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IoT for the smarter home
IoT for the smarter home
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The advent of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) has revolutionized the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) and has helped…
VNA tools boost signal integrity testing for high-speed designs
VNA tools boost signal integrity testing for high-speed designs
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Anritsu has added testing options to its VectorStar and ShockLine vector network analyzers (VNAs), for advanced signal integrity test and…
IoT: Monitoring system to reduce parking frustrations
IoT: Monitoring system to reduce parking frustrations
Technology News |
Parking is one area that Smart Cities and the IoT could potentially have a big impact. Addressing this issue, Analog…
Xiaomi expected to launch Rifle mobile processor
Xiaomi expected to launch Rifle mobile processor
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Xiaomi, the fast rising Chinese smartphone maker, is expected to launch an internally developed mobile processor called Rifle on May…

Russian video chip firm switches from ARM to MIPS
Russian video chip firm switches from ARM to MIPS
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Elvees NeoTek JSC (Zelenograd, Russia) and Imagination Technologies Group plc (Kings Langley, England) have reported the tape-out of the Elvees Image Semantic Engine (ELISE), an SoC vision processor based on…
SkinTrack turns arm into smartwatch touchpad
SkinTrack turns arm into smartwatch touchpad
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Wearable technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University suggests turning the entire lower arm into a touchpad could be a sloultion to the tiny interafce presented by smartwatches.
Cambridge CMOS offers IR sources for gas sensing
Cambridge CMOS offers IR sources for gas sensing
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Cambridge CMOS Sensors Ltd. (Cambridge, England) has launched its CCS11xA infrared sources for optical gas sensing.
Electric building blocks are ‘LEGO on steroids’
Electric building blocks are ‘LEGO on steroids’
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Doing quantum physics research at the Tel Aviv University, Boaz Almog is probably best known for his papers about quantum levitation. When together with Barak Deutscher from the superconductivity group…
Smaller HEV power modules deliver higher power density
Smaller HEV power modules deliver higher power density
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Infineon Technologies's (Neubiberg, Germany) latest power module family, the HybridPACK Double Sided Cooling (DSC) units, is designed for hybrid and electric vehicles. Measuring only 42 x 42.4 x 4.77 mm,…
ARM, InvenSense partner on IoT in China
ARM, InvenSense partner on IoT in China
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MEMS vendor InvenSense Inc. (San Jose, CA) and the ARM Accelerator, a Chinese incubator founded by ARM plc and Thundersoft Software Technology Co. Ltd., have partnered to accelerate development of…
High-Q capacitors suit ADAS, V2X apps
High-Q capacitors suit ADAS, V2X apps
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Murata’s GCQ series of high Q monolithic ceramic capacitors (MLCC) is aimed at automotive V2X (vehicle-to-anything communications) applications. Available in capacitance values from 0.1 to 47 pF, a C0G temperature…
Smart city monitoring system eases parking frustrations
Smart city monitoring system eases parking frustrations
Business news |
Parking is one area that smart cities and the IoT could potentially have a big impact. Addressing this issue, Analog Devices (Norwood, MA) and Cambridge Consultants (Cambridge, UK) have announced…
AC-powered RFID tags are 25% smaller
AC-powered RFID tags are 25% smaller
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North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) researchers have developed a suite of techniques to create passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags that are 25% smaller - made possible because the tags…
‘Ultra Field Stop’ IGBTs set new power efficiency benchmarks
‘Ultra Field Stop’ IGBTs set new power efficiency benchmarks
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ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) has introduced a new series of insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) which use its Ultra Field Stop trench technology.
ZigBee 3.0 SDK targets smart home gateways
ZigBee 3.0 SDK targets smart home gateways
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Qorvo's (Greensboro, NC) ZigBee 3.0 software development kit (SDK) is aimed at smart home gateways that incorporate the GP712 radio communication controller chip from GreenPeak Technologies (now the Low Power…
IoT piggybacks on Lego: simple physics
IoT piggybacks on Lego: simple physics
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Doing quantum physics research at the Tel Aviv University, Boaz Almog is probably best known for his papers about quantum levitation when together with Barak Deutscher from the superconductivity group…
Magneto-inductive interface boosts IGBT and MOSFET isolation to 1200V
Magneto-inductive interface boosts IGBT and MOSFET isolation to 1200V
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Power Integrations has launched a family of galvanically isolated single-channel gate driver ICs with the industry’s highest output current. …
ZigBee 3.0 SDK to accelerate deployment of smart home gateways
ZigBee 3.0 SDK to accelerate deployment of smart home gateways
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Qorvo's ZigBee 3.0 software development kit (SDK) is aimed at smart home gateways that incorporate the GP712 radio communication controller chip from GreenPeak Technologies (now the Low Power Wireless business…
Protecting one cell lithium ion batteries with temperature and charge control
Protecting one cell lithium ion batteries with temperature and charge control
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SII Semiconductor has launched two new 1-cell lithium-ion battery protection ICs with with temperature and charge control options…
IoT: Monitoring system to reduce parking frustrations
IoT: Monitoring system to reduce parking frustrations
Business news |
Parking is one area that Smart Cities and the IoT could potentially have a big impact. Addressing this issue, Analog Devices, Inc., (ADI) and Cambridge Consultants have announced a cost-effective,…
Increased current in intelligent power device simplifies motor design
Increased current in intelligent power device simplifies motor design
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Toshiba has developed an integrated 600V, 5.0A intelligent power device to simplify the design of brushless DC motors.
Researchers shrink RFID tags by 25 percent
Researchers shrink RFID tags by 25 percent
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University researchers have developed a suite of techniques to create passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags that are 25 percent smaller — made possible because the tags no longer need to…
1200V IGBTs employ 3rd generation Ultra Field Stop technology
1200V IGBTs employ 3rd generation Ultra Field Stop technology
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ON Semiconductor has introduced a new series of insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) which use its Ultra Field Stop trench technology. The NGTB40N120FL3WG, NGTB25N120FL3WG and NGTB40N120L3WG are 1200V devices with…
Connector system for DAS systems
Connector system for DAS systems
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The Quick-Fit plus connector system from HUBER+SUHNER is a ground-breaking connector system for 0.5-inch corrugated cables used in Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS).
Industrial automation: EtherCAT connectivity supports multiprotocol
Industrial automation: EtherCAT connectivity supports multiprotocol
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Innovasic's (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA) fido5200 REM Switch chip and the RapID Platform Network Interface now fully support EtherCAT, and both have been certified to the latest version of the…
Smaller EV/HEV power modules deliver higher power density
Smaller EV/HEV power modules deliver higher power density
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Infineon Technologies's latest power module family, HybridPACK Double Sided Cooling (DSC) units, are designed for hybrid and electric vehicles. The new power modules have dimensions of only 42 x 42.4…
15 to 2100MHz programmable oscillators boast 110 fs RMS phase jitter
15 to 2100MHz programmable oscillators boast 110 fs RMS phase jitter
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The CY294X family of programmable oscillators launched by Cypress can produce any frequency between 15 MHz and 2100 MHz, while achieving an industry leading RMS phase jitter of 110 fs.
905nm pulsed laser diode integrates micro lens
905nm pulsed laser diode integrates micro lens
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OSI Laser Diode, Inc (LDI) has released the CVN 63-90ECL, a 905nm pulsed laser diode with an integrated micro lens.


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