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MediaTek turns to automotive
MediaTek turns to automotive
Business news |
Following in the footsteps of Qualcomm and others, and driven by saturation in the smartphone market, MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan)…
EEMBC pushes on with three IoT benchmarks
EEMBC pushes on with three IoT benchmarks
Technology News |
The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) has announced an effort to benchmark how "gateways" perform in specific Internet of Things…
Cryptographic MCU provides turnkey security for connected devices
Cryptographic MCU provides turnkey security for connected devices
New Products |
Designed to meet Common Criteria EAL4+ requirements, Maxim Integrated’s (San Jose, CA) cryptographic controller MAXQ1061 integrates a comprehensive cryptographic toolbox…
Bluetooth solution for Apple HomeKit is pre-tested
Bluetooth solution for Apple HomeKit is pre-tested
New Products |
Developing accessories based on the Apple HomeKit protocol and security technology can require multiple interoperability tests.

EnOcean Alliance, IBM team on energy harvesting smart building standards
EnOcean Alliance, IBM team on energy harvesting smart building standards
Market news |
The EnOcean Alliance, backed by German energy harvesting pioneer EnOcean, has teamed up with IBM (Armonk, NY) to standardize intelligent building technology for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Spectral tuning IoT smart lighting manager enables high-precision CCT
Spectral tuning IoT smart lighting manager enables high-precision CCT
New Products |
ams AG's AS7221 is what the company describes as the industry’s first integrated white-tunable smart lighting manager, enabling lighting manufacturers to quickly integrate high-precision CCT, or “Kelvin-tuning” capabilities into their…
Wearable display advance uses fabric-based OLEDs
Wearable display advance uses fabric-based OLEDs
Technology News |
Researchers from the Advanced Display & Nano Convergence Lab at KAIST, Korea, have unveiled a new encapsulation method to design fabric-based OLEDs with performance levels comparable to that of glass-based…
NB-IoT connection demoed with benchtop emulator, test set
NB-IoT connection demoed with benchtop emulator, test set
Technology News |
At an event hosted by Vodafone - Vodafone Innovation Days 2016 - Keysight Technologies (Santa Rosa, CA) and CommSolid (Dresden, Germany) showed a demonstration of, and testing configuration for a…
SiFive launches first RISC-V SoC
SiFive launches first RISC-V SoC
Technology News |
SiFive Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.) has announced the FE310 processor SoC core, which it claims is the first RISC-V SoC to become available. There is also a development board named…
Energy harvesting switches target smart home applications
Energy harvesting switches target smart home applications
New Products |
For use in ‘smart homes’, and providing flexible, battery free wireless controls for building and industrial systems, these switches from ZF support KNX, ZigBee and GreenPower protocols.
Pre-tested for Apple HomeKit: Silicon Labs’ Bluetooth
Pre-tested for Apple HomeKit: Silicon Labs’ Bluetooth
New Products |
Developing accessories based on the Apple HomeKit protocol and security technology can require multiple interoperability tests.
Report: TSMC to relabel process as 12nm
Report: TSMC to relabel process as 12nm
Technology News |
Foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) is going to introduce a manufacturing process technology under a 12nm description to help it compete with rivals Samsung and Globalfoundries, according…
Cryptographic MCU delivers turnkey security for connected devices
Cryptographic MCU delivers turnkey security for connected devices
New Products |
Designed to meet Common Criteria EAL4+ requirements, Maxim’s cryptographic controller MAXQ1061 integrates a comprehensive cryptographic toolbox that provides full support for a wide spectrum of security needs, ranging from key…
Car makers plan fast charging network across Europe
Car makers plan fast charging network across Europe
Business news |
A group of the world's largest car makers is planning to build an open, pan-European, network of fast DC charging systems for electric vehicles.
Embedded vision developer zone leverages FPGA acceleration
Embedded vision developer zone leverages FPGA acceleration
Feature articles |
The Embedded Vision Developer Zone launched by Xilinx is for software, hardware, and system developers to accelerate their productivity and build All Programmable, differentiated embedded vision applications.
Power MOSFET range expands to 60V for light electric vehicles
Power MOSFET range expands to 60V for light electric vehicles
New Products |
IXYS has added new 60V members to its TrenchT3 HiPerFET Power MOSFET family with on-resistance as low as 3.1 milliohms…
Security by separation is essential for embedded applications
Security by separation is essential for embedded applications
Technology News |
Majid Bemanian of Imagination discusses security features in the context of IoT-style embedded applications and the use of virtualization within CPU cores.
Startup opens lab for chip security evaluation
Startup opens lab for chip security evaluation
Business news |
French startup Texplained Sarl (Sophia Antipolis, France) has opened a laboratory for analysis of IC security and to help companies and governments protect against counterfeiting, IP theft and security breaches.
European open access pilot line delivers its first flexible OLEDs
European open access pilot line delivers its first flexible OLEDs
Business news |
As one of the core team partners within the European pilot line project PI-SCALE, Fraunhofer FEP has unveiled the first demonstrators of flexible OLEDs produced on its R&D lines.
Spectral tuning smart lighting manager enables high-precision CCT
Spectral tuning smart lighting manager enables high-precision CCT
New Products |
ams AG's AS7221 is what the company describes as the industry’s first integrated white-tunable smart lighting manager, enabling lighting manufacturers to quickly integrate high-precision CCT, or “Kelvin-tuning” capabilities into their…
Ambient light sensors for wearables
Ambient light sensors for wearables
Feature articles |
The development of ambient light sensors in the area of wearables has created new opportunities for health analysis applications with regard to rapid detection and mobile data tracking.
Modular instrument market set to top $1bn
Modular instrument market set to top $1bn
Market news |
The global modular instruments market is set to grow at over 8% a year to reach $1.3bn by 2020 according to a new report.
Encapsulating fabric-based OLEDs
Encapsulating fabric-based OLEDs
Technology News |
Researchers from the Advanced Display & Nano Convergence Lab at KAIST, Korea, have unveiled a new encapsulation method to design fabric-based OLEDs with performance levels comparable to that of glass-based…
Stacked-inductor packaging cools modules
Stacked-inductor packaging cools modules
New Products |
Linear Technology has launched a 40A power regulator module using its 3D stacked inductor technology to provide cooling.
Photodiode package platform targets health & fitness market
Photodiode package platform targets health & fitness market
New Products |
The Topled D5140 photodiode from Osram Opto Semiconductors requires considerably less PC board space than before, enabling more compact sensors for monitoring fitness levels.
Probe integrates E and H field testing sensors
Probe integrates E and H field testing sensors
New Products |
Wavecontrol in Barcelona has developed unique field probe for the measurement of electric and magnetic fields that integrates both E and H sensors in only 3 cm².
Sensors to drive smartphone, wearables markets
Sensors to drive smartphone, wearables markets
Market news |
According to TechVision, from Frost & Sullivan, next-generation sensors are poised to influence the smartphone and wearables market. Though increased intelligence, ease of integration, real-time integration, and miniaturization features may…
Energy harvesting switches for wireless control applications
Energy harvesting switches for wireless control applications
New Products |
For use in ‘smart homes’, and providing flexible, battery free wireless controls for building and industrial systems, these switches from ZF support KNX, ZigBee and GreenPower protocols.


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