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Automotive touch panels becoming standard, says study
Automotive touch panels becoming standard, says study
Market news |
Smartphone and tablet users increasingly expect to find the ingredients of their digital lifestyle in the car as well as…
Graphene-sponge touch sensor mimics human skin
Graphene-sponge touch sensor mimics human skin
Technology News |
In their paper "A tactile sensor using a conductive graphene-sponge composite" published in the journal of the Royal Society of…
‘Network-ready’ dimmable LED lighting products offer additional energy savings
‘Network-ready’ dimmable LED lighting products offer additional energy savings
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Energy Focus, Inc. (Solon, OH) has developed a new generation of 'network-ready', dimmable LED lighting products, including dimmable tubular LED…
GE’s Current acquires Daintree Networks to advance intelligent buildings
GE’s Current acquires Daintree Networks to advance intelligent buildings
Business news |
Current, powered by GE (Boston, MA) has acquired Daintree Networks (Los Altos, CA), an industrial Internet provider of building controls…

‘Inverse spin Hall effect’ harvests electricity from magnetism
‘Inverse spin Hall effect’ harvests electricity from magnetism
Technology News |
With microwaves on the rise worldwide, generated by cell phone towers, mobile devices, WiFi, Bluetooth, 5G and on and on, it's natural that scientists would investigate ways to harness these…
OLED full-colour microdisplay; image quality and sharpness – in distribution
OLED full-colour microdisplay; image quality and sharpness – in distribution
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Specialist distributor Astute Electronics has the MicroOled MDP02 full-colour 1.56 cm (0.61 in.) microdisplay, that uses a unique pixel design to improve colour reproduction.
Intel reorg shows clouds ahead
Intel reorg shows clouds ahead
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The world’s largest semiconductor company will both focus and diversify in an effort to reinvent itself. It’s an expensive proposition in a down year as Intel Corp. predicted a steeper…
Industrial automation; connector houses integrated Ethernet switch
Industrial automation; connector houses integrated Ethernet switch
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Harting's connector incorporating an integrated Ethernet switch, the US4 connector is the first device in which switch functionality resides directly in the connector, making it possible to network four EtherNet/IP…
2-ch stepping motor driver rated 40V and 2.0A
2-ch stepping motor driver rated 40V and 2.0A
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This bipolar IC cuts output resistance by 50% for simultaneous motor drive while reducing power, heat, noise and vibration.
3GPP approves lower Power Class 5 (20 dBm) for NB-IoT applications
3GPP approves lower Power Class 5 (20 dBm) for NB-IoT applications
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Wireless and positioning-systems vendor u-blox (Thalwil, Switzerland), together with collaborator and IoT connectivity company Neul (Cambridge, UK) reports success in promoting the concept of an extra power class for devices…
Harvest electricity from magnetism
Harvest electricity from magnetism
Technology News |
With microwaves on the rise worldwide, generated by cell phone towers, mobile devices, WiFi, Bluetooth, 5G and on and on, it's natural that scientists would investigate ways to harness these…
Spongy tactile sensor emulates human skin
Spongy tactile sensor emulates human skin
Technology News |
In their paper "A tactile sensor using a conductive graphene-sponge composite" published in the journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Korean researchers from the Department of Electronics Engineering at…
DC/DC converters target high voltage switching SiC MOSFET challenge
DC/DC converters target high voltage switching SiC MOSFET challenge
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RECOM has introduced two 2 W DC/DC converter series designed to meet the high frequency and high voltage switching challenges posed by the next generation of power SiC MOSFETs.
Step-down DC/DC rates for 1.5A/2MHz and 3.0-42V inputs
Step-down DC/DC rates for 1.5A/2MHz and 3.0-42V inputs
New Products |
LT8608 is a 1.5A, 42V input synchronous step-down switching regulator. Its synchronous rectification topology delivers 93% efficiency while switching at 2 MHz enabling designers to avoid critical noise-sensitive frequency bands,…
GaN CMOS power switch delivers 40A to RF PAs
GaN CMOS power switch delivers 40A to RF PAs
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Specialist distributor RFMW has the 365CT000, 40A pulsed switch from Xsystor, Inc., that offers easy integration of GaN amplifiers in high speed, pulsed power systems.
On-chip RF circulator and a single antenna to double Wi-Fi speed
On-chip RF circulator and a single antenna to double Wi-Fi speed
Technology News |
Full-duplex radio ICs that can be implemented in nanoscale CMOS to enable simultaneous transmission and reception at the same frequency in a wireless radio were first invented last year by…
‘Network-Ready’ dimmable LED lighting provide additional energy savings
‘Network-Ready’ dimmable LED lighting provide additional energy savings
Technology News |
Energy Focus, Inc. has developed a new generation of 'Network-Ready', dimmable LED lighting products, including dimmable tubular LED lamps that operate in direct-wire mode (without a ballast) and dual-mode (with…
Step-down DC/DC rated for 1.5A/2MHz and 3.0-42V inputs
Step-down DC/DC rated for 1.5A/2MHz and 3.0-42V inputs
New Products |
LT8608 is a 1.5A, 42V input synchronous step-down switching regulator. Its synchronous rectification topology delivers 93% efficiency while switching at 2 MHz enabling designers to avoid critical noise-sensitive frequency bands,…
How 48V technology can reduce fuel consumption by 25%
How 48V technology can reduce fuel consumption by 25%
Technology News |
Already with its Gasoline Technology Car I (GTC I), automotive suppliers Continental and Schaeffler managed to reduce fuel consumption by 17%. At the Vienna Motor Symposium, these two companies introduced…
GaN CMOS power switch delivers 40A to RF PAs
GaN CMOS power switch delivers 40A to RF PAs
New Products |
Specialist distributor RFMW has the 365CT000, 40A pulsed switch from Xsystor, Inc., that offers easy integration of GaN amplifiers in high speed, pulsed power systems.
FFT application offers sampling rate up to 3.2-GS/s
FFT application offers sampling rate up to 3.2-GS/s
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Keysight Technologies, Inc. has introduced an improved version of the FFT option, now available on the U5303A PCIe 12-bit high-speed data acquisition card. The card features two channels and a…
Timing controller supports Samsung AMOLED panels to 3200×1800 resolution
Timing controller supports Samsung AMOLED panels to 3200×1800 resolution
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Video display, touch controller and high-speed interface IC supplier, Parade Technologies, Ltd., has collaborated with Samsung Display to deliver AMOLED panels for the tablet and PC notebook markets.
Current acquires Daintree to light up intelligent building automation
Current acquires Daintree to light up intelligent building automation
Business news |
Current, powered by GE has acquired Daintree Networks, an industrial Internet provider of building controls solutions for commercial facilities.
CSEM/Fujitsu collaboration on ultra-low-power process
CSEM/Fujitsu collaboration on ultra-low-power process
Technology News |
Proposing to combine Deeply Depleted Channel and near/sub-threshold technologies to reduce energy in logic circuitry, Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor (Yokohama) and CSEM (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) have set up a joint development agreement…
Hardware range for step-up to USB 3.1
Hardware range for step-up to USB 3.1
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Würth Elektronik eiSos has assembled a range of connectors, jacks, and cables for the USB-3.1 standard, to make use of the available 10 Gb/sec instead of 5 Gb/sec and uprated…
Why 802.11p beats LTE and 5G for V2x
Why 802.11p beats LTE and 5G for V2x
Technology News |
V2x communication, which involves vehicles exchanging data with each other and the infrastructure, has proven to improve traffic safety and increase the efficiency of transportation systems. Direct Short Range Communication…
Step-down DC/DC rates for 1.5A/2MHz & 3.0-42V inputs
Step-down DC/DC rates for 1.5A/2MHz & 3.0-42V inputs
New Products |
LT8608 is a 1.5A, 42V input synchronous step-down switching regulator. Its synchronous rectification topology delivers 93% efficiency while switching at 2 MHz enabling designers to avoid critical noise-sensitive frequency bands,…
Touch panels conquer automotive cockpits
Touch panels conquer automotive cockpits
Market news |
Smartphone and tablet users increasingly expect to find the ingredients of their digital lifestyle in the car as well as in their living rooms. Car manufacturers accommodate this demand. The…


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