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Coal redefined for thin film electronics
Coal redefined for thin film electronics
Technology News |
Taking a new look at coal in MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), PhD candidate Brent Keller Jeffrey…
Simplify sensor conditioning with 8:1 AFE interface
Simplify sensor conditioning with 8:1 AFE interface
New Products |
XR18910 joins Exar's family of analogue front end (AFE) sensor interfaces, which integrates high channel count and functionality in a…
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…
Does OLED lighting still hold promise?
Does OLED lighting still hold promise?
Market news |
According to analysts IDTechEx, and in a report by its Head of Consulting Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, OLED lighting technology faced…

DARPA awards GPS-beating sensor development contract
DARPA awards GPS-beating sensor development contract
Technology News |
The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded HRL Laboratories LLC (Malibu, Calif.) a $4.3 million contract to develop vibration- and shock-tolerant inertial sensor technology.
Volvo sets ambitious goal for electric vehicles
Volvo sets ambitious goal for electric vehicles
Business news |
Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars has set a target for the conversion of its product lines to electric mobility: By 2025, the company plans to build and sell one million electrified…
What you don’t know about LED light intensity curves for grow light apps
What you don’t know about LED light intensity curves for grow light apps
Technology News |
Ed Rodriguez explains how LED light intensity curves can be used for grow light apps.
OLED lighting still holds promise, says report
OLED lighting still holds promise, says report
Market news |
According to analysts IDTechEx, and in a report by its Head of Consulting Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, OLED lighting technology faced a difficult challenge since its very beginnings, in the shape…
Chips for energy harvesting is next billion-dollar market
Chips for energy harvesting is next billion-dollar market
Market news |
Although energy harvesting has failed to take off to date – usually because it is has been uneconomic compared with installed battery power – it will drive semiconductor sales worth…
2W DC-DC has under 5-mm profile
2W DC-DC has under 5-mm profile
New Products |
Murata's NXE2 series of 2W surface mounted DC/DC converters is footprint compatible with similar 1 and 2W devices but measure 12.5 x 4.36 x 10.41 mm, representing more power output…
Automotive step-down DC/DC rates for 1.5A/2MHz & 3.0-42V inputs
Automotive 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,…
Lynx/Vector tie-up yields dynamic testing for mission-critical OSs
Lynx/Vector tie-up yields dynamic testing for mission-critical OSs
Business news |
Vector Software's VectorCAST Test Automation Platform now supports the latest versions of LynxOS and LynxOS-178 from Lynx Software Technologies; the integration between the LynxOS family of real-time operating systems and…
Low-power, low-profile optocouplers carry 5 Mbps traffic
Low-power, low-profile optocouplers carry 5 Mbps traffic
New Products |
These compact devices reduce supply current by 90% over existing products, according to maker Toshiba. For high speed communications roles, TLP2310 and TLP2710 have a 54% reduced power consumption of…
Simplify sensor conditioning with 8:1 AFE interface
Simplify sensor conditioning with 8:1 AFE interface
New Products |
XR18910 joins Exar's family of analogue front end (AFE) sensor interfaces, which integrates high channel count and functionality in a 3.5 x 3.5 mm footprint. The XR18910 provides 14-bit signal…
New publication; industrial systems design with the PIC32 MCU
New publication; industrial systems design with the PIC32 MCU
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Just published is “Embedded Computing and Mechatronics with the PIC32 Microcontroller” by Kevin Lynch, Nicholas Marchuk and Matthew Elwin, with a target readership spanning students, professionals and hobbyists.
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.
Academics offered intro-to-IoT curriculum by Imagination, Microchip & Digilent
Academics offered intro-to-IoT curriculum by Imagination, Microchip & Digilent
Business news |
Imagination Technologies and Microchip Technology, together with Digilent Inc. have created the “Connected MCU Lab”, a course developed through the companies' respective university programs.
Novel battery produces electricity and hydrogen
Novel battery produces electricity and hydrogen
Technology News |
Redox flow batteries are still relatively far from practical use. Nevertheless, they have a number of properties that could make them interesting for deployment in grid buffer applications, like scalability…
MOST150 test solution supports coax PHY
MOST150 test solution supports coax PHY
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As an extension to its existing Physical Layer Stress Test tool for the MOST150 infotainment data bus Ruetz System Solutions introduced a module dedicated to perform such tests in a…
Chips for energy harvesting is next billion-dollar market
Chips for energy harvesting is next billion-dollar market
Market news |
Although energy harvesting has failed to take off to date – usually because it is has been uneconomic compared with installed battery power – it will drive semiconductor sales worth…
OLED lighting still holds promise, says report
OLED lighting still holds promise, says report
Market news |
According to analysts IDTechEx, and in a report by its Head of Consulting Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, OLED lighting technology faced a difficult challenge since its very beginnings, in the shape…
Ambient LED luminaires offer glare free, high quality light
Ambient LED luminaires offer glare free, high quality light
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Soraa has expanded the company's product portfolio with two minimalist ambient LED luminaire series — the Gable and Barrel — which are designed for office, healthcare and retail applications.
Antenna startup enhances wireless charging
Antenna startup enhances wireless charging
Business news |
NuCurrent Inc. (Chicago, Illinois), a startup founded in 2009 to provide wireless charging technology for medical applications, has established itself as technology and IP provider for consumer wireless charging.
IoT partnership yields complete device-to-cloud platform for enterprise
IoT partnership yields complete device-to-cloud platform for enterprise
Business news |
LPRS (Low Power Radio Solutions Ltd) has joined forces with SPICA Technologies (Birmingham, UK) to roll out a Device to Cloud platform, enabling LPRS to offer customers a complete end-to-end…
Full-duplex/half-duplex multi-transcoder IC targets VoIP
Full-duplex/half-duplex multi-transcoder IC targets VoIP
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CML Microcircuits has released a new CMX7261 Function Image implementing the G.723.1 digital voice coding algorithm of VoIP applications.
HW dev kit supports smart IoT devices
HW dev kit supports smart IoT devices
New Products |
The MediaTek LinkIt Development Platform for RTOS is the first from MediaTek (Hsinchu, Taiwan) delivering a common tool chain and set of APIs for multiple chipsets, offering developers the ability…
Antenna startup enhances wireless charging
Antenna startup enhances wireless charging
Business news |
NuCurrent Inc. (Chicago, Illinois), a startup founded in 2009 to provide wireless charging technology for medical applications, has established itself as technology and IP provider for consumer wireless charging.
IoT smart city video security solution offers ‘security without surveillance’
IoT smart city video security solution offers ‘security without surveillance’
Business news |
Sensity Systems Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA ) has collaborated with Genetec Inc. (Montreal, Canada) to offer an advanced IoT public safety and video security solution that is integrated with LED lighting.


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