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Primary-regulated, “zero standby power”, higher-power AC/DC PSU
Primary-regulated, “zero standby power”, higher-power AC/DC PSU
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Using the definition of zero-standby power as in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62301 clause 4.5, Texas Instruments has assembled…
Intel calls for 3D IC
Intel calls for 3D IC
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Intel is right: heterogeneous integration enabled by 3D IC "increasingly important part of scaling." At the recent ISSCC Intel presented…
Digital DC/DC controllers programmable from 375kHz to 1.25MHz
Digital DC/DC controllers programmable from 375kHz to 1.25MHz
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Powervation's latest series of digital DC/DC controllers, the PV3203 and PV3205, provides higher switching frequency, new configurable alert functionality, phase…
Switching from C/C++ to FPGA hardware acceleration
Switching from C/C++ to FPGA hardware acceleration
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Xilinx is extending its SDx product family and making its newly launched all programmable SoCs and MPSoCs more accessible to…

SMD resistors offer high stability at lower performance levels
SMD resistors offer high stability at lower performance levels
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Isabellenhütte has closed a gap in the company's resistor range with the introduction of resistors that address medium and lower performance requirements in the SMD-mountable precision and power resistor segment.
MOSFET family delivers lowest on-resistance and output capacitance
MOSFET family delivers lowest on-resistance and output capacitance
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Fairchild has introduced its 800V SuperFET II MOSFET family, featuring broad package offerings and the industry's lowest on-resistance (RDS(ON)) and output capacitance (Coss). …
Semtech buys wireless charging startup
Semtech buys wireless charging startup
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Mixed-signal chip company Semtech Corp. has acquired Triune Systems LLC, a privately held supplier of wireless charging and power management platforms, for $45 million. The initial sum paid is $35…
Solar-powered plane completes first leg of global record attempt
Solar-powered plane completes first leg of global record attempt
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Swiss solar-powered plane Solar Impulse-2 (Si2) has completed the first leg of the aircraft's attempt to be the first plane to fly around the world without a drop of fuel.
Single Boundary Scan IC looking for connection
Single Boundary Scan IC looking for connection
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Boundary Scan according to IEEE1149.x is being used in a  broad spectrum of applications for embedded testing of complex electronic units. BGA/CSP components in particular are fuelling this trend. However,…
Forza, NHK show 133-Mpixel sensor
Forza, NHK show 133-Mpixel sensor
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Forza Silicon Corp., in collaboration with researchers at Japanese broadcaster NHK have presented a CMOS image sensor with resolution of 133-megapixels and able to capture video at 60 frames per…
Intersil fined for TAOS patent infringement
Intersil fined for TAOS patent infringement
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Intersil Corp. has been found guilty of infringing patents held by Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc. (TAOS) and fined $58.8 million in a court case that dates back to 2008.
Precitec LR enhances optical inspection capability for CMMs
Precitec LR enhances optical inspection capability for CMMs
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Hexagon Metrology has announced feature enhancements to the non-contact Precitec LR solution for high-accuracy coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), enabling the optical sensor to be used for roughness measurement on a…
MWC: What’s up in Wireless Test
MWC: What’s up in Wireless Test
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At MWC (Mobile World Congress) 2014, 5G was a hot topic, raising numerous questions about what the technology is and how it will be used. In 2015, the idea that…
Software supports early-stage test and development of 5G through custom modulation
Software supports early-stage test and development of 5G through custom modulation
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Since in the current early stages of 5G development, flexibility is key to investigating new waveforms and frequency bands, Keysight Technologies has introduced the N7608B Signal Studio software. This software…
Tips and tricks for driving WS2811 LED strips – Part 1: Taming the wily WS2811
Tips and tricks for driving WS2811 LED strips – Part 1: Taming the wily WS2811
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Lee Goldberg considers some tips and tricks for driving WS2811 LED strips.
Engineers tasked with “doing more with less” – study finds
Engineers tasked with “doing more with less” – study finds
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Market researchers and analysts IHS have published a study entitled “Pulse of Engineering”, which lends weight to the idea that the pace of engineering is accelerating, and that engineers are…
LoRa wireless module for IoT designs, from Microchip
LoRa wireless module for IoT designs, from Microchip
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Microchip Technology’s first module for ultra long-range and low-power network standard is a stack-on-board package; the RN2483 module is intended to simplify access to the 10-mile range and 10-year battery…
Sub-GHz RF-module for wireless M-BUS and OMS applications
Sub-GHz RF-module for wireless M-BUS and OMS applications
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Distributor EBV Elektronik’s EBVchip Maia is the result of a collaboration with Weptech and STMicroelectronics; it is a flexible sub-GHz RF module that streamlines certification of wireless M-BUS and OMS…
Wrap a security film around your hardware, with PUF embedded
Wrap a security film around your hardware, with PUF embedded
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security (AISEC) is developing a very versatile and flexible form of Physically Unclonable Function (PUF), one that can wrap an entire circuit board…
Japanese LED industry shakeout reflects shifting fortunes
Japanese LED industry shakeout reflects shifting fortunes
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The Japanese LED industry is going through a period of turbulence which has fuelled major shifts in fortune for some of Japan's leading corporations.
LED thermal management workshop focuses on nanoeramic advances
LED thermal management workshop focuses on nanoeramic advances
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Cambridge Nanotherm, producers of innovative nanoceramic thermal management technology, plans to host a workshop on Thermal Management for LEDs at the LED Light Experience & Control events hosted by Osram…
Signal analyser boasts 2 GHz bandwidth
Signal analyser boasts 2 GHz bandwidth
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Providing developers the need large bandwidths they need to analyze wideband signals like those of the new IEEE 802.11ad WLAN standard, 5G next generation mobile communications signals, and radar chirp…
Stick a PUF to your hardware
Stick a PUF to your hardware
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security (AISEC) is developing a very versatile and flexible form of Physically Unclonable Function (PUF), one that can wrap an entire circuit board…
Three stage Wi-Fi 5-GHz power amplifier
Three stage Wi-Fi 5-GHz power amplifier
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The RFPA5522 from Qorvo is a three-stage power amplifier (PA) designed for 802.11a/n/ac applications. The integrated input and output 50Ω match greatly reduces the layout area, bill of materials and…
65-V synchronous step-down converter for industrial, smart grid, automotive
65-V synchronous step-down converter for industrial, smart grid, automotive
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Texas Instruments claims a first for its 65-V synchronous step-down converter that provides isolated bias supplies up to 15W – without the need for an opto-coupler.
500 mA, 1.5 MHz, 65V boost DC/DC converter
500 mA, 1.5 MHz, 65V boost DC/DC converter
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LT8570 and LT8570-1 are current mode, fixed frequency step-up DC/DC converters. The LT8570 uses an internal 500 mA, 65V switch, whereas the LT8570-1 uses a 250 mA, 65V switch. Both…
LoRa wireless module targets IoT
LoRa wireless module targets IoT
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Microchip Technology’s first module for ultra long-range and low-power network standard is a stack-on-board package; the RN2483 module is intended to simplify access to the 10-mile range and 10-year battery…
Open source, 1U rack mount internet appliance, based on Raspberry Pi
Open source, 1U rack mount internet appliance, based on Raspberry Pi
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Californian company EarthLCD recently introduced what its says is the only-available 10-in. wide by 1-in. high TFT LCD panel, which it uses to give single-unit-height rack modules a versatile display;…


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