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Quantum dot LED breakthrough lights way to quantum computing
Quantum dot LED breakthrough lights way to quantum computing
Technology News |
Using scalable and foundry-compatible lithographic processes, researchers from the Tyndall National Institute in Cork, Ireland, have designed pyramid-shaped quantum dot…
SMIC creates joint venture for analog, power, RF, optoelectronics
SMIC creates joint venture for analog, power, RF, optoelectronics
Business news |
Chinese chip foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (Shanghai, China) has announced it has formed a joint venture with the city…
Beam-forming LED modules shrink further
Beam-forming LED modules shrink further
New Products |
Plessey (London, UK)has extended its range of ultra-slim Orion LED modules based on its Stellar beam forming technology, with new…
New programming system lets nonexperts optimize code for multicore CPUs
New programming system lets nonexperts optimize code for multicore CPUs
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Researchers at MIT (Cambridge, MA) have reported work that they say will allow non-specialists – that is, not specialized in…

Test probe finds external interference sources in wireless networks
Test probe finds external interference sources in wireless networks
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Anritsu has developed a portable test unit to track the causes of interference in wireless networks in the 600 MHz to 2700 MHz range.
8-bit microcontrollers target in-cabin touch interfaces
8-bit microcontrollers target in-cabin touch interfaces
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Cars are equipped today with an increasing number of motors to adjust things like headlights, seats, rear view mirrors and more. Silicon Labs has introduced two families of automotive-grade EFM8…
Pyramidal QD-based micro-LEDs for quantum computing
Pyramidal QD-based micro-LEDs for quantum computing
Technology News |
Using scalable and foundry-compatible lithographic processes, researchers from the Tyndall National Institute in Cork have designed pyramid-shaped quantum dot light-emitting diodes able to produce entangled photons (whose actions and states…
Moore’s Law is collapsing…or is it?
Moore’s Law is collapsing…or is it?
Feature articles |
Kristen Villemez considers Moore's Law and More than Moore and even broader ways of thinking outside the box, such as Bell's Law of Computer Classes.
Automatic parallelisation research promises faster code by non-experts
Automatic parallelisation research promises faster code by non-experts
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Researchers at MIT have reported work that they say will allow non-specialists – that is, not specialised in the process of manually coding parallel execution of program flow – to…
Distributor’s “change the world” challenge offers $10000 in product prizes
Distributor’s “change the world” challenge offers $10000 in product prizes
Market news |
At the recent electronica trade show, distributor Premier Farnell / element14 kicked off its “Change the world with $1000” design competition; you have until 20th January 2017 to submit intitial…
RISC-V SoC analysis and debug, from Codasip & UltraSoC
RISC-V SoC analysis and debug, from Codasip & UltraSoC
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Codasip (San Jose, California), provider of IP to fabricate processor cores in the RISC-V architecture; and UltraSoC (Cambridge, UK) provider of semiconductor IP for on-chip analytics, performance optimization and hardware-based…
Arduino-compatible shield for stepper motor driver designs
Arduino-compatible shield for stepper motor driver designs
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Rohm Semiconductor has designed an Arduino-based evaluation kit (EVK) to support the evaluation of its motor driver devices: the shield plugs directly into the Arduino main board, and the EVK…
Plastic-packaged PIN diode circuit elements
Plastic-packaged PIN diode circuit elements
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Microsemi’s latest discrete product introductions continue a line of PIN diodes for RF power, small signal switching and receiver power limiting functions.
USB µModule transceiver provides 7.5 kV isolation
USB µModule transceiver provides 7.5 kV isolation
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One of series of devices introduced to provide isolation to signal paths, LTM2894 is a USB µModule (micromodule) reinforced isolator that guards against ground-to-ground voltage differentials and large common mode…
Very-low-voltage circuit surge protection
Very-low-voltage circuit surge protection
New Products |
Bourns’ TISP low voltage bidirectional protectors are bidirectional devices that limit damaging overvoltage threats, providing 2-point protection for transformer windings, low voltage electronics and digital telecommunication lines.
Flexible supercap can be charged 30,000 times
Flexible supercap can be charged 30,000 times
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Supercaps that can store more energy and be recharged more than 30,000 times without losing capacity: This could be a serious contender for lithium-ion batteries today used to drive electric…
Photonics 3-D modeler born
Photonics 3-D modeler born
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Coventor's SEMulator3D began as a tool for designing microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), then evolved to semiconductor equipment companies, chip makers and foundries for the 3-D structures in FinFETS, 3-D NAND and…
Modular passive harmonic filters guarantee IEEE-519 compliance
Modular passive harmonic filters guarantee IEEE-519 compliance
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With its ecosine filters FN 3440, FN 3450 and FN 3452, Schaffner reliably mitigates excessive harmonics with an evolutionary modular product concept.
Development kits link smart lighting to the cloud
Development kits link smart lighting to the cloud
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Gooee had released its first development kits to selected lighting manufacturers on the opening morning of LuxLive 2016, giving them the ability to integrate their lighting products with IoT-enabling technology.
Beam-forming LED modules shrink further: wafer-level lenses will come next
Beam-forming LED modules shrink further: wafer-level lenses will come next
New Products |
Plessey has extended its range of ultra-slim Orion LED modules based on its Stellar beam forming technology, with new beam angles opening the technology to a wider range of applications…
Arduino shield eases stepper motor driver designs
Arduino shield eases stepper motor driver designs
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The Arduino-based evaluation kit (EVK) from Rohm Semiconductor has been designed as a ‘shield’ to plug directly into the Arduino main board. It integrates the company's HTSSOP-B28 packaged stepper motor…
Smartcard embeds 500 dpi fingerprint sensor
Smartcard embeds 500 dpi fingerprint sensor
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At the upcoming TRUSTECH 2016 exhibition in Cannes, FlexEnable will be showcasing an integration example of its 500 dpi flexible fingerprint sensor, in a smart card form factor.
Pyramidal micro-LEDs output entangled-photons for quantum computing
Pyramidal micro-LEDs output entangled-photons for quantum computing
Technology News |
Using scalable and foundry-compatible lithographic processes, researchers from the Tyndall National Institute in Cork have designed pyramid-shaped quantum dot light-emitting diodes able to produce entangled photons (whose actions and states…
Inertial MEMS for auto safety/ADAS
Inertial MEMS for auto safety/ADAS
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Analog Devices recently introduced its fully integrated ADXC150x series of inertial combination sensors offering reliability and accuracy with high shock and vibration immunity specifications, at a reduced footprint. The integration…
Understanding and designing differential filters for communications systems
Understanding and designing differential filters for communications systems
Feature articles |
When it comes to communication systems, differential circuits can always provide better performance over single-ended circuits. They can provide higher linearity, immunity to common mode interference signals, and more. However,…
Ambient light sensor for heart rate sensing in wearables
Ambient light sensor for heart rate sensing in wearables
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Everlight (New Taipei City, Taiwan) has introduced an ambient light sensor that operates at 550nm with a very low signal calculation failure rate and a high current efficiency. An anticipated…
Infra-red sensor array offers thermal imaging/detection
Infra-red sensor array offers thermal imaging/detection
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Melexis (Tessenderlo, Belgium) recently announced its MLX90640 infrared (IR) sensor array that offers a cost-effective alternative to more expensive high-end thermal cameras. It can provide advanced detection features where there…
Digi-Key now stocking SPEC electrochemical gas sensors
Digi-Key now stocking SPEC electrochemical gas sensors
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As part of a new distribution agreement between Digi-Key Electronics and SPEC Sensors, the global distributor is now stocking low profile, ultra-low-power gas sensors in a small form factor for…


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