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Sensirion extends its sensors’ scope
Sensirion extends its sensors’ scope
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At electronica, Sensirion will be presenting the Platform3x, consisting of a group of humidity and temperature sensors with different precision…
Smartphone integration shifts automotive processor demand
Smartphone integration shifts automotive processor demand
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As the most disruptive trend in the automotive infotainment industry has market researcher IHS identified the use of smartphones in…
Ten-fold lifetime extension for blue PHOLEDs offers power gains
Ten-fold lifetime extension for blue PHOLEDs offers power gains
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Researchers at the University of Michigan have extended the lifetime of blue organic light emitting diodes by a factor of…
European researchers drive ultra-low energy electronic systems developments
European researchers drive ultra-low energy electronic systems developments
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Nine partners, universities, research institutes and companies, have committed to work together to develop new electronic systems with ultra-low energy…

Faster charging with BMW’s Wallbox 2.0
Faster charging with BMW’s Wallbox 2.0
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Slow battery charging still is a factor that cools down owner's initial enthusiasm for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. As a remedy, BMW has developed what it calls the Wallbox…
Organic tin-based semiconducting polymers show solar cell promise
Organic tin-based semiconducting polymers show solar cell promise
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Researchers of the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (CAU), Germany, claim to have successfully integrated organic tin into semiconducting polymers (plastics) for the first time to create semiconducting polymers which can be…
Ceramic bandpass filters target applications from 300 MHz to 10 GHz
Ceramic bandpass filters target applications from 300 MHz to 10 GHz
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Available in surface mount or connectorised formats, the AT22D range of ceramic bandpass filters from Aaren Technology Ltd are suited to applications from 300 MHz to 10 GHz.
iPhone 6 chips discussed: InvenSense in, ST out
iPhone 6 chips discussed: InvenSense in, ST out
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Brian Coppa discusses some of the revelations in the iFixit teardown of the iPhone 6 from Apple.
InvenSense, Bosch, NXP winners in iPhone 6
InvenSense, Bosch, NXP winners in iPhone 6
Business news |
There are have been numerous teardowns of the iPhone 6 since the Apple smartphone was launched and while the application processor may get most of the attention it is the…
Energy monitor IC watches rails to 100V: 1% accurate, 12-bit resolution
Energy monitor IC watches rails to 100V: 1% accurate, 12-bit resolution
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LTC2946 is a high or low side charge, power and energy monitor for DC supply rails in the 0V to 100V range. An integrated ±0.4% accurate, 12-bit ADC and external…
Teardown; IHS scans iPhone 6 Plus, estimates $15.50 higher build cost
Teardown; IHS scans iPhone 6 Plus, estimates $15.50 higher build cost
According to analysts IHS, Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus is $100 costlier for consumers to buy, but costs just $15.50 more for Apple to make: these findings come in an IHS…
Arduino UNO Click Shield plus accessories for the Atmel Xplained
Arduino UNO Click Shield plus accessories for the Atmel Xplained
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Farnell element14 has announced the Arduino UNO Click Shield, and a range of Click Boards and accessories - that include WiFi and Bluetooth add-ons - for the Atmel SAMA5D3 Xplained,…
Freescale plans highest-performance Kinetis MCUs with ARM Cortex-M7 Core
Freescale plans highest-performance Kinetis MCUs with ARM Cortex-M7 Core
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Freescale Semiconductor has announced its proposed use of the new ARM Cortex-M7 core, which it intends to use to increase performance and power efficiency in forthcoming embedded SoCs.
First use of ARM Cortex-M7 by ST steps up STM32 MCU performance
First use of ARM Cortex-M7 by ST steps up STM32 MCU performance
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STMicroelectronics has announced the extension of its STM32 family of more than 500 pin- and software-compatible microcontrollers. The new STM32 F7 microcontroller (MCU) series uses the ARM Cortex-M7 core, just…
ARM lifts performance levels in MCU sector with Cortex-M7 processor
ARM lifts performance levels in MCU sector with Cortex-M7 processor
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ARM has announced the Cortex-M7 processor that, used in microcontroller cores, will increase performance and bring efficient digital signal processing to enable devices for the industrial, infrastructure and domestic sectors.
USB to SPI/I²C bridge chip from FTDI; IO-rich and power-efficient
USB to SPI/I²C bridge chip from FTDI; IO-rich and power-efficient
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FTDI Chip’s FT4222H is the latest addition to its USB offering; cCompliant with the USB 2.0 hi-speed standard, this is a feature-rich single chip bridging solution with I²C and multi-channel…
Small-footprint LED backlighting boost Controller
Small-footprint LED backlighting boost Controller
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For TV and monitor manufacturers needing a cost-effective solution for driving LED backlights, Diodes Inc. has introduced a constant-frequency, voltage-mode, external-compensation boost controller. The highly integrated AL3022 is supplied in…
Brushless DC appliance motor control package delivers safety and efficiency
Brushless DC appliance motor control package delivers safety and efficiency
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Renesas has released the RL78/G1G group of microcontrollers optimised to cut system costs by a claimed 40%. With this group of MCUs Renesas says it has a complement to its…
High brightness TFT from NLT, in distribution
High brightness TFT from NLT, in distribution
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Distributor Rutronik has NLT’s 15.-in. wide WXGA thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) modules, which is suited to outdoor applications.
Fast ADCs cut power for 12- and 14-bit data capture
Fast ADCs cut power for 12- and 14-bit data capture
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A family of ADCs from Texas Instruments provides flexibility and scalability with 12- and 14-bit, 2- and 4-channel, and JESD204B and LVDS options; they are, TI asserts, the lowest-power 25-…
Digital 40-Amp 132-Watt Pol DC-DC converter
Digital 40-Amp 132-Watt Pol DC-DC converter
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Murata Power Solutions has introduced the OKD series of non-isolated point-of-load (PoL) DC/DC converters. In three different package formats, through-hole, single-in-line, and surface mount, the OKDx-T/40 is a 40A, 132W…
16nm FinFET technology; TSMC fabs fully-functional networking processor
16nm FinFET technology; TSMC fabs fully-functional networking processor
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TSMC in collaboration with HiSilicon Technologies (Shenzhen, China) has announced that it has produced the foundry segment’s first fully-functional ARM-based networking processor with FinFET technology.
Low-cost transistor points to ‘greener’ flexible electronics
Low-cost transistor points to ‘greener’ flexible electronics
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The next generation of low-cost roll-up displays has taken a step closer according to a team of researchers from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and California NanoSystems Institute,…
Nanotechnology innovation promises cheaper, clearer LEDs
Nanotechnology innovation promises cheaper, clearer LEDs
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Princeton University researchers have developed a new method of increasing the brightness, efficiency and clarity of LEDs used on smartphones and portable electronics as well as for lighting applications.
Wembley transforms fan experience with interactive LED lighting solution
Wembley transforms fan experience with interactive LED lighting solution
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London's Wembley stadium with the help of EE, the UK advanced digital communications company, has installed what is claimed to be the world's fastest interactive LED lighting system onto the…
Nanium takes wafer-level packaging to XXL
Nanium takes wafer-level packaging to XXL
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Nanium S.A. has unveiled what the company believes is the industry's largest Wafer-Level Chip Scale Package (WLCSP), a 25x23mm packaging solution produced in volume on 300mm wafers.
Tire sensor for industrial trucks solves a burning problem
Tire sensor for industrial trucks solves a burning problem
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Tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) are state of the art in tires for cars and trucks. But how about tires for industrial material handling vehicles? A research project of the…
The iPhone from design to manufacture
The iPhone from design to manufacture
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Here is an infographic put up by Alex Hillsberg from FinancesOnline that traces what he calls the iPhone Saga, showing how Apple has perfected the art of juggling the global…


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