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Sigfox foundation will leverage IoT to tackle global challenges
Sigfox foundation will leverage IoT to tackle global challenges
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Sigfox co-founders Ludovic Le Moan and Christophe Fourtet have announced creation of the SigfoxFoundation, established to bring the benefits of…
Bourns takes Murata Manufacturing’s trimming potentiometers onboard
Bourns takes Murata Manufacturing’s trimming potentiometers onboard
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Bourns, Inc. announced it has acquired specified assets of the trimming potentiometer business of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd, for an…
Implantantable sensors monitor brain injury before melting away
Implantantable sensors monitor brain injury before melting away
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Researchers from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed electronic…
Safety-related flaws at inacceptable level, study concludes
Safety-related flaws at inacceptable level, study concludes
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After the negative record in 2014, when in the USA alone 108 million vehicles were called back into the garages,…

Plastic fingerprint sensor also detects underlining veins
Plastic fingerprint sensor also detects underlining veins
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FlexEnable and ISORG have jointly developed what they claim to be the world's first large area flexible fingerprint sensor on plastic designed for biometric applications.
28-nm memory compiler places SRAM in FDSOI process technology
28-nm memory compiler places SRAM in FDSOI process technology
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Promising dynamic power savings exceeding 50% and static power reductions of up to 35%, low power SRAM IP specialist sureCore (Sheffield, England) has released a 28nm Fully-Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator (FDSOI) memory…
Bi-directional camera autofocus actuator: low power, low profile
Bi-directional camera autofocus actuator: low power, low profile
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ALPS has developed the “ATMC1Z9 Series” bi-direction type autofocus actuator for integration into 13-megapixel smartphone camera modules. The new product achieves low power consumption and a low profile.
60V, 4A regulator; adjustable output and wire-drop compensation
60V, 4A regulator; adjustable output and wire-drop compensation
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LTC3649 is a high efficiency, 60V, 4A synchronous buck regulator that incorporates a constant frequency, current mode architecture and programmable output current and output voltage; it operates from an input…
De-embedding interconnects boosts high-speed signal measurement accuracy
De-embedding interconnects boosts high-speed signal measurement accuracy
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SignalCorrect is software by Tektronix designed to simplify the process of characterising and de-embedding the effects of cables, fixtures and other interconnects for more accurate and repeatable measurement results.
Intel protege pitches wireless SoC for IoT
Intel protege pitches wireless SoC for IoT
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Fabless chip company Telink Semiconductor Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China) has launched the TLSR8269 a system-on-chip intended to provide low power wireless connection for the Internet of Things applications in the…
Ultrasound proximity software replaces hardware-based sensors
Ultrasound proximity software replaces hardware-based sensors
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Elliptic Labs has launched a software-based ultrasound proximity sensing solution that relies on the smartphones' speaker and microphone to replace today’s optical proximity sensors.
Wireless brain sensor monitors then dissolves
Wireless brain sensor monitors then dissolves
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A team of researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has created implantable electronic sensors that can measure intracranial pressure…
Etek Europe now also UK and Irish distributor of PDR – Rework Systems
Etek Europe now also UK and Irish distributor of PDR – Rework Systems
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Etek Europe has been appointed as the UK and Irish distributor for PDR – IR Rework Systems.
Consumers feel perils of connectivity
Consumers feel perils of connectivity
Technology News |
Earlier this month, Nest’s smart thermostat reportedly stopped working, leaving many users frustrated and their homes freezing cold.
Tiny ToF ranging sensor for robotics, drones & IoT
Tiny ToF ranging sensor for robotics, drones & IoT
STMicroelectronics (Geneva, Switzerland) has introduced a time-of-flight (ToF) ranging sensor for autofocus, proximity sensing, and object detection in robotics, drones, and IoT applications.
Tiny coprocessor delivers step-by-step tracking without GPS
Tiny coprocessor delivers step-by-step tracking without GPS
SENtrace, from PNI Sensor Corp. (Santa Rosa, CA), is a tiny coprocessor for wearables designed to perform pedestrian tracking using data from inertial sensors.
Room-temp metallic glue developed
Room-temp metallic glue developed
Startup MesoGlue LLC (Jacksonville, FL) uses surface nanostructures to create a metallic glue that sets at room temperature and without mechanical loading.
Maker’s module enables Bluetooth prototypes
Maker’s module enables Bluetooth prototypes
For creating quick feasibility studies or early prototypes, breadboards are still state of the art in development laboratories as well as in the maker scene’s garages and dens. An open-source…
NXP embraces 28 nm FDSOI for MCUs
NXP embraces 28 nm FDSOI for MCUs
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NXP is set to extend the use of 28 nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) process technology down to its low-power LPC microcontrollers, according to Goeff Lees, newly installed as general manager…
Embedded Wi-Fi ‘Place-and-Play’ modules, in distribution
Embedded Wi-Fi ‘Place-and-Play’ modules, in distribution
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Mouser Electronics has Panasonic’s PAN9320 embedded Wi-Fi place-and-play module, that features an integrated stack, full security suite, and API to minimise firmware development.
PMIC for Intel’s 6th-generation Skylake Core architecture
PMIC for Intel’s 6th-generation Skylake Core architecture
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Rohm has two system power management integrated circuits (PMICs) that are optimised for low power and will enable fanless designs of space-conscious mobile PC products such as Ultrabooks, 2-in-1 detachables,…
Nordic silicon in Bluetooth Smart module packaged for the makers
Nordic silicon in Bluetooth Smart module packaged for the makers
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Unique through-hole style module allows fast assembly of Bluetooth Smart prototypes without soldering because it plugs straight into a bread board…
LEDs in cubic GaN to overcome “green gap”
LEDs in cubic GaN to overcome “green gap”
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Plessey Semiconductors (Plymouth, UK), Anvil Semiconductors and the University of Cambridge have announced that they are working together to fabricate high efficiency LEDs in cubic GaN grown on Anvil’s 3C-SiC-on-Si…
Hungarian MoD selects Rohde & Schwarz forr airbase voice communications
Hungarian MoD selects Rohde & Schwarz forr airbase voice communications
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The Hungarian Ministry of Defense has selected Rohde & Schwarz to deliver additional R&S VCS-4G voice communications system (VCS) equipment for the Papa NATO airbase in Hungary.
Novel LED technology collaboration tackles green gap challenge
Novel LED technology collaboration tackles green gap challenge
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Plessey, Anvil Semiconductors and the University of Cambridge have agreed to work together to fabricate high efficiency LEDs in cubic GaN grown on Anvil’s 3C-SiC / Si substrates.
Primary side regulation is critical to the expansion of the IoT movement
Primary side regulation is critical to the expansion of the IoT movement
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In November of 2015, the Paris Agreement was reached by 196 nations on the reduction of climate change.  The key goal: to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees…
Qualcomm and Guizhou Province create 280 million USD joint venture
Qualcomm and Guizhou Province create 280 million USD joint venture
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Qualcomm Incorporated and officials from the People's Government of Guizhou Province have signed a strategic cooperation agreement and unveiled a joint venture — the Guizhou Huaxintong Semi-Conductor Technology Co., Ltd.
CES is the largest selection of insecure devices in the world
CES is the largest selection of insecure devices in the world
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The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has just wrapped up. With 160,000 attendees, 3,800 exhibitors and almost 2.5 million square feet of exhibit space, this is the largest…


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