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The Filter Wizard: When off the shelf won’t do, Part 1
The Filter Wizard: When off the shelf won’t do, Part 1
Feature articles |
Kendall Castor-Perry of Cypress Semiconductor, otherwise known as The Filter Wizard, describes the process of designing of a decimation filter…
High current probes lower the cost of testing
High current probes lower the cost of testing
New Products |
Everett Charles Technologies (ECT) has introduced additions to the company's family of HC500F high current probes. The HC500F is rated…
Image co-processors for next-generation automotive cameras
Image co-processors for next-generation automotive cameras
New Products |
SoCs from ON Semiconductor support higher resolution, multiple interfaces and new automotive-targeted features for 1080p and 720p automotive rear view…
Inductor sensor interface ICs use LVDT-on-PCB structures: replace Hall devices
Inductor sensor interface ICs use LVDT-on-PCB structures: replace Hall devices
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The first device in new family of smart sensor interface ICs, Microsemi’s LX3301A is, says the company, the first inductive…

Fraunhofer rolls security platform for cars
Fraunhofer rolls security platform for cars
Technology News |
Electronic control units in cars, in particular head units, recently have been the target of cyber attacks. Researchers from Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology have devised a platform enabling…
Trigger and decoder options extended for digital scopes
Trigger and decoder options extended for digital scopes
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Rohde & Schwarz has expanded the range of trigger and decoder options for the RTO and RTE oscilloscopes. With the RTx-K50, the oscilloscopes help users debug serial protocols that employ…
Is NextInput next winner in Apple products?
Is NextInput next winner in Apple products?
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NextInput Inc., a startup founded in 2012, could be the latest MEMS sensor company to be catapulted to fame and fortune by design wins with that doyen of consumer electronics,…
CoolCube circuit stacking moves to FinFET process
CoolCube circuit stacking moves to FinFET process
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The CEA-Leti research laboratory at Grenoble France, has reported that its CoolCube 3D interconnect technology is suitable for use with FinFET manufacturing processes as well as with fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator manufacturing…
Google ‘Street View’ cars add sensors to map air quality
Google ‘Street View’ cars add sensors to map air quality
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Google and environmental sensor networking company Aclima (San Francisco, CA) are partnering to map outdoor air quality in urban areas using Google's Street View vehicles and Google Maps.
Demand for radar systems boosts Infineon chip production
Demand for radar systems boosts Infineon chip production
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Radar systems are experience rapidly growing acceptance among car buyers. While passenger cars with a radar sensor can be bought since the nineties, production figures as well as take rates…
Omnifocal eye-glasses need two-year’s development
Omnifocal eye-glasses need two-year’s development
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Omnifocal eyeglasses that adjust to the wearer's near- and long-distance viewing are at least two years from coming to market. Deep Optics Ltd. (Petah Tiqva), the startup behind the development…
Ancient RF teardown: crude but effective
Ancient RF teardown: crude but effective
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Bill Schweber tears down an old Telectron garage door remote control and finds it elegant as well as more analog than digital.
OmniVision shareholders approve Seagull takeover
OmniVision shareholders approve Seagull takeover
Business news |
The shareholders of CMOS image sensor vendor OmniVision Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara Calif.) have approved the plan for the company to be acquired by a Chinese consortium.
Indian fab project hires former GloFo exec
Indian fab project hires former GloFo exec
Business news |
Indian foundry fab will be located near Indore in Madhya Pradesh. The company reports that talks are moving the project forward on all fronts including: funding, technology and customers.
The power of ZigBee 3.0 – What it means to Smart Lighting
The power of ZigBee 3.0 – What it means to Smart Lighting
Technology News |
Cees Links, founder and CEO of GreenPeak Technologies considers the impact of ZigBee 3.0 on Smart Lighting applications.
Smart bike helmet displays brake, turn signals
Smart bike helmet displays brake, turn signals
A smart LED bicycle helmet that was conceived at a Harvard Innvation Lab hackathon has attracted almost $500,000 of funding pledges on the Kickstarter with 12 days to go…
Dual differential RF switch offers matched channels to 6 GHz
Dual differential RF switch offers matched channels to 6 GHz
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Peregrine Semiconductor (part of Murata) has added the PE42920 to its range; a dual differential single pole double throw (DDSPDT) RF switch developed on Peregrine’s UltraCMOS® process technology.
Embedded GNSS antenna offers high sensitivity for accurate positioning
Embedded GNSS antenna offers high sensitivity for accurate positioning
Feature articles |
Antenova, maker of antennas and RF antenna modules for M2M and IoT, has added an embedded GNSS antenna, named ‘Sinica’, which operates on the 1559 – 1609 MHz satellite bands.
Evaluation board explores NFC use in wearables, IoT applications
Evaluation board explores NFC use in wearables, IoT applications
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For design of wearables, product identification, and smart-city applications for the Internet of Things (IoT), the CLOUD-ST25TA evaluation board is based on the ST25TA02K chip from STMicroelectronics.
LED filaments – linear light emitters – from Plessey’s MaGIC process
LED filaments – linear light emitters – from Plessey’s MaGIC process
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Plessey is now manufacturing a of LED filaments with its MaGIC GaN-on-Silicon LED technology. The filaments are designed for the growing filament bulb market where these replacement lamps have far…
Deployable HMI kit based around Microsemi’s SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs
Deployable HMI kit based around Microsemi’s SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs
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Design house Mikroprojekt (Zagreb, Croatia) has used Microsemi devices as their platform for showcasing IP and design capabilities; Mikroprojekt is an IP design house specialising in FPGA IP cores and…
3D printing; distributor grows range of feed-filament materials
3D printing; distributor grows range of feed-filament materials
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Distributor RS Components has added to its range of high-quality material filaments for 3D printers; positioning them as professional-quality filament, RS’ latest offering comprises materials for FDM/FFF 3D printers for…
Keysight releases 5G Channel Sounding Reference solution
Keysight releases 5G Channel Sounding Reference solution
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Keysight Technologies, Inc. has introduced a 5G channel sounding Reference Solution which has been designed for accelerating advanced research of millimeter-wave 5G channel models and includes ultra-broadband and MIMO to…
NASA focuses on Li-Fi to speed communications in Space
NASA focuses on Li-Fi to speed communications in Space
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NASA at the Kennedy Space Center has entered into a partnership with Light Visually Transceiving (LVX) System Corp. to collaborate in developing visible light communication(VLC) or Li-Fi technology…
Smart LED helmets improves cyclist on-road visibility and safety
Smart LED helmets improves cyclist on-road visibility and safety
Technology News |
A smart LED cycling helmet that was conceived at a Harvard Innvation Lab hackathon has attracted almost $500,000 of funding pledges on the Kickstarter - four times its target funding…
9D motion tracking development kit, in distribution
9D motion tracking development kit, in distribution
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Mouser Electronics has the MTi 1-Series Development Kit from Xsens. This motion-tracking kit includes the MTi 1-series Development Board, a mounted MTi-3-8A7G6 module, USB cable, and extensive MT Software Suite…
Plessey offers GaN-on-Si LED filaments
Plessey offers GaN-on-Si LED filaments
New Products |
Plessey is now manufacturing a of LED filaments with its MaGIC GaN-on-Silicon LED technology. The filaments are designed for the growing filament bulb market where these replacement lamps have far…
Compiler upgrade for TriCore/AURIX MCUs, & Bosch GTM-IP
Compiler upgrade for TriCore/AURIX MCUs, & Bosch GTM-IP
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Altium has a major update for its Tasking TriCore/AURIX compiler. This update, Altium says, will assist engineers in advancing their automotive applications with safer and more reliable code.


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