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The basics of power factor correction (PFC), Part 2 of 3
The basics of power factor correction (PFC), Part 2 of 3
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ON Semiconductor and Dhaval Dalal, ACP Technologies have written a new handbook that examines the fundamental theory behind PFC and…
Robotic design contest to take place at Freescale’s Technology Forum
Robotic design contest to take place at Freescale’s Technology Forum
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Freescale Semiconductor announced the “Make It Challenge” design contest, which is set to take place at the Freescale Technology Forum…
French RISC core aims at touch-screen apps
French RISC core aims at touch-screen apps
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Cortus SA, foundry MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp., and design house Taegee Co., Ltd., have collaborated on the development of a 32-bit…
Firm claims anti-shake camera breakthrough
Firm claims anti-shake camera breakthrough
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Cambridge Mechatronics Ltd., (CML), a developer of actuator technology used in consumer electronics, has demonstrated the application of its technology…

Intel tips 22-nm tri-gate, but mobile is MIA
Intel tips 22-nm tri-gate, but mobile is MIA
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As expected, Intel Corp., rolled out its 22-nm process—with a twist. The chip giant introduced the process, based on its long-awaited 3-D transistor design, dubbed tri-gate. First disclosed by Intel…
MIPS ports open source RTOS to ISA
MIPS ports open source RTOS to ISA
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MIPS Technologies and eCosCentric have announced the port of eCosPro open source real-time operating system (RTOS) to the microMIPS instruction set architecture (ISA). eCosCentric has also made available its eCosPro…
Embedded GPU supports OpenCL and six displays
Embedded GPU supports OpenCL and six displays
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The AMD Radeon E6760 embedded discrete graphics processor is claimed to be the first of its kind to offer embedded system designers the combination of OpenCL support along with support…
Continental to employ stereo vision for driver assitance systems
Continental to employ stereo vision for driver assitance systems
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Automotive supplier Continental AG has announced to add a stereo camera to its ContiGuard safety system as an integral element of its forward looking braking systems. This will help prevent…
Covisint sketches cornerstones of secure automotive networking
Covisint sketches cornerstones of secure automotive networking
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Against the background of increasingly connected cars, cloud computing provider Covisint which has extensive ties to the automotive industry, has drafted the cornerstones of secure automotive networking. At a congress…
RivieraWaves claims world’s first Bluetooth® 3.0 qualified baseband IP
RivieraWaves claims world’s first Bluetooth® 3.0 qualified baseband IP
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RivieraWaves has announced that it has successfully passed the Bluetooth Qualification with its Bluetooth 3.0 baseband Intellectual Property (IP).
Specification turns USB3 into chip link
Specification turns USB3 into chip link
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Two industry groups are pooling their technologies to define a new high speed, low power chip-to-chip interface for next generation mobile silicon. The USB 3.0 Promoters Group and the MIPI…
Analog Devices unveils industry’s first 3-GHz HDMI receiver
Analog Devices unveils industry’s first 3-GHz HDMI receiver
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Analog Devices, Inc., has introduced the industry’s first 3-GHz HDMI receiver for advanced television solutions. The new dual input receiver incorporates HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) specification version 1.4a support 3D…
32-bit application-specific MCU IP for touch screen applications
32-bit application-specific MCU IP for touch screen applications
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Cortus S.A., MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation and Taegee Company have collaborated to develop an advanced, low power, 32bit microprocessor based ASMCU (Application Specific Microcontroller) and associated IP for use in products…
Startup aims many-core chip at smartphones
Startup aims many-core chip at smartphones
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Four years ago Andreas Olofsson came to the Embedded Systems Conference as an engineer from Analog Devices Inc. and spotted an opportunity for a startup. Two weeks ago he got…
Electric hub motor improves EV range: Part 1 – Technology basics
Electric hub motor improves EV range: Part 1 – Technology basics
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Roland Marbot of EZ Consulting discusses the concept of a brushless DC motor with an "electronic gearbox," requiring an almost lossless control circuitry.
A fast-settling bias voltage filter with high ripple rejection
A fast-settling bias voltage filter with high ripple rejection
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Elaborating on a previous article, the Filter Wizard shows how higher order lowpass filters made using a “DC-free” technique can be much more effective in removing ripple from high voltage…
Continental to employ stereo vision for driver assistance systems
Continental to employ stereo vision for driver assistance systems
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Automotive supplier Continental AG has announced to add a stereo camera to its ContiGuard safety system as an integral element of its forward looking braking systems. This will help prevent…
Design contest challenges engineers to ‘make it’ creative
Design contest challenges engineers to ‘make it’ creative
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Freescale Semiconductor has announced the Make It Challenge design contest, which is set to take place at the Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) June 20-23 in San Antonio, Texas. The contest…
World’s highest performance RF DAC enables linearity performance breakthroughs
World’s highest performance RF DAC enables linearity performance breakthroughs
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has unveiled a 16-bit dual-channel LVDS DDR interface Digital-to-Analog Converter which supports output update rates of up to 1.25 Gsps. The company claims that the new high-speed…
Open source framework powers latest IDE, but it isn’t Eclipse
Open source framework powers latest IDE, but it isn’t Eclipse
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Microchip has made a significant strategic shift by adopting an open source framework on which to base the latest version of its integrated development environment, MPLAB. It provides engineers with…
Foundry-certified 0.18-micron analog CMOS PDK
Foundry-certified 0.18-micron analog CMOS PDK
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Tanner EDA and Dongbu HiTek have jointly developed a foundry-certified process design kit (PDK) that is seamlessly integrated into Tanner EDA's cohesive, integrated tool flow. Dongbu HiTek’s AN180 (0.18-micron analog…
Electric hub motor improves EV range: Part 1—Technology basics
Electric hub motor improves EV range: Part 1—Technology basics
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The type and location of motors used to power electric vehicles is a strategic decision. Wheel hub motors are regarded as the most elegant solution since they provide a high…
University of Luxembourg develops method to improve electrical conductivity in polymeric composites
University of Luxembourg develops method to improve electrical conductivity in polymeric composites
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Physicists at the University of Luxembourg have developed a new method to improve the electrical conductivity of polymeric composites which can be used to make flat-panel displays and solar cells…
MOST150’s new features in a series project
MOST150’s new features in a series project
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The MOST150 infotainment bus system is about to take the place of earlier MOST systems. With its high bandwidth which can be utilized up to almost 100 percent, MOST150 is…
Design and assembly process guidelines for bottom termination components
Design and assembly process guidelines for bottom termination components
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Assemblers who have tried to resolve problems that stem from the rapidly growing array of advanced packages are getting some help from IPC with the newly released IPC-7093, Design and…
EnOcean Alliance declare its energy harvesting sensors are fully interoperable with TCP/IP
EnOcean Alliance declare its energy harvesting sensors are fully interoperable with TCP/IP
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The EnOcean Alliance, a consortium of companies working to standardize and internationalize energy harvesting wireless technology for green intelligent buildings, has declared that its wireless, battery-less energy harvesting sensors and…
Research project aims at stacked multi-sensor systems
Research project aims at stacked multi-sensor systems
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Development of complex miniaturized multi-sensor systems for automotive and industrial applications is the goal of the MANOS research project. Within the scope of the project, eight companies collaborate in driving…
Silicon holds the key to longer battery life – Part One
Silicon holds the key to longer battery life – Part One
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Dr Scott Brown is CEO of Nexeon outlines in the first part of this two-part article that discusses how silicon can be used in place of carbon for battery anodes…


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