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Swiss emergency watch wins M2M award
Swiss emergency watch wins M2M award
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A combination of a phone and watch for emergency use has won an award for the best machine-to-machine (M2M) application…
Imec offers integrated Silicon Photonics in a Multi-Project Wafer service
Imec offers integrated Silicon Photonics in a Multi-Project Wafer service
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The Belgian semiconductor research organisation Imec has announced a fully-integrated silicon photonics platform that can be accessed via a cost-sharing…
Dry-etching technology supports unlimited selectivity at 20nm and beyond
Dry-etching technology supports unlimited selectivity at 20nm and beyond
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Developed to remove dielectric films on microprocessors and memories at high throughput, Nanoplas's new Atomic-Layer Downstream Etching (ALDE) processing allows…
KNX, EnOcean improve connectivity
KNX, EnOcean improve connectivity
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A new generation of gateways enables system integrators and designers of smart lighting solutions to create connections between communications standard…

Gesture and proximity sensing ICs enable next-gen automotive HMI
Gesture and proximity sensing ICs enable next-gen automotive HMI
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Touchscreen and voice control were yesterday. The next big thing in user interfaces - in the car as well as in other application fields - is proximity detection and gesture…
ZnO-based n-channel TFTs could drive the future AMOLED displays
ZnO-based n-channel TFTs could drive the future AMOLED displays
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Holst Centre and imec have demonstrated a new technology enabling the production of ZnO-based n-channel thin-film transistors (n-TFTs). These have been processed directly on top of flexible polyethylene naphthalate (PEN)…
Cree begins volume production of second generation SiC MOSFET to deliver cost savings to power conversion systems
Cree begins volume production of second generation SiC MOSFET to deliver cost savings to power conversion systems
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Cree, Inc. has released the company’s second generation SiC MOSFET enabling systems to have higher efficiency and smaller size at cost parity with silicon-based solutions.
ST collaborates with Thingsquare to advance easy-to-use Internet of Things technology
ST collaborates with Thingsquare to advance easy-to-use Internet of Things technology
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STMicroelectronics is teaming up with Thingsquare, a pioneering provider of open-source software for the Internet of Things, to bring Thingsquare Mist Internet-connectivity software to ST’s SPIRIT1 radio transceiver on the…
TI supports Thingsquare Mist to deliver low power RF connectivity to the Internet of Things
TI supports Thingsquare Mist to deliver low power RF connectivity to the Internet of Things
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To assist the development of the Internet of Things, Texas Instruments Incorporated plans to support the Thingsquare Mist IoT open source firmware for select TI hardware platforms for connected home…
Using 3rd party IP in ASIC/SoC design
Using 3rd party IP in ASIC/SoC design
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Mohit Gupta of Open-Silicon Inc. outlines some of the best practices for using the ecosystem as well as some of the common challenges in integrating and using 3rd party IPs…
BMW could soon integrate free-gesture paint defect control
BMW could soon integrate free-gesture paint defect control
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Fraunhofer researchers have developed an efficient type of 3D camera-based quality control interface that enables technicians to finger point any detected defects to car body parts to have them recorded…
The BMW Group could soon integrate free-gesture paint defect control
The BMW Group could soon integrate free-gesture paint defect control
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Fraunhofer researchers have developed an efficient type of 3D camera-based quality control interface that enables technicians to finger point any detected defects to car body parts to have them recorded…
Arduino-compatible computer with Bluetooth low energy enables smartphones and tablets to be added to projects
Arduino-compatible computer with Bluetooth low energy enables smartphones and tablets to be added to projects
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Nordic Semiconductor has announced that wireless startup 'Open Source RF' has launched on KickStarter.com the world's first 'Arduino' compatible open-source micro-computer that can communicate wirelessly with any Bluetooth® v4.0 (which…
Lime wants a Raspberry Pi for RF
Lime wants a Raspberry Pi for RF
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UK multimode RF chip developer Lime Microsystems wants to make its configurable RF hardware as ubiquitous as the Raspberry Pi low cost computer by making it open source.
Nanometric transistors take miniaturization into a new dimension
Nanometric transistors take miniaturization into a new dimension
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A team of French researchers has built a nanometric transistor that is claimed to displays exceptional properties for a device of its size and could push the limits of the…
Energy harvesting wireless technology enables new single room control system
Energy harvesting wireless technology enables new single room control system
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Kieback&Peter has introduced the company’s new product family en:key which claims to be the first self-learning, single room control system without mains connection or batteries.
Wireless sensor network challenges and solutions
Wireless sensor network challenges and solutions
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While both low-power sensors and wireless networking are now ubiquitous, there are still relatively few examples on the market of low-power wireless sensor networks. This is not for lack of…
First low VCEsat double transistors in 2-mm x 2-mm leadless package
First low VCEsat double transistors in 2-mm x 2-mm leadless package
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has introduced what the company claims are the industry’s first double transistors with low saturation voltage in a 2-mm x 2-mm DFN (discrete flat no-leads) package.
Inside the iPad mini
Inside the iPad mini
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As of October 23, 2012 Apple claims to have sold over 100 million units from their iPad family, with over 62.5% of the total tablets shipped in 2012 (according to…
NXP unveils world’s first low VCEsat double transistors in 2-mm x 2-mm leadless package
NXP unveils world’s first low VCEsat double transistors in 2-mm x 2-mm leadless package
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has introduced what the company claims are the industry’s first double transistors with low saturation voltage in a 2-mm x 2-mm DFN (discrete flat no-leads) package.
Developing medical sensors compliant with global requirements
Developing medical sensors compliant with global requirements
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James McKenna of Honeywell considers the key issues that sensor manufacturers need to consider to be compliant with global requirements. The issues incude miniaturization, materials and regulatory compliance, supplier quality…
Contactless IR Thermometer
Contactless IR Thermometer
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The Melexis infrared (IR) thermometer makes it safe to measure the surface temperatures of hot, hazardous, or hard-to-reach objects without having to physically touch them.
SDK enables lighting control app development for Hue
SDK enables lighting control app development for Hue
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Philips has published a software developers kit (SDK) and a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) for its Hue system of network-enabled luminaires. These tools enable programmers to implement home…
Car infotainment systems need multi-output power ICs
Car infotainment systems need multi-output power ICs
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Nathan Hanagami, Steve Knoth and Marty Merchant of Linear Technology examine why car infotainment systems need multi-output power ICs.
Overcoming the embedded CPU performance wall
Overcoming the embedded CPU performance wall
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Julio Diez Ruiz explains the silicon limitations to achieving frequency improvements in embedded processors and how they affect CPU performance.  He also indicates how engineers are overcoming this situation with…
Wireless Sensor Network Challenges and Solutions
Wireless Sensor Network Challenges and Solutions
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While both low-power sensors and wireless networking are now ubiquitous, there are still relatively few examples on the market of low-power wireless sensor networks. This is not for lack of…
CMP offers STMicroelectronics analog 130-nm H9A CMOS process for prototyping next generation SoCs
CMP offers STMicroelectronics analog 130-nm H9A CMOS process for prototyping next generation SoCs
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STMicroelectronics and CMP (Circuits Multi Projets) have announced that ST’s H9A CMOS process (at 130 nm lithography node) is now available for prototyping to universities, research labs and design companies…
Optical switches use electro-optical waveguides based on liquid crystals
Optical switches use electro-optical waveguides based on liquid crystals
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS Dresden has developed optical switches and modulators based on electro-optical waveguides induced in special liquid crystals.


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