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To ensure you have a good start in 2015, Freescale is giving away five of its QorIQ TWR-LS1021A Tower system…
Multi-function MEMS sensor includes integrated gas sensor
Multi-function MEMS sensor includes integrated gas sensor
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This environmental sensor from Bosch Sensortec combines pressure, humidity, temperature and indoor air quality measurement parameters. You can use it…
China claims world’s smallest 3-axis accelerometer
China claims world’s smallest 3-axis accelerometer
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A fabless chip company and foundry partnership from China claims to have designed and manufactured the world's smallest 3-axis MEMS…
Intel RealSense 3D camera makes it to market
Intel RealSense 3D camera makes it to market
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Intel RealSense 3D cameras have made it to market in the Netherlands on board an Asus and a Lenovo computer.

Qualcomm partners LIFX to offer Wi-Fi-based smart lighting solutions
Qualcomm partners LIFX to offer Wi-Fi-based smart lighting solutions
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Qualcomm Incorporated's subsidiary, Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., and smart lighting company, LIFX, have collaborated to deliver a turnkey Wi-Fi based smart lighting platform which aims to accelerate the development of connected…
Chipset measures complete set of 3-phase AC power parameters
Chipset measures complete set of 3-phase AC power parameters
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Analog Devices has posted details of a chipset specifically designed for measuring 3-phase electrical energy, using shunts as current sensors. The chipset comprises the ADE7978, the ADE7933/ADE7932, and ADE7923.
Apple Watch illustrates battery-life challenge
Apple Watch illustrates battery-life challenge
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Mike Salas, vice president of marketing at Ambiq Micro, discusses Apple's first wearable product and ways to improve it.
10 W wireless power for smartphones and mobile accessories
10 W wireless power for smartphones and mobile accessories
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Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched a wireless power receiver IC, TC7765WBG, and a transmitter IC, TB6865AFG Enhanced Version, as a 10-W-class wireless power system for smartphones, tablets and mobile accessories…
Toyota boosts electric driving: 5.600 fuel cell patents open for free usage
Toyota boosts electric driving: 5.600 fuel cell patents open for free usage
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In a move aiming at boosting acceptance of the fuel-cell technology for electric vehicles, carmaker Toyota has announced to release more than 5.600 patents related to this technology and allow…
Qorvo emerges out of RF-specialist merger
Qorvo emerges out of RF-specialist merger
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RF Micro Devices and TriQuint Semiconductor have completed their "merger of equals" to form Qorvo, presenting the combined company as a leader in RF, focusing on low-power building blocks.
Product How-to: linear regulators for powering PLL/VCO and clocking ICs
Product How-to: linear regulators for powering PLL/VCO and clocking ICs
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Maurice O’Brien, power management marketing manager at Analog Devices, considers how to use ultra-low noise linear regulators for powering PLL/VCO and clocking ICs.
Product How-to: Ultra-low noise linear regulators for powering PLL/VCO and clocking ICs
Product How-to: Ultra-low noise linear regulators for powering PLL/VCO and clocking ICs
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Maurice O’Brien, Power Management Marketing Manager, Analog Devices considers how to use ultra-low noise linear regulators for powering PLL/VCO and clocking ICs.
Integrated and scalable smart home cloud for mobile internet and IoT
Integrated and scalable smart home cloud for mobile internet and IoT
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Marvell has launched Smart Home Cloud Center, a highly integrated and scalable smart home cloud for mobile internet and Internet of Things. This platform brings together robust home networking and…
Qorvo emerges as a leader in RF
Qorvo emerges as a leader in RF
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RF Micro Devices and TriQuint Semiconductor have completed their merger of equals to form Qorvo™, claiming to create a leader in RF focusing on low-power building blocks.
Are power management researchers really 21st century alchemists?
Are power management researchers really 21st century alchemists?
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During 2014 power management researchers seem to have been more like latter-day alchemists in their willingness to try to convert any substance into the energy equivalent of the philosophers' stone.
Bamboo bike uses peddle power to recharge smartphones
Bamboo bike uses peddle power to recharge smartphones
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A bamboo bicycle that transforms the kinetic energy generated by pedaling into a source of electricity that has the ability to simultaneously recharge mobile devices and external batteries has been…
WiGig USB 3.0 adaptor to demonstrate 4K video streaming at CES 2015
WiGig USB 3.0 adaptor to demonstrate 4K video streaming at CES 2015
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Peraso Technologies Inc., will be demonstrating a WiGig network ecosystem using its WiGig USB 3.0 adaptors at CES 2015.
Holographic smartphone created in China wins 2015 CES Innovations Award
Holographic smartphone created in China wins 2015 CES Innovations Award
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Created in China, the takee1 holographic smartphone, the brainchild of Estar Technology Group Co., Ltd., has won the 2015 CES Innovations Award. The honor reflects the international recognition of the…
CAT-4 150 Mbps LTE chipset from Altair achieves Verizon certification
CAT-4 150 Mbps LTE chipset from Altair achieves Verizon certification
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Altair Semiconductor has announced that its FourGee-3800/6300 Category 4 chipset has successfully achieved Verizon Wireless chipset certification. The certification accelerates time to market for Altair customers integrating the chipset into…
Next generation 200-Gigabit network processor now in production
Next generation 200-Gigabit network processor now in production
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EZchip Semiconductor Ltd has advanced its latest network processor, the 200-Gigabit NP-5, to full production. Following extensive testing and qualification, the NP-5 is now being delivered in quantity to customers…
PNI Sensor offers wearables development kit
PNI Sensor offers wearables development kit
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PNI Sensor Corp. (Santa Rosa, Calif.), a subsystem company that integrates sensors and integrated circuits from third parties and adds value with data fusion software, is offering SENtrode, a smartwatch-sized…
NFC tags use FeRAM and on-chip AES-128
NFC tags use FeRAM and on-chip AES-128
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Distributor Farnell element14 now has Panasonic’s NFC tag ICs and their accompanying evaluation boards: the tags have built-in FeRAM (ferrolectric RAM) and AES-128 encryption…
Vishay Intertechnology acquires fabless optoelectronic IC design business
Vishay Intertechnology acquires fabless optoelectronic IC design business
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One of the world's largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components,Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., has acquired all of the remaining outstanding shares of Taiwan based Capella Microsystems Inc. for…
Lead atoms on a graphene sheet enable powerful magnetic fields
Lead atoms on a graphene sheet enable powerful magnetic fields
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Graphene itself does not have magnetic properties, even though it offers extraordinary optical and electronic mechanical properties, especially because it conducts electrons very quickly. Until now no method has been…
The right path — A look at path loss calculations for modules using the 2.4 GHz band
The right path — A look at path loss calculations for modules using the 2.4 GHz band
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The 2.4 GHz band has become a popular choice for short-range radio applications in homes, offices and factories. Usually, 2.4 GHz channels are part of unlicensed Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM)…
Embedded security rises and falls with crypto key management
Embedded security rises and falls with crypto key management
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Embedded systems face ongoing threats of penetration by persistent individuals and organisations armed with increasingly sophisticated tools. On-chip security features do serve as fundamental enablers for secure systems but can…
Lead atoms on a graphene sheet enable powerful magetic fields
Lead atoms on a graphene sheet enable powerful magetic fields
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Graphene itself does not have magnetic properties, even though it offers extraordinary optical and electronic mechanical properties, especially because it conducts electrons very quickly. Until now no method has been…
Multi-crystalline silicon PV module claims power output world record
Multi-crystalline silicon PV module claims power output world record
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PV module provider Trina Solar Limited has claimed that the company's State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology has set a new world record for power output from a…


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