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Traffic monitoring system uses Bluetooth sensors over ZigBee
Traffic monitoring system uses Bluetooth sensors over ZigBee
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The platform is capable of sensing the flow of Bluetooth devices in a given street, roadway or passageway while differentiating…
Atmel promises to expand ARM portfolio to almost 200, and adds floating point
Atmel promises to expand ARM portfolio to almost 200, and adds floating point
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Atmel has revealed that several devices in its new Cortex-M4 Flash family will include a floating point unit (FPU) expanding…
Nokia tries again with new Windows phones
Nokia tries again with new Windows phones
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At Nokia World in London on Wednesday (October 26), the Finnish phone maker unveiled its first two Windows Phone powered…
Xilinx partners Cadence to introduce an Extensible Virtual Platform for software developers
Xilinx partners Cadence to introduce an Extensible Virtual Platform for software developers
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Xilinx, Inc., is teaming up with Cadence Design Systems, Inc., to develop the industry’s first virtual platform to enable system…

TRW develops multi-axis sensors for better crash safety
TRW develops multi-axis sensors for better crash safety
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Engineers from automotive supplier TRW Holdings have launched a new approach to improve crash sensing performance — they are developing remote acceleration sensors (RAS) which detect impacts from more than…
NXP shows smart home control using 6LoWPAN
NXP shows smart home control using 6LoWPAN
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The energy savings potential can be multiplied of LED lighting can be multiplied if the lighting is integrated into a smart home control system. NXP these days demonstrated the latest…
CommAgility demonstrates interoperability of AMC-2C6670 card with MTI remote radio head and Xilinx CPRI core
CommAgility demonstrates interoperability of AMC-2C6670 card with MTI remote radio head and Xilinx CPRI core
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CommAgility has successfully completed interoperability testing of its AMC-2C6670 AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) with a MTI Remote Radio Head (RRH) equipped with CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface), as well as…
Understanding and measuring an oscilloscope’s frequency response
Understanding and measuring an oscilloscope’s frequency response
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Brig Asay of Agilent Technologies examines in detail the tests and measurement of a oscilloscope's bandwidth.
Design concerns and global opportunities for TV
Design concerns and global opportunities for TV
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Alan Hansford of Silicon Labs examines some of the design challenges posed by the global opportunities being offered by modern TV technologies.
TSMC’s R&D chief sees 10 years of scaling
TSMC’s R&D chief sees 10 years of scaling
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The path is clear for continued semiconductor scaling using FinFETs for the next decade, down to the 7-nm node, according to Shang-Yi Chiang, senior vice president of R&D at foundry…
Fully printed energy-storage device gets USD1 million of additional funding
Fully printed energy-storage device gets USD1 million of additional funding
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The Paper Battery Company has been selected to receive a $1 million award from The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to continue development of a fully…
ACAL Energy demonstrates fuel cell performance record
ACAL Energy demonstrates fuel cell performance record
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Fuel cell technology company ACAL Energy has completed the build of its first field test system of its FlowCath platinum-free liquid cathode fuel cell technology, producing gross power of 3…
Bordeaux’s new hybrid diesel-electric river shuttle service to be powered by Saft Li-ion batteries
Bordeaux’s new hybrid diesel-electric river shuttle service to be powered by Saft Li-ion batteries
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Saft has been selected to supply advanced lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery systems to provide quiet, efficient, low-emission power for two hybrid diesel-electric ferryboats that will operate a shuttle service across the…
Multiple alliances collaborate to launch Consortium for SEP 2 Interoperability
Multiple alliances collaborate to launch Consortium for SEP 2 Interoperability
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HomePlug Alliance, Wi-Fi Alliance and ZigBee Alliance has signed an agreement formalizing the Consortium for SEP 2 Interoperability. The Consortium will provide the Smart Grid ecosystem with confidence in application…
ADI helps the Large Hadron Collider achieve highest possible superconducting magnet performance
ADI helps the Large Hadron Collider achieve highest possible superconducting magnet performance
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The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland and the University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy, have collaborated on the design of an advanced instrument for measuring magnetic fields in…
Measuring leakage current in RF power transistors
Measuring leakage current in RF power transistors
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Around the globe, engineers and technicians using RF power devices have had many concerns regarding the specifications for leakage current, what the specifications mean in terms of the part's performance…
CNSE expands research in CIGS solar cells
CNSE expands research in CIGS solar cells
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CNSE in a partnership with Sematech has launched the Solar Energy Development Center in Halfmoon, NY, to engage with the solar energy community to work on increasing the performance of…
FPGA rivals continue to play ‘follow the leader’
FPGA rivals continue to play ‘follow the leader’
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Xilinx has announced it is now shipping the Virtex-7 2000T, which uses a stacked silicon approach to create a device with 6.8 billion transistors. It shatters Altera’s previous title of…
PTB researchers reveal magnetic nanoswitch for thermoelectric voltages
PTB researchers reveal magnetic nanoswitch for thermoelectric voltages
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Researchers at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have discovered a ‘thermoelectric voltage’ effect in magnetic tunnel structures that can be used to control nano-electronic junctions. The discovery may mean that the…
Seoul Semi improves LED architecture
Seoul Semi improves LED architecture
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Seoul Semiconductor has announced an innovative LED chip design that allows significantly improves the light yield at high operating temperatures. The new architecture will be rolled out soon, the company…
Power Tip 40: Common-mode currents and EMI in non-isolated power supplies
Power Tip 40: Common-mode currents and EMI in non-isolated power supplies
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Robert Kollman of Texas Instruments focuses on designs issues related to common-mode currents and EMI in non-isolated power supplies.
Product platform integrates ARM Cortex-M4, -A5 cores
Product platform integrates ARM Cortex-M4, -A5 cores
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Freescale Semiconductor has developed a product platform that incorporates a high-performance microcontroller (MCU) and an energy-efficient applications processor.
Step by step for an optimised flyback design
Step by step for an optimised flyback design
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Michele Sclocchi of Texas Instruments in this first part of a two part series offers a step by step guide on how to approach optimising a flyback design.
LMU shows self-organization gives rise to more efficient organic solar cells
LMU shows self-organization gives rise to more efficient organic solar cells
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Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU) have discovered a new way to optimize the performance of organic solar cells. Ultrafast measurements on hybrid PV cells now reveal a route to double…
Organic large-area electronics competition for R&D funding
Organic large-area electronics competition for R&D funding
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UK companies are being invited to take part in a competition for funding for collaborative research and development projects that aim to develop and stimulate technology within the European Organic…
Maxim supports leaded parts for Mil/Aero customers
Maxim supports leaded parts for Mil/Aero customers
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Responding to the plea of its military and aerospace customers, Maxim has announced two programs that provide small and large quantities of lead (SnPb) finished ICs. Market demand for lead-free…
ST Micro chips tackle security/interface needs
ST Micro chips tackle security/interface needs
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STMicroelectronics has come out with a single-chip data encryption engine with a cryptographic module certified to the most rigorous security standard for non-military applications.
Thin Film, PARC tip printed ‘CMOS’ memory
Thin Film, PARC tip printed ‘CMOS’ memory
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Long-time plastic memory research company Thin Film Electronics ASA and Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) have said they have produced a working prototype of a printed ferroelectric polymer non-volatile memory…


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