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Battery science breakthrough sheds light on dendrite problem
Battery science breakthrough sheds light on dendrite problem
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Researchers at Stanford University (Stanford, CA) and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Menlo Park, CA) have captured the first atomic-level…
Aluminium tin anodes double battery capacity
Aluminium tin anodes double battery capacity
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Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have discovered a family of anode materials that can double the charge…
iPhone X teardown shows dual cell battery design
iPhone X teardown shows dual cell battery design
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The teardown of the iPhone X flagship handset from Apple by iFixit and TechInsights shows how the power sub-systems have…
IoT startup Wiliot closes investment round to push battery-free Bluetooth
IoT startup Wiliot closes investment round to push battery-free Bluetooth
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Wiliot, a fabless semiconductor start-up company, has closed an investment round with Qualcomm Ventures, the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated,…

Battery-free Bluetooth venture looks to scale the IoT
Battery-free Bluetooth venture looks to scale the IoT
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A group of engineers from Qualcomm are developing a Bluetooth chip powered by energy harvested from radio waves.
IEEE™ 1588 PTP grandmaster clock for 4G and 5G
IEEE™ 1588 PTP grandmaster clock for 4G and 5G
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Microsemi Corporation has launched its TimeProvider 4100, a highly flexible IEEE™ 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) grandmaster clock designed to scale from the edge to the aggregation layers of both…
Wireless power chipset supports authentication and bi-directional data transfer
Wireless power chipset supports authentication and bi-directional data transfer
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Integrated Device Technology has announced a 15-W wireless power chipset featuring a bi-directional communication channel between the transmitter and receiver.
Continental acquires cybersecurity expert Argus
Continental acquires cybersecurity expert Argus
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To strengthen its position in the area of IT security for vehicles has automotive supplier Continental is taking over Argus Cyber Security, one of the world's leading providers of IT…
Open charging network to roll out across Europe
Open charging network to roll out across Europe
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A group of car makers have set up a joint venture for a high speed open charging network across Europe. IONITY is backed by BMW, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company…
ARM details power security plans
ARM details power security plans
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Arm has developed new on-die technology to protect against attacks seeking to compromise sensitive information through the chip power consumption and electromagnetic emission.
Qualcomm’s NXP deal in doubt
Qualcomm’s NXP deal in doubt
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With the stock price of NXP Semiconductors NV trading at well above the offer price from Qualcomm Corp., the US mobile semiconductor giant must surely up its offer price or…
Energy harvesting Bluetooth chip startup targets IoT
Energy harvesting Bluetooth chip startup targets IoT
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A group of engineers from Qualcomm are developing a Bluetooth chip powered by energy harvested from radio waves.
STM32 Power Shield checks EEMBC’s ULPMark Power Benchmarking
STM32 Power Shield checks EEMBC’s ULPMark Power Benchmarking
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STmicroelectronics’ STM32 Power Shield allows developers to check the power consumption of embedded designs. It is based on the X-NUCLEO-LPM01A board and is designed to run EEMBC’s IoTConnect and ULPMark…
Carmakers launch European open charging network
Carmakers launch European open charging network
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With the launch of a joint venture named IONITY, the BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and the Volkswagen Group together with Audi and Porsche set the course for…
Carmakers launch European open charging network
Carmakers launch European open charging network
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With the launch of a joint venture named IONITY, the BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and the Volkswagen Group together with Audi and Porsche set the course for…
NI’s programmable instrument platform hosts Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGAs
NI’s programmable instrument platform hosts Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGAs
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National Instruments has designed a new generation of its PXI-card-format FlexRIO programmable instrument platform that now employs Xilinx Kintex UltraScale technology in mezzanine I/O modules; PXI FlexRIO digitizers and PXI…
RF interference locator seeks problem signals mobile networks
RF interference locator seeks problem signals mobile networks
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The handheld R&S MNT100 RF interference locator from Rohde & Schwarz uses receiver technology and intelligent processing to quickly detect, analyze and locate even complex pulsed interference signals.
Image sensor for very-low-light applications: medical imaging options expanded
Image sensor for very-low-light applications: medical imaging options expanded
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Specialist distributor Framos (Taufkirchen, Germany) has ON Semiconductor’s KAE-04471 interline transfer EMCCD image sensor that has been configured to provide picture quality in extreme low light applications; as well as…
High-accuracy digital temperature sensor IC
High-accuracy digital temperature sensor IC
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Sensirion’s STS35 temperature sensor is the most accurate sensor the company has produced in the STS3x series, intended for markets such as the medical (body temperature measurement) and automotive sectors.
Arduino-compatible peripheral modules/shields add comms & I/O options
Arduino-compatible peripheral modules/shields add comms & I/O options
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Distributor RS Components has added Pmods and Arduino-style shields from Digilent that can provide a simple means of extending prototype designs with a variety of sensor and communication options.
High-speed gang-programmer for production-scale flash configuration
High-speed gang-programmer for production-scale flash configuration
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Segger (Hilden, Germany) has added the “Flasher ATE” to its range, a modular gang programmer that uses the same Turbo-Mode and Universal Flash loaders the company developed for its Flasher…
6G connectivity: Terahertz wireless to merge with fibre optics
6G connectivity: Terahertz wireless to merge with fibre optics
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Though the 5G mobile communications technology has not yet reached production status, it is already becoming apparent that the data rates of 5G will not be able to satisfy the…
Qualcomm, Merck back battery-free IoT startup
Qualcomm, Merck back battery-free IoT startup
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A group of engineers whose previous company, Wi-Fi pioneer Wilocity, was acquired by Qualcomm in 2014, have formed Wiliot Inc. (San Diego, Calif.) to develop a Bluetooth chip powered by…
LED lighting gives St. Peter’s basilica new brilliance
LED lighting gives St. Peter’s basilica new brilliance
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The Vatican Technical Services Directorate has contracted Osram for the new lighting in St. Peter's Basilica. The project will help the Vatican to reduce the electricity bill for the basilica,…
Pitney Bowes, Arrow Electronics collaborate to make infrastructure smarter
Pitney Bowes, Arrow Electronics collaborate to make infrastructure smarter
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Transaction services company Pitney Bowes (Stamford, CT) and electronics distributor Arrow Electronics (Centennial, CO) have signed an agreement aimed at improving physical infrastructure efficiencies.
LED lighting gives St. Peter’s basilica new brilliance
LED lighting gives St. Peter’s basilica new brilliance
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The Vatican Technical Services Directorate has contracted Osram for the new lighting in St. Peter's Basilica. The project will help the Vatican to reduce the electricity bill for the basilica,…
Gas sensing startup raises funds to bring ‘digital scent’ to IoT
Gas sensing startup raises funds to bring ‘digital scent’ to IoT
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Chemical detection company NevadaNano (Sparks, NV) has announced that it has closed $18 million in Series B funding led by Ray Stata, Chairman of chipmaker Analog Devices, Inc.
Porsche invests in US 3D-printing startup
Porsche invests in US 3D-printing startup
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The sports car manufacturer Porsche has acquired venture investments in two companies in the area of 3D printing (additive manufacturing). One of these investments is the US company Markforged Inc…


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