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Analog-based power management controller with integrated MCU
Analog-based power management controller with integrated MCU
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Microchip is claiming the world’s first digitally enhanced power analog controller with the launch of a device that will expand…
World’s first analog-based power management controller with integrated MCU delivers flexible, efficient power conversion
World’s first analog-based power management controller with integrated MCU delivers flexible, efficient power conversion
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Microchip is claiming the world’s first digitally enhanced power analog controller with the launch of a device that will expand…
Tackling large-scale SoC and FPGA prototyping debug challenges
Tackling large-scale SoC and FPGA prototyping debug challenges
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Brad Quinton ofTektronix examines ways of tackling large-scale SoC and FPGA prototyping debug challenges.
EnSilica collaborates with Phoenix Systems to expand the eSi-RISC ecosystem to develop embedded smart grid solutions
EnSilica collaborates with Phoenix Systems to expand the eSi-RISC ecosystem to develop embedded smart grid solutions
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EnSilica and Phoenix Systems have ported the Phoenix-RTOS, designed specifically for both single and multicore embedded systems applications, to the…

Cambridge gets into graphene research
Cambridge gets into graphene research
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The universities of Cambridge and Manchester will both host graphene research centers as the U.K. looks to spend more than £85 million (about $140 million) bringing the two-dimensional form of…
Setting safety standard for arc detection in solar industry
Setting safety standard for arc detection in solar industry
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Brett Novak of Texas Instruments considers the key requirements for setting safety standards for arc detection in solar photovoltaic systems.
Research project taps LED lighting for broadband communications
Research project taps LED lighting for broadband communications
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Tiny LED lights now being developed could deliver Wi-Fi-like internet communications, while simultaneously displaying information, a group of British scientists hopes. The technology in question will at the same time…
Mozilla enters smartphone market with Firefox OS developer preview phones
Mozilla enters smartphone market with Firefox OS developer preview phones
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Mozilla have announced two Firefox OS developer preview phones to allow developers to build smartphones apps. These developer phones are being developed by Geeksphone in partnership with Telefonica and will…
HMI: More than just a machine interface
HMI: More than just a machine interface
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The advances made by the technologies and innovations that we see all around us every day in smartphones and tablets are simply breathtaking. At the same time, it is astounding…
First TV white space prototype based on IEEE 802.22
First TV white space prototype based on IEEE 802.22
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The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., and ISB Corporation have developed the world's first prototypes of base station (BS) and consumer premise equipment…
50-fold growth in wireless traffic by 2016 likely to exceed network capacity
50-fold growth in wireless traffic by 2016 likely to exceed network capacity
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Operators will be unable to keep up with smartphone users' growing demand for data on the move, a report from Deloitte warns. On average, iPhone, Android or Windows Phone handset…
Korean researchers hold out promise of ultra-low cost flexible display
Korean researchers hold out promise of ultra-low cost flexible display
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A research team of the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has developed a way to make paper-like flexible display devices closer with remarkably low cost. Polymer-based electronic…
Accurate PWM LED dimming without external signal generators, clocks or µcontrollers
Accurate PWM LED dimming without external signal generators, clocks or µcontrollers
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LEDs can be dimmed in two ways: analog and pulse-width modulation (PWM) dimming. Analog dimming changes LED light output by simply adjusting the DC current in the string, while PWM…
Enhanced RFID realizes its full potential
Enhanced RFID realizes its full potential
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From adding visibility to the production process, through work-in-process manufacturing techniques, to adding accountability and speed to the movement of finished products through the supply chain, RFID has already changed…
CEA-Leti granted test licence to validate cognitive radio technologies in the TV white space
CEA-Leti granted test licence to validate cognitive radio technologies in the TV white space
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CEA-Leti, which has developed opportunistic radio technologies (or cognitive radio) since 2005, is the first research center in France to be granted a government licence to experiment with television white…
German technology company claims stake in comms industry with over 30 active antenna patents
German technology company claims stake in comms industry with over 30 active antenna patents
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German technology company Ubidyne has been granted over 30 patents for active antenna technology and expects to be granted 50 more in the coming year, making it a key player…
Audi drives LED headlight to new dimensions
Audi drives LED headlight to new dimensions
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After having introduced already rather sophisticated LED-based lighting systems in its serial production vehicles, carmaker Audi announces to equip its vehicles with a smart LED matrix that adds even more…
Ultra low power ANT+ transceiver enables head-up display for runners to show live training data
Ultra low power ANT+ transceiver enables head-up display for runners to show live training data
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The Screeneye X from German navigation and sports specialist o-synce projects live training data such as heart rate, speed, and distance from any ANT+ device directly into the user's field…
Imec teams with Cadence on automated design-for-test solution for 3D memory-on-logic
Imec teams with Cadence on automated design-for-test solution for 3D memory-on-logic
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At the European 3D TSV Summit in Grenoble, imec, announced that together with Cadence Design Systems they have developed, implemented and validated an automated 3D Design-for-Test (DFT) solution to test…
Wireless ANT+ head-up display for runners shows live training data
Wireless ANT+ head-up display for runners shows live training data
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Nordic Semiconductor ASA has announced that German navigation and sports specialist, o-synce, is employing a Nordic nRF24AP2-8CH 2.4 GHz transceiver to provide ANT+ wireless connectivity for up to eight ANT+…
ENI2 initiative to establish nanoelectronics technology roadmaps in Europe
ENI2 initiative to establish nanoelectronics technology roadmaps in Europe
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The Association for European Nanoelectronics Activities (AENEAS), the association bringing together European R&D players in nanoelectronics, announced today the launch of ENI2, a new initiative designed to create mid- and…
Power Tip 55: Compensate a low-noise power supply having a two-section filter
Power Tip 55: Compensate a low-noise power supply having a two-section filter
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Robert Kollman of Texas Instruments focuses on how to set about compensating a low-noise power supply having a two-section filter.
LED driving techniques reduce power in LCD TVs
LED driving techniques reduce power in LCD TVs
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According to the SEAD (Super-efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment) initiative, televisions are responsible for approximately 3 to 8 percent of global residential electricity consumption. An analysis conducted by Lawrence Berkeley…
‘Perfect’ pseudo-differential input ADCs
‘Perfect’ pseudo-differential input ADCs
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The Filter Wizard discusses a practical application of the time realignment filtering technique described in an earlier article.
Renesas big-little LTE processor to compete with Qualcomm
Renesas big-little LTE processor to compete with Qualcomm
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Renesas Mobile has developed an application processor with on-chip LTE modem that an analyst said could provide competition to market-leader Qualcomm.
Automatic traffic sign recognition fights wrong-way driving on motorways
Automatic traffic sign recognition fights wrong-way driving on motorways
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After a series of fatal accindents on German highways in the past months, caused by so-called wrong-way drivers, carmakers were mulling over technological approaches to avoid such accidents. Daimler now…
IF/RF gain block state-of-the-art performance the easy way
IF/RF gain block state-of-the-art performance the easy way
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Bandwidth has become more precious than gold. As we push more and more data wirelessly through our smartphones, tablets, GPS, and video players, the spectrum has become more crowded. Increasingly…
U-blox demonstrates navigation using Chinese BeiDou satellite system
U-blox demonstrates navigation using Chinese BeiDou satellite system
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Swiss-based u-blox has achieved successful satellite positioning using China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System.


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