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Smart window provides power for LEDs
Smart window provides power for LEDs
Technology News |
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a smart window which can darken or brighten without the need for…
Do electric vehicle batteries on the grid make sense?
Do electric vehicle batteries on the grid make sense?
Technology News |
Mike Everett, CTO at Maxwell Technologies, speaks out against the use of electric vehicle batteries for storage in the smart…
Pressure monitoring RFID tag covers 0 bar to 30 bar
Pressure monitoring RFID tag covers 0 bar to 30 bar
New Products |
Built in a compact PCB format, the Cyclon-05BA is a passive RFID tag that integrates a MS5803-05BA sensor from Measurement…
World’s lowest power capacitive touch solution is revealed
World’s lowest power capacitive touch solution is revealed
Technology News |
Atmel Corporation has launched the company's QTouch Surface platform for capacitive touch-enabled user interfaces. Consuming less than 4µA, the QTouch…

5A, 20 Vin step-down micromodule regulator minimises board space
5A, 20 Vin step-down micromodule regulator minimises board space
New Products |
LTM4625 is a 5A, 20 VIN step-down µModule (micromodule) regulator in a 6.25 x 6.25 x 5.01 mm BGA package which, with a few passive components, fits into 0.5cm² on…
First extreme HPLEDs offer 40 percent system cost reductions
First extreme HPLEDs offer 40 percent system cost reductions
Technology News |
Cree, Inc. has begun sampling the company's XLamp Extreme High Power (XHP) LEDs, a class of LEDs that enable a system cost reduction of up to 40 percent for lighting…
Smart window tints and acts as transparent battery
Smart window tints and acts as transparent battery
Technology News |
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a smart window which can darken or brighten without the need for an external power source.  The window’s stored energy can be…
Low power capacitive touch interface platform
Low power capacitive touch interface platform
Technology News |
Atmel Corporation has launched the company's QTouch Surface platform for capacitive touch-enabled user interfaces. Consuming less than 4µA, the QTouch Surface technology is suitable for wearables and battery-powered applications that…
Infrared makes multi-finger gesture control affordable
Infrared makes multi-finger gesture control affordable
Technology News |
Gesture control, already commonplace in consumer electronics, is also finding increasingly acceptance in the automotive environment. So far however, deployment is restricted to upmarket vehicles - for the affordable market…
MIT discovers superconductor law
MIT discovers superconductor law
Technology News |
Superconductors are in the news again. This time, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has discovered a law governing thin-film superconductors, eliminating much of the trial and error for companies…
Step-down micromodule regulator minimises board space
Step-down micromodule regulator minimises board space
New Products |
LTM4625 is a 5A, 20 VIN step-down µModule (micromodule) regulator in a 6.25 x 6.25 x 5.01 mm BGA package which, with a few passive components, fits into 0.5cm² on…
China VC lifts sensor startup to record funding
China VC lifts sensor startup to record funding
Business news |
InVisage Technologies Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.), developer of a quantum dot film material for image sensors, has attracted an additional $14.7 million of funding towards its latest round taking the…
Alps Electric puts cash into Qualtre
Alps Electric puts cash into Qualtre
Business news |
Alps Electric Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan), a maker of electronics components and infotainment systems, has participated in a $9 million funding round for MEMS gyroscope vendor Qualtre Inc. (Marlborough, Mass.)…
Software option offers deep capture and analysis for radar signals
Software option offers deep capture and analysis for radar signals
New Products |
In order to capture and analyse radar targets and enable jamming responses, R&D engineers have to able to examine carefully radar pulses in the time and frequency domains. The pulse…
R&S oscilloscope targets education sector
R&S oscilloscope targets education sector
New Products |
With an additional model of it's RTM product family of universally usable oscilloscopes, Rohde & Schwarz targets universities and training institutions. The 200 MHz instrument features a training mode, which…
Pressure monitoring RFID tag takes 0 bar to 30 bar
Pressure monitoring RFID tag takes 0 bar to 30 bar
New Products |
Built in a compact PCB format, the Cyclon-05BA is a passive RFID tag that integrates a MS5803-05BA sensor from Measurement Specialties to monitor pressures up to 6 bar.
Harman grabs hidden infotainment gem S1nn
Harman grabs hidden infotainment gem S1nn
Business news |
Automotive infotainment company Harman International Industries has reached an agreement to acquire S1nn GmbH & Co. Despite maintaining a low profile, the Stuttgart-based company is well known in the automotive…
Sony transforms eyewear into smart augmented reality devices
Sony transforms eyewear into smart augmented reality devices
Technology News |
Sony Corporation has announced an attachable smartglass module featuring OLED technology that enables ordinary glasses to be turned into augmented reality smart devices.
EDA tools should be free
EDA tools should be free
Technology News |
Scott Elder, principal engineer with Linear Technology argues that access to EDA tools and learned papers could be free if they were developed and offered by the right companies or…
Universal fast charge identification, to Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Universal fast charge identification, to Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Feature articles |
Silego Technology’s SLG4LCxxxxV series presents a Universal Fast Charge Identification Solution, which features Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 technology.
Designing with GaN switches – app note explores thermal aspects
Designing with GaN switches – app note explores thermal aspects
Feature articles |
GaN Systems has an Application Note on designing with Gallium Nitride enhancement mode power switching transistors, specifically related to devices occupying its proprietary GaNPX packaging.
Power factor corrected AC/DC drivers for LED lighting
Power factor corrected AC/DC drivers for LED lighting
New Products |
ON Semiconductor’s PFC offline AC/DC drivers extend single stage solutions with high power factor capability and broaden two stage solutions up to 150W…
50 mF wet-tantalum capacitors challenge aqueous supercapacitors
50 mF wet-tantalum capacitors challenge aqueous supercapacitors
New Products |
AVX has developed a series of high CV wet tantalum capacitors that approach the ultra high volumetric capacitance densities of aqueous supercapacitors, as well as overcoming their temperature and soldering…
Class P testing service unveiled for LED lighting drivers
Class P testing service unveiled for LED lighting drivers
Business news |
Intertek has launched a Class P product testing and certification service for LED lighting drivers.
Thinner LED panel lights provide energy efficient benefits
Thinner LED panel lights provide energy efficient benefits
New Products |
GlacialLight, the lighting division of GlacialTech Inc., has added to the company's commercial lighting products with a thinner, lighter and more energy efficient version of the versatile LED Panel Light.
Broadband power combiners operate up o 6 GHz
Broadband power combiners operate up o 6 GHz
New Products |
Pasternack Enterprises has introduced a line of broadband RF power combiners.
Set top boxes become smarter than TVs
Set top boxes become smarter than TVs
Technology News |
Wyplay and Sigfox have joined their efforts to integrate Sigfox' IoT cellular connectivity solution with Wyplay’s open-source pay-TV set-top-box (STB) middleware. This will allow TV operators to connect their broadcast…
GSM-R boom to continue
GSM-R boom to continue
Market news |
In spite of being a 2G GSM technology, GSM-R continues to grow, especially as there are currently no strong alternatives to replace it. GSM-R has been adopted in Europe for…


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