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EE Times Silicon 60: 2015’s Startups to Watch
EE Times Silicon 60: 2015’s Startups to Watch
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It has been just over a year since EE Times produced a version15.1 of the Silicon 60.
New York investor offers to buy Korea’s MagnaChip
New York investor offers to buy Korea’s MagnaChip
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New York based investment firm Pleasant Lake Partners LLC has made an offer to acquire MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. (Seoul, South…
Smart battery startup raises $5.5 million
Smart battery startup raises $5.5 million
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Roost Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.), a startup that is trying to retrofit IoT functions and connectivity into consumer electronics by including…
Mysterious Mott transition could make better electronics
Mysterious Mott transition could make better electronics
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The Mott transition – a phase transition between metal and insulator states in certain metal oxides – has yielded some…

Record efficinency for solar cell on EpiWafer
Record efficinency for solar cell on EpiWafer
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in co-operation with NexWafe have optimized all production steps for the EpiWafer which is seen as a drop-in replacement for…
crowdfunded CodeBug nano-board now at element14
crowdfunded CodeBug nano-board now at element14
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CodeBug is a low-cost crowdfunded nano-board designed to teach beginners the fundamentals of programming and electronics in a friendly non-intimidating way.
Electric power steering brushless motor pre-driver aids ASIL rating
Electric power steering brushless motor pre-driver aids ASIL rating
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This brushless motor pre-driver IC for use in electric power steering (EPS) systems integrates enhanced fail safe and failure detection circuits to achieve a high level of functional safety.
Self/mutual capacitance touch on 10-in. Screens; automotive-qualified
Self/mutual capacitance touch on 10-in. Screens; automotive-qualified
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For use with touchscreens up to 10 in. diagonal, Atmel’s maXTouch mXT641T expands the company’s portfolio of automotive-qualified touchscreen controllers that handle requirements including hover and glove support, thick lens,…
Charger interface IC avoids handset overheating at fast-charge rates
Charger interface IC avoids handset overheating at fast-charge rates
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Power Integrations offers a charger interface IC compatible with Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 specification; PI says its CHY103D IC optimises efficiency to prevent handset overheating during high-speed charging.
32-bit PICs for connected apps step up floating point capability
32-bit PICs for connected apps step up floating point capability
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Microchip’s PIC32MZ EF series integrates 2 MB Flash, 512 KB RAM, 18 Msample/sec 12-bit ADC, FPU, crypto engine, Hi-Speed USB, 10/100 Ethernet, CAN and extended peripheral options, with improved code…
Signal processing development platform supports HWIL testing
Signal processing development platform supports HWIL testing
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RFEL’s qu-IQ Signal Processing Platform hosts a Xilinx Kintex 7 FPGA, a Xilinx Zynq 7045 System on Chip with a dual-core ARM A9 processor and 3 GB of on-board DDR3…
LED lighting development kit focuses on plant growth
LED lighting development kit focuses on plant growth
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Intelligent LED Solutions (ILS) has launched a LED development kit that uses three colours to produce the perfect spectrums for plant growth and will enable the future development of energy…
Near-eye-display: 1.7M-dot colour OLED micro-display, now in distribution
Near-eye-display: 1.7M-dot colour OLED micro-display, now in distribution
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Specialist distributor Astute Electronics has Microoled’s MDP01, a 9.65-mm diagonal, 1.7 million dot full-colour OLED micro-display for applications where clear, crisp, sharp image quality is required while minimising cost, power…
Smart material targets wide range of applications from antennas to medecine
Smart material targets wide range of applications from antennas to medecine
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Using a series of grants from the National Science Foundation, a team of researchers, including some from Michigan State University, is manipulating a material known as vanadium dioxide making it…
Wi-Fi module with a standalone microcontroller and hardware security
Wi-Fi module with a standalone microcontroller and hardware security
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Mouser Electronics is now shipping the SAMW25 SmartConnect Wi-Fi module from Atmel Corporation. The SmartConnect SAMW25 module is the first fully-integrated FCC-certified Wi-Fi module with a standalone microcontroller and hardware…
Advanced channeliser IP core
Advanced channeliser IP core
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RFEL has launched the latest version of its advanced channeliser IP core, ChannelCore Flex™.
High linearity DAS amplifier delivers 0.5 W
High linearity DAS amplifier delivers 0.5 W
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RFMW has announced design and sales support for the 0.5-W QPA9119, a high linearity amplifier from Qorvo.
Broadcom targets automotive applications with wireless connectivity chips
Broadcom targets automotive applications with wireless connectivity chips
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Broadcom Corporation announced two connectivity chips in its automotive portfolio, which feature the latest in 5G WiFi and Bluetooth Smart technology to enable car makers and tier one integrators to…
University of Surrey officially opens 5G Innovation Centre
University of Surrey officially opens 5G Innovation Centre
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Housing over 170 researchers and attracting over £70 million of investment, including £12 million from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the 5GIC is the world's largest academic…
Automotive wireless ICs target in-vehicle connectivity
Automotive wireless ICs target in-vehicle connectivity
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Two connectivity chips from Broadcom Corporation feature the latest in 5G Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Smart technology to enable car makers and tier one integrators to keep pace with the speed…
Innovative adaptive charging solution slows smartphone battery ageing
Innovative adaptive charging solution slows smartphone battery ageing
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Qnovo has announced that the company's QNS adaptive charging software now fully supports Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0. With Qnovo QNS software included on Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 compatible smartphones, mobile…
SoC FPGA Developers Forums: worlwide
SoC FPGA Developers Forums: worlwide
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The Altera SoC Developers Forum (ASDF) launched by the FPGA vendor are inaugural events in Silicon Valley; Frankfurt, Germany; and Shenzhen, China.
Micro spindle gear is only 6mm in diameter
Micro spindle gear is only 6mm in diameter
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The GP 6 S micro spindle gear from maxon has a diameter of just six millimeters for compact linear positioning systems, lens adjustment, or syringe pumps.
Medical-grade motion sensor to commoditize implantable devices
Medical-grade motion sensor to commoditize implantable devices
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STMicroelectronics' MIS2DH is a 2x2x1mm 3-axis accelerometer specifically designed for medical applications, including implantable devices classified by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as Class III.
Airbus gives Tronics an RF MEMS boost
Airbus gives Tronics an RF MEMS boost
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MEMS foundry and component maker Tronics Microsystems SA (Grenoble, France) has entered into a partnership with European aircraft maker Airbus Group, for the development of capacitive MEMS-based RF switches and…
Silicone free gap filler in 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0mm thicknesses
Silicone free gap filler in 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0mm thicknesses
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Often contact surfaces between electronic components and cooling elements or housings appear to be almost flat and smooth. In reality, however, there is a rule that when contacting two flat…
Headset detection only takes a 6-pin 1.2×1.0x0.4mm chip
Headset detection only takes a 6-pin 1.2×1.0x0.4mm chip
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The AZV5001 headset detection IC introduced by Diodes Incorporated is targeted at cost- and power-sensitive consumer electronics such as mobile phones, tablet computers and media players.
Crowdfunded CodeBug nano-board now at element14
Crowdfunded CodeBug nano-board now at element14
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CodeBug is a GBP12.50 crowdfunded nano-board designed to teach beginners the fundamentals of programming and electronics in a friendly non-intimidating way.


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