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Mentor Graphics, Mecel offer Autosar 4.x software design solution
Mentor Graphics, Mecel offer Autosar 4.x software design solution
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With Autosar 4.x being in the design pipeline for a production start in 2014 to 2016, the automotive value chain…
EBV Elektronik opens light laboratory for customers to perform photometric measurements
EBV Elektronik opens light laboratory for customers to perform photometric measurements
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EBV Elektronik is one of the first companies in the European semiconductor distribution industry to offer customers access to a…
Design a wide-voltage-band buck regulator
Design a wide-voltage-band buck regulator
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Michael Harney describes the design of a wide-band buck regulator, which is a standard buck regulator, but with modifications that…
Comparing Bluetooth low energy and proprietary RF for HID applications
Comparing Bluetooth low energy and proprietary RF for HID applications
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With the increasing variety of wireless technologies available, more sophisticated human interface devices (HID) are coming to market with integrated…

ITU approves Maxim’s G3-PLC protocol as a new NB-PLC standard for smart grid applications
ITU approves Maxim’s G3-PLC protocol as a new NB-PLC standard for smart grid applications
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Maxim Integrated Products' G3-PLC protocol has been approved by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as a new low-frequency, OFDM-based narrowband powerline communications (NB-PLC) standard.
Wireless implantable MEMS sensor powered by music
Wireless implantable MEMS sensor powered by music
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Researchers at Purdue University have developed a MEMS sensor that uses the low bass sounds of rap music to selectively power the device when implanted in the body.
UK researchers develop sensors to improve protection of concrete coastal structures
UK researchers develop sensors to improve protection of concrete coastal structures
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Researchers at City University London and Queen's University Belfast following several research projects funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have developed innovative sensors that they claim…
IAR Systems supports Infineon’s XMC4500 microcontrollers for energy-efficient industrial applications
IAR Systems supports Infineon’s XMC4500 microcontrollers for energy-efficient industrial applications
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IAR Systems' embedded software development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench now provides full support for Infineon Technologies' new XMC4500 microcontrollers including examples for the modular Hexagon Development Kit.
Samplify offers speed up for multicore processors
Samplify offers speed up for multicore processors
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Samplify Systems Inc., (Santa Clara, California), a startup fabless chip company with expertise in compression, has announced it can provide application acceleration technology called APAX that can more than double…
Elpida announces ReRAM chip
Elpida announces ReRAM chip
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Struggling DRAM maker Elpida Memory Inc., has announced the development of a non-volatile resistance memory (ReRAM) prototype. The company said it plans to work with Sharp Corp., on commercialization with…
ITU approves G3-PLC as a new worldwide smart grid standard
ITU approves G3-PLC as a new worldwide smart grid standard
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In partnership with Electricité Réseau Distribution France (ERDF) and Sagemcom, Maxim developed the G3-PLC specification to promote open-endedness and interoperability among smart grid implementations. The company’s G3-PLC protocol has now…
Prepaid meter reference design enables secure energy credit purchase through NFC
Prepaid meter reference design enables secure energy credit purchase through NFC
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Freescale Semiconductor and Inside Secure have announced a secure prepaid utility meter reference design with Near Field Communication (NFC) connectivity that OEMs can use to quickly and cost-effectively bring to…
ANSI accreditation will support development of a smart grid testing and certification framework
ANSI accreditation will support development of a smart grid testing and certification framework
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The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), coordinator of the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system, aims to play a key role in the push to develop a robust, reliable, and…
Research team finds bilayer graphene works as an insulator
Research team finds bilayer graphene works as an insulator
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A research team led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside have identified an insulating property of “bilayer graphene” (BLG) formed when two graphene sheets are stacked in a…
Modular TPMS systems provide economical, functional versatility
Modular TPMS systems provide economical, functional versatility
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Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) have become mandatory for cars in many geographies. A building block approach allows mixing and matching features in affordable tire pressure monitoring system packages.
Imec and Genalyte report disposable silicon photonics biosensor chips
Imec and Genalyte report disposable silicon photonics biosensor chips
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Imec and Genalyte announced that they have successfully developed and produced a set of disposable silicon photonics biosensor chips to be used in Genalyte diagnostic and molecular detection equipment. The…
Active antenna can raise cell capacity 40 percent
Active antenna can raise cell capacity 40 percent
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A U.S. network trial for the LTE 700-MHz active antenna from startup Ubidyne GmbH (Ulm, Germany) has demonstrated a 40 percent increase in cell capacity, the company said. The result,…
Testing modern MIMO Wi-Fi and LTE radios
Testing modern MIMO Wi-Fi and LTE radios
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Modern radio technologies such as the IEEE 802.11 and 3GPP (3rd generation partnership project) LTE (long term evolution) rely on MIMO (multiple input multiple output) techniques to increase the radio…
Myth or fact? You can increase the force of your solenoid by removing turns (Part 3 of 3)
Myth or fact? You can increase the force of your solenoid by removing turns (Part 3 of 3)
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Paul H. Schimpf of Eastern Washington University continues to see whether a solenoid can be increased by removing some turns from the coil while looking at formulations for inductance, power,…
Link Microtek expands test capability with environmental chamber
Link Microtek expands test capability with environmental chamber
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Link Microtek, a specialist manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and infra-red products, has invested in a state-of-the-art environmental test chamber at its premises in the centre of Basingstoke.
SARTRE consortium tests automotive “platooning”
SARTRE consortium tests automotive “platooning”
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The seven partners of the SARTRE project (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) have for the first time tested their technological approach outside the simulators, on real roads. The project…
Researchers cool semi membrane by laser interaction
Researchers cool semi membrane by laser interaction
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Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have discovered a new method for laser cooling semiconductor membranes-—by heating the membrane.
Startup proposes processor on DRAM process
Startup proposes processor on DRAM process
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Venray Technology Ltd., (Dallas, Texas) has proposed building a small microprocessor on a DRAM process to save power. The argument that cache transistors outnumber processor transistors on modern processors and…
Soitec and Sumitomo Electric demonstrate 4- and 6-inch GaN engineered substrates
Soitec and Sumitomo Electric demonstrate 4- and 6-inch GaN engineered substrates
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Soitec and Sumitomo Electric Industries have reached a major milestone in their strategic joint development program started in December 2010 by demonstrating four- and six-inch engineered gallium nitride (GaN) substrates…
SyEnA project makes safety systems affordable
SyEnA project makes safety systems affordable
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Intelligent affordable safety systems are an important design goal for many automotive OEMs. In such systems, intelligent sensor systems play a paramount role. The SyEnA project aims at the analog…
Compliance to Power-over-Ethernet safety standards is critical when moving beyond 60-W
Compliance to Power-over-Ethernet safety standards is critical when moving beyond 60-W
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Daniel Feldman of Microsemi Corporation explains why compliance to PoE safety standards is critical when moving beyond 60-W.
Infineon re-enters ARM market with motor control families
Infineon re-enters ARM market with motor control families
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Infineon Technologies has re-entered the market as an ARM licensee after the sale of its wireless division to Intel, this time with a focus on several families of motor controllers…
Texas Instruments shows off Pico HD projector that fits into a smartphone
Texas Instruments shows off Pico HD projector that fits into a smartphone
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Texas Instruments Inc. was keeping its eye on the big picture, through its littlest chipsets. The firm was literally beaming as it showed off its latest generation of DLP projector…


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