital Audio Accessories for Apple iOS devices
Cypress gains design win in Digital Audio Accessories for Apple iOS devices
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PsoC devices handle interconnect to musical instruments, delivering high-quality digital audio and managing the proprietary MFi protocol; provides compatibility with Apple’s Lightning and 30-pin connectors…
Infineon supplies security chips for the first electronic passports using asymmetric encryption
Infineon supplies security chips for the first electronic passports using asymmetric encryption
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Infineon Technologies has announced that it is supplying the security chips for the world's first electronic passports incorporating the Supplemental Access Control (SAC) protocol, which enhances protection against unauthorized access…
New technology improves light guide efficiency for office luminaires and computer screens
New technology improves light guide efficiency for office luminaires and computer screens
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Downlights for office illumination must not radiate the light equally into all directions - this would bedazzle the office workers. Typically, fins or blades inside the luminaires are used to…
Efficient light guide for office luminaires and computer screens
Efficient light guide for office luminaires and computer screens
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Downlights for office illumination must not radiate the light equally into all directions - this would bedazzle the office workers. Typically, fins or blades inside the luminaires are used to…
Finger-heating effect in mutual capacitive touch sensor design
Finger-heating effect in mutual capacitive touch sensor design
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Tao Peng and William Feng of Texas Instruments focuses on the finger-heating effect in mutual capacitive touch sensor design.
Alcatel-Lucent and Qualcomm to develop next-generation small cells for ultra-broadband wireless access
Alcatel-Lucent and Qualcomm to develop next-generation small cells for ultra-broadband wireless access
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Alcatel-Lucent and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, have announced a plan to collaborate to develop small cell base stations that enhance 3G, 4G and WiFi networks to…
Altera demonstrates Interlaken connectivity with Cavium OCTEON multicore processors
Altera demonstrates Interlaken connectivity with Cavium OCTEON multicore processors
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Altera Corporation has announced the interoperability of the company’s Interlaken intellectual property (IP) core on Stratix V FPGAs with Cavium’s OCTEON multicore processors.
New pressure sensor technology focuses on ultra-small form factor requirements
New pressure sensor technology focuses on ultra-small form factor requirements
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STMicroelectronics has unveiled a new, ST-patented technology that isolates the pressure-sensing element within a fully molded package to meet the ultra-small form factor requirements and design creativity for the next…
Altera shows Interlaken connectivity with Cavium OCTEON multicore processors
Altera shows Interlaken connectivity with Cavium OCTEON multicore processors
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Altera Corporation has announced the interoperability of the company’s Interlaken intellectual property (IP) core on Stratix V FPGAs with Cavium’s OCTEON multicore processors.
European satellite operators go head to head over IP in the smart home
European satellite operators go head to head over IP in the smart home
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Europe's two largest satellite operators have developed directly competing technology to convert satellite TV into IP streams for distribution around the home to any device.
Toyota tests Winglet e-scooter
Toyota tests Winglet e-scooter
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The Segway PT, a scooter with two side-by-side wheels, has gained significant awareness. Now it looks like it gets competition from the Far East: Toyota is testing a very similar…
Pressure sensor technology focuses on ultra-small form factor requirements
Pressure sensor technology focuses on ultra-small form factor requirements
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STMicroelectronics has unveiled a new, ST-patented technology that isolates the pressure-sensing element within a fully molded package to meet the ultra-small form factor requirements and design creativity for the next…
Azzuro licenses GaN-on-Si technology for LEDs
Azzuro licenses GaN-on-Si technology for LEDs
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Gallium nitride on silicon is becoming increasingly interesting to LED manufacturers for its promise of cost-effective production. Azzuro Semiconductors AG, a company that pioneered the technology of gallium nitride on…
Altera delivers fully verified EtherCAT Protocol IP free of upfront licensing fees
Altera delivers fully verified EtherCAT Protocol IP free of upfront licensing fees
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Altera Corporation is making available a fully verified EtherCAT (Ethernet for Control Automation Technology) protocol intellectual property (IP) for Altera FPGAs.
ST, ARM, Cadence to boost transaction-level ESL tool operability
ST, ARM, Cadence to boost transaction-level ESL tool operability
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STMicroelectronics, ARM and Cadence are aiming to improve tool and model interoperability with three joint contributions to the Accellera Systems Initiative; proposing interfaces for Interrupt Modelling, Register Introspection and Modelling…
University of Alicante researchers convert cement into an electrical conductor
University of Alicante researchers convert cement into an electrical conductor
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Researchers at the University of Alicante have developed a cementitious material incorporating carbon nanofibers in its composition which is capable of turning cement into a conductor of electricity capable of…
New multicore Working Group for tools to optimize and manage embedded software
New multicore Working Group for tools to optimize and manage embedded software
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The Multicore Association has launched a new working group to provide a common interface to abstract the hardware properties that matter to multicore tools.


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