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VxWorks brings ISO 26262 to the operating system level
VxWorks brings ISO 26262 to the operating system level
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Wind River has introduced Automotive Profile for VxWorks, which is AUTOSAR-compliant software to help customers develop ISO 26262 certifiable automotive…
GaN LNA meets need for high RF power survivability
GaN LNA meets need for high RF power survivability
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Custom MMIC has announced the addition of the CMD219C4, a GaN low-noise amplifier, to their standard product catalog.
1-A buck converter extends battery run-times for wearables
1-A buck converter extends battery run-times for wearables
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ams AG has introduced a 1 A synchronous buck converter with the wide input voltage range, high efficiency and low…
Low operating-current shunt regulator betters 431 specs, replaces Zeners
Low operating-current shunt regulator betters 431 specs, replaces Zeners
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The AP431i adjustable shunt regulator, introduced by Diodes Incorporated, features a 50 μA minimum cathode current that is significantly lower…

Quantum Materials provides eight-fold boost to QD production capacity
Quantum Materials provides eight-fold boost to QD production capacity
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Quantum dot manufacturer Quantum Materials Corp is taking early delivery of a quantum dot (QD) production system which is more than eight times larger than the company's current installed capacity.
Charged holes in graphene offer energy storage boost
Charged holes in graphene offer energy storage boost
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Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered how to increase the amount of electric charge that can be stored in graphene which could improve the energy storage…
Intel’s 10nm secrets predicted
Intel’s 10nm secrets predicted
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A semiconductor analyst is making a bold and detailed prediction about the process technology Intel Corp. will use for its next two generations. If he is right, the world’s largest…
Falling ASPs will impact sensor market
Falling ASPs will impact sensor market
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Pressure and magnetic sensors markets will grow faster over the next five years than the inertial sensors that have been used in the mobile consumer electronics revolution, according to IC…
Capacitive starter kit accelerates touch-based HMI deployment
Capacitive starter kit accelerates touch-based HMI deployment
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With its touch sensing starter kit (part# Y-RX113CAPT01), Renesas Electronics is offering extra support for its RX113 Group of 32-bit microcontrollers which incorporate capacitive touch sensor IP.
Foxconn linked to startup’s 52-Mpixel camera technology
Foxconn linked to startup’s 52-Mpixel camera technology
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Imaging startup Light Co. (Palo Alto, Calif.) has revealed some details of its array camera approach and is reportedly close to announcing a licensing and investment deal with Hon Hai…
Extruded heat sinks mount directly to PCBs
Extruded heat sinks mount directly to PCBs
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Fischer Elektronik has expanded its comprehensive range of extruded heat sinks with new models SK 609, SK 610 and SK 611 particularly tailored for use with power transistors TO 218,…
Silicon ‘retina’ demonstrated on video
Silicon ‘retina’ demonstrated on video
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IBM Reseach has posted a video of a talk given by Tobi Delbruck, Professor at the Institute of Neuroinformatics, Zurich, Switzerland, presenting a silicon image sensor.
4 Mbit asynchronous SRAMs have on-chip ECC
4 Mbit asynchronous SRAMs have on-chip ECC
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These 4Mb SRAMs improve data reliability by three orders of magnitude over SRAMs without ECC, while helping to conserve battery life in handheld systems.
40V regulators simplify power provision for industrial designs
40V regulators simplify power provision for industrial designs
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Exar’s 40V switching regulators join the PowerBlox family of DC/DC converter products. The XR76203, XR76205 and XR76208 are synchronous step-down regulators supporting point-of-load (POL) supplies of 3A, 5A and 8A,…
Embedded-flash MCUs features target automotive safety, security
Embedded-flash MCUs features target automotive safety, security
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These embedded-flash microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics are multi-core devices that support functional safety and encryption in automotive systems…
SoC supports high speed data acquisition
SoC supports high speed data acquisition
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TI positions this device as a “system-optimised” alternative to FPGAs; the 66AK2L06 is software programmable and delivers “market enabling” performance at up to 50% cost and power reduction…
Analog optical fiber forges RF link
Analog optical fiber forges RF link
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Bill Schweber observes that optical fiber is becoming a preferred domain for carrying analog signals at radio frequencies.
A how-to guide to piezoelectric accelerometers
A how-to guide to piezoelectric accelerometers
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Tim McClune, president of Linear Integrated Systems Inc., discusses the background to a book on piezoelectric accelerometers with integrated electronics with its Russian author, Felix Levinzon.
Samsung busts TSMC’s ‘monopoly,’ analysts say
Samsung busts TSMC’s ‘monopoly,’ analysts say
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Samsung has broken the monopoly in leading-edge foundry services recently held by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), according to analysts who cover the chipmakers.
MOST – a gigabit data backbone for future car generations?
MOST – a gigabit data backbone for future car generations?
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At the yearly MOST Forum, the number of attendees is constantly dropping. Is this an indicator that the MOST technology succumbs to the attack of Ethernet AVB? At the recent…
A fusion DSP for IoT
A fusion DSP for IoT
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Number one DSP IP provider Cadence Design Systems has released a sensor fusion digital signal processor based on its flexible and configurable Xtensa® Customizable Processor.
Wireless data logger targets agriculture applications
Wireless data logger targets agriculture applications
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The GL 100-WL is a wireless data logger that transfers measurement data via peer-to-peer, LAN or WiFi connections to downstream processing units such as PCs. The device is offering users…
Spectrum monitoring RF analysers feature high sweep rates
Spectrum monitoring RF analysers feature high sweep rates
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Narda Safety Test Solutions has expanded its NRA series of compact rack-mount RF analysers with the introduction of two ‘RX’ models, which have been specifically designed for spectrum-monitoring applications.
i.MX6x processor, plus Altera Cyclone V FPGA, in a system-on-module
i.MX6x processor, plus Altera Cyclone V FPGA, in a system-on-module
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Armadeus Systems’ APF6_SP is a flexible industrial System On Module equipped with a Freescale's i.MX6 (single to quad core Cortex A9 @ 1GHz) and a Cyclone V GX FPGA from…
RAIN RFID tag has built-in cryptographic security, long read range
RAIN RFID tag has built-in cryptographic security, long read range
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NXP Semiconductors’ UCODE DNA is one of the first UHF RAIN RFID tags to combine long-range read performance with cryptographic authentication, giving developers contactless performance and security in a single…
University of Cambridge installs MOCVD system for LED development
University of Cambridge installs MOCVD system for LED development
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The University of Cambridge has ordered from Veeco Instruments Inc. the Propel Power Gallium Nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for GaN-on-silicon (Si) power electronics and light…
Can manipulating colour of light impact our body clocks?
Can manipulating colour of light impact our body clocks?
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Researchers at The University of Manchester have revealed that the colour of light has a major impact on how our body clock measures the time of day in a study…
LED-based innovation boosts Wi-Fi bandwidth tenfold
LED-based innovation boosts Wi-Fi bandwidth tenfold
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Researchers at Oregon State University claim to have invented a technology that can increase the bandwidth of WiFi systems by ten times, using LED lights to transmit information.


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