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Processor blade with cPCI serial comms for high-speed data
Processor blade with cPCI serial comms for high-speed data
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Adlink Technology’s cPCI-A3515 is the first product in a series of CompactPCI Serial processor blades hosting . This new 3U…
Micrium’s µC/Probe to be bundled with Infineon’s XMC MCUs
Micrium’s µC/Probe to be bundled with Infineon’s XMC MCUs
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Infineon has extended the software ecosystem for its XMC microcontrollers and licensed Micrium’s µC/Probe data visualization tool. A custom version…
Qualcomm offers neural network SDK for Snapdragon processor
Qualcomm offers neural network SDK for Snapdragon processor
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Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is planning to offer a deep learning software development kit (SDK) for use with its Snapdragon 820…
MaxLinear buys wireless product lines from Microsemi
MaxLinear buys wireless product lines from Microsemi
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RF and mixed-signal IC vendor MaxLinear Inc., (Carlsbad, CA) has acquired assets and liabilities related to the broadband wireless division…

Cypress to buy Broadcom’s wireless IoT business
Cypress to buy Broadcom’s wireless IoT business
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Cypress Semiconductor and Broadcom Limited have signed a definitive agreement under which Cypress will acquire Broadcom's Wireless Internet of Things (IoT) business and related assets in an all-cash transaction valued…
Keysight claims first validation of Rel-9 dual band, dual carrier HSDPA test cases
Keysight claims first validation of Rel-9 dual band, dual carrier HSDPA test cases
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Keysight Technologies has announced that the Global Certification Forum (GCF) has ratified in their latest CAG#46 meeting, the validation of Keysight release 9 dual band and dual carrier HSDPA test…
Laser Services to show RF and microwave techniques at IMS 2016
Laser Services to show RF and microwave techniques at IMS 2016
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An ISO 9001:2008 - AS9100C and ITAR registered company, Laser Services will be showing their services and techniques for RF and microwave applications at the 2016 International Microwave Symposium (IMS)…
GaN power amplifier oprates in the 2- to 6-GHz band
GaN power amplifier oprates in the 2- to 6-GHz band
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Featuring a compact and rugged design, the PE15A5025 50-W gallium nitride (GaN) coaxial power amplifier from Pasternack operates in the popular 2 to 6 GHz frequency band.
BMW Motorrad equips motorbikes with “smart” eCall system
BMW Motorrad equips motorbikes with “smart” eCall system
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The automatic emergency call (eCall) system will be mandatory for cars in the European Union from 2018. Since the risk to incur severe injuries in a traffic accident is significantly…
Motorbike gets smart eCall system
Motorbike gets smart eCall system
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The automatic emergency call (eCall) system will be mandatory for cars in the European Union from 2018. Since the risk to incur severe injuries in a traffic accident is significantly…
Omnidirectional heliport LED light improves aviation safety
Omnidirectional heliport LED light improves aviation safety
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Avlite Systems (Somerville, Victoria, Australia) has introduced an innovative LED inset heliport light which is a LED omnidirectional inset lighting fixture light that addresses FATO (final-approach take-off), TLOF (touch-down lift-off),…
Development tool CANoe comes with improved menu structure
Development tool CANoe comes with improved menu structure
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Automotive software tool vendor Vector Informatik (Stuttgart, Germany) has introduced version 9.0 of its proven development tool CANoe. The most apparent improvements are a fundamentally revised operating concept of the…
SDR platform taps crowd funding for final development, production
SDR platform taps crowd funding for final development, production
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Lime Microsystems (London, UK) has launched a crowd-funding campaign to bring its LimeSDR software defined radio (SDR) platform into full-scale production. The campaign, hosted on the Crowd Supply platform, aims…
Energy savings to grow LED driver market to $25B by 2022, says report
Energy savings to grow LED driver market to $25B by 2022, says report
Market news |
According to market research firm MarketsandMarkets, the total market for LED drivers could reach $24.98 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 26.3% during the forecast period.
MaxLinear buys wireless product lines from Microsemi
MaxLinear buys wireless product lines from Microsemi
Business news |
RF and mixed-signal IC vendor MaxLinear Inc. (Carlsbad, CA) has acquired assets and liabilities related to the broadband wireless division of Microsemi Corp. (Aliso Viejo, CA).
Qualcomm to offer neural network SDK for Snapdragon SoC
Qualcomm to offer neural network SDK for Snapdragon SoC
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Qualcomm Technologies Inc. (San Diego, CA) is planning to offer a deep learning software development kit (SDK) for use with its Snapdragon 820 processors in the second half of 2016.
I3C sensor interface controller IP available
I3C sensor interface controller IP available
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Synopsys Corp. (Mountain View, Calif.) has introduced a MIPI I3C controller IP block to ease the integration of multiple sensors next to SoCs for use in mobile, automotive and Internet…
7½-digit DMM comes in PXIe format
7½-digit DMM comes in PXIe format
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National Instruments' PXI Express DMM forms, the company says, the foundation for more accurate, smarter test systems: PXIe-4081 is a 7½-digit high-performance DMM and 1.8 Msample/sec isolated digitiser. NI positions…
Sealed microswitches tolerate immersion
Sealed microswitches tolerate immersion
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Designed to meet more demanding industrial applications, a series of Microprecision microswitches is fully dust-tight and water-sealed, and available in various configurations to meet IEC/EN 60529 ingress protection levels of…
Antenna diversity: blessing or curse?
Antenna diversity: blessing or curse?
Feature articles |
Bill Schweber thinks about antenna diversity, diversity antennas and provides a series of sources on recent antenna design considerations.
MaxLinear buys wireless product lines from Microsemi
MaxLinear buys wireless product lines from Microsemi
Business news |
RF and mixed-signal IC vendor MaxLinear Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.) has acquired assets and liabilities related to the broadband wireless division of Microsemi Corp. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
Qualcomm offers neural network SDK for Snapdragon processor
Qualcomm offers neural network SDK for Snapdragon processor
New Products |
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is planning to offer a deep learning software development kit (SDK) for use with its Snapdragon 820 processors in the second half of 2016.
Crowd-funding a software defined radio platform: Lime Microsystems
Crowd-funding a software defined radio platform: Lime Microsystems
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Lime Microsystems has launched a crowd-funding campaign to bring its LimeSDR software defined radio platform into full-scale production. The campaign, hosted on the Crowd Supply platform, aims to raise $500,000…
Led driver market to grow at 26.3% CAGR until 2022, says MarketsandMarkets
Led driver market to grow at 26.3% CAGR until 2022, says MarketsandMarkets
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According to market research firm MarketsandMarkets, the total market for LED drivers could reach USD 24.98 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 26.3 % during the forecast period.
The car of the future: a personal butler
The car of the future: a personal butler
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The appearance of connected vehicles, automated forms of driving and the ‘smart home’ has a strong impact on the way we drive and what we do during the time we…
Cypress to pay $550 million for Broadcom’s IoT business
Cypress to pay $550 million for Broadcom’s IoT business
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp. will pay $550 million to acquire Broadcom Corp.’s Wireless Internet of Things (IoT) business under the terms of a definitive agreement announced Thursday (April 28).
Dissolvable memristor made of egg proteins, magnesium and tungsten
Dissolvable memristor made of egg proteins, magnesium and tungsten
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Researchers at two Chinese universities, the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University and the University of Bolton in the UK, have produced a so-called memristor device made from egg proteins, magnesium…
How Google made the Chromecast cool
How Google made the Chromecast cool
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Google’s decision to jump into the world of streaming with its Chromecast proved to be a smart move. Since the release of the first generation of the Chromecast, they have…


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