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Plessey releases samples of 350-mW GaN on silicon LEDs
Plessey releases samples of 350-mW GaN on silicon LEDs
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Plessey has announced that samples of the company's PLB010350 350-mW LED product are now available.
CGC, Plastic Logic join forces for developing graphene transistors, OLED displays
CGC, Plastic Logic join forces for developing graphene transistors, OLED displays
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Cambridge University’s Graphene Centre (CGC) and Dresden-based plastic display pioneer Plastic Logic have signed a collaboration agreement, marking Plastic Logic…
Maximizing the performance of your RF signal analyzer
Maximizing the performance of your RF signal analyzer
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The RF signal analyzer is to the frequency domain what the oscilloscope is to the time domain – a general-purpose…
Zhaga certifies first products according to Books 4, 7 and 8
Zhaga certifies first products according to Books 4, 7 and 8
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The Zhaga Consortium has certified the first products for three different LED light engine specifications. Products have been certified according…

Power analyzers optimize new electric motor designs for electric vehicles
Power analyzers optimize new electric motor designs for electric vehicles
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Yokogawa power analyzers are playing a key part in tests designed to optimize the efficiency of a new generation of motors for electric vehicles being developed by German drives specialist…
Maximizing the Performance of Your RF Signal Analyzer
Maximizing the Performance of Your RF Signal Analyzer
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The RF signal analyzer is to the frequency domain what the oscilloscope is to the time domain – a general-purpose test instrument that can measure and display electrical signals. This…
Practical Digital Signal Processing using Microcontrollers
Practical Digital Signal Processing using Microcontrollers
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This book (428 pages!) on Digital Signal Processing (DSP) reflects the growing importance of discrete time signals and their use in everyday microcontroller based systems.
Professional engineers and hobbyists increasingly rely on open source hardware and software
Professional engineers and hobbyists increasingly rely on open source hardware and software
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The use of open source hardware and software will continue to grow among both professional engineers and the hobbyist community in 2013, according to the results of a new survey…
Energy-efficient PCI Express IP helps reduce power consumption for datacenter applications
Energy-efficient PCI Express IP helps reduce power consumption for datacenter applications
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Addressing the design challenge of reducing energy consumption of power-hungry datacenters and enterprise applications, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has released new design IP for low-power PCI Express (PCIe) development.
Toyota connects navigation systems to the cloud
Toyota connects navigation systems to the cloud
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A new traffic information system for Toyota drivers blends a variety of parameters including vehicle location data, current speed, road conditions and even disasters. The concurrent utilization of these data…
Piezo-MEMS vibration energy harvesters enable live wireless sensor network
Piezo-MEMS vibration energy harvesters enable live wireless sensor network
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MicroGen Systems vibration energy harvesting BOLT Power Cells have enabled a live wireless sensor network (WSN) using Linear Technology’s Dust Networks LTC5800-IPM SmartMesh IP mote-on-chip at the Sensors Expo and…
Piezo-MEMS vibration energy harvesters enable SmartMesh IP wireless sensor network
Piezo-MEMS vibration energy harvesters enable SmartMesh IP wireless sensor network
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MicroGen Systems, Inc’s vibration energy harvesting BOLT Power Cells have enabled a live wireless sensor network (WSN) using Linear Technology’s Dust Networks LTC5800-IPM SmartMesh IP mote-on-chip at the Sensors Expo…
Single die MEMS oscillator hits the mainstream
Single die MEMS oscillator hits the mainstream
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Silicon Labs has cracked the challenges of using a MEMS structure for an oscillator, developing a single die with a CMOS process that has very low drift.
Freescale Radar chipset makes ADAS more affordable
Freescale Radar chipset makes ADAS more affordable
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In automated driving scenarios of the future and in many other safety-oriented advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), Radar is one of the central sensor technologies. Chipmaker Freescale now has introduced…
Freescale Radar chipset makes ADAS more affordable
Freescale Radar chipset makes ADAS more affordable
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In the automated driving scenarios of the future and in many other safety-oriented advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), Radar is one of the central sensor technologies. Chipmaker Freescale now has…
Fresh investment is pumped into EU solar technologies research facilities
Fresh investment is pumped into EU solar technologies research facilities
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A €3 million investment in new state-of-the art technologies will allow the European Solar Test Installation, ESTI, at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre to keep pace with the evolving…
Embedded Linux kernel tuned for virtualization and determinism
Embedded Linux kernel tuned for virtualization and determinism
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Wind River has tackled one of the main objections to using virtualization in networking and communications applications by optimizing the embedded Linux kernel for real time performance.
Link synchronization and alignment in JESD204B: Understanding control characters
Link synchronization and alignment in JESD204B: Understanding control characters
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Jonathan Harris of Analog Devices outlines how a better understanding of the control characters can help provide link synchronization and alignment in JESD204B.
TI releases new library of precision designs to make analog easier
TI releases new library of precision designs to make analog easier
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Texas Instruments has introduced a precision analog design library that provides comprehensive board-level precision designs to help engineers quickly evaluate and customize their systems while expanding their analog knowledge base.
Printing microbatteries could unravel new applications in medical applications
Printing microbatteries could unravel new applications in medical applications
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A team based at Harvard University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has demonstrated how 3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a…
AC voltage motor drives look to digital isolators
AC voltage motor drives look to digital isolators
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Guy Fichera of Boston Engineering Corporation compares methods of isolation in a traditional motor controller design to highlight the benefits of digital isolators.
CamSemi launches first PSS controller to use advanced BJT drive scheme
CamSemi launches first PSS controller to use advanced BJT drive scheme
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CamSemi has unveiled advances in the company’s bipolar transistor (BJT) drive scheme and the first of a new generation of Primary Side Sensing (PSS) controllers to exploit these developments.
Fully instrumented sock integrates smart fabrics sensors to provide fitness data
Fully instrumented sock integrates smart fabrics sensors to provide fitness data
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Washington-based startup company Heapsylon has launched an USD87,000 crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to finalize product development and manufacturing of its Sensoria Fitness system.
University of Stuttgart develops innovative inspection method for photovoltaic systems
University of Stuttgart develops innovative inspection method for photovoltaic systems
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Researchers at the Institute of Photovoltaic at the University of Stuttgart have developed an innovative method that enables damage to the photovoltaic modules to be revealed quickly independent of lighting…
Engineering plastics for electronic systems with environmental constraints
Engineering plastics for electronic systems with environmental constraints
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DSM Engineering Plastics has announced a broad portfolio of halogen-free materials for electronics and electrical applications to meet growing regulatory demands and OEM requests related to the elimination of substances…
Car-to-car communications protocols pass field testing trials
Car-to-car communications protocols pass field testing trials
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The evaluation of a large Car2x communications field test proves that the technology is now ready for mass deployment, say it s promoters. The simTD (Safe Intelligent Mobility - Test…
Saft space batteries aim to land on an asteroid in MASCOT mission
Saft space batteries aim to land on an asteroid in MASCOT mission
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Saft has won a contract with French space agency (CNES) to supply space-proven LSH20 primary lithium battery system to power the German-French MASCOT (Mobile Asteroïde surface SCOuT) lander hosted by…
MCUs in E-Bikes: driving lights, LED/LCD display and measurements
MCUs in E-Bikes: driving lights, LED/LCD display and measurements
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This article explores design techniques and challenges for implementing an electronic bike (E-Bike) built using a microcontroller or Programmable System on Chip (PSoC). Current E-Bike systems use a microcontroller with…


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