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Sub-GHz band wireless communication LSI targets IoT and sensor networks
Sub-GHz band wireless communication LSI targets IoT and sensor networks
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MegaChips Corporation will begin sampling its sub-Ghz band BlueChip wireless communication LSI (Model: MAB0100) with mass production volume shipping in…
500 million smart meters in China market by 2015
500 million smart meters in China market by 2015
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RnRMarketResearch says the advancing smart grid construction in China has spurred the constant growth of smart meter demand. By the…
Big Wi-Fi comes to small business
Big Wi-Fi comes to small business
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Ruckus Wireless has unveiled Xclaim™, a different Wi-Fi system exclusively developed for the small business market that redefines the model…
Integrated media IP provides rich visual content for users
Integrated media IP provides rich visual content for users
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ARM’s Mali media IP suite is aimed at developers working in the highest volume segments for smartphones and tablets, which…

Microwaves can be used to control the density in a fusion plasma
Microwaves can be used to control the density in a fusion plasma
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Fusion power is the holy grail for clean energy production. Scientists have taken a step closer to making fusion power a reality by using microwave beams to control plasma density…
Mobile phones can be used for accurate population mapping
Mobile phones can be used for accurate population mapping
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A study by an international team, including the University of Southampton, has shown population maps based on anonymous mobile phone call record data can be as accurate as those based…
Spansion CEO: “Quality happens at the system level”
Spansion CEO: “Quality happens at the system level”
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Past February, Spansion introduced the HyperBus, a data bus custom made for its Flash devices and its Traveo microcontrollers. While just about any embedded system potentially can benefit from such…
600W, 250V RF power transistors for class E PSUs, induction heating
600W, 250V RF power transistors for class E PSUs, induction heating
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STMicroelectronics’ STAC250V2-500E 13.6 MHz RF power transistor uses the company’s latest high-voltage technology to delivers robustness and high power density in a miniaturised and thermally efficient package for smaller, more…
Analyzer innovation cuts LED thermal testing times by 90 percent
Analyzer innovation cuts LED thermal testing times by 90 percent
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Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is claiming to have reduced LED thermal testing time by more than 90 percent with the introduction of the Institute's In-Line Compact Thermal Analyzer…
Johnson Matthey snaps up Clariant energy storage business
Johnson Matthey snaps up Clariant energy storage business
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Clariant is divesting the company's Energy Storage business to Johnson Matthey Plc for $75 million.
Timing analysis methodology for multicore MCUs
Timing analysis methodology for multicore MCUs
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Symtavision and Renesas have collaborated on development of an integrated model- and trace-based timing analysis, optimisation and synthesis methodology for the Renesas RH850 family of single- and multicore MCUs.
Arduino Uno shield-compatible kit for Bluetooth Smart, ANT, 2.4 GHz designs
Arduino Uno shield-compatible kit for Bluetooth Smart, ANT, 2.4 GHz designs
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Nordic Semiconductors’ low-cost nRF51 DK development kit comes in Arduino Uno shield-compatible single-board form factor - supporting a broad range of third-party Arduino shield expansion boards - and provides flexibility…
VCO delivers low phase noise and low power consumption
VCO delivers low phase noise and low power consumption
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Z-Communications has announced an RoHS compliant VCO, designated model V590ME09-LF.
60x40mm embedded module tracks your face
60x40mm embedded module tracks your face
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Omron Electronic Components Europe will be demonstrating its embedded face and gesture recognition module for the first time in public at electronica.
High-speed data acquisition for portable applications
High-speed data acquisition for portable applications
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The USB-1210 from Adlink Technology is a four-channel data acquisition module that connects external analog sensors with an USB interface and thus with a PC that can store, process and…
Handheld vibration meter kit
Handheld vibration meter kit
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DJB Instruments has launched a new handheld vibration meter, the VS1 available as a complete kit including palm size meter, cables, vibration probe, magnet and worldwide charger.
Some memories never die
Some memories never die
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All good things must come to an end, and that includes memory components. But while Windows XP users were forced to upgrade to a new operating system when Microsoft ended…
“Quality happens at the system level, not just at the product level”
“Quality happens at the system level, not just at the product level”
Interviews |
Past February, Spansion introduced the HyperBus, a data bus custom made for its Flash devices. While just about any embedded system potentially can benefit from such a fast data highway…
Netscout Acquires Communications Businesses From Danaher
Netscout Acquires Communications Businesses From Danaher
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Acquisitions let companies accelerate growth by increasing global footprint, product lines, and revenues. Lately, more and more test-equipment companies choose to go the acquisition route rather than grow their businesses…
Research project significantly improves electronics reliability
Research project significantly improves electronics reliability
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The RESCAR 2.0 research project helps to improve reliability and resilience of electronic systems in vehicles, in particular in electric ones. The project, led by chipmaker Infineon and concluded recently,…
Linear slope VVA has low IIP3, is stable over temperature
Linear slope VVA has low IIP3, is stable over temperature
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Distributor RFMW has RFMD’s RFSA2013 VVA (voltage variable attenuator, or voltage-controlled attenuator), which is temperature compensated to provides a linear attenuation slope versus control voltage with very little sensitivity to…
1W LED “Cube” package provides wide-angle illumination expressly for lighting
1W LED “Cube” package provides wide-angle illumination expressly for lighting
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Luminus’ XNOVA Cube is a 1W SMD LED with extremely wide emission angle for illumination applications, in contrast – says its maker – to many devices currently on the market…
Coiled ‘ResilientFlex’ delivers 12 Gbps to complex, small and lightweight applications
Coiled ‘ResilientFlex’ delivers 12 Gbps to complex, small and lightweight applications
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Molex’ ResilientFlex coiled assembly supports high speed signal transmission applications (such as SATA, SAS, etc.,) requiring flexible, expandable packaging for high-signal frequencies demanding tight impedance control and 12.0 Gbps data…
20-times faster, full Spice accuracy, from Cadence’s AMS simulation
20-times faster, full Spice accuracy, from Cadence’s AMS simulation
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Cadence Design Systems’ Virtuoso Liberate AMS characterisation solution is positioned as the first dynamic simulation characterisation solution for mixed-signal blocks such as phase-locked loops (PLLs), data converters, high-speed transceivers and…
GPS-disciplined OCXO maintains stability over loss of signal
GPS-disciplined OCXO maintains stability over loss of signal
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IQD’s IQCM-110 is a series of GPS-disciplined OCXOs that incorporates an internal GPS receiver with a 1PPS output, housed in a 14-pin 60-mm square package.
Daughter cards for FTDI’s Arduino-compatible EVE development boards
Daughter cards for FTDI’s Arduino-compatible EVE development boards
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Following on from the release of its VM800P development platforms, which facilitate more advanced human machine interface (HMI) implementation using its Embedded Video Engine (EVE) technology, FTDI Chip has introduced…
20-MHz bandwidth multifunction scope for the Raspberry Pi
20-MHz bandwidth multifunction scope for the Raspberry Pi
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Distributor Farnell element14 has partnered with Australian company BitScope Designs to manufacture BitScope Micro, a full-feature dual channel digital oscilloscope for the Raspberry Pi: this low-cost add-on for the Raspberry…
Power module redundancy
Power module redundancy
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Bala Bellur, Pre-Sales Engineer, Vadatech examines some of the issues surrounding power module redundancy.


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