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Localised haptic response and programmable touch effects for printed control panels
Localised haptic response and programmable touch effects for printed control panels
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HiWave Technologies has launched a touch feedback platform for control panels to be integrated in everyday household appliances.
DO-178 software reuse in the ISO 26262 domain reduces cost for automotive suppliers
DO-178 software reuse in the ISO 26262 domain reduces cost for automotive suppliers
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Is the reuse of avionics software feasible or even recommendable in automotive applications? This was one of the questions the…
Optical sensor offers greater sensitivity to dangerous chemicals
Optical sensor offers greater sensitivity to dangerous chemicals
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A team of EU-funded researchers has developed an optical solution that claims to be safer, easier to install and, more…
Key methods for controlling EMC
Key methods for controlling EMC
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Increasing clock speeds, coupled with high-frequency bus and interface data rates, make pc board design significantly more challenging. Engineers have…

Continental integrates engine control and energy flow management into one system
Continental integrates engine control and energy flow management into one system
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Automotive supplier Continental has announced a new Engine Management platform generation, the System 3 (EMS3), which governs fuel injection and ignition with more precision than before. It also coordinates electric…
Lightfair: NXP gets serious about Internet-enabled smart lighting
Lightfair: NXP gets serious about Internet-enabled smart lighting
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What if every light bulb had an Internet IP address? Since NXP Semiconductors N.V. first raised the question at Lightfair International (LFI) nearly one year ago, interest in IPv6-enabled smart…
Cassidian and Alcatel-Lucent bring 4G LTE mobile broadband to professional mobile radio
Cassidian and Alcatel-Lucent bring 4G LTE mobile broadband to professional mobile radio
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Cassidian, an EADS company, and Alcatel-Lucent are to enhance safety and operations for public safety agencies, energy and transport companies with the launch of a new solution called ‘Evercor®’.
Reducing waste through better design and simple repairs
Reducing waste through better design and simple repairs
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Making simple repairs could save the UK could save millions of pounds by replacing fuses or plugs rather than throwing away perfectly reusable microwaves with brand new ones.
German researchers develop quick and easy way to measure power consumption
German researchers develop quick and easy way to measure power consumption
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Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen have developed a novel, space-saving metering unit that can be simply clipped onto a power cable like a laundry…
Demonstrate ISO 26262 conformance
Demonstrate ISO 26262 conformance
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For safety-relevant applications in the automotive industry as well as in other segments of the industry, engineers need to demonstrate that their designs meet the requirements of functional safety, described…
Bridging the chasm between HTML5 and the hardware with PPS messaging
Bridging the chasm between HTML5 and the hardware with PPS messaging
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Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) developed with HTML5 reside in a high-level, virtualized environment, and they work well in this environment. This fact does not preclude their needing to access hardware, however.
Cadence expands system and SoC verification offerings to accelerate system integration and reduce time to market
Cadence expands system and SoC verification offerings to accelerate system integration and reduce time to market
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is releasing a new in-circuit acceleration based on the Incisive and Palladium XP platforms for the company’s System Development Suite.
Bridgelux and Toshiba achieve excellent performance for 8″ GaN-on-silicon LEDs
Bridgelux and Toshiba achieve excellent performance for 8″ GaN-on-silicon LEDs
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LED manufacturer Bridgelux and Toshiba Corporation have announced that they have achieved a LED chip emitting 614mW, <3.1V@350mA on an area of just 1.1 square millimeters. The device was manufactured…
Bridgelux and Toshiba achieve excellent performance for 8″ GaN-on-silicon LEDs
Bridgelux and Toshiba achieve excellent performance for 8″ GaN-on-silicon LEDs
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LED manufacturer Bridgelux and Toshiba Corporation have announced that they have achieved a LED chip emitting 614 mW, <3.1 V at 350 mA on an area of just 1.1 square…
LG prepares to manufacture flexible OLED displays
LG prepares to manufacture flexible OLED displays
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According to reports from various internet sources, Korean consumer electronics vendor LG plans to manufacture flexible OLED displays. The relatively small displays are intended to be used in a new…
Imec and Holst Centre report single-chip ethylene sensor to monitor fruit ripening
Imec and Holst Centre report single-chip ethylene sensor to monitor fruit ripening
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Imec and Holst Centre have demonstrated a single-chip electrochemical sensor for ethylene monitoring with a detection limit of 200-300ppb (parts per billion).
Finnish researchers plan to unravel the mechanical properties of atomically thin films
Finnish researchers plan to unravel the mechanical properties of atomically thin films
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New industrial applications are foreseen for MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) devices, a 7-billion-dollar, rapidly growing market. The mechanical properties of thin films play a crucial role.
New ultra-thin electronic films offer greater capabilities
New ultra-thin electronic films offer greater capabilities
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As the result of a French-American collaboration spearheaded by the Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, a new combination of polymers associating sugars with oil-based macromolecules is helping to…
Cadence Encounter digital technology delivers 29 percent power reduction on ‘green’ network flow processor SoCs
Cadence Encounter digital technology delivers 29 percent power reduction on ‘green’ network flow processor SoCs
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Netronome, a developer of intelligent network flow processors (NFP), has gained a performance advantage on the company's low-power 'green' SoCs by using the Cadence Encounter RTL-to-GDSII flow. …
NXP powers NFC in Samsung’s new GALAXY S III smart phone
NXP powers NFC in Samsung’s new GALAXY S III smart phone
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced that its PN65 Mobile Transactions solution will power the Samsung GALAXY S III to offer a new concept of human-centric mobile experience. The Samsung GALAXY…
Developing compact antenna couplers for TransferJet wireless data-transfer technology
Developing compact antenna couplers for TransferJet wireless data-transfer technology
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TransferJet is a close-proximity or ‘touch’ wireless transfer technology developed by Sony that enables the high-speed transfer of large data files, such as music, images and videos, between TransferJet-compliant electronic…
MIPS aims for comeback with Aptiv cores
MIPS aims for comeback with Aptiv cores
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MIPS Technologies has launched a new processor core architecture to try to regain market share it has lost to other vendors.
Black solar cells have lowest reflectance for silicon solar cells
Black solar cells have lowest reflectance for silicon solar cells
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Scientists at Natcore Technology using simple liquid bath processes, have created a black surface on a silicon wafer with an average reflectance in the visible and near-infrared region of the…
CEA-Leti and Arkema set up a platform for lithography based on nanostructured polymers
CEA-Leti and Arkema set up a platform for lithography based on nanostructured polymers
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CEA-Leti and Arkema, in association with LCPO (Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques) of Bordeaux, have shown the unique resolution potential of lithography based on nanostructured polymers.
MECHALD project budgets 2.2 million euros to apply atomic layer deposition to MEMSs
MECHALD project budgets 2.2 million euros to apply atomic layer deposition to MEMSs
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New industrial applications are foreseen for MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) devices, a 7-billion-dollar, rapidly growing market. The mechanical properties of thin films play a crucial role.
Latest cores from MIPS may make it relevant again
Latest cores from MIPS may make it relevant again
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MIPS Technologies has rolled out a new generation of microprocessor cores called Aptiv. With the cores' smaller die size and reduced energy consumption compared to ARM’s midrange core like A15,…
Sub 1-V low noise high PSRR LDO with improved load transient
Sub 1-V low noise high PSRR LDO with improved load transient
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Juri Mihhailov, Viktor Strik and Sergei Strik of Texas Instruments decribe a low input low output voltage regulator (LILO), which has a possibility to be used as a post regulated…
Report: Envelope tracking, MMPAs, CMOS PAs, antenna tuning, and MIMO to change handset RF design
Report: Envelope tracking, MMPAs, CMOS PAs, antenna tuning, and MIMO to change handset RF design
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A report from Mobile Experts highlights three new technologies which will revolutionize the market for RF components in mobile devices.


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