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Versatile energy harvesting with piezoelectric thin films
Versatile energy harvesting with piezoelectric thin films
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In a crucial step towards the development of self-powering portable electronics, RMIT University researchers have for the first time characterised…
French startup NikkoIA SAS to enter infrared imaging market
French startup NikkoIA SAS to enter infrared imaging market
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Newly created (May 2011) Grenoble startup NikkoIA SAS has signed a worldwide and exclusive license agreement on a patents portfolio…
STMicroelectronics strengthens design platform for three-phase motor drives, encourages energy efficiency
STMicroelectronics strengthens design platform for three-phase motor drives, encourages energy efficiency
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STMicroelectronics has unveiled new resources for customers that will simplify design and speed up development of energy-saving intelligent motor drives…
Advanced BLDC motor controller with power saving features
Advanced BLDC motor controller with power saving features
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Scott C. Chen of Fairchild Semiconductor discusses the features and benefits of an advanced BLDC motor controller with power saving…

Microsoft releases Kinect-for-Windows SDK
Microsoft releases Kinect-for-Windows SDK
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Microsoft Corp., has announced a free beta release of the Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK).
HAVEit project proves series maturity of automatic driving
HAVEit project proves series maturity of automatic driving
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During the final event of the European HAVEit research project 17 industry and science entities presented their contributions to technologies aiming at automatic driving. The event proved that several building…
PCI Express poised for 2x upgrade
PCI Express poised for 2x upgrade
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The PCI Special Interest Group has determined it can squeeze out of copper links at least one more high speed version of PCI Express before a likely transition to optical…
Altium and Würth Elektronik collaborate on new component libraries
Altium and Würth Elektronik collaborate on new component libraries
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A comprehensive set of passive components from Würth Elektronik is now available for Altium Designer 10 through the recently launched AltiumLive portal. Electronic designers will have access to eight new…
Altium and Wurth Elektronik collaborate on new component libraries
Altium and Wurth Elektronik collaborate on new component libraries
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A comprehensive set of passive components from Wurth Elektronik is now available for Altium Designer 10 through the recently launched AltiumLive portal. Electronic designers will have access to eight new…
How to structure a battery management system
How to structure a battery management system
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Jon Munson from Linear Technology explains in detail how to design a management system for batteries - considering in particular the boundary conditions of vehicle requirements.
Crocus claims technology allows NAND MRAM
Crocus claims technology allows NAND MRAM
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Crocus Technology Inc, a vendor of magnetic RAMs, has announced the development of its so-called Magnetic Logic Unit (MLU) technology. This is an adaption of its thermally assisted magnetic switching…
Lab-on-chip solution to detect and differentiate several food-borne pathogens
Lab-on-chip solution to detect and differentiate several food-borne pathogens
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Singapore-based medical diagnostics company Veredus Laboratories, a provider of molecular detection tests, and its technology partner, STMicroelectronics, announced the commercialization of VereFoodborne, a Lab-on-Chip application that is able to detect…
Digitally-controlled dc-dc converters design kit simplifies exploration of digital power architectures
Digitally-controlled dc-dc converters design kit simplifies exploration of digital power architectures
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Ericsson's 3E range of digitally-controlled dc-dc converters has been expanded to feature two intermediate-bus converters that source up to 240 and 396 W to power a choice of complementary 3E…
Voice recognition in Sync with simplicity
Voice recognition in Sync with simplicity
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Ford Motor Company claims to have tamed voice recognition with the latest version of its Sync technol­ogy by upping the number of com­mands a hundredfold while simplifying their grammar.
Optical amplifier claims world record low noise performance
Optical amplifier claims world record low noise performance
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden have demonstrated an optical amplifier which can amplify light with extremely low noise. The breakthrough claims to enable a reach increase…
HomePlug Powerline Alliance plans to support for IEEE P1905 convergent digital home network standard
HomePlug Powerline Alliance plans to support for IEEE P1905 convergent digital home network standard
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The HomePlug Powerline Alliance, the world’s leading industry group for powerline network solutions, is to support the IEEE P1905 working group’s efforts to define the first standard for hybrid home…
Ubiquisys and Broadcom to offer reference design for a fully-integrated femtocell home gateway
Ubiquisys and Broadcom to offer reference design for a fully-integrated femtocell home gateway
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Ubiquisys has announced its continued collaboration with long-term partner Broadcom to develop a fully integrated femtocell home gateway.
iWatt claims industry’s first driver to power 32 strings of LEDs for direct and segment-edge backlighting in ultra-thin LED TVs
iWatt claims industry’s first driver to power 32 strings of LEDs for direct and segment-edge backlighting in ultra-thin LED TVs
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iWatt, Inc., has expanded the company’s family of DC/DC LED backlight drivers with its iW7032 which can power up to 32 parallel strings of LEDs. Like the iW7040, which powers…
PLX, Avago demo PCI Express over fiber
PLX, Avago demo PCI Express over fiber
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Chip makers PLX Technology Inc., and Avago Technologies Ltd., have announced a collaboration using optics to demonstrate PCI Express (PCIe) extending beyond its dominant role within the box to a…
Multicore is mandatory, claims Freescale CEO
Multicore is mandatory, claims Freescale CEO
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Opening the Freescale Technology Forum 2011, in San Antonio, Texas, CEO and Chairman, Rich Beyer stated in his keynote address that the PC model isn’t going to work as we…
Automakers drive development of in-vehicle wireless charging, analyst says
Automakers drive development of in-vehicle wireless charging, analyst says
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Global automakers including Audi, General Motors and Volkswagen are putting their horsepower behind wireless in-vehicle charging, a study from market researcher IHS iSuppli states. The technology allows motorists to recharge…
AMP: Freescale’s answer to exploding Internet traffic
AMP: Freescale’s answer to exploding Internet traffic
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Calling it the company's biggest announcement of the last three years aimed at the networking segment, Freescale Semiconductor is rolling out a new-generation multi-core platform called the Advanced Multiprocessing (AMP)…
OLEDs reach 87 lm/W energy-efficiency
OLEDs reach 87 lm/W energy-efficiency
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The OLED laboratory-sample developed by researchers at Osram have achieved a new efficiency record at 87 lm/W, significantly exceeding the current peak value from competition by 40 percent. Researchers believe…
Feature-rich 4 Channel LED Driver
Feature-rich 4 Channel LED Driver
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Integrated System Technologies (IST) has launched the iDrive® Quad, a 120W, 4 channel LED driver based on its patented advanced DSP technology.
Going through a mixed-signal SOC design, from A to Z (Chapter One)
Going through a mixed-signal SOC design, from A to Z (Chapter One)
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Tamara Schmitz and Dave Ritter of Intersil Corp. continue you their 'dialogue' series that focuses on the product development process relating to a mixed-signal SOC design.
Startup has ultrasound alternative to NFC
Startup has ultrasound alternative to NFC
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Startup Naratte Inc., has disclosed a technique for sending information via ultrasound using existing speakers and microphones in consumer devices such as smartphones. It is working with partners to enable…
Hybrid drive soars to the airs
Hybrid drive soars to the airs
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Hybrid-electric drives are no longer a matter of cars only: At the Le Bourget air show, small plane manufacturer Diamond Aircraft shows what it claims to be the world's first…
Industrial sensors and control – The basics – Part II
Industrial sensors and control – The basics – Part II
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Sabrie Soloman of American SensoRx provides an overview of the basics that underpin industrial sensors and control technology.


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