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Research project aims at affordable safety through shared sensors
Research project aims at affordable safety through shared sensors
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Automotive OEMs and the University of Passau (Germany) have launched a research project that aims at reducing costs for safety-relevant…
New European Association for Storage of Energy aims to ease way to sustainable energy provision
New European Association for Storage of Energy aims to ease way to sustainable energy provision
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A group of Europe's leading players in the energy sector, including manufacturers, utilities and academic bodies, have signed the formal…
Atmel and Redpine Signals provide ultra-low-power 802.11n Wi-Fi Capability for AVR and ARM-based microcontrollers
Atmel and Redpine Signals provide ultra-low-power 802.11n Wi-Fi Capability for AVR and ARM-based microcontrollers
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Atmel Corporation has collaborated with Redpine Signals to enable system engineers to implement 802.11n Wi-Fi to all Atmel AVR and…
Itron’s smart meter clinches first interoperable device interface specifications certification
Itron’s smart meter clinches first interoperable device interface specifications certification
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Itron Inc. is claiming to be the first company to earn the IDIS (Interoperable Device Interface Specifications) certification for its…

Series 61 – a Test Tool that’s growing
Series 61 – a Test Tool that’s growing
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Where there was hardly any bus communication based on automobile electronics a couple of years ago, today it cannot be imagined without. From the quality assurance's point of view, this…
Making sounds with analogue electronics – Part 1: Before the synthesizer
Making sounds with analogue electronics – Part 1: Before the synthesizer
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Martin Russ is the author of the book 'Sound Synthesis and Sampling' and in this extract he focuses on making sounds with analogue electronics - Part 1: Before the synthesizer.
Graphene overtaking carbon nanotubes
Graphene overtaking carbon nanotubes
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Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) have not yet met commercial expectations from a decade ago, and now hot on its heels is graphene. Graphene is considered a hot candidate for applications such…
Atmel and Redpine Signals provide ultra-low-power 802.11n Wi-Fi for AVR and ARM-based microcontrollers
Atmel and Redpine Signals provide ultra-low-power 802.11n Wi-Fi for AVR and ARM-based microcontrollers
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Atmel Corporation has collaborated with Redpine Signals to enable system engineers to implement 802.11n Wi-Fi to all Atmel AVR and ARM-based microcontrollers (MCUs) using Redpine Signals' Connect-io-n and n-Link modules.
Smart accessories could be the next big thing
Smart accessories could be the next big thing
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Energy Micro has reassessed its application areas to include ‘smart accessories’; devices that connect to and are powered by smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices. The company has also…
Tektronix unveils cost-effective solution for MIPI Alliance M-PHY testing
Tektronix unveils cost-effective solution for MIPI Alliance M-PHY testing
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Tektronix, Inc., is introducing what the company claims is the industry’s most cost-effective and only customer-proven solution for the MIPI Alliance M-PHY testing based on the newly-ratified M-PHY v1.0 specification.
Hyundai and Kia select Infineon HybridPACK 1 power modules for their HEVs
Hyundai and Kia select Infineon HybridPACK 1 power modules for their HEVs
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Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation have selected Infineon as supplier of power modules for their current hybrid car generations, the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and Kia Optima. Hyundai and…
Fujitsu and Autotalks partner to develop vehicle-to-vehicle communication processor
Fujitsu and Autotalks partner to develop vehicle-to-vehicle communication processor
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Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) and Autotalks have reached an agreement to co-operate on Autotalks’ communication processor, to be developed by Autotalks and manufactured by Fujitsu Semiconductor. The combined efforts of…
Touch-transfer technology will complement NFC, says Toshiba
Touch-transfer technology will complement NFC, says Toshiba
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Toshiba has announced it will launch a single chip IC (integrated circuit) that is compliant with the TransferJet standard for close proximity wireless transfer technology. Samples will start shipping at…
Ultra low power 2.4 GHz SoCs help wireless muscle stimulator to offer consumers pro athlete technology
Ultra low power 2.4 GHz SoCs help wireless muscle stimulator to offer consumers pro athlete technology
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The world's first wireless muscle electro-stimulator, which is used by HTC-Highroad, the professional cycling team of top 2011 Tour de France sprinter and new world road race champion, Mark Cavendish,…
Linked nanoparticles promise cheap solar cell benefits
Linked nanoparticles promise cheap solar cell benefits
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Researchers of the Chemical Engineering department and the Kavli institute of the TU Delft have demonstrated that electrons can move freely in layers of linked semiconductor nanoparticles under the influence…
Cadence expands verification IP portfolio to accelerate adoption of emerging mobile standards
Cadence expands verification IP portfolio to accelerate adoption of emerging mobile standards
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc., has unveiled new protocol and memory model verification IP (VIP) that will accelerate the adoption of the latest mobile standards. Through close collaboration with leading system…
Diesel hybrids can reduce CO2 fleet average, market researcher says
Diesel hybrids can reduce CO2 fleet average, market researcher says
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Although the initial costs for Diesel hybrid vehicles are higher than for comparable HEVs with gasoline engine, diesel hybrids provide higher performance, lower CO2 emissions and better fuel efficiency. For…
TI gets serious about Stellaris
TI gets serious about Stellaris
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Around three years after development started, over a year after Freescale and just a few days later ST’s announcement, Texas Instruments has also introduced a Cortex-M4 based family of MCUs,…
Traffic lights and signage need intelligence
Traffic lights and signage need intelligence
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Lighting applications are migrating to LED based light sources, mostly because of their high efficiency, and traffic and pedestrian lights are no exception. From January 2006, traffic signals, pedestrian crossing…
Ultra low power2.4GHz SoCs help wireless muscle stimulator to offer consumers pro athlete technology
Ultra low power2.4GHz SoCs help wireless muscle stimulator to offer consumers pro athlete technology
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The world's first wireless muscle electro-stimulator, which is used by HTC-Highroad, the professional cycling team of top 2011 Tour de France sprinter and new world road race champion, Mark Cavendish,…
Problems and pitfalls with signal integrity at 10 Gbits/sec and beyond
Problems and pitfalls with signal integrity at 10 Gbits/sec and beyond
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Kinana Hussain of Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., looks at how those initiating their first designs in the 10-Gbits/sec realm must confront signal-quality issues as backplanes and network interfaces move into that…
Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Systems (Part 1 of 5)
Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Systems (Part 1 of 5)
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Steven Beeby and Neil White, University of Southampton, Hampshire, U.K. provide a detailed understanding of the options for harvesting energy from localized, renewable sources to supply power to autonomous wireless…
Multicell Battery Stack Monitor IC for High Voltage Applications
Multicell Battery Stack Monitor IC for High Voltage Applications
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Stacks of lithium ion cells are used in new hybrid electric vehicles and uninterruptible power supplies. Maximizing the life and the safety of these high voltage, high power battery packs…
Power Tip 39: You get more than just better efficiency by going synchronous
Power Tip 39: You get more than just better efficiency by going synchronous
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Robert Kollman of Texas Instruments explains why you can get more than just better efficiency by going synchronous.
Compact multi-axis MEMS vibration monitor provides low-noise performance and embedded analysis
Compact multi-axis MEMS vibration monitor provides low-noise performance and embedded analysis
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Aiming to help industrial equipment designers improve system performance and reduce maintenance costs through more efficient vibration detection and isolation Analog Devices, Inc., is introducing the MEMS-based ADIS16228 i Sensor…
Designing smarter: single-battery applications
Designing smarter: single-battery applications
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Jason Tollefson, Mikhail Voroniouk, and Adam Jakubiak, Microchip Technology Inc. and Energizer Battery Company examine how a smarter design strategy can improve single-battery applications.
New touchscreen controllers claim world’s best SNR performance
New touchscreen controllers claim world’s best SNR performance
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Cypress Semiconductor has introduced the company’s new Gen4 family of TrueTouch touchscreen controllers. Gen4 which is claimed to deliver industry-best performance in all categories, including the world’s best Signal-to-Noise Ratio…
IEDM: PCM research moves to 20-nm
IEDM: PCM research moves to 20-nm
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The full program of the International Electron Devices Meeting has been posted online and it reveals that there are continuing strands of research into phase-change memory at Samsung and a…


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