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Peratech to develop new ink formulations to make printable QTC sensors and switches
Peratech to develop new ink formulations to make printable QTC sensors and switches
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Peratech is working with The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) to develop new formulations for its award-winning Quantum Tunnelling Composite…
Using color sensors to diagnose skin diseases
Using color sensors to diagnose skin diseases
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Frank Krumbein of Mazet outlines how precise color measurement using color sensors can help to diagnose skin diseases.
STMicroelectronics to develop next-generation MEMS pilot line with Lab4MEMS
STMicroelectronics to develop next-generation MEMS pilot line with Lab4MEMS
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STMicroelectronics has begun working with research partners to develop a pilot line for next-generation MEMS devices augmented with advanced technologies…
University spin-out UltraSoC wins competition to fund energy efficiency development
University spin-out UltraSoC wins competition to fund energy efficiency development
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University of Essex spin-out company UltraSoC Technologies has won funding under the Energy Efficient Computing competition, receiving £150,000 from the…

MISRA C:2012 ensures automotive software safety
MISRA C:2012 ensures automotive software safety
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In times when software increasingly takes safety-critical decisions in vehicles, guidelines for software safety are becoming essential. The MISRA C standard is one of them. These days, a new release…
Open-source driving simulator software targets research and development
Open-source driving simulator software targets research and development
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Company white_c has unveiled its new open-source platform www.OpenDS.eu, a driving simulator for research and development in the automotive industry as well as scientific studies.
High-performance clock generators feature low jitter, low power and NCO in a compact package
High-performance clock generators feature low jitter, low power and NCO in a compact package
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Microsemi Corporation has unveiled the dual-channel ZL30240 and single-channel ZL30241 clock generators for multiple applications including communications equipment, enterprise routers and switches, storage area network equipment, and servers.
EPSRC invites bids to tap £85m research capital fund
EPSRC invites bids to tap £85m research capital fund
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The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is inviting capital bids against an £85 million fund to boost productivity of the research base within three technologies: Grid-scale Energy Storage…
Cambridge University takes on the Gallium Nitride challenge
Cambridge University takes on the Gallium Nitride challenge
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A new facility for growing Gallium Nitride – the key material needed to make energy-saving light-emitting diodes (LEDs) – has opened at the university of Cambridge, enabling researchers to expand…
Power Factor and Solid State Lighting – Implications, Complications and Resolutions
Power Factor and Solid State Lighting – Implications, Complications and Resolutions
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Lighting comprises approximately 17.5% of global electricity consumption. As the world transitions from incandescent to solid state lighting (SSL) technology, utilities and government regulatory agencies worldwide are concerned that, as…
Low cost printing for flexible touch sensors and switches
Low cost printing for flexible touch sensors and switches
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The UK developer of nanotech sensors is developing a version of its technology for reel-to-reel printing that will provide low cost flexible touch sensors and switches.
Murata and Beta LAYOUT offer PCB service with free embedded UHF RFID
Murata and Beta LAYOUT offer PCB service with free embedded UHF RFID
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Murata and its RFID partner Beta Layout have launched a prototype trial service for Murata's Magicstrap-based PCB RFID devices. Beta Layout will embed the UHF RFID component for a regular…
Ember ZigBee silicon, software and tools achieves Golden Unit certification
Ember ZigBee silicon, software and tools achieves Golden Unit certification
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Silicon Labs has announced that its Ember ZigBee solutions – silicon devices, software and development tools – have achieved Golden Unit certification from the ZigBee Alliance for the newly released…
Working group aims to standardize interoperability of multiple language verification environments and components
Working group aims to standardize interoperability of multiple language verification environments and components
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Accellera Systems Initiative (Accellera), an independent non-profit organization focused on the creation and adoption of electronic design automation (EDA) and intellectual property (IP) standards for design and verification, has announced…
embedded CBRAM technology now available for demonstration on 130nm CMOS
embedded CBRAM technology now available for demonstration on 130nm CMOS
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Altis announced its next generation of embedded CBRAM (eCBRAM) technology, a new platform available for demonstration in Q2 2013. The new technology features design and manufacturing improvements which deliver higher…
Using parallel FFT for multi-gigahertz FPGA signal processing
Using parallel FFT for multi-gigahertz FPGA signal processing
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Chris Eddington and Baijayanta Ray of Synopsys Inc. explains how to use parallel FFT for multi-gigahertz FPGA signal processing.
Silicon Labs achieves ZigBee IP Golden Unit certification
Silicon Labs achieves ZigBee IP Golden Unit certification
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Silicon Labs' Ember ZigBee solutions – silicon devices, software and development tools – have achieved Golden Unit certification from the ZigBee Alliance for the newly released ZigBee IP specification.
M2M group launches its Weightless standard
M2M group launches its Weightless standard
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The Weightless Special Interest Group (SIG) has ratified the first full version of its M2M protocol for white space frequencies.
Reclaiming lost yield through methodical power integrity optimization
Reclaiming lost yield through methodical power integrity optimization
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Christian Petersen of Teklatech A/S explains how to reclaim lost yield by applying a methodical approach to power integrity optimization.
First ARM Cortex-A57 processor tapes out on TSMC’s 16nm FinFET technology
First ARM Cortex-A57 processor tapes out on TSMC’s 16nm FinFET technology
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ARM and TSMC have announced the first tape-out of an ARM Cortex-A57 processor on FinFET process technology. The Cortex-A57 processor is ARM's highest performing processor, designed to further extend the…
Self-powered microfluidic chip enables early cancer detection in as little as 20 minutes
Self-powered microfluidic chip enables early cancer detection in as little as 20 minutes
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Kazuo Hosokawa and colleagues at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute have developed a self-powered microfluidic chip that can perform an analysis for cancer-specific microRNAs in a drop of patient blood…
Online design tool provides CCM, non-isolated PFC buck and buck LED driver designs in less than a minute
Online design tool provides CCM, non-isolated PFC buck and buck LED driver designs in less than a minute
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Fairchild Semiconductor has enhanced the company's Power Supply WebDesigner - an online design and simulation tool that provides complete designs in under a minute - to include complete continuous conduction…
Fraunhofer claims breakthrough towards cost-efficient e-car batteries
Fraunhofer claims breakthrough towards cost-efficient e-car batteries
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Lithium-sulphur batteries have all it takes to replace lithium-ion batteries as the technology of choice for energy storage in electric vehicles. They are much more powerful and cost-effective than all…
Dynamic partitioning speeds memory characterization
Dynamic partitioning speeds memory characterization
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Federico Politi and Ahmed Elzeftawi of Cadence Design Systems consider several existing approaches to memory characterization and discusses their benefits and challenges. The article also proposes a new dynamic partitioning…
Analog and digital MEMS microphone design considerations
Analog and digital MEMS microphone design considerations
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Jerad Lewis examines the design considerations that need to be addressed when integrating analog and digital MEMS microphones into a system design.
Large-area flexible printed thermoelectrics harvest energy from waste heat
Large-area flexible printed thermoelectrics harvest energy from waste heat
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Large power stations only rarely manage to convert more than 40 percent of the produced energy into electrical power. The rest is released unused, mainly via the cooling towers, into…
ZigBee IP — an open standard for IPv6-based wireless mesh networks
ZigBee IP — an open standard for IPv6-based wireless mesh networks
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A new specification brings end-to-end IPv6 control to low-power, low-cost devices, according to the ZigBee Alliance, the ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and…
EU project boosts development of WiFi vital signs monitor
EU project boosts development of WiFi vital signs monitor
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French consultancy Sensaris has developed a novel, multi-sensor device for monitoring vital signs that uses WiFi and a range of other portable devices as the display, using the COWIN EU…


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