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EnOcean Alliance teams with IBM on energy harvesting smart building standards
EnOcean Alliance teams with IBM on energy harvesting smart building standards
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The EnOcean Alliance, backed by German energy harvesting pioneer EnOcean, has teamed up with IBM to standardise intelligent building technology…
Large-area photodiode package platform targets health & fitness market
Large-area photodiode package platform targets health & fitness market
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The Topled D5140 photodiode from Osram Opto Semiconductors requires considerably less PC board space than before, enabling more compact sensors…
High-performance OTDR module boosts remote fibre test systems
High-performance OTDR module boosts remote fibre test systems
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Yokogawa Europe has launched a high-performance optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) module for use with remote fibre-test systems (RFTS).
3D stacked-inductor packaging cools modules
3D stacked-inductor packaging cools modules
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Linear Technology has launched a 40A power regulator module using its 3D stacked inductor technology to provide cooling.

Synthetic diamond protects maintenance-free radiation-powered battery
Synthetic diamond protects maintenance-free radiation-powered battery
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A research team from the University of Bristol has grown a synthetic diamond that, when bathed in radioactivity is able to generate a small electrical current.
Report: Intel scales back plans for Leixlip
Report: Intel scales back plans for Leixlip
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Chip maker Intel has submitted a fresh planning application to Kildare County Council in Ireland for a wafer fab in Leixlip, but the plan is for a smaller fab than…
Ericsson denies systematic bribery allegations
Ericsson denies systematic bribery allegations
Feature articles |
Following the broadcast of a radio documentary on Swedish Radio on November 23, telecommunications and networking equipment supplier Ericsson has issued a statement saying that is disagrees with claims made…
Radioactive diamond battery shows near unlimited life
Radioactive diamond battery shows near unlimited life
Technology News |
A research team from the University of Bristol Cabot Institute (Bristol, UK) has grown a synthetic diamond that, when bathed in radioactivity is able to generate a small electrical current.
Self-driving city bus masters tunnels, poor road markings
Self-driving city bus masters tunnels, poor road markings
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Driving in urban environments is particularly challenging for the electronic brains of an autonomous vehicle: Tunnels confront the cameras with changing lighting conditions, crossing traffic keeps the algorithms under constant…
NB-IoT connection demonstrated at benchtop scale
NB-IoT connection demonstrated at benchtop scale
Technology News |
At an event hosted by Vodafone - Vodafone Innovation Days - Keysight Technologies and CommSolid showed a demonstration of, and testing configuration for a NarrowBand-IoT (NB-IoT) connection using the Keysight…
Energy harvesting switches for wireless control applications
Energy harvesting switches for wireless control applications
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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.
Advanced common mode chokes save space on PCBs
Advanced common mode chokes save space on PCBs
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Distributor Solid State Supplies has a range of chokes from Pulse Electronics that offer markedly reduced volumetric dimensions, maximising impedance per unit volume by use of nanocrystaline cores.
New Multiplier-Accumulator accelerates polynomials
New Multiplier-Accumulator accelerates polynomials
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The classical Multiply and Accumulate (MAC) architecture represents the best solution for the implementation of many general purpose algorithms. This structure is found in DSPs, and also in some microcontrollers…
NB-IoT connection demonstrated at benchtop scale
NB-IoT connection demonstrated at benchtop scale
Technology News |
At an event hosted by Vodafone - Vodafone Innovation Days - Keysight Technologies and CommSolid showed a demonstration of, and testing configuration for a NarrowBand-IoT (NB-IoT) connection using the Keysight…
Time-Sensitive Networking now a ‘reality’ in automation networks – Belden
Time-Sensitive Networking now a ‘reality’ in automation networks – Belden
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Industrial automation supplier Belden says it has demonstrated that Hirschmann TSN technology is a reality; that, used in combination with its Hirschmann Industrial HiVision, a TSN configuration is possible with…
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.
Displays specialist offers continued availability of passive ‘mono’ LCDs
Displays specialist offers continued availability of passive ‘mono’ LCDs
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In a move that it says is intended to address continuing demand for passive mono displays for applications such as smart meter, medical and industrial designs, andersDX has formed a…
Advanced common mode chokes save space on PCBs
Advanced common mode chokes save space on PCBs
New Products |
Distributor Solid State Supplies has a range of chokes from Pulse Electronics that offer markedly reduced volumetric dimensions, maximising impedance per unit volume by use of nanocrystaline cores.
MEMS optical filters give Iphone’s camera hyperspectral powers
MEMS optical filters give Iphone’s camera hyperspectral powers
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Integrating thin electrically-tunable Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical (MOEMS) structures within the camera optical stack of an iPhone, researchers from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have created what they believe is the…
Self-driving city bus masters tunnels, poor road markings
Self-driving city bus masters tunnels, poor road markings
Technology News |
Driving in urban environments is particularly challenging for the electronic brains of an autonomous vehicle: Tunnels confront the cameras with changing lighting conditions, crossing traffic keeps the algorithms under constant…
Exploring automotive innovation: is technology in the driver’s seat?
Exploring automotive innovation: is technology in the driver’s seat?
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The automotive industry is a significant force in driving global innovation and technological leadership. Since 1999 the number of patents awarded in the manufacturing industry has increased by three per…
Report: Intel scales back plans for Leixlip
Report: Intel scales back plans for Leixlip
Business news |
Chip maker Intel has submitted a fresh planning application to Kildare County Council in Ireland for a wafer fab in Leixlip, but the plan is for a smaller fab than…
Wolf in sheep’s clothing? – Arduino-format shield goes multicore with Aurix
Wolf in sheep’s clothing? – Arduino-format shield goes multicore with Aurix
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A posting on distributor RS’ DesignSpark forum highlights the ShieldBuddy TC275, an Arduino compatible shield that – rather than the smaller microcontrollers that normally inhabit the format – hosts an…
Ericsson denies systematic bribery allegations
Ericsson denies systematic bribery allegations
Feature articles |
Following the broadcast of a radio documentary on Swedish Radio on November 23, telecommunications and networking equipment supplier Ericsson has issued a statement saying that is disagrees with claims made…
Nuclear-powered battery encases radioactive material in diamonds
Nuclear-powered battery encases radioactive material in diamonds
Technology News |
A research team from the University of Bristol Cabot Institute (Bristol, UK) has grown a synthetic diamond that, when bathed in radioactivity is able to generate a small electrical current.
Graphene-impregnated cotton fabric promises greener wearables
Graphene-impregnated cotton fabric promises greener wearables
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In collaboration with scientists at Jiangnan University, China, researchers at the Cambridge Graphene Centre (CGC) at the University of Cambridge have devised a simple method to producing conductive cotton fabrics…
IoT, LTE & VR to dominate in 2017, says consultancy
IoT, LTE & VR to dominate in 2017, says consultancy
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As we head towards the end of the year, the team at embedded systems consultancy ByteSnap Design share their predictions for what may dominate the electronics industry in 2017.
Software-for-multicore startup raises funds
Software-for-multicore startup raises funds
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Software-for-multicore tool developer Silexica Software Solutions GmbH (Aachen, Germany) has raised $8 million in a Series A round of funding, led by Merus Capital.


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