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Tesla preps for energy storage market surge
Tesla preps for energy storage market surge
Market news |
Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) is anticipating that sales this year of the company's batteries could be as much 60% larger…
GSA conference: Semiconductors drive automotive transformation
GSA conference: Semiconductors drive automotive transformation
Technology News |
With cars becoming increasingly turning entities of silicon and software, the European Executive Forum of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA)…
Silicon sensor at CERN to help in search for dark matter
Silicon sensor at CERN to help in search for dark matter
Technology News |
Silicon sensor chips measuring 15 cm x 10 cm made by Infineon Technologies AG are to be deployed at CERN,…
Bluetooth LE devices to find opportunities in IoT
Bluetooth LE devices to find opportunities in IoT
Market news |
According to market intelligence firm ABI Research, annual Bluetooth device shipments will reach 5 billion by 2021.

Smart sensor targets environmental monitoring
Smart sensor targets environmental monitoring
Business news |
IoT company, Helium (Andover, MA), which has raised $20 million in a new funding round for the company's smart industrial sensor business, has launched a smart sensor with multiple environmental…
Smart lighting LED driver supports TRIAC and digital dimming
Smart lighting LED driver supports TRIAC and digital dimming
New Products |
Dialog Semiconductor plc has introduced a driver IC for LED smart lighting that combines digital control (I2C) with the company's advanced phase-cut TRIAC dimming technology.
Fractional rate re-sampler IP core target FPGAs
Fractional rate re-sampler IP core target FPGAs
New Products |
RFEL's latest core, the Fractional Rate Re-sampler IP core, which was originally part of the company’s ChannelCore Flex product, is now offered as a stand-alone IP core for FPGAs.
Energy harvesters to replace batteries in wireless sensors
Energy harvesters to replace batteries in wireless sensors
Feature articles |
Recent advances in ultra-low power microcontrollers have produced devices that offer unprecedented levels of integration for the amount of power they require to operate.
electronica expands to 13 halls, awards start-ups
electronica expands to 13 halls, awards start-ups
Market news |
Under growing exhibitor demand, the upcoming electronica fair (taking place from November 8 to 11) will feature an additional hall, expanding its footprint to a total of 13 halls at…
New winding technique boosts induction motors’ efficiency
New winding technique boosts induction motors’ efficiency
Technology News |
Florida-based company Revolution Motor Industries, LLC (RMI) has developed a new stator winding topology that delivers more power while reducing energy intake.
Bluetooth mesh-controlled light engine targets tuneable white linear luminaires
Bluetooth mesh-controlled light engine targets tuneable white linear luminaires
New Products |
LED Engin's LuxiTune linear dynamic light engine is claimed to be the world's first Bluetooth low energy (BLE) mesh-controlled tuneable white solution for linear luminaires.
Eight-inch sensor will look for ‘dark matter’
Eight-inch sensor will look for ‘dark matter’
Technology News |
Silicon sensor chips measuring 15cm by 10cm made by Infineon Technologies AG are to be deployed at CERN, the world's largest particle physics research center, in the hope of proving…
Eight-inch sensor will look for ‘dark matter’
Eight-inch sensor will look for ‘dark matter’
Technology News |
Silicon sensor chips measuring 15cm by 10cm made by Infineon Technologies AG are to be deployed at CERN, the world's largest particle physics research center, in the hope of proving…
600-V GaN FET, integrated power conversion stage, from TI
600-V GaN FET, integrated power conversion stage, from TI
New Products |
Texas Instruments is samplinga 600-V gallium nitride (GaN) 70-mΩ field-effect transistor (FET) power-stage; TI claims to be the only semiconductor manufacturer to publicly offer a high-voltage driver-integrated GaN solution.
Timing technology simplified for coherent optical systems
Timing technology simplified for coherent optical systems
New Products |
Silicon Labs has introduced a family of jitter-attenuating clocks that simplifies 100G/400G coherent optical line card and module design by providing a high-frequency, flexible clocking solution that significantly reduces system-level…
Raspberry Pi distributors add uprated camera modules
Raspberry Pi distributors add uprated camera modules
New Products |
Competing distributors RS Components and Farnell element 14 have both announced the addition of high-resolution camera modules to their offerings of Raspberry Pi peripherals.
Software hardening techniques added to s/w assurance toolset
Software hardening techniques added to s/w assurance toolset
New Products |
GrammaTech (Ithaca, New York) is developing technologies for advanced software hardening; most devices on the market today, the company notes, were not designed to support the high levels of connectivity,…
Bluetooth Low Energy devices to find opportunities in IoT
Bluetooth Low Energy devices to find opportunities in IoT
Market news |
According to market intelligence firm ABI Research, annual Bluetooth device shipments will reach 5 billion by 2021.
FET-based surge stopper gives transient protection for 8 microAmp Iq
FET-based surge stopper gives transient protection for 8 microAmp Iq
New Products |
LTC4380 is an ultralow quiescent current (IQ) surge stopper, providing compact overvoltage and overcurrent protection for always-on 4V to 72V electronics in automotive, industrial and avionic systems.
Swedish measurement project begins free wind atlas initiative
Swedish measurement project begins free wind atlas initiative
Technology News |
A large wind measurement campaign is scheduled to begin in Sweden as part of the New European Wind Atlas (NEWA) program during this Spring and Summer.
Bidirectional autofocus actuator for 16-Mpixel smartphone cameras
Bidirectional autofocus actuator for 16-Mpixel smartphone cameras
New Products |
Alps Electric's ATMJ1Z95 Series bi-directional type autofocus actuator is a 2.8 mm low-profile device for smartphone camera modules that have 16 Mpixel sensors, and other applications, such as camera-integrated office…
Smart lighting LED driver supports TRIAC and digital dimming
Smart lighting LED driver supports TRIAC and digital dimming
New Products |
Dialog Semiconductor plc has introduced a driver IC for LED smart lighting that combines digital control (I2C) with the company's advanced phase-cut TRIAC dimming technology.
6WIND integrates Mirantis OpenStack for data centers and NFV Infrastructure
6WIND integrates Mirantis OpenStack for data centers and NFV Infrastructure
Business news |
6WIND has announced integration with Mirantis OpenStack to simplify joint customer deployments for high performance data centers and Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI).
Bi-directional autofocus actuator fit for 16-megapixel smartphone cameras
Bi-directional autofocus actuator fit for 16-megapixel smartphone cameras
New Products |
Alps Electric has developed the “ATMJ1Z95 Series” bi-directional autofocus actuator for integration into 16-megapixel smartphone camera modules.
0.8A step-up DC/DC converters in a 1.28×1.08×0.4mm WLP
0.8A step-up DC/DC converters in a 1.28×1.08×0.4mm WLP
New Products |
Torex Semiconductor's XC9141/XC9142 series of 0.8A step-up DC/DC converters come with an input–output disconnection function (load disconnection function) to prevent malfunctioning during standby, and for device functionality that enables power…
SSL wins LEO satellite contract
SSL wins LEO satellite contract
Business news |
Space Systems Loral (SSL), a subsidiary of MDA has been awarded a contract to provide a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite to an undisclosed customer.
Magnetic sensors come in space-saving package
Magnetic sensors come in space-saving package
New Products |
Targeting safety-critical automotive applications, the analog technology experts form Austria-based AMS AG have developed two magnetic position sensor chips. As required for these applications, the AS5170 and AS5171 meet the…
Surprise: computer pioneer devised partial high beam for cars – decades ago
Surprise: computer pioneer devised partial high beam for cars – decades ago
Feature articles |
The partial high beam, in modern upmarket vehicles a prestigious (and expensive) feature, is an achievement of the last decade and a glorious testimony to 21st century engineering, right? False:…


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