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Mouser ships TI’s SimpleLink Wi‑Fi development boards
Mouser ships TI’s SimpleLink Wi‑Fi development boards
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Mouser Electronics is now stocking the SimpleLink Wi‑Fi CC3100 and CC3200 Processor development boards from Texas Instruments (TI).
Infineon closes technology gap through International Rectifier takeover
Infineon closes technology gap through International Rectifier takeover
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Infineon has announced to swallow International Rectifier for the amount of $3 billion. With the move, the Munich-based chipmaker intends…
What you should know about HBLEDs – and nobody will tell you – Part 3
What you should know about HBLEDs – and nobody will tell you – Part 3
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Ed Rodriguez introduces some of the basic considerations involved with selecting the right optics and power supply for your design…
Webinar: Insight into WiFi-offload technology and lab testing
Webinar: Insight into WiFi-offload technology and lab testing
Feature articles |
On Wednesday, 24th September 2014 at 15h00 CET, Microwave Engineering Europe and Anritsu will present a webinar titled: 'An Insight…

Strategies for conversion from lithium-ion to primary battery power
Strategies for conversion from lithium-ion to primary battery power
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Why would a designer consider changing the power source? Perhaps to reduce cost, drive increased margins or to reach a new or expanded customer base at a much lower price…
Virtualisation absorbed in the RTOS, for the IoT; Webinar – 20th Aug (Wednesday)
Virtualisation absorbed in the RTOS, for the IoT; Webinar – 20th Aug (Wednesday)
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Wind River has introduced a virtualisation profile for the next generation version of the VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS). The profile extends the scalability capabilities of the VxWorks 7 Core…
Dual-core MCU for secure energy calculation, sensing & comms
Dual-core MCU for secure energy calculation, sensing & comms
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Toshiba’s TX04 series of ARM Cortex-M4F core-based microcontrollers has been added to with the TMPM411F20XBG, an MCU for electric power calculation and communication in smart meters, as well as sensing…
1-chip display-power and LED driver for Smartphones
1-chip display-power and LED driver for Smartphones
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Intersil’s ISL98611 integrates the display power and backlight LED driver functions in a single chip. It significantly improves efficiency of both functions to potentially increase smartphone battery life by an…
Try out Segger’s J-Link Debugger software, in beta release
Try out Segger’s J-Link Debugger software, in beta release
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Segger is asking J-Link/J-Trace users to join in testing a free Beta release of the new J#Link Debugger software, a full-featured graphical debugger for embedded applications.
IO-Link reference designs for proximity sensing and enhanced distributed control
IO-Link reference designs for proximity sensing and enhanced distributed control
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Integrates the attributes of IO-Link into a proximity sensor and a 16-channel digital-input hub, two subsystem reference designs from Maxim Integrated provide very accurate, low-power optical proximity sensing (MAXREFDES27#) and…
Starterkits speed up code safety standard compliance for IEC62304/61508, EN50128
Starterkits speed up code safety standard compliance for IEC62304/61508, EN50128
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A specialist in safety-critical applications, Embedded Office is offering pre-certified components in the form of its Cert-Kits that support manufacturers of safety-relevant systems in accordance with the standards IEC62304, IEC61508…
Lithium-ion to primary battery power design conversion strategies
Lithium-ion to primary battery power design conversion strategies
Technology News |
Terry Cleveland, John Haroian & Adam Jakubiak  consider some lithium-ion to primary battery power design conversion strategies.
Q2 sees 300 million smartphones shipped
Q2 sees 300 million smartphones shipped
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Vendors shipped a global total of 301.3 million smartphones in 2Q14, up by 25.3 percent from the 240.5 million units shipped in the same quarter a year before, according to…
Touch technology updated for single-layer sensors
Touch technology updated for single-layer sensors
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Cypress Semiconductor’s TrueTouch Gen4X touchscreen controller family now supports single-layer multi-touch sensors, which lower manufacturing costs without, the company says, compromising performance.
Europe’s distribution chip sales show spotty growth
Europe’s distribution chip sales show spotty growth
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European sales of semiconductors via distributors were worth €1.6 billion (about $2.1 billion) in the 2Q14 and grew by 5.3 percent when compared with the same quarter a year before,…
IDC: 300 million smartphones shipped in 2Q14
IDC: 300 million smartphones shipped in 2Q14
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Vendors shipped a global total of 301.3 million smartphones in 2Q14, up by 25.3 percent from the 240.5 million units shipped in the same quarter a year before, according to…
Pre-driver chip targets automotive high-current motor applications
Pre-driver chip targets automotive high-current motor applications
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The MLX83100 from Melexis is an N-FET pre-driver IC with low pin-count package (28 pins) and four digital inputs that provides a space-saving solution for high-current DC motors in automotive…
Is flower power the shape of solar cells to come?
Is flower power the shape of solar cells to come?
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A hydrangea-inspired dye-sensitised solar cell has been developed by Hiroshi Segawa, a professor at University of Tokyo's Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology, that can store enough energy to…
Webinar: Insight into the WiFi-offload technology and lab testing
Webinar: Insight into the WiFi-offload technology and lab testing
Business news |
On Wednesday, 24th September 2014 at 15h00 CET, Microwave Engineering Europe and Anritsu will present a webinar titled: 'An Insight into the WiFi-offload technology and lab testing solutions'.
Dialog collaborates with Energous to develop wire-free charging
Dialog collaborates with Energous to develop wire-free charging
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Dialog Semiconductor plc is collaborating with Energous Corporation, the developer of WattUp, a wire-free charging technology for electronic devices that provides power at a distance with complete mobility under full…
10 finalists revealed for element14’s “Hats Off” challenge
10 finalists revealed for element14’s “Hats Off” challenge
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Distributor element14, along with partner Adafruit, has announced the finalists in its “Hats Off” global design challenge.
More powerful simulations through multiprocessor support
More powerful simulations through multiprocessor support
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Design and development of complex embedded systems require very compute-intensive simulations. This particularly holds true for safety-relevant vehicle-based systems because the simulation has to include functional verifications with very high…
Will useless clock displays go with IoT integration?
Will useless clock displays go with IoT integration?
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Samsung's recent acquisition of SmartThings, a provider of a smart home platform that remotely connects a wide range of IoT devices (sensors mostly) to the cloud for end users to…
Dual-core MCU targets secure energy calculation, sensing and comms
Dual-core MCU targets secure energy calculation, sensing and comms
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Toshiba’s TX04 series of ARM Cortex-M4F core-based microcontrollers has been added to with the TMPM411F20XBG, an MCU for electric power calculation and communication in smart meters, as well as sensing…
N-FET pre-driver in a 28-pin package
N-FET pre-driver in a 28-pin package
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Melexis' MLX83100 N-FET pre-driver IC complements the company’s brushless direct current (BLDC) pre-driver portfolio and address conventional DC motor applications.
Starterkits speed up code safety standard compliance
Starterkits speed up code safety standard compliance
New Products |
A specialist in safety-critical applications, Embedded Office is offering pre-certified components in the form of its Cert-Kits that support manufacturers of safety-relevant systems in accordance with the standards IEC62304, IEC61508…
Toshiba targets smart meters with new ARM Cortex-M4F MCU
Toshiba targets smart meters with new ARM Cortex-M4F MCU
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An addition to Toshiba Electronics Europe's TX04 series of ARM Cortex®-M4F core-based microcontrollers, the TMPM411F20XBG MCU facilitates electric power calculation and communication in smart meters, as well as sensing and…
Memsic launches monolithic 3-axis accelerometer
Memsic launches monolithic 3-axis accelerometer
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Memsic Inc. (Andover, Mass.) has introduced what it claims is the world's first monolithic 3D accelerometer and the first to make use of wafer-level packaging.


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