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High-speed LVDS output comparators toggle up to 890 Mbps
High-speed LVDS output comparators toggle up to 890 Mbps
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LTC6754 is a high speed LVDS output comparator capable of toggle rates up to 890 Mbps. This extremely fast comparator…
Opinion: Volkswagen’s failure
Opinion: Volkswagen’s failure
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It went through the press like a thunderstorm: Volkswagen installed a software in its diesel engine controllers that detected when…
Turning the world into a digital user interface: SuriCog
Turning the world into a digital user interface: SuriCog
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What would strike you at first when looking at the glass-free spectacles demonstrated by French startup SuriCog at the enova…
High intensity color LEDs offers highest candela performance
High intensity color LEDs offers highest candela performance
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Cree, Inc. has introduced the company's XLamp XQ-E High Intensity LEDs, which claim to be the industry’s first family of…

Coaxial RFID antenna offers complete design flexibility
Coaxial RFID antenna offers complete design flexibility
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Harting has developed a unique type of RFID antenna which uses a coaxial travelling-wave concept to offer users a compact package with complete flexibility in the design of RF reading…
16-bit flash MCU drives 352 segment display
16-bit flash MCU drives 352 segment display
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Seiko Epson has released samples of its S1C17W18, a 16-bit flash microcontroller at 1.2V and capable of driving 352 segment displays by achieving 40% less current consumption in operating mode…
Raptool Designer now free of charge to create mobile apps
Raptool Designer now free of charge to create mobile apps
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Building an app in The Raptool platform dramatically decreases application development time and costs. The graphical development interface also makes it easier to continually develop an app and add new…
4-quadrant positioning motion controllers feature integral output stage
4-quadrant positioning motion controllers feature integral output stage
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Pittman Motors is introducing its latest offering: the BGE Series of Servo Motor Controllers, a family of compact 4-quadrant positioning motion controllers with integral output stage to control Pittman brushless…
Near-field probe pinpoints RF sources from 1 to 10GHz
Near-field probe pinpoints RF sources from 1 to 10GHz
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The SX probe heads' high measurement resolution allows the developer to pinpoint RF sources of between 1 GHz and 10 GHz on densely packed printed circuit boards or on IC…
Silicon chip detects circularly polarized light
Silicon chip detects circularly polarized light
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Invention of the first integrated circularly polarized light detector on a silicon chip opens the door for development of small, portable sensors that could expand the use of polarized light…
Startup goes multi-die to customize MCUs
Startup goes multi-die to customize MCUs
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A startup company from Southern California has made use of the increased availability and lower cost of multi-die packaging to offer custom microcontrollers. The company reckons this approach and the…
Wearables by the Yole forecast numbers
Wearables by the Yole forecast numbers
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Eric Mounier, senior technology and market analyst for Yole Developpement has given a bullish forecast for the MEMS market, saying that wearable equipment would be one of the main next…
Chinese handset OEMs start to drive sensor demand, says IHS
Chinese handset OEMs start to drive sensor demand, says IHS
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Chinese handset OEMs are starting to take over from Apple and Samsung as the drivers of sensor volumes for smartphones, according to IHS Inc.
EDA tools support TSMC InFO 3D packaging
EDA tools support TSMC InFO 3D packaging
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EDA software vendor Cadence Design Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) has announced that its Allegro implementation design software now supports Integrated Fan-Out (InFO) packaging technology from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
Testing at extremely high speeds: Bit Error Rate Test for high-speed interfaces in production
Testing at extremely high speeds: Bit Error Rate Test for high-speed interfaces in production
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Hosea Busse of GÖPEL electronic considers testing requirements at extremely high speeds and how the Bit Error Rate Test for high-speed interfaces can be used in production environments.
Smart solar-powered robots manage their own energy use
Smart solar-powered robots manage their own energy use
A researcher at Iowa State University (Ames, IA) is developing power-management technologies that would allow land- and air-based solar-powered robots to monitor solar conditions so they can maximize their operating…
Devkit brings Arduino and the likes into the IoT
Devkit brings Arduino and the likes into the IoT
M2M communications company Telit has enhanced its deviceWise developer kits for popular platforms like TI Launchpad, Raspberry PI and Arduino with additional code libraries and instructions to connect these platforms…
Hi-tech approach keeps hackers out of smart homes
Hi-tech approach keeps hackers out of smart homes
Having designed a hardware-based firewall that sits right between your home WiFi hotspot and the cloud, Californian CUJO LLC. is turning IoT security on its head. Built around a Cavium…
IT security in the car becoming essential feature
IT security in the car becoming essential feature
The car is increasingly becoming a mainstream IT object, widely defined by software. As a result, IT security is becoming a design goal and an elementary ingredient of the design…
Multimaterial 3D printhead paves way for printed wearables, electronics
Multimaterial 3D printhead paves way for printed wearables, electronics
A new multimaterial 3D printhead developed by researchers at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) allows complex fluids and gels of varying viscosities to be printed in three dimensions.
Sleep-monitoring health application takes ARM’s Smart Product Design prize
Sleep-monitoring health application takes ARM’s Smart Product Design prize
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A device to help tackle sleep apnea has claimed first prize in the ARM Smart Product Design Competition. The Apnea Observer was designed by developer Clemente di Caprio from Rome,…
Non-isolated, digital PoL standard by “AMP” PSU-maker grouping
Non-isolated, digital PoL standard by “AMP” PSU-maker grouping
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The consortium of power supply makers collaborating as ‘Architects of Modern Power’ have announced their ‘picoAMP’ standard to provide a non-isolated platform for the lower 6A to 18A power range.
Digitally-controllable LED drivers for energy-efficient lighting systems
Digitally-controllable LED drivers for energy-efficient lighting systems
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Infineon has developed a digital platform for LED lighting power supplies: its .dp digital power 2.0 allows LED lighting systems to be controlled intelligently, thus making maximum energy savings possible.
“Chip-scale optics” – silicon engineering shapes LED light patterns
“Chip-scale optics” – silicon engineering shapes LED light patterns
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Plessey Semiconductors has developed technology for Chip Scale Optics (CSO) based on its GaN-on-Silicon MaGIC LEDs. Chip Scale Optics permits design of light emission angles down to ten degrees direct…
Micro-Qseven format puts Freescale i.MX 6 processors in smaller COM
Micro-Qseven format puts Freescale i.MX 6 processors in smaller COM
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congatec has introduced its sub-credit-card sized µQseven computer modules, with ARM Cortex A9-based Freescale i.MX 6 processors. The small-footprint cards target space-saving and rugged ultra low power applications…
Digitizing power helps optimize energy-efficient LEDs
Digitizing power helps optimize energy-efficient LEDs
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Infineon Technologies AG has developed a digital platform for power supply with which LED lighting systems can be controlled intelligently, making maximum energy savings possible.
Lumileds strengthens CSP portfolio, claims industry leading lumen density
Lumileds strengthens CSP portfolio, claims industry leading lumen density
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Lumileds is aiming to strengthen the company's family of Chip Scale Package (CSP) LEDs with the addition of the LUXEON FlipChip White which claims industry leading lumen density to illumination…
Real-time location systems and sensor technologies to converge
Real-time location systems and sensor technologies to converge
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The need to track and locate assets, personnel and items for operational efficiency and security is driving the global real-time location systems (RTLS) market.


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