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Wireless LED lighting solution supports ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 protocols
Wireless LED lighting solution supports ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 protocols
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GreenPeak Technologies has launched a low-cost ambient wireless LED lighting application based on the GreenPeak GP651 communication chip that can…
100GbE transceivers with Multilink Gearbox functionality
100GbE transceivers with Multilink Gearbox functionality
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Marvell has introduced the Alaska® C 88X5111, a fully integrated, 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Gearbox with Multilink Gearbox (MLG) functionality.
All-in-one 2G/3G/4G front-end
All-in-one 2G/3G/4G front-end
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Morfis Semiconductor Inc. (Irvine, Calif.), a startup founded in 2013, has announced it has developed a single-die flip-chip RF front…
Car windows darken upon the push of a button
Car windows darken upon the push of a button
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Automotive supplier Continental has developed a glass for car windows whose transparency can be controlled electrically. The technology will improve…

Energy generator socks power up wireless transmitters
Energy generator socks power up wireless transmitters
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Researchers at the University of the West of England have developed a socks embedded with miniaturised microbial fuel cells and fuelled with urine pumped by the wearer's footsteps to power…
Hybrid supercapacitor completes UL certification
Hybrid supercapacitor completes UL certification
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The developer of an innovative supercapacitor-based energy storage and battery enhancement technology, Paper Battery Company has completed UL certification for the  company's PowerResponder product range.
GaN RF power transistors in 10 to 200-W ratings
GaN RF power transistors in 10 to 200-W ratings
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Ampleon has extended its portfolio of GaN RF power transistors based on a 0.5 µm HEMT process technology. Comprising 10-W, 30-W, 50-W and 100-W devices, over ten transistors are currently…
Fusion energy: German stellarator generates helium plasma
Fusion energy: German stellarator generates helium plasma
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A nuclear fusion experiment in Germany at the Max Planck Institute's Wendelstein 7-X stellarator claims to have produced a helium plasma that measured about one million degrees Celsius.  The scientists…
Diagnostic imaging technique aims to boost solar cell efficiencies
Diagnostic imaging technique aims to boost solar cell efficiencies
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A diagnostic imaging technique developed by a University of Maryland-led team of researchers claims to be capable of boosting efficiencies of solar cells by finding and correcting previously undetected ways…
Camera-based system puts an end to blind spots
Camera-based system puts an end to blind spots
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Blind spots in the surroundings of trucks are responsible for many severe collisions between trucks and bicycles or pedestrians in road traffic. The CornerEye camera-based monitoring system from Orlaco promises…
How to ptrevent an unexpected system shutdown
How to ptrevent an unexpected system shutdown
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Steve Sheard of ON Semiconductor considers what can be done to prevent an unexpected system shutdown.
Preventing the nasty surprise of an unexpected system shutdown
Preventing the nasty surprise of an unexpected system shutdown
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Steve Sheard of ON Semiconductor considers what can be done to prevent an unexpected system shutdown.
Ford makes $4.5B electric car push
Ford makes $4.5B electric car push
Automaker Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI) has announced that it will spend $4.5 billion in electric car vehicle research over the next five years with a goal of adding 13…
Smart roads to harvest clean power from traffic
Smart roads to harvest clean power from traffic
Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, TX) and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (College Station, TX) have been awarded a $1.32 million contract by the…
Rohde & Schwarz discloses commercial test solution for 5G channel sounding
Rohde & Schwarz discloses commercial test solution for 5G channel sounding
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In the progression towards fifth generation mobile radio (5G), manufacturers of base stations and end user devices are facing the challenge of opening time and location-dependent radio channels.
IP builds low-power floating point core for connected devices
IP builds low-power floating point core for connected devices
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IP provider Cortus aims its FPS26 IP core, providing single precision floating point performance, at applications such as industrial control, machine vision and MIMO wireless systems.
Dedicated controllers offer ‘no software’ to add touch controls
Dedicated controllers offer ‘no software’ to add touch controls
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Silicon Labs’s TouchXpress fixed-function controllers claim to offer the fastest and easiest way to add low-power capacitive touch interfaces to embedded designs.
How to suppress interference on LVDS connections
How to suppress interference on LVDS connections
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A short paper from Langer EMV-Technik (Bannewitz, Germany) notes that LVDS drivers (and LVDS receivers) can be the source of significant interference emissions. The paper describes methods of measuring, analysing…
Probes with LEDs shed light on Alzheimer’s
Probes with LEDs shed light on Alzheimer’s
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University of Michigan researchers are unlocking the secrets of neural pathways in the brain with the help of light-emitting diodes as small as neurons.
MDL Technologies adds over 900 RF power amplifiers to its range
MDL Technologies adds over 900 RF power amplifiers to its range
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A new distribution agreement with Bonn Elektronik has enabled MDL Technologies to greatly expand its range of RF power amplifiers, with the addition of over 900 standard models.
Magnetoresistive sensors give high-sensitivity position detection
Magnetoresistive sensors give high-sensitivity position detection
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The newest additions to Honeywell’s magnetoresistive technologies feature highly sensitive sensor integrated circuits (ICs), which replace detectors such as reed relays and offer design engineers more flexibility for creating a…
Single-chip protection IC for 1-Cell Li+ battery packs
Single-chip protection IC for 1-Cell Li+ battery packs
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The AP9234L (Diodes Inc.) has been designed to provide a high-accuracy, single-chip solution for 1-cell lithium-ion (Li+) or lithium-polymer rechargeable battery packs. Key markets for this device are manufacturers of…
80V/5A synchronous 4-quadrant DC/DC controller with bipolar output
80V/5A synchronous 4-quadrant DC/DC controller with bipolar output
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LT8714 is an 80V input synchronous PWM four quadrant output DC/DC controller. This device cleanly transitions its output voltage through zero volts with up to 5A sourcing and sinking current…
The shaky economics of overvalued start-ups exposed
The shaky economics of overvalued start-ups exposed
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Just as in the Game of Thrones series, the “winter is coming”, and with it, so are huge risks to investors and employees of the so called unicorns.
Denso invests into image processing, deep learning
Denso invests into image processing, deep learning
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Japanese automotive supplier Denso Corp has inked a joint development agreement with Tokyo-based R&D company Morpho Inc. The latter has significant expertise in image processing technology. Both companies intend to…
Ford electrifies development of new models
Ford electrifies development of new models
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Carmaker Ford Motor Company has announced its hitherto largest 5-year investment program into electric vehicles. With the coal of introducing 13 new electrified vehicles within the next five years, the…
Hublex: a custom fit for industrial mobility
Hublex: a custom fit for industrial mobility
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With its slim and lightweight hub-less gyropod, French startup Hublex is onto something big, so to speak, looking at a market potentially much bigger than what Segway was ever able…
PC-based waveform acquisition and replay up to the GHz range.
PC-based waveform acquisition and replay up to the GHz range.
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For applications requiring extended electronic waveform acquisition and generation, Spectrum (Grosshansdorf, Germany) has announced a storage system that works with their PC-based digitiser and generator cards to dramatically increase possible…


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