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Swiss open-source processor core ready for IoT
Swiss open-source processor core ready for IoT
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Researchers at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) and the University of Bologna have developed PULPino, an…
MIT researchers refine single WiFi access point to deliver tens-of-cm location
MIT researchers refine single WiFi access point to deliver tens-of-cm location
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A system designed by MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab enables a single WiFi access point that can locate…
Dual-phase digital PWM power controller uses OTP/resistor programming
Dual-phase digital PWM power controller uses OTP/resistor programming
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Integrated Device Technology has added a dual-phase digital power controller with features to optimise, monitor and control high-power supply systems.
Single instrument solution supports LTE-A 4×4 MIMO 2CCs evaluation
Single instrument solution supports LTE-A 4×4 MIMO 2CCs evaluation
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Anritsu Corporation has strengthened the wireless test functions of the company's all-in-one Radio Communication Analyzer MT8821C with the release of…

Low Iq automotive twin-output boost + buck DC/DC controller
Low Iq automotive twin-output boost + buck DC/DC controller
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LTC7813 is a dual output (boost + buck), low quiescent current synchronous DC/DC controller. When cascaded, its independent step-up (boost) and step-down (buck) controllers regulate the output voltage from an…
Acal BFi gets European exclusivity for Tronics’ Gypro inertial sensors
Acal BFi gets European exclusivity for Tronics’ Gypro inertial sensors
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Distributor Acal BFi has signed a new pan-European distribution agreement with MEMS sensors manufacturer Tronics to distribute Tronics’ Gypro MEMS inertial sensors to the European markets.
Lawrence Livermore to deploy IBM neural network computer
Lawrence Livermore to deploy IBM neural network computer
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The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has announced it will take delivery of a supercomputer based on the TrueNorth neural networking chip developed by IBM.
Smartphone innovation: QuantIC develops low-cost ultra-sensitive gravity detector
Smartphone innovation: QuantIC develops low-cost ultra-sensitive gravity detector
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Researchers at QuantIC, which is the UK centre of excellence for research, development and innovation in quantum enhanced imaging, have adapted widely-available technology found in smartphones to make a small,…
Low power device characterisation analyser measures minute currents
Low power device characterisation analyser measures minute currents
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Keysight Technologies has disclosed an instrument it calls a new category of analyser for advanced device characterisation, and low-power device evaluation; the analyser, the company adds, allows engineers to visualise…
Compact terahertz source operates at room temperature continuous wave
Compact terahertz source operates at room temperature continuous wave
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Northwestern University's Manijeh Razeghi has developed a compact room temperature continuous wave, highly tunable, high-power terahertz source. As a security detection device it has the ability to detect explosives, chemical…
What happened to: SuVolta?
What happened to: SuVolta?
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SuVolta Inc. was a promising startup developing deeply depleted channel transistor technology for low-power ICs that is no more.
JTAG Mixed-signal IO Systems (MIOS) Redefine Benchtop ATE
JTAG Mixed-signal IO Systems (MIOS) Redefine Benchtop ATE
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Most digital electronics designs now feature some form of JTAG/boundary-scan to aid structural board testing or in-system device programming.
Optimising development tools for NXP’s latest Cortex-M4 MCUs
Optimising development tools for NXP’s latest Cortex-M4 MCUs
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IAR Systems has announced tool support for NXP Semiconductor’s recently launched LPC5411x family of low-power, multi-market MCUs. IAR Systems is able to provide early support in the complete C/C++ compiler…
40V N-channel low-R automotive power MOSFET
40V N-channel low-R automotive power MOSFET
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Toshiba Electronics Europe has expanded its automotive power MOSFETs with a 40V N-ch type housed in the low on-resistance TO-220SM(W) package. The TKR74F04PB is intended for a variety of high…
Energy independent vehicles: the biggest market to come
Energy independent vehicles: the biggest market to come
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According to IDTechEx's latest report, "Future Powertrains 2016-2036", the main powertrain options for land vehicles over the next twenty years could quickly narrow down from conventional ICE (internal combustion engine),…
SSDs configured for industrial, netcom and automotive applications
SSDs configured for industrial, netcom and automotive applications
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Swissbit’s durabit M.2 SATA Gen III SSD have capacities from 30 GB to 480 GB and use MLC flash memory together with special hardware and firmware features to obtain the…
Winbond stacks NOR and NAND dies in 8-pin memory package
Winbond stacks NOR and NAND dies in 8-pin memory package
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Winbond Electronics has expanded its flash product portfolio with the introduction of a family of stackable SpiFlash memories.
Magnet discovery controls Dirac fermions with zero mass
Magnet discovery controls Dirac fermions with zero mass
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Researchers from Osaka University and The University of Tokyo have discovered a magnet capable of controlling Dirac fermions with zero mass. The innovation paves the way to realizing super high…
Transparent wood material lowers solar cell production costs
Transparent wood material lowers solar cell production costs
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Researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a transparent wood material that is suitable for mass production applications thereby offering the potential to lower solar cell manufacturing…
GaN-based, 15 MHz half-bridge development boards
GaN-based, 15 MHz half-bridge development boards
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15 MHz half-bridge development boards use EPC's eGaN FETs and high frequency synchronous bootstrap topology; the boards can be configured as either a buck converter or a ZVS class-D amplifier,…
Synopsys renews layout tools for analogue, custom ICs in FinFET era
Synopsys renews layout tools for analogue, custom ICs in FinFET era
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In contrast to high-density logic designs, layout of custom, analogue-mixed-signal ICs remains largely a manual process – with assistance from EDA tools. The advent of FinFET processes necessitates, Synopsys says,…
Emulator supports 3GPP recommended MIMO OTA testing methodology
Emulator supports 3GPP recommended MIMO OTA testing methodology
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Anite's Propsim F32 Channel Emulator is now able to support advanced MIMO OTA mobile device testing using a Multi Probe Anechoic Chamber (MPAC) methodology, as recommended by 3GPP1.
Synopsys touts ‘Visually Assisted Automation’ for FinFET design
Synopsys touts ‘Visually Assisted Automation’ for FinFET design
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EDA and IP vendor Synopsys Inc. introduced a new custom design tool that aims to help offset design challenges posed by the era of FinFETs with an intuitive concept dubbed…
40-W LED module for general lighting requires no heatsink
40-W LED module for general lighting requires no heatsink
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Slovakia's FuturoLighting has introduced an extension to the company's range of LED modules. The square DC LED module offers a ready-made solution for fixture producers and hobbyists.
6-axis MEMS aids image stabilization
6-axis MEMS aids image stabilization
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InvenSense has launched the ICG-20660L, a 6-axis MEMS device intended to go onto a main PCB and support optical image stabilization.
Energy-recovering modular, rack-mount, ATE DC load
Energy-recovering modular, rack-mount, ATE DC load
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Incorporating an inverter that returns up to 93% of power back to AC source, Intepro Systems’ ELR 5000 modular, programmable DC load is housed in a 6U, 19-in. rack enclosure…
Analyzer visualizes previously undetectable wideband, low-level current waveforms
Analyzer visualizes previously undetectable wideband, low-level current waveforms
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Keysight Technologies, Inc. has introduced what the company claims is the world’s first analyzer enabling a minimum of 100-pA level dynamic current measurements with a maximum of 200 MHz bandwidth,…
Can harmonized test protocols accelerate PEM fuel cell developments?
Can harmonized test protocols accelerate PEM fuel cell developments?
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The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has proposed a test methodology for testing polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells which are one of the most attractive type of fuel…


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