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MIPS soft-core is optimised for multicore designs in an FPGA
MIPS soft-core is optimised for multicore designs in an FPGA
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The MP32 is a MIPS-compatible applications class processor, and said to be the industry’s first FPGA-based soft-processor to be supported…
AMD brings high-end graphics to embedded
AMD brings high-end graphics to embedded
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Advanced Micro Devices announced at the Embedded Systems Conference what it claimed is the first graphics chip for embedded systems…
BEEcube targets data centers, RF
BEEcube targets data centers, RF
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BEEcube Inc., (Fremont, CA) is planning moves both into the data center and software-defined radio on the road map for…
BMW connects MINI drivers to social networks
BMW connects MINI drivers to social networks
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BMW has a reputation for taking the lead when it comes to integrating fashionable consumer electronics functions and gadgets into…

Challenges in automotive power regulation
Challenges in automotive power regulation
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As vehicle electronic content proliferates, electronic component quality and reliability must improve to maximize vehicle performance and reduce warranty issues. While component quality and reliability were always important, the new…
MIPS now porting Honeycomb
MIPS now porting Honeycomb
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MIPS has announced it has gained official source access to Android 3.0, also known as Honeycomb. It is now porting the latest version of the popular operating system to the…
Piezoelectric MEMS boosts vibration harvester
Piezoelectric MEMS boosts vibration harvester
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Electrical engineers from the University of Michigan claim to have invented a technique for micro-machining piezoelectric MEMS that generate 10-times more energy than conventional energy harvesters. The research team said…
Solar-thermal device uses a spray-on polymer photovoltaic
Solar-thermal device uses a spray-on polymer photovoltaic
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Researchers at the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University have designed a new polymer-based solar-thermal device that can generate power from both heat and visible sunlight,…
EnOcean now fully interoperable with TCP/IP
EnOcean now 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, announced that its wireless, battery-less energy harvesting sensors and associated…
Deliver the lowest distortion and noise in a low-power, wideband, ADC interface (Part 1 of 4)
Deliver the lowest distortion and noise in a low-power, wideband, ADC interface (Part 1 of 4)
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Michael Steffes , Senior Applications Manager, Intersil Corp. looks at driving high-performance, high-speed ADCs and the benefits to using an input transformer in a differential inverting amplifier design.
Nanotube-based solar cells harness viruses
Nanotube-based solar cells harness viruses
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Living viruses can be harnessed to install highly conductive carbon nanotubes into the anode structures of dye sensitized solar cells, boosting their efficiency by almost one third, according to researchers…
New AC-DC power adapters comply with Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC
New AC-DC power adapters comply with Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC
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Emerson Network Power has launched a new series of 3 W ultra high efficiency wall-mount ac-dc power adapters that meet the international efficiency Level V standard. The new DCH3 series…
CGVxpress High Speed Serial Interface from NXP targets wireless applications
CGVxpress High Speed Serial Interface from NXP targets wireless applications
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NXP Semiconductors has announced CGVxpress™, an important extension to its high speed data converter technology portfolio and the next generation of the CGV™ high speed serial interface announced in 2009.
Single sensor covers multiple gases
Single sensor covers multiple gases
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A virtual multifunction gas sensor array has been developed that is capable of detecting a large number of organic and inorganic compounds, fuel gases and complex mixtures such as tobacco…
Networks will have a major headache in 2011 and tablets will only make it worse — however wireless Ethernet microwave can ease the pain
Networks will have a major headache in 2011 and tablets will only make it worse — however wireless Ethernet microwave can ease the pain
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The shift in the mobile network traffic profile from voice towards data is now indisputable. Even more significant is the fact that the largest proportion of this data is not…
NXP unveils CGVxpress High Speed Serial Interface
NXP unveils CGVxpress High Speed Serial Interface
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has unveiled an extension to its high speed data converter technology portfolio and the next generation of the CGV high speed serial interface announced in 2009. CGVxpress…
Accellera tips IP tagging standard effort
Accellera tips IP tagging standard effort
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EDA and IP standards body Accellera Organization Inc., has launched an effort to create a standard for IP tagging—tracking soft IP information which will be automatically added and detectable in…
Are you violating your op amp’s input common-mode range?
Are you violating your op amp’s input common-mode range?
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Todd Toporski, Analog Applications Engineer, Texas Instrument poses the question whether you are violating your op amp's input common-mode range and asks what is the impact of violating or exceeding…
Selective encryption said to cut wireless power
Selective encryption said to cut wireless power
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Selective encryption can protect the most important content in wireless streaming video without running down batteries on mobile devices, according to a university researcher.
Standardisation boosts momentum for Envelope Tracking
Standardisation boosts momentum for Envelope Tracking
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Envelope Tracking (ET) is the most effective wideband power reduction technology for RF Transmission. The formation of the OpenET Alliance to standardise the interfaces between the ET power supply modulator…
Multiplying energy sources to power demanding smartphones
Multiplying energy sources to power demanding smartphones
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Roald Neuquelman of STEricsson examines new solutions to power the cellular phone systems and charge their Li-Ion battery: 3Amps fast charger, solar harvesting and Near Field Communication (NFC) harvesting.
The basics of power factor correction (PFC), Part 1 of 3
The basics of power factor correction (PFC), Part 1 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 looks at the key considerations that need to be addressed…
Cypress TrueTouch touchscreen solution to support the Android 3.0 platform
Cypress TrueTouch touchscreen solution to support the Android 3.0 platform
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Cypress Semiconductor's TrueTouch touchscreen solution is supporting the Android 3.0, Honeycomb, platform. Several Honeycomb-based tablets with TrueTouch are already in the pre-production stage and many more handsets running earlier versions…
FFC spectrum analyzers used in satellite news gathering vehicles
FFC spectrum analyzers used in satellite news gathering vehicles
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Sat-Comm are including Rohde & Schwarz FSC spectrum analyzers as standard in its mid range and high end satellite news gathering (SNG) vehicles.
QDR Consortium unveils highest speed SRAMs
QDR Consortium unveils highest speed SRAMs
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The QDR Consortium, which was jointly formed by Cypress Semiconductor and Renesas Electronics to develop a quad data rate SRAM standard, have announced that devices marketed under the name QDRII+…
Woven polymer electrode offers cost effective alternative for indium tin oxide coatings
Woven polymer electrode offers cost effective alternative for indium tin oxide coatings
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A woven polymer electrode developed by Empa of Switzerland, which is an interdisciplinary research and services institution for material sciences and technology development within the ETH Domain, claims to be…
Manufacturing LED products poses unique challenges
Manufacturing LED products poses unique challenges
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LED products differ from standard electronics in that the assembled substrate typically is the final product. Manufacturing such devices requires highly flexible and adaptable precision machines. LEDs allow the creation…
Essential Tools for the CAN/LIN ECU Development Process
Essential Tools for the CAN/LIN ECU Development Process
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With the increasing use of in-vehicle networks, the development of the ECU (Electronic Control Unit) must not only consider software requirement, but also the implementation of the embedded software via…


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