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Digital exploration tool gives instant accurate simulation results
Digital exploration tool gives instant accurate simulation results
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With Ansys Discovery Live, simulation tools provider Ansys aims to revolutionize the speed and ease-of-use of engineering simulation to make…
Western Digital backs processor-in-memory startup
Western Digital backs processor-in-memory startup
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Fabless chip company Upmem SAS (Grenoble, France), has raised €3 million in a Series A round of funding from a…
4.5×4.5×1.0mm GNSS System-in-Package draws as little as 12mW
4.5×4.5×1.0mm GNSS System-in-Package draws as little as 12mW
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Aimed at portable and wearable devices, u‑blox' latest ultra-small GNSS System-in-Package (SiP) device, ZOE‑M8B combines superior performance with ultra-low power.
Bluetooth 4.2 host controller interface module integrates chip antenna
Bluetooth 4.2 host controller interface module integrates chip antenna
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Telit has announced the BL871E2-HI, a dual-mode Bluetooth 4.2 host controller interface module with embedded chip antenna and audio support.

GNSS SiP targets small battery powered devices
GNSS SiP targets small battery powered devices
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Swiss company, u‑blox has announced the latest member of its ZOE‑M8 series – a power efficient, tiny GNSS System‑in‑Package (SiP) available for small battery powered consumer devices.
Conformal coating spray kit eases full testing
Conformal coating spray kit eases full testing
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Electrolube has released a kit to mix, dispense and spray its 2K300 conformal coating, facilitating the full testing and evaluation of its 2K300 series without taking existing dispensing equipment out…
Miniature circular connector series fit for industrial data
Miniature circular connector series fit for industrial data
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Electrical and electronic connector distributor Lane Electronics has made available a series of miniature circular connectors manufactured by Neutrik.
3D printer outputs stretchable soft circuits hybridized with SMT parts
3D printer outputs stretchable soft circuits hybridized with SMT parts
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Although they can be made thin, flexible and stretchable, the organic materials used for printed electronics can't compete with the processing power provided by hard silicon chips, which somewhat frustrates…
Microsemi PolarFire FPGAs talk to ADI’s wideband RF transceiver chip
Microsemi PolarFire FPGAs talk to ADI’s wideband RF transceiver chip
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Establishing compatibility, Microsemi asserts, enables PolarFire FPGAs to serve the needs of the wireless communications, medical and defence markets. The low-cost, low power, mid-range PolarFire FPGA works directly with Analog…
Prevent overloads with safety capacitors: a 12-point checklist
Prevent overloads with safety capacitors: a 12-point checklist
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12 things you need to know to avoid risking design catastrophe. Choosing such a critical component demands intensive research on specs and capabilities of all similar device types.
TI’s 80V GaN power stage – in distribution
TI’s 80V GaN power stage – in distribution
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Distributor Mouser has Texas Instruments’ LMG5200 80V gallium nitride power stage. The LMG5200 device claims 25% lower power losses compared to silicon-based designs, enabling single-stage conversion and providing increased power…
Debug tool steps up support level for Xilinx FPGAs
Debug tool steps up support level for Xilinx FPGAs
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Lauterbach presents debug tool integration that offers developers, “un-paralleled level of visibility into an embedded system.” Its TRACE32 debug tool now allows the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite to share the…
Tracker platform locates IoT objects through LTE
Tracker platform locates IoT objects through LTE
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CLOE is a tracker platform that utilizes LTE cellular radio mechanisms to locate objects – the acronym CLOE stands for “Connecting and Locating Objects Everywhere”. The platform integrates technologies from…
3D printer creates soft circuits hybridized with SMT parts
3D printer creates soft circuits hybridized with SMT parts
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Although they can be made thin, flexible and stretchable, the organic materials used for printed electronics can't compete with the processing power provided by hard silicon chips, which somewhat frustrates…
Paper-thin LEDs for ultra high definition displays
Paper-thin LEDs for ultra high definition displays
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Chemical engineers from ETH Zurich have produced what they believe to be the purest green with an ultra-slim, bendable light-emitting diode. Their research stems from the need for improved colour…
Salt water-based Li-ion battery offers both high energy, safety
Salt water-based Li-ion battery offers both high energy, safety
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Researchers at the US Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, MD) and the University of Maryland (College Park, MD) have developed a lithium-ion battery that uses salt water as its electrolyte and…
Combined charger/inverter targets EVs
Combined charger/inverter targets EVs
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Canadian power controller and motor maker TM4 has launched a combined bi-directional charger and inverter for a wide range of electric and hybrid vehicle applications in the Americas and Europe.
Magnetic sensors for the IoT era
Magnetic sensors for the IoT era
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Silicon Labs (Austin, TX) has added a magnetic sensor portfolio offering power efficiency, sensitivity, flexible I2C configuration, and built-in tamper detection and temperature sensing. The Si72xx portfolio is presented as…
Fitbit, Dexcom form diabetes health partnership
Fitbit, Dexcom form diabetes health partnership
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In another sign of the changing wearables market, activity tracker company Fitbit (San Francisco, CA) and Dexcom (San Diego, CA), a maker of glucose monitoring systems, are partnering to develop…
Drug delivering micro ‘robots’ treat stomach infections
Drug delivering micro ‘robots’ treat stomach infections
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego (San Diego, CA) have demonstrated the first use of drug-delivering micromotors for treating bacterial stomach infection.
Swiss researchers design ultra-pure green paper-thin LEDs
Swiss researchers design ultra-pure green paper-thin LEDs
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Chemical engineers from ETH Zurich have produced what they believe to be the purest green with an ultra-slim, bendable light-emitting diode. Their research stems from the need for improved colour…
3D printer outputs stretchable soft circuits hybridized with SMT parts
3D printer outputs stretchable soft circuits hybridized with SMT parts
Technology News |
Although they can be made thin, flexible and stretchable, the organic materials used for printed electronics can't compete with the processing power provided by hard silicon chips, which somewhat frustrates…
Tiny pre-assembled pressure sensor fits through catheter
Tiny pre-assembled pressure sensor fits through catheter
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For applications in medical technology, SMI (Silicon Microstructures, Inc.), has developed the new product line IntraSense pressure sensors of the minimum size 1-French. The unique feature: These devices are the…
DIP-packaged photorelays replace relays up to 200V & 3A
DIP-packaged photorelays replace relays up to 200V & 3A
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Two mid-voltage range optically-isolated solid-state switches can replace mechanical relays: Toshiba’s 100V TLP3823 has a 3A drive current, and the 200V TLP3825, a 1.5A drive current.
750W AC-DC PSUs carry industrial & medical approvals
750W AC-DC PSUs carry industrial & medical approvals
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XP Power’s GSP750 series of 750 W AC-DC power supply units has been designed to provide high efficiency, a peak power capability of 900W, single outputs, and intelligent fan cooling;…
Intel tools front-end FPGA accelerator programming for software teams
Intel tools front-end FPGA accelerator programming for software teams
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Intel, in support of the FPGA product line it acquired with Altera, has posted details of a set of software tools that promise to make FPGA programming accessible to mainstream…
Combined charger and inverter targets electric vehicles
Combined charger and inverter targets electric vehicles
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Canadian power controller and motor maker TM4 has launched a combined bi-directional charger and inverter for a wide range of electric and hybrid vehicle applications in the Americas and Europe.
60V high side N-Channel MOSFET driver has 100% duty cycle
60V high side N-Channel MOSFET driver has 100% duty cycle
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Analog Devices, which now owns Linear Technology, has launched a high speed, high side N-channel MOSFET driver that operates up to a 60V supply voltage with a an internal charge…


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