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Arduino boards give LoRa low-power WAN and 2G/3G connectivity to IoT
Arduino boards give LoRa low-power WAN and 2G/3G connectivity to IoT
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The Arduino MKR WAN 1300 (LoRa) and the Arduino MKR GSM 1400 are two newly designed boards that enable developers,…
Wi-Fi & Bluetooth combination reduces power for wearables
Wi-Fi & Bluetooth combination reduces power for wearables
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Cypress Semiconductor’s Cypress CYW43012 is built in low-power 28nm process technology for a claimed reduction in power consumption of to…
Compact Sigfox device uses RF system-in-package for low power IoT designs
Compact Sigfox device uses RF system-in-package for low power IoT designs
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ON Semiconductor has announced a programmable RF transceiver System in Package (SiP) integrating an advanced RF System-on-Chip (SoC) with all…
PocketBeagle development board, in distribution
PocketBeagle development board, in distribution
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Distributor Digi-Key has BeagleBoard.org’s PocketBeagle development board; a very small, complete open-source USB-key-fob computer, aimed at both professional and hobbyinst…

Small coax connector system for small cell comms designs
Small coax connector system for small cell comms designs
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Connector suppliers Huber+Suhner, Radiall and Rosenberger have jointly designed NEX10, an RF connector system offering low PIM (passive intermodulation [distortion]) and ruggedized design in a compact size, to meet the…
50W low-profile DC/DC converter in 1/16 brick footprint
50W low-profile DC/DC converter in 1/16 brick footprint
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Recom (Gmunden, Austria) aims its latest 50W DC/DC converter, which it positions as highly cost-effective due to fully automated manufacturing, at PoE and industrial applications.
Two Arduino boards deliver easy-to-use connectivity for IoT projects
Two Arduino boards deliver easy-to-use connectivity for IoT projects
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Arduino has unveiled the latest Arduino MKR WAN 1300 (LoRa) and the Arduino MKR GSM 1400, two boards that are designed to offer a practical and cost-effective solution for developers,…
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combo chip slashes power consumption
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combo chip slashes power consumption
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Cypress Semiconductor's novel Wi-Fi and Bluetooth CYW43012 combo chip leverages 28nm process technology to cut power consumption up to 70 percent in receive mode and up to 80 percent in…
Osram demonstrates 4x4mm 1,024-pixels LED and driver combo
Osram demonstrates 4x4mm 1,024-pixels LED and driver combo
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With its Eviyos hybrid LED prototype, Osram Opto Semiconductors claims it has made major progress toward the first market-ready smart controllable high-resolution LED for adaptive lighting.
65-V LDMOS transistor boosts output power in wideband applications
65-V LDMOS transistor boosts output power in wideband applications
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Mouser Electronics is now stocking the MRFX1K80H LDMOS transistor from NXP® Semiconductors, which is part of the MRFX series of RF MOSFET transistors that incorporate a new laterally diffused metal…
Stepping up security in chip design: Texplained
Stepping up security in chip design: Texplained
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Headquartered in Valbonne, South of France, start-up Texplained is on a mission to render chip-level reverse engineering a dead-end for IC counterfeiters. Although today's Common Criteria Certification schemes for secure…
ITRI and Anritsu collaborate on 400GE testing platform
ITRI and Anritsu collaborate on 400GE testing platform
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Anritsu Corporation and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) are building a high-speed test lab to provide a bit error rate test (BERT) system with symbol rate up to 56 Gbaud…
ABB buys GE’s industrial division for $2.6bn
ABB buys GE’s industrial division for $2.6bn
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Swedish engineering conglomerate ABB is to buy the industrial power division of GE for $2.6bn.
Bennings’s TRUE RMS digital multimeter in stock at Conrad Business Supplies
Bennings’s TRUE RMS digital multimeter in stock at Conrad Business Supplies
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Conrad Business Supplies has extended its range of measuring instruments with the highly accurate and reliable TRUE RMS digital multimeter MM 12 from Benning.
Mini PCIe card connects to CAN FD busses
Mini PCIe card connects to CAN FD busses
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PEAK-System's PCAN-miniPCIe FD plug-in card can be flexibly connected to CAN and CAN FD busses via a D-Sub connector using enclosed connection cables.
Teardown shows iPhone 8 power play 
Teardown shows iPhone 8 power play 
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A teardown of Apple's new iPhone 8 by iFixit shows the power management chip suppliers driving the move to wireless charging.
Low PIM in-line 6-way reactive splitters with IP 67/68 rating
Low PIM in-line 6-way reactive splitters with IP 67/68 rating
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Low PIM (-161dBc typical) 6-way reactive splitters for DAS applications from MECA feature a rugged construction and excellent performance across all wireless bands from 0.698- to 2.700-GHz making them ideal…
The hunger’s back says SEMI’s Manocha
The hunger’s back says SEMI’s Manocha
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Ajit Manocha, CEO of industry organization SEMI, reckons the hunger and excitement he experienced in the chip industry 37 years ago, is back.
Imagination, MIPS to be sold to China-, California-connected VCs
Imagination, MIPS to be sold to China-, California-connected VCs
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Processor intellectual property licensor Imagination Technologies Group plc (Kings Langley, England) has agreed to sell off its MIPS processor business to Tallwood Venture Capital (Palo Alto, Calif.) and then to…
Smart sensor market on 19% CAGR
Smart sensor market on 19% CAGR
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The humble temperature sensor and the European and automotive markets for smart sensors are set to prosper over the next six years according to a report from Esticast Research and…
Soitec launches FDSOI pilot line in Singapore
Soitec launches FDSOI pilot line in Singapore
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Wafer supplier Soitec SA (Bernin, France) is launching a pilot line to make fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) wafers in its Singapore facility.
‘Brainternet’ project makes human brain an IoT node
‘Brainternet’ project makes human brain an IoT node
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In what is being called a major breakthrough in biomedical engineering, researchers at Wits University (Johannesburg, South Africa) have for the first time found a way to connect the human…
NASA offers $100K prize for ‘breathable air’ sensor
NASA offers $100K prize for ‘breathable air’ sensor
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NASA (Washington, D.C.) has launched a $100,000 competition to design an air quality monitoring sensor that can work in space and be able to detect tiny airborne particles - known…
Mini PCIe card connects to CAN FD busses
Mini PCIe card connects to CAN FD busses
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PEAK-System's PCAN-miniPCIe FD plug-in card can be flexibly connected to CAN and CAN FD busses via a D-Sub connector using enclosed connection cables.
Solid-state supercap is safer, more durable
Solid-state supercap is safer, more durable
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Researchers at Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA) have created a fabric-like material electrode for safer solid-state batteries and supercapacitors. …
Medtech security, safety present opportunities for OEMs
Medtech security, safety present opportunities for OEMs
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If you had to name a safe pair of hands, healthcare and medical practitioners would probably rank at the top. However, the medical technology (MedTech) they use is in a…
The technology revolution in solid-state switching relays
The technology revolution in solid-state switching relays
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Evolving from magnetic coil actuators to capacitive-coupled isolation, the ever-shrinking relay continues to be an essential component within the automation arena.
Imagination’s GPU IP steps up graphics performance
Imagination’s GPU IP steps up graphics performance
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Imagination Technologies’ new generation of PowerVR GPUs, the company says, “raises the bar on graphics and compute in cost-sensitive devices, letting SoC vendors achieve a significant boost in performance with…


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